Privacy Policy for Beyond Gambling
Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data may be processed when you use Beyond Gambling, why this information is needed, how it is protected and what rights you have.
1. Introduction
Beyond Gambling is a digital support and motivation app for people who want to leave gambling behind. The app offers tools for tracking gambling-free time, managing gambling urges, finances and savings, wellbeing, journalling, daily challenges, personal strategies and community support.
You choose which information you wish to enter into the app’s optional features.
2. Who Is Responsible for Your Personal Data?
Beyond Gambling is operated by Sara Nilsson, a sole trader based in Sweden, who acts as the data controller responsible for the processing of personal data within the app.
3. Age Requirement
Beyond Gambling is intended for people aged 18 or over.
Anyone under the age of 18 must not create an account or use Beyond Gambling.
If Beyond Gambling becomes aware that someone under the age of 18 has created an account, the account and associated personal data may be deleted.
4. What Personal Data Do We Process?
The information we process depends on which features you choose to use. Beyond Gambling may process the following categories of personal data:
You decide what information to enter into the app’s optional text fields. We recommend that you avoid including personal information about other people or details that are not necessary for using the feature.
5. Special Category Personal Data
Beyond Gambling is a support and motivation app and does not provide healthcare services.
However, some information you choose to enter may qualify as special category personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on its content. This may include information about your mental or physical health.
Journal entries, reflections, audio recordings, videos and other free-text information may also contain sensitive details if you choose to include them.
Beyond Gambling does not ask you to provide more sensitive information than is necessary for the features you choose to use.
6. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?
The information you enter is used to provide the app’s features and services. It is not used for purposes other than those described in this Privacy Policy.
Information saved in features such as your journal, wellbeing tracker, gambling urge tools, finances and personal messages is used to store, calculate and display information back to you within the app.
- display and track your gambling-free time
- calculate savings and show your progress
- save and display wellbeing records, journal entries and reflections
- provide tools for managing gambling urges, strategies and protection plans
- save your goals, challenges and progress
- save and play back text, audio and video messages you create
- provide the community forum and moderation features
- send push notifications if you choose to enable them
- maintain the app’s security and technical functionality
7. Community Forum and Shared Content
Beyond Gambling includes a community forum where you can choose to publish posts and comments.
Content you publish in the forum becomes visible to other users alongside your chosen display name. Please avoid sharing personal or sensitive information that you do not want others to see.
Forum content may be moderated to maintain a safe environment and address reported or inappropriate material.
You decide what you choose to share with other users.
8. Legal Basis for Processing
For personal data required to create your account and provide Beyond Gambling’s features, processing is based on the necessity of providing the service to you.
Certain information you choose to enter may qualify as special category personal data under the GDPR, depending on its content. This may include information about your wellbeing.
Where processing involves such special category personal data, Beyond Gambling requests your explicit consent. You will be informed before giving consent and may withdraw it.
Special category personal data is used only for the features and purposes described in this Privacy Policy. It is not used for advertising or sold to third parties.
9. Withdrawing Your Consent
Where the processing of special category personal data is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
Once consent has been withdrawn, Beyond Gambling can no longer process special category personal data on the basis of that consent. As a result, certain features that require this information may no longer be available.
You will be able to manage your consent within the app.
10. Where Is Your Data Stored?
Beyond Gambling uses Supabase for user accounts, its database and the storage of content you choose to save within the app.
These service providers may process technical information necessary to deliver their respective services.
Beyond Gambling does not sell your personal data to these companies or share it with them for their own advertising purposes.
11. Transfers of Data Outside the EU/EEA
Beyond Gambling’s primary database and storage are located within the EU, through its Supabase project in Ireland.
Certain technical services used to operate the app, including push notification and subscription management services, may involve the processing of limited technical and subscription-related information outside the EU/EEA.
Where personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA, such transfers must comply with the GDPR and applicable safeguards.
Private content such as journal entries, personal reflections and saved audio or video messages is not sent to Expo or Apple solely because their push notification services are used.
12. Push Notifications and Permissions
If you choose to allow them, Beyond Gambling may send push notifications, including reminders, supportive messages and information related to the app’s features.
To deliver push notifications, a technical identifier known as a push token is used. Beyond Gambling uses Expo and Apple’s push notification service to deliver notifications to your device.
Certain features may also request access to your microphone or camera, for example when you choose to create an audio or video message to yourself. These permissions are used only when needed for the feature you choose to use.
You can manage these permissions through your device settings.
13. Subscriptions and Payments
Beyond Gambling subscriptions on iPhone are purchased and billed through the Apple App Store.
When you purchase or manage a subscription, payment is processed through your Apple Account. Beyond Gambling does not receive your full payment card details.
Beyond Gambling uses RevenueCat, a third-party subscription management service, to manage subscriptions, verify purchase status and determine access to premium features.
RevenueCat may process information such as technical user identifiers, purchase records, subscription status, product identifiers and subscription expiry dates. This information is used to provide and manage your subscription.
Apple and RevenueCat process relevant information in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
Beyond Gambling does not use subscription information to target users with gambling advertisements.
14. How Long Is Your Data Stored and How Can You Delete Your Account?
Your personal data is stored for as long as you have an account with Beyond Gambling and the information is needed to provide the app’s features.
When you delete your account, personal data associated with it is deleted or anonymised, unless there is a legal obligation to retain certain information.
Information that you can delete individually within the app may also be removed without deleting your entire account.
Some information may remain in backups for a limited period before being deleted according to the relevant system’s procedures.
Purchase and subscription information that Apple or RevenueCat may need to retain is handled according to their respective policies and applicable legal requirements.
15. Security and Access to Your Data
Beyond Gambling uses technical and organisational security measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure.
Information saved in the app’s private features is linked to your user account and is not visible to other users.
However, authorised technical access may be necessary in exceptional cases, such as for security, troubleshooting, responding to your requests or complying with legal obligations. Such access is limited to what is necessary.
Content you choose to publish in the community forum becomes visible to other users and may be reviewed as part of forum moderation.
16. Your Rights
You have rights regarding the processing of your personal data. Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:
- request information about the personal data held about you
- request correction of inaccurate information
- request deletion of your personal data
- request restriction of processing
- receive certain data in a format that allows it to be transferred to another service
- withdraw consent that you have previously given
Where processing is based on consent, withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
If you wish to exercise your rights or have questions about your personal data, please contact kontakt@bortomspelet.se .
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) if you believe your personal data is being processed in breach of data protection legislation.
17. Personal Data Breaches
Beyond Gambling takes measures to protect your personal data. If a security incident occurs, it will be handled in accordance with the GDPR.
Where a personal data breach poses a risk to individuals’ rights and freedoms, it will be reported to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) when required. If the breach is likely to result in a high risk to you, you will also be informed in accordance with the GDPR.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
Beyond Gambling may update this Privacy Policy if the app’s features, services or personal data processing practices change.
The latest version of this Privacy Policy will always be available within the app and on the Beyond Gambling website.
The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
If a change is significant and affects how your personal data is processed, you will be informed appropriately.
19. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how Beyond Gambling handles personal data or wish to exercise your rights under the GDPR, please contact:
Beyond Gambling aims to respond to personal data enquiries as promptly as possible.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) if you believe your personal data is being handled incorrectly.