Privacy Policy

1. About Localink

Localink is a platform that connects athletes, teams, and brands for sports sponsorship and partnership opportunities. This Privacy Policy explains how Localink collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you use our website or mobile application.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Localink, we may collect the following categories of information:

• Account information: such as your name, email address, account credentials, and account or authentication identifiers.
• Profile information: such as your role, university or team, brand information, sport, biography, profile photo, social media links, and other information you choose to provide.
• Marketplace information: including sponsorship listings, offers, negotiations, contracts, signatures, and other information relating to partnership opportunities.
• Communications: including messages, conversations, notifications, and other communications sent through Localink.
• Transaction information: including payment status, transaction records, contract information, and information required to process payouts.
• Payment information: payments and payout processing are provided through Stripe. Localink does not directly store complete payment card details. Stripe may collect and process payment and payout information in accordance with its own privacy policy and terms.
• Files and media: including profile photos and other files you choose to upload to Localink.
• Technical information: such as device, browser, IP address, log information, and other technical information necessary to operate and secure the service.
• Notification information: such as push notification identifiers where you choose to enable notifications.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use information to:

• create and manage your Localink account;
• provide and operate Localink's marketplace;
• help users discover relevant sponsorship opportunities;
• facilitate offers, negotiations, contracts, and signatures;
• process payments and payouts;
• provide messaging and communication features;
• send notifications you have enabled;
• provide customer support;
• protect the security and integrity of the platform;
• prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorised activity;
• maintain and improve our services;
• comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and
• respond to disputes, legal requests, or other lawful processes.

4. Information Shared With Other Users

Localink is a marketplace. Information that you choose to include in a public or marketplace profile, listing, or sponsorship opportunity may be visible to other Localink users. You should only provide information that you are comfortable sharing with other users.

Information contained in private communications or negotiations may be accessible to the users participating in those communications or transactions.

5. Third-Party Service Providers

Localink uses third-party services to operate certain parts of the platform. These may include:

• Supabase: for database, authentication, storage, and related infrastructure.
• Stripe: for payment processing and Stripe Connect payout services.
• Vercel: for hosting and delivery of the web application.

These providers may process information on our behalf and are subject to their own terms and privacy policies. We may also use additional service providers where reasonably necessary to operate, secure, maintain, or improve Localink.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Localink, maintain your account, complete transactions, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and enforce our agreements.

When information is no longer required, we may delete it or anonymise it where appropriate. Certain information may need to be retained for longer periods where required by law or for legitimate security, accounting, or dispute-resolution purposes.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

• request access to your personal information;
• request correction of inaccurate information;
• request deletion of your personal information;
• object to or restrict certain processing;
• request portability of certain information; and
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise applicable rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

8. Account and Data Deletion

You may request deletion of your Localink account and associated personal information by contacting us at the address below.

We may retain certain information where necessary to comply with legal obligations, complete or document transactions, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, or protect the security of Localink and its users.

9. Children and Age Requirements

Localink is intended for users who meet the applicable age and contractual eligibility requirements for using the service. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to Localink in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so that we can review and take appropriate action.

10. International Data Transfers

Localink and its service providers may process personal information in countries other than the country where you live. Where applicable, we take appropriate measures required by applicable data protection laws when transferring personal information internationally.

11. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet service or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Localink, our data practices, or applicable legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the effective date shown at the top of this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or a request relating to your privacy rights, please contact: