Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 12, 2026
Welcome to The Archives Social Club ("we", "us", or "our"). This policy explains how we handle your information when you use our mobile apps for iPhone and Android and our website, www.thearchivessocialclub.com, to build card collections, upload card images, create a profile, trade, and take part in the community.
1. Information we collect
- Account information: username, first and last name, email address, password (stored only as a secure hash), date of birth, and country and state/region.
- Profile and content you add: profile photo, bio, social media links, card collections and the photos you upload or scan, galleries, wishlists, trade listings and offers, ads, forum topics, comments, reactions and messages you send to other members.
- Purchase information: when you buy a subscription or a one-time item, Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play) processes the payment. We receive a transaction record and your subscription status from the store and from our purchase provider, RevenueCat. We never receive or store your payment card details.
- Technical information: IP address, device type and operating system, collected as part of normal server operation and security.
2. How we use your information
- To run the app and its community features, and to let you create and manage collections, galleries and your profile.
- To identify and price cards you scan. Card photos are processed by our image-recognition and AI service providers for this purpose only.
- To provide and verify subscriptions and one-time purchases.
- To send you emails you have chosen to receive, such as trade offers, messages and activity updates. You can turn these off in the app under Profile → Notifications, or with the unsubscribe link in any email.
- To keep the platform secure, prevent abuse, and meet legal obligations.
3. What other members can see
Your username, profile, galleries, public collections and posts are visible to other members. You can make your profile private, hide your collections, location and social links, and stop direct messages under Profile → Privacy & Settings.
4. How we share information
We do not sell your personal information and we do not use it for third-party advertising. We share it only with:
- Service providers who run parts of the service for us, such as hosting and database, file storage, email delivery, purchase processing (RevenueCat, Apple, Google) and image recognition, under confidentiality obligations.
- Legal requirements: when required by law, or to protect our rights, our members' safety, or the service.
- Business transfers: if we are involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale.
5. Data security
All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information, but no online service can guarantee absolute security.
6. Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time in the app under Profile → Subscription → Delete My Account, or by emailing support@thearchivessocialclub.com from your account's email address. Your account and its collections, galleries, posts, comments and messages are permanently deleted 24 hours after you request it; logging back in during those 24 hours cancels the request. Records we must keep for legal, tax or fraud-prevention reasons (such as purchase records) may be retained for as long as the law requires. See Delete your account.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. Most information can be edited directly in the app. For anything else, email support@thearchivessocialclub.com.
8. International transfers
Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. We take steps to protect it when it is transferred.
9. Children
The Archives Social Club is not intended for anyone under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13 and will delete it if we learn of it.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. When we do, we will post the new version here with a new "Last updated" date.
11. Contact us
Email: support@thearchivessocialclub.com