Zuma App

Privacy Policy

Zuma App ("Zuma", "we", "us") helps you stay informed about your local area in Nigeria — community updates, weather hazard alerts, polls, discounts, and an SOS tool. This policy explains what information we collect when you use the app and how it's used.

Information We Collect

• Account details: your phone number (used as your account's identity key), and optionally your name and email address.
• Location: your state of residence, and — only if you grant location permission — a precise GPS coordinate captured the first time it's needed (e.g. for the Weather tab or SOS). This lets hazard alerts target your actual area instead of your whole state. You can update or clear this from your profile at any time.
• Emergency contacts: names and phone numbers you add for the SOS feature (up to 3).
• Content you post: microposts (text, category, optional photo, optional location tag), poll votes, confirm/dispute votes on other users' posts, and content reports you file.
• Device push token: a Firebase-issued identifier for your device, used to deliver notifications (weather alerts, replies, admin broadcasts). You can disable most notification categories in-app.
• Usage data: which posts and alerts you've viewed, so we can show unread counts and avoid repeat notifications.

How We Use Your Information

• To operate the core app: feed, polls, discounts, weather hazard alerts, and the SOS tool.
• To deliver push notifications relevant to your state and interests via Firebase Cloud Messaging.
• To moderate content — reviewing reports and removing content that violates our Terms of Service.
• We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for third-party advertising.

Third-Party Services

• Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google): delivers push notifications to your device using your device's push token.
• Open-Meteo: your coordinates or selected state are sent to Open-Meteo's public weather API to fetch forecast data. See open-meteo.com for their terms.
• Cloudflare R2: stores photos you attach to posts.
• Your device's SMS app: the SOS button opens a prefilled message in your phone's own messaging app. Zuma does not send, receive, or see the contents of that message.
• News publishers: National News articles open in an in-app browser pointed at the original publisher's site; their own privacy practices apply there.

Data Storage & Retention

Your data is stored on servers we operate and is retained for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account or request deletion (see Contact below), your profile, posts, votes, and device tokens are removed, except where we're required to retain limited records for legal or moderation purposes (e.g. content already reported or under review).

Your Choices

• Location permission can be denied or revoked at any time in your device settings.
• Notification preferences (aside from severe weather hazard alerts) can be adjusted or turned off in the app's Notification Preferences screen.
• You can edit your profile or remove emergency contacts at any time.
• You can request a copy of your data, or request that your account and associated data be deleted, by emailing us (see Contact).

Children's Privacy

Zuma App is not directed at children and is not knowingly used to collect information from children under 13.

Security

We use industry-standard measures (including HTTPS in transit) to protect your information, but no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the app's features evolve. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or requests to access or delete your data, can be sent to hello@ytconsulting.com.ng.