Mobile app privacy

Who operates the app

Makka (Dutch Business Register/KVK number 87573377), based in the Netherlands, operates MovePeeps. For app or privacy questions, email hello@movepeeps.com.

Account and private groups

MovePeeps uses Firebase Authentication for email and password sign-in. It stores your account ID, email, display name, group membership and invite state in Firebase. Existing accounts may also contain older onboarding answers and step goals. Groups are private and cannot be discovered publicly. Members can see other members' display names and weekly competition totals; the app has no public leaderboard.

Optional step access and sync

If you choose to connect steps, the app reads step totals from Health Connect on Android or Apple Health on iPhone. It requests read access, not health-data write access. It does not request location, routes, heart rate, sleep or workout records, and it does not upload raw health records.

When you choose Sync today and the sync succeeds, the app saves a personal daily step total and sync time to your account, even if you have no active group competition. If you have an eligible private competition, it also saves a weekly competition total that group members can see. You can deny or revoke device step access and still use your account. Step totals can be missing, delayed or inaccurate.

How the data is used

MovePeeps uses account, group and step-total information to run private walking competitions, show progress, provide an export and handle account deletion. Firebase services process the sign-in and app data needed for those functions. MovePeeps does not sell personal information or use step totals for advertising.

Your data copy

From the app's Privacy and data screen, a signed-in user can request a bounded JSON export of their profile, daily activity and records from groups they currently belong to. The export can identify sections that reached a size or record limit. It does not include other members' private data or retained results from groups you have left. For help with other retained data, contact hello@movepeeps.com.

Account deletion and limited retention

You can request account deletion in the app. Cleanup of closed competition results may take more than one attempt; the app reports a pending or failed deletion instead of saying it is complete. The sign-in account stays active until the cleanup finishes. A narrowly documented, time-limited legal hold may retain a closed-result entry with its step total and rank under a placeholder ID, together with a restricted record linking that ID to the account until the hold expires. Other account information is removed through the deletion process.

Questions and requests

For access, correction, export, deletion or other app privacy questions, email hello@movepeeps.com. Please do not send passwords or raw health records. See the app terms and app support page.