Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 24, 2026 • Last Updated: September 24, 2026
F3 Lake Norman ("F3 Isotope", "we", "our", or "us") provides a free community platform and mobile application to help men connect through free peer-led workouts, fellowship, and faith. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you share with us.
This Privacy Policy explains how our application collects, uses, stores, and protects your information when you access our mobile app, Progressive Web App (PWA), or website (f3lakenorman.com).
1. Information We Collect
We only collect information necessary to facilitate community participation, workout scheduling, and safety:
- Account & Profile Information: F3 Nickname ("PAX Name"), email address, password hash, home region, and optional avatar image.
- Safety & Emergency Contacts: Emergency contact name and phone number, stored securely to allow Qs (workout leaders) and safety leads to rapidly contact designated family members during an on-field medical emergency.
- Workout Participation: Attendance records, Hard Commitments (HC), Q signups, and backblast workout logs submitted by leaders.
- Mobile Device & Push Notification Data: When you grant notification permissions, we collect anonymous device push tokens provided by Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) or Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM), your operating system platform (iOS/Android), and app version.
- Location Data: Location access is requested solely on an optional basis within your browser or device to center the workout Area of Operations (AO) map on your current location and provide turn-by-turn driving directions to workout sites. We do not track or store continuous background location.
2. How We Use Your Information
- To display workout schedules, preblasts, backblasts, and community discussion forums.
- To send important push notifications or SMS alerts regarding workout reminders, weather closures, convergence notices, and forum replies.
- To immediately alert your emergency contacts in the event of an urgent field safety alert initiated during a workout.
- To authenticate your session and prevent spam or unauthorized administrative access.
We will never sell, rent, monetize, or trade your personal information with third-party advertisers or data brokers under any circumstances.
3. Push Notifications & Opt-Out
With your explicit permission, our mobile app delivers push notifications for workout updates, Q reminders, community chat, and urgent field alerts. You can change your notification preferences or completely disable push notifications at any time:
- Through your device's native system settings (Settings ➔ F3 Lake Norman ➔ Notifications).
- Through your in-app profile settings on the platform.
4. Account Deletion & Data Rights (App Store Compliance)
In compliance with Apple App Store Guideline 5.1.1(v) and Google Play user data policies, you have the full right to delete your account and remove your personal data at any time:
How to Delete Your Account:
- Log in to your account and navigate to My Profile (f3lakenorman.com/profile.html).
- Scroll down to the Account Deletion (Danger Zone) section.
- Click Delete Account and confirm with your account password.
Upon confirmation, your login credentials, active sessions, and registered push tokens are permanently purged. Your email, phone number, and emergency contact details are erased from our databases.
You may also request account deletion or data inspection by contacting our administrator team at [email protected].
5. Data Security
We use industry-standard encryption (TLS/HTTPS), secure PostgreSQL storage with role-based access control, cryptographic password hashing, and tokenized session cookies to safeguard your information against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
6. Contact Information
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact us: