Last updated October 29, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Rushbelle collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. We built Rushbelle to be research-first and privacy-friendly — we collect as little as we need to make the app work.
Account and profile: email and password (or your Apple/Google sign-in), a username, your role (future member, current student, or parent/family), your birth month and year if you use meetups or submit a Bid Day photo (used only to confirm you are 18 or older, never shown to anyone, and locked once set), and optionally your name, school, graduation year, your answers to “Get to know you” (where you are in Rush, what you’re nervous about, and what you love doing; saved on your phone and used only to tailor what you see), an optional profile photo (see Section 5), and a school email used only to show a “verified” badge. Your Bid Day selfie is created and kept on your device and, if you choose, in your camera roll; it is never uploaded to Rushbelle. Rush planning: saved schools and chapters, your match preferences (budget, GPA range, region, and vibe), Rush Prep entries such as your résumé, rec-letter tracker, outfit and round notes, and practice answers (your résumé headshot and any outfit photos you add stay only on your phone; see Section 5), and your post-Bid Day outcome if you choose to share it. Community: your connections, add code, meetup RSVPs, guest counts and check-ins, direct messages, and any reports you file. Purchases: whether you have Rushbelle Pro or question packs (we receive this from Apple through our subscription provider; we never see your card number).
We and our analytics and crash-reporting providers collect app version, device type and operating system, general in-app activity (screens viewed and features used), and diagnostic or crash data. We use this as first-party product analytics only, to understand and improve Rushbelle. We do not use it to track you across other companies’ apps or websites for advertising, and we do not share it with data brokers. We do not collect your precise location; meetup locations are the places hosts type in.
Chat with your Big, voice-practice feedback, and the Rush résumé are generated by an AI model operated by our AI processing provider, Anthropic PBC (United States). Before the first use we show you what will be sent and ask your permission; you can decline, and you can withdraw permission at any time in Me > Settings > Consents & Privacy. What is sent: the question you type and your recent messages in that chat; for voice practice, the transcript your phone creates on the device (the audio recording itself never leaves your phone); for the résumé, the facts you enter in the form; and, with any of these, the verified Rush data for the schools you have hearted. What is never sent: your name, email, username, account ID, photo, location, connections, or messages. Anthropic processes this data only to generate the reply, on our instructions, does not use it to train its models, and is bound by contract to security and confidentiality measures at least as protective as this policy. We keep a usage record for each AI request (feature, time, size, and cost) against your account so we can apply your starter, Pro, or question-pack allowance; the record does not contain what you wrote.
We keep the text of questions asked to the Big, and the Big’s reply, with no link to your account, device, or any identifier, so we can see what people need and improve the Big’s verified answers. These records cannot be traced back to you. If you accept our post-Bid Day invitation to share what you wish you had known, your contribution is moderated, combined with other members’ contributions, stripped of your name and username, and used to inform the Big and other features (see Terms, Section 8). We do not use your direct messages, meetup details, profile, or connections for any of this. Your Bid Day result (optional): if you tell us how Rush ended, the answer is saved on your phone. It is sent to us only if you are signed in and turn on “Help the next class.” Then we store your result (joined, Continuous Open Bidding, no bid, or prefer not to say), your school, the chapter if you name one, and the year, linked to your account so you can change it. We only ever show these results combined with others as totals. We never show your name or your individual result to anyone, including chapters, and we never sell it. Turning “Help the next class” off removes your result from our servers. If you delete your account, your result is unlinked from you and stays only as part of the de-identified totals.
Rushbelle uses images in only four places, and never to identify anyone. (1) Profile photo (optional): you choose a photo from your library and crop it; we upload that one image to a private folder at our storage provider (Supabase, United States) tied to your account. Only you can see it: it appears on your own profile, and other members see your initials instead. You can replace it at any time, and it is deleted from our storage when you delete your account. (2) Bid Day selfie (optional): you take a photo with the camera or choose one from your library, and Rushbelle adds its frame on your phone. Saving and sharing it happens on your phone, and the photo is not uploaded. If you are 18 or older, signed in, and choose to submit it to be featured, we upload that one framed photo to a private folder at our storage provider (Supabase, United States) that only the Rushbelle team can see. We also keep a record of the statement you ticked, the time, your username, and the version of our Terms. We confirm you are 18 or older from the birth month and year saved to your account (Section 1). The Rushbelle team reviews submissions; we may post a photo on Rushbelle’s social media and in the app, with your username, and we may decline any photo. We do not tell anyone whether their photo will be featured. Ask us at any time and we will take down a photo of you that we posted. If you delete your account, photos we did not feature are deleted; a featured photo is kept with its consent record as proof of permission until you ask us to remove it. (3) Résumé and cover letter headshot (optional): you choose a photo from your library and crop it, and the app keeps that copy only on your phone so it can place it on the résumé or cover letter you create. Rushbelle does not upload, save, or receive your headshot; it never reaches our servers or our AI provider, and it is never shown to other members or chapters. It leaves your phone only inside a PDF that you choose to share. You can turn it off with “No headshot on my page” or remove it at any time, which deletes the copy on your phone; deleting the app deletes it too. (4) Rush outfit photos (optional): in Rush Prep’s look book you can choose a photo of each outfit from your library. The app keeps those copies only on your phone so it can show them in your look book and place them in the look book PDF you create. Rushbelle does not upload, save, or receive them, and they never reach our servers or our AI provider. You can remove a photo at any time, which deletes the copy on your phone; deleting the app deletes them too. What we never do: Rushbelle does not use face detection, face recognition, facial geometry, ARKit, TrueDepth, or any analysis of the people in your photos; we do not create, collect, or keep any biometric identifier, faceprint, or face template; and no photo is ever sent to our AI provider. Camera and photo-library access is used only when you start one of these features, and you can turn it off in your device’s Settings.
To provide the Service: show you schools and chapters, power your match profile and Rush Prep, run Chat with your Big and apply your allowance, let you save, connect, plan meetups, and message, and process purchases through Apple. To keep the Service safe: enforce our Terms and Community Guidelines, review reported content, and prevent abuse. To improve the Service: first-party analytics and the de-identified question and contribution records in Section 4. To contact you: service messages about your account, purchases, and material changes; optional push notifications you control in Settings. We do not sell your personal information and we do not use it for third-party advertising.
Only the providers that run a part of the Service, each limited to what their part needs: Anthropic (AI replies, Section 3); Supabase (hosting and database, United States); GitHub (encrypted weekly backups of our database, kept in a private repository so your account can be restored after an outage); Apple and RevenueCat (purchases and subscription status); Sentry (crash reporting); Expo (app updates and push notifications); and, when you follow a link in the Shop, the affiliate retailer under its own privacy policy. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the safety of members. If Rushbelle is ever acquired, your information would transfer under this policy. We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with data brokers or for cross-app advertising.
Members can see your username, role, and school if you add them, and whether you have a verified badge (never the email behind it). Your add code is shown only when you choose to share it. Meetup hosts and attendees can see that you RSVP’d, your guest count, and your check-in unless you choose to attend privately. People you message can see your messages. Your email, purchases, Rush Prep entries, practice answers, résumé, Big questions, and outcome are private to you.
Edit your profile and photo in Me. Turn AI features on or off, and see what is sent, in Me > Settings > Consents & Privacy. Control push notifications in Settings. Block any member and report any message, meetup, or profile from the screen it appears on. Leave any conversation. Choose not to provide optional information such as a school email or photo, and decline the post-Bid Day invitation to contribute.
You can delete your account at any time from Me > Settings > Delete account. Deletion is immediate and permanent on our servers: your profile, profile photo (the image file itself, from our storage), saved items, Rush Prep entries, connections, meetup RSVPs, messages, allowance records, and purchase status are removed, and anything you reported or contributed is unlinked from you. What remains: de-identified question and contribution records (Section 4), which contain nothing that identifies you; aggregate analytics; and purchase records that Apple keeps under its own terms. Crash reports are retained by our crash-reporting provider for up to 90 days. Otherwise we keep your information only while your account is active.
Rushbelle is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them; if you believe a child under 13 has an account, email us and we will delete it. Members under 18 may use School Search, Favs, Rush Prep, and Chat with your Big, but may not use meetups, connections, or messaging.
We may update this Privacy Policy as the Service evolves. We will revise the date above, and for material changes we will ask you to review and accept the new version in the app before continuing.
Privacy questions or requests, including requests to access or delete your information: email support@rushbelle.com.