We keep the smallest amount of information we can.
What we collect: your email (never shown publicly), a username or display name (this can be a nickname), and a password (stored only as a secure hash). Optionally, a general region — a state or an area like "Pacific NW" — so the crew can find people to run with.
What we do NOT collect or store: your mailing address, your phone number, payment methods, government ID, or your precise home location. RC Crash Crew is not a store and we never process payments.
Your public profile answers one question: what do you run, and what do you know about RC? Not where you live.
Cookies & local storage. We use exactly one cookie — a session cookie that keeps you logged in and protects the site from cross-site attacks. It is strictly necessary and stops the moment you close your browser or log out. We also use one small piece of browser storage (not a cookie) to remember if you dismissed the "install this as an app" prompt, so it doesn't keep popping up. That's it. No advertising cookies, no third-party tracking cookies, no cookie-based analytics — ever.
First-party analytics. To understand real traffic (and filter out bots, crawlers and scanners), we log the page you visited, your browser/device type, and your IP address server-side. This is never sold, never shared with advertisers, and raw records are automatically deleted after 90 days (rolled up into anonymous daily totals first). It is not tied to a cookie and does not follow you across other websites.
Your data, your call. You can export or delete your account any time. When you delete, we permanently remove your email, name, password and private content. Public contributions you made to the shared map and parts knowledge are kept and reassigned to the RC Crew Community Bot so the whole crew keeps benefiting — your name and email are removed from them.
The AI never reveals another member's email or private details, and never asks for or repeats your address or phone.