Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 29, 2026

At BodyBuildr ("we," "us," or "our"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our bodybuilding competition platform.

By accessing or using BodyBuildr, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our service.

📋Information We Collect

Information You Provide

  • Account Information: Email address, username, password
  • Profile Information: Profile picture, bio, fitness goals
  • Competition Submissions: Photos, videos, and other content you upload for competitions
  • Payment Information: Credit card details and billing information (processed securely by Stripe)
  • Communications: Messages you send to us or other users

Information Collected Automatically

  • Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers
  • Usage Data: Pages visited, features used, time spent on the platform
  • Location Data: General location based on IP address
  • Log Data: Server logs, error reports, access times

💬Chat & Messaging

When you use our chat features, we collect and process the following data:

📋Data Collected

  • Message Content: The text of messages you send and receive
  • Metadata: Timestamps, sender/recipient IDs, message status
  • Device Information: Device used to send messages, IP address
  • Attachments: Any images, links, or files shared in chat

🔒How We Use Chat Data

  • To deliver messages to recipients
  • To maintain conversation history
  • To moderate content and enforce community guidelines
  • To detect and prevent abuse, spam, or harmful content

👁️Message Visibility & Moderation

  • Messages are visible to chat participants
  • Moderators may review messages when investigating reports
  • We reserve the right to remove messages that violate our Terms
  • Automated systems may scan messages for spam and abuse detection

💾Data Retention

Chat messages are retained for:

  • Active conversations: Indefinitely, to maintain conversation history
  • Moderation purposes: Up to 2 years for dispute resolution
  • Legal compliance: As required by applicable law

You may delete your own messages, but copies may remain visible to other participants and in backup systems.

⚠️Important Notice

Do not share sensitive personal information in chat including passwords, financial information, or government ID numbers. BodyBuildr staff will never ask for your password via chat.

🎯Community Judging (Predictions & Scorecards)

When you participate in community judging features, we collect and process the following data:

📋Data Collected

  • Predictions: Your predicted winners and placements for competitions
  • Scorecards: Your scores for each judging criteria (mass, definition, symmetry, etc.)
  • Timestamps: When you submitted your predictions or scorecards
  • Accuracy Data: How accurate your predictions were compared to actual results

🏆How Judging Data Is Used

  • To calculate your Judge Level and badges
  • To display your ranking on leaderboards
  • To show other users your prediction accuracy
  • To detect manipulation or unfair judging patterns

👁️Public Visibility

The following judging data may be publicly visible:

  • Your username and Judge Level
  • Your prediction accuracy percentage
  • Your leaderboard ranking
  • Your Judge badges and achievements

Your individual scorecards and predictions are kept private and are not visible to other users.

💾Data Retention

Community judging data is retained for:

  • Historical records: Indefinitely, to maintain judging history
  • Leaderboard calculations: For ongoing and past seasons
  • Verification: To resolve disputes about judging accuracy

By participating in community judging, you consent to the collection and use of your judging data as described above.

📸Competition Photo & Video Usage

When you upload photos or videos for competitions, you consent to the following specific uses:

🤖AI-Powered Analysis

Your visual content will be analyzed by automated AI judging systems that evaluate physique characteristics including:

  • Muscle symmetry and proportion - Left/right muscle balance and bilateral comparison
  • Muscle definition and separation - Muscle clarity and conditioning levels
  • Overall muscle mass and development - Size, V-taper ratio, and limb circumference
  • Posing technique and presentation - Mandatory pose execution and form analysis
  • Stage conditioning and body composition - Body fat percentage and muscle visibility

📊Score Generation

AI-generated scores (0-100 scale) and detailed feedback will be stored with your competition entry. This includes:

  • Overall score and category-specific scores
  • Detailed breakdown by judging criteria
  • Written feedback summarizing your physique assessment
  • Strengths, weaknesses, and improvement recommendations

👁️Judging Visibility

Your photos/videos may be viewed by:

  • The AI judging system (automated analysis)
  • Competition organizers and administrators
  • Sponsors (for sponsored competitions)
  • Other users (for public competitions and leaderboards)

🔍Anti-Cheating Analysis

Your content may be processed by automated systems to detect:

  • Photo/video manipulation or digital editing
  • Filters, enhancement tools, or AI-generated content
  • Stolen, fake, or misappropriated images
  • EXIF metadata inconsistencies (date, location, device)
  • Reverse image search matches

💾Data Retention

Competition entries (photos/videos) and associated AI scores may be retained for:

  • Historical competition records
  • Verification and audit purposes
  • Dispute resolution (including score disputes)
  • Leaderboard and statistics calculations

These entries may be retained even after account deletion to maintain the integrity of historical competition records.

By submitting photos or videos to competitions, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this usage. If you do not consent to this usage, please do not upload content to competitions.

🎯How We Use Your Information

Information You Provide

  • Account Information: Email address, username, password
  • Profile Information: Profile picture, bio, fitness goals
  • Competition Submissions: Photos, videos, pose descriptions, and other media content you upload for competitions. See the Competition Photo & Video Usage section for detailed information about how this content is used.
  • Send you updates, notifications, and promotional communications
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
  • Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities
  • Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, security breaches, or prohibited conduct
  • Comply with legal obligations

🤝Information Sharing and Disclosure

We DO share information with:

  • Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf
    • Stripe: Payment processing (we do not store credit card information)
    • Supabase: Database hosting and user authentication
    • AWS/Cloud providers: Photo and content storage
  • Competition Sponsors: If you enter a sponsored competition, your submission may be visible to the sponsor
  • Other Users: Your username, profile picture, and competition entries may be visible to other users as part of competitions and leaderboards
  • Analytics Partners: We may use third-party analytics services to understand usage patterns

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services
  • Process competition entries and payments
  • Analyze competition photos and videos using AI judging systems to generate scores, feedback, and competition results

Legal Disclosure

We may disclose your information if required by law, to comply with legal processes, to respond to lawful requests from public authorities, or to protect our rights and the rights of others.

📅Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to:

  • Provide our services to you
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Resolve disputes and enforce our agreements

When you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal reasons. Competition entries and results may be retained for historical and verification purposes even after account deletion.

🔒Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information:

  • Encryption: Data is encrypted in transit using SSL/TLS
  • Secure Storage: Data is stored in secure, access-controlled databases
  • Access Controls: Only authorized personnel have access to personal data
  • Regular Audits: We regularly review our security practices
  • PCI Compliance: Payment processing is handled by PCI-compliant Stripe

While we strive to protect your information, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

🍪Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to:

  • Remember your preferences and settings
  • Keep you logged in
  • Understand how you use our platform
  • Improve our services

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our platform.

⚖️Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal information
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information (subject to legal exceptions)
  • Opt-out: Opt out of marketing communications
  • Data Portability: Request transfer of your data to another service
  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing

To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected]

CCPA Notice (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA.

You also have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for exercising your privacy rights, including:

  • • Denial of goods or services
  • • Different prices or rates
  • • Different level or quality of service

GDPR Notice (EU Residents)

If you are in the European Economic Area, our legal basis for processing your information includes:

  • Performance of contract (providing our services)
  • Legitimate interests (improving services, security, marketing)
  • Consent (where required by law)
  • Legal obligations

You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we have violated your privacy rights.

👶Children's Privacy

BodyBuildr is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

By using BodyBuildr, you represent that you are at least 18 years old. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under 18, we will delete that information and terminate the account.

🔄Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by:

  • Posting the new Privacy Policy on this page
  • Updating the "Last updated" date
  • Sending you an email notification for significant changes

Your continued use of BodyBuildr after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

📧Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

📍BodyBuildr HQ

We will respond to privacy inquiries within 30 days.