Vantage iOS app
Privacy Policy
Effective August 14, 2026 · Contact: storm@vantage.golf
This policy describes how On Course Technology LLC (“we,” “us”) collects, uses, and shares information when you use the Vantage iOS app and related services (the “Service”). Vantage is a golf rangefinder and on-course companion operated by the Vantage team. If you have questions about this policy, email the address above.
1. Information we collect
Account information. When you create an account we collect your email address; a one-way hashed password; display name, handicap, typical driver distance, gender, and other profile details you choose to provide; an uploaded profile photo; and sign-in identifiers from Apple or Google when you use those options. You can also use the app as a guest with a local profile that stays on your phone until you create an account.
Location. During a round, with your permission, we collect precise location to place you on the course, update lock-screen Live Activity yardages, and restore the correct hole. We do not sell location data. You can deny or revoke access in iOS Settings, though GPS-dependent course play will not work without it. On courses with Vantage Cart Screens, your location is shared to a centralized dashboard to help staff manage pace of play and course flow.
Device and security information. We use Apple App Attest and related device keys to protect the API, plus standard technical logs needed to run and debug the Service.
Course and round data. If you start or save a round, we store course selection, hole activity, shots or pin and tee adjustments, and related play settings.
Weather. On-course weather and plays-like calculations may use Apple WeatherKit. Weather requests are tied to course location, not used to build a marketing profile.
2. How we use information
We use information to provide, operate, and improve the Service; authenticate you and keep your session secure; personalize yardages, maps, and preferences; send transactional email such as welcome messages and password resets. We do not send marketing email unless you separately opt in. We also diagnose crashes, abuse, and reliability issues, and comply with law and enforce our terms. Early accounts may receive Premium features as part of a founding-member program; this is an account entitlement, not a separate data category.
3. How we share information
We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with infrastructure providers that host the API, database, and course files (currently Amazon Web Services); the sign-in providers you choose; Apple for App Attest, WeatherKit, and optional Live Activities; email delivery providers for account messages; professionals such as lawyers or accountants if required; and authorities when we believe in good faith disclosure is needed to comply with law or protect users. Course map imagery and elevation data may come from public or licensed datasets; those sources do not receive your account profile.
4. Retention
We keep account and round data while your account is active. If you delete your account, we deactivate it and stop using it for the Service. Some records, including security logs, backups, and legal holds, may remain for a limited period. Guest data is removed when you delete the app or clear it from your device.
5. Your choices
You can delete your account in the app under Settings → Danger Zone → delete account, or request deletion by email. You can edit your profile and preferences in the app or email us for access and correction. Location, photos, Live Activities, and tracking are controlled in iOS Settings. You can use Hide My Email with Sign in with Apple, and Apple’s controls for stopping Sign in with Apple are in iOS Settings. If you are in a region with additional rights, including GDPR or CCPA/CPRA, email us to request access, deletion, correction, or portability. We will not discriminate against you for exercising those rights.
6. Children
The Service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
7. Security
We use HTTPS, hashed passwords, device attestation, and encryption of sensitive course packages in transit and at rest where designed into the product. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.
8. International users
We currently operate infrastructure in the United States. If you use the Service from elsewhere, you understand your information is processed in the U.S., which may have different data-protection rules than your country.
9. Changes
We may update this policy. We will change the effective date above and, for material changes, provide additional notice in the app or by email when we have an address for you.
10. Contact
Vantage
storm@vantage.golf