Privacy Policy

LearnNearby LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates ClubsNearby at clubsnearby.com and its related applications and services (collectively, the “Services”). Legacy Gather Nearby links may redirect to ClubsNearby and use the same accounts, profiles, club and gathering records, communications, and supporting data systems.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the rights and choices available to you. By using the Services, you acknowledge the practices described below. Where applicable law requires consent for a specific practice, we request that consent separately.

Data controller. For purposes of applicable privacy law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), the data controller for personal information collected through ClubsNearby and its legacy compatibility routes is LearnNearby LLC, a California limited liability company. LearnNearby LLC handles all rights requests and privacy inquiries centrally, regardless of which route you used when the information was collected.

LearnNearby LLC may in the future change its legal name (for example, to reflect an umbrella brand identity). Any such rename does not change the identity of the data controller for data collected prior to the rename, and does not diminish your rights under this Policy or applicable law. We will update this Policy to reflect any legal name change and notify you accordingly.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide to Us

• Account information: Name, email address, password, phone number, and date of birth (to confirm you meet age requirements).
• Profile information: Profile photo, bio, neighborhood or general location, interests, club memberships and roles, and — for Instructors or club organizers — credentials, teaching history, organization details, business name, and tax information required for payments (e.g., W-9 information collected by our payment processor).
• Participation and transaction information: Classes, clubs, and gatherings you create, join, request to join, host, attend, RSVP to, or cancel; payment card information (collected and processed directly by our payment processor — see Section 3); and refund and dispute information.
• Communications: Messages you send through the Services to other users or to our support team, including club discussions, in-platform messages, reviews, ratings, reports, and communications with moderators.
• Content you submit: Class, club, organization, and gathering listings; photos; posts; comments; reviews; ratings; and other content you submit to the Services.
• Club suggestions, claims, and corrections: A club name, source website or social link, description, location, category, organizer contact, and information used to verify that a person is authorized to manage a club page. We also collect requests to correct, restrict, or remove a listing and records of how we handled those requests.
• Organizer contact: A user may submit an organizer’s business or publicly available contact address for private admin review and listing verification. We do not use a suggested contact address to trigger automated claim invitations, and the address is not displayed on the public club page merely because it was submitted.
• Legal and transaction consent records: The legal document versions you accepted, acceptance date and time, product or transaction context, billing frequency and disclosed price for a Subscription, IP address, user agent, and the ClubsNearby or compatibility surface used to provide consent.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you use the Services, we automatically collect:

• Device and usage data: IP address, device type and identifiers, operating system, browser type, referring URLs, pages viewed, time spent, and interactions with the Services.
• Location data: Approximate location derived from your IP address. With your permission, we may also collect precise location from your device to show nearby classes, gatherings, and map results; you can disable this in your device settings at any time.
• Cookies and similar technologies: See Section 5 below.

1.3 Information from Third Parties

• Payment processors: Our payment processor (Stripe, via Stripe Connect) provides us with limited transaction information such as the last four digits of your card, card brand, billing ZIP, transaction status, and payouts to Instructors.
• Single sign-on providers: If you sign in with Google or another SSO provider, we receive basic profile information you authorize that provider to share.
• Public sources and partners: For Instructor verification and trust-and-safety purposes, we may receive information from public records or background-check vendors (where applicable and disclosed at the time of collection). We may also collect factual club and organization information from official websites, public directories, public social profiles, community submissions, or other publicly available sources to create or verify an unclaimed listing, review a claim, or process a correction or removal request. Publicly available information is not by itself proof that a person controls a club.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the Services, including helping people discover relevant local clubs, gatherings, organizations, and classes;
• Create and manage one shared account, authenticate browser sessions and authenticated actions on ClubsNearby, preserve safe legacy compatibility redirects, and provide customer support;
• Process bookings, payments, and payouts, including via our payment processor;
• Facilitate communication among members, club organizers, Learners, Instructors, and other community participants;
• Review club suggestions, verify and administer claims, publish reviewed listings, and respond to correction, restriction, and removal requests;
• Use reviewed organizer-contact information for listing verification, responding to organizer-initiated claim requests, and protecting the claim process from impersonation or unauthorized control;
• Send you transactional messages (booking confirmations, reminders, receipts, claim and membership notices, gathering updates, and account notices) and, with your consent where required, marketing communications about new clubs, classes, features, or local events;
• Personalize your experience and recommend clubs, gatherings, organizations, and classes near you;
• Maintain the safety and integrity of the Services, including detecting fraud, abuse, unauthorized claims, spam, and policy violations; reviewing reports; and moderating community content under our Terms and Community Guidelines;
• Conduct analytics and research to understand how the Services are used and to develop new features;
• Comply with our legal obligations, including tax, accounting, and trust-and-safety requirements.

We do not use information collected from minors for behavioral advertising or to build profiles for marketing purposes.

3. How We Share Your Information

3.1 With Other Users

We share information with other users when needed to provide a feature you choose to use. For example:

• Instructors receive: the Learner’s first name and last initial, contact information you choose to share through the platform, and any participant details you provide to make the class possible.
• Learners see: the Instructor’s name, profile, class listings, reviews, and the general location of the class.
• Club organizers receive: information needed to administer a join request, membership, invitation, or RSVP, such as your display name and the information you chose to provide with that action.
• Members and visitors see: public club, organizer, member, profile, gathering, post, comment, and RSVP information according to the relevant privacy and visibility settings.

Information you post publicly — such as a profile photo, public listing, gathering, post, comment, review, or rating — is visible to other users and may appear in search engine results.

An unclaimed club page may contain factual information gathered from public sources or a community suggestion. We label and review claim status separately from public visibility. Organizer-contact information supplied with a suggestion is kept in the private review workflow, is not used for unsolicited outreach, and is not automatically published with the listing.

Note for Instructors: Once you receive Learner information through the platform, you act as an independent business and become responsible for handling that information in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

3.2 With Service Providers (Subprocessors)

We share information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, under contracts that limit their use of your information. Each has been evaluated for their security and privacy practices, and we maintain Data Processing Agreements with them where required.

International data transfers: Some of our subprocessors (notably Cloudinary and PostHog) operate infrastructure in the European Economic Area (EEA). Those subprocessors handle any EEA-side data transfers under their own DPAs and applicable transfer mechanisms. LearnNearby LLC is a US-based service and does not independently rely on Standard Contractual Clauses as a data controller subject to GDPR.

Changes to this list: we will notify users at least 30 days before adding new subprocessors. To receive these notifications, email our privacy team.

3.3 For Legal and Safety Reasons

We may disclose information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request;
• Enforce our Terms of Service or other agreements;
• Detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues;
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of LearnNearby LLC, our users, or others.

3.4 In a Business Transaction

If LearnNearby LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such transfer and any resulting changes to this Privacy Policy.

3.5 With Your Consent

We may share information for any other purpose with your consent.

3.6 What We Do Not Do

We do not sell your personal information for money. We also do not “share” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law (see Section 7).

3.7 Across ClubsNearby and Legacy Compatibility Routes

ClubsNearby is the active consumer and browser-authentication surface. Legacy Gather Nearby links preserve narrow compatibility routes that redirect account and club journeys to ClubsNearby. They use the same account and shared profile, club, gathering, membership, messaging, moderation, and analytics systems and update the same underlying records.

• You do not need to create or link a second account when moving between ClubsNearby and its legacy compatibility routes.
• We may record which domain or presentation you used so we can provide appropriate navigation, content, support, security, and analytics.
• The same privacy settings and centrally handled rights requests apply to personal information in the shared system, subject to feature-specific visibility choices.

Processing information through ClubsNearby or a legacy compatibility route is processing by the same legal entity and data controller, not a disclosure to a third-party brand operator. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

4. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Services and for the additional periods described below:

You may request deletion of your account at any time (see Section 6). Some information may be retained longer where required by law, to resolve disputes, or to enforce our agreements.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to operate the Services, remember your preferences, understand usage, and improve performance.

• Strictly necessary cookies are required for the site to function (e.g., authentication, security).
• Functional cookies remember your preferences (e.g., neighborhood, language).
• Analytics cookies help us understand how the Services are used.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where required by law, through our cookie banner.

For full details on our use of cookies, see our Cookie Policy.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you;
• Correct inaccurate information;
• Delete your account and associated personal information;
• Receive a copy of your information in a portable format;
• Object to or restrict certain processing;
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To exercise these rights, you can use the controls in your account settings or contact our privacy team. We will verify your request before responding, typically by confirming you control the email address on file. We will respond within the time required by applicable law (generally 45 days under California law, with one possible 45-day extension).

You can request a copy of your data or delete your account from your account settings.

If a public-source club or organization listing contains inaccurate personal information about you, you may request a correction, restriction, or removal by contacting our privacy team. A listing request is handled separately from account deletion because a listing may describe a community organization rather than an individual account.

You may also:

• Opt out of marketing emails using the unsubscribe link in any marketing message;
• Disable precise location in your device settings;
• Manage cookies through your browser settings.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

7. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act.

7.1 Categories of Personal Information We Collect

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

7.2 Sale and Sharing

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration, and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16.

7.3 Your California Rights

You have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and (if applicable) sell or share;
• Delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to legal exceptions;
• Correct inaccurate personal information;
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (not applicable — we do neither);
• Limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information (not applicable — we do not use sensitive PI for purposes beyond those permitted without an opt-out);
• Non-discrimination for exercising your rights.

To exercise these rights, email our privacy team or use the in-account controls. You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf; we will require proof of authorization and may require you to verify your own identity.

Rights requests across all routes. Your California privacy rights apply to all personal information LearnNearby LLC holds about you in the shared Platform, whether you used ClubsNearby or a legacy compatibility route. You may submit one request to our privacy team to exercise your rights across the shared system. We will respond within the 45-day statutory period, with one possible 45-day extension.

For more information and to exercise your opt-out rights, see our Do Not Sell My Personal Information page.

7.4 Shine the Light

California Civil Code § 1798.83 permits California residents to request information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

To make a Shine the Light request, email our privacy team with “Shine the Light Request” in the subject line. We will log and respond to verified requests within 30 days.

7.5 Sensitive Personal Information (CPRA)

Under CPRA, certain categories of personal information are classified as “sensitive personal information” (SPI) and carry enhanced obligations. LearnNearby LLC collects the following SPI categories:

• Account login credentials (username and password) — collected to authenticate you. Used solely for account access and security.
• Precise geolocation — collected from your device only with your explicit permission, and only to show nearby clubs, organizations, classes, gatherings, and map results. You can revoke this permission in your device settings at any time.
• Payment account data — payment card information is collected and processed directly by Stripe, Inc. LearnNearby LLC retains only limited transaction metadata (last four digits, card brand, transaction status). We do not store full card numbers or bank account details.

We use each category of SPI only for the purpose for which it was collected and only to the extent necessary to provide the Services. We do not use SPI for inferring characteristics about you, for behavioral advertising, or for any purpose not listed above. You have the right under CPRA to limit the use and disclosure of your SPI to uses necessary to perform the Services. To exercise this right, contact us at our privacy team.

8. Children’s Privacy

The Services and accounts are intended for adults 18 and older. During the current launch period, the Platform does not permit a booking that includes a participant under 18. Do not submit a child’s name, contact information, health information, or other personal information through a profile, booking, message, club page, or other free-text field.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from a child under 13 and do not create child accounts. If we learn that personal information was submitted by or about a child in a manner the Platform does not permit, we will investigate and delete it as required, subject to any legal preservation obligation.

For California residents, we do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16.

8.1 Future Youth Features

We will not enable youth bookings merely on the basis of a parent checkbox. Before enabling a feature that collects personal information about children, LearnNearby LLC will complete the required privacy, safety, product, and legal review; implement an appropriate verifiable parental-consent method where required; update this Policy; and provide the required direct notice to parents or guardians.

8.2 Parent and Guardian Requests

A parent or guardian who believes we hold personal information about their child may request access, correction, or deletion by emailing our privacy team with “Children’s Privacy” in the subject line. We may take reasonable steps to verify identity and parental authority before disclosing or deleting information.

9. Data Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information, including encryption of data in transit (TLS), encryption of sensitive data at rest, access controls, and regular security reviews. Payment card information is handled directly by our PCI-DSS compliant payment processor and does not transit or rest on our servers.

No system is completely secure. If we learn of a security breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and the appropriate authorities as required by law.

10. International Users

The Services are operated from the United States and are intended for users in the San Francisco Bay Area. We do not knowingly accept registrations from users located outside the United States.

If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information will be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States, which may have different data protection laws than your country.

11. Third-Party Links and Services

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, apps, or services that we do not control. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with your information.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by email and/or by prominent notice on the Services before the changes take effect. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy reflects the most recent revision. The revised policy applies from its stated effective date. If a change requires renewed consent under applicable law, we will request it before applying that change to you.

13. ClubsNearby and Future Offerings

This Privacy Policy covers ClubsNearby and its legacy compatibility routes. LearnNearby LLC (or its legal successor by name change) may add other brand presentations, applications, or offerings in the future. We will update this Policy and provide any legally required notice before a future offering begins collecting materially different categories of personal information or using information in materially different ways.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

LearnNearby, LLC
Email: contact our privacy team
Berkeley, California