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Privacy Policy

Last updated July 19, 2026

This Privacy Notice for Default ("we", "us", or "our") describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:

  • Download and use our mobile application (Default), or any other application of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
  • Use Default. Default is a commitment-based fitness and accountability utility application designed to enforce gym consistency through financial stakes. The platform operates on a personalised, 7-day rolling cycle where users voluntarily commit to a weekly workout frequency and assign a specific financial penalty per missed session. To verify workout attendance and protect users from penalties, the application utilises single-point GPS location verification and live-camera photo capture inside a pre-registered 100-meter gym radius. In the event of a legitimate illness or injury, users can pause their active cycle by triggering an automated notification to a designated third-party Accountability Partner, who can securely vouch for their recovery via a single-click web interface.
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at hello@defaultgym.co.uk.

Summary of key points

This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics below in the table of contents.

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? Some information may be considered "special" or "sensitive" in certain jurisdictions, for example your racial or ethnic origins, sexual orientation, and religious beliefs. We do not process sensitive personal information.

Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way is by contacting us at hello@defaultgym.co.uk. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Table of contents

  1. What information do we collect?
  2. How do we process your information?
  3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your personal information?
  4. When and with whom do we share your personal information?
  5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?
  6. How long do we keep your information?
  7. How do we keep your information safe?
  8. Do we collect information from minors?
  9. What are your privacy rights?
  10. Controls for Do-Not-Track features
  11. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
  12. Do we make updates to this notice?
  13. How can you contact us about this notice?
  14. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?

1. What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us

In short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us. This may include:

  • Names
  • Email addresses
  • Usernames
  • Passwords
  • Debit/credit card numbers
  • Billing addresses
  • Contact preferences
  • Contact or authentication data

Sensitive information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payment data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe and Apple In-App purchases. You may find their privacy notices here: stripe.com/gb/privacy and apple.com/uk/legal/privacy.

Application data. If you use our application(s), we may also collect the following if you choose to provide us with access or permission:

  • Geolocation information. We may request access to track location-based information from your mobile device, either continuously or while you are using our application(s), to provide certain location-based services. You may change our access in your device's settings.
  • Mobile device access. We may request access to certain features from your mobile device, including your camera and GPS. You may change our access in your device's settings.
  • Push notifications. We may request to send you push notifications regarding your account or certain features of the application(s). You may turn these off in your device's settings.

This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our application(s), for troubleshooting, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Google API

Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

2. How do we process your information?

In short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes only with your prior explicit consent.

  • To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts.
  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.
  • To respond to user inquiries and offer support.
  • To send administrative information to you, such as changes to our terms and policies.
  • To fulfil and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
  • To protect our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

3. What legal bases do we rely on to process your information?

In short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal basis to do so under applicable law, such as your consent, compliance with laws, fulfilling contractual obligations, protecting your rights, or fulfilling our legitimate business interests.

If you are located in the EU or UK, we may rely on:

  • Consent — where you have given us permission for a specific purpose, which you can withdraw at any time.
  • Performance of a contract — where processing is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations to you.
  • Legitimate interests — for example, to diagnose problems and/or prevent fraudulent activity.
  • Legal obligations — for example, to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency.
  • Vital interests — where necessary to protect your vital interests or those of a third party.

If you are located in Canada, we may process your information with express or implied consent, which you may withdraw at any time, or in specific circumstances permitted under applicable law without consent (for example, fraud detection and prevention, or compliance with a court order).

4. When and with whom do we share your personal information?

In short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

We may share your data with vendors, consultants, and other third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with these third parties designed to safeguard your personal information; they cannot use it beyond our instructions and do not share it with anyone besides us. Categories include:

  • Cloud computing services
  • Data storage service providers
  • Payment processors
  • User account registration & authentication services
  • Website hosting service providers

We may also share your information for business transfers (e.g. a merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition), and when we use Google Maps Platform APIs (e.g. Google Maps API, Places API) to estimate your location using GPS, Wi-Fi, and cell towers. We obtain and cache your location on your device, and you may revoke consent at any time by contacting us.

5. Do we use cookies and other tracking technologies?

In short: We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services, including for security, preventing crashes, fixing bugs, saving preferences, and basic site functions. We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies for analytics and advertising.

6. How long do we keep your information?

In short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice, unless otherwise required by law. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your information, we will delete or anonymise it, or, where that isn't possible, securely store it and isolate it from further processing until deletion is possible.

7. How do we keep your information safe?

In short: We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission or storage technology can be guaranteed 100% secure, so transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk.

8. Do we collect information from minors?

In short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age (or the equivalent age specified by law in your jurisdiction). By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18, or the equivalent age in your jurisdiction, or that you are a parent or guardian consenting to a minor dependent's use of the Services. If we learn that we have collected data from someone under 18, we will deactivate the account and delete such data. Contact us at hello@defaultgym.co.uk if you become aware of any such data.

9. What are your privacy rights?

Depending on your state of residence in the US or region (such as the EEA, UK, Switzerland, or Canada), you may have rights including the right to request access to and a copy of your personal information, request rectification or erasure, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing that is not based on automated decision-making.

If you are located in the UK and are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, you can complain directly to us at hello@defaultgym.co.uk. We will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days, investigate without undue delay, and keep you informed. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can refer your complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):

  • Website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
  • Helpline: 0303 123 1113
  • Post: Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF

If you are located in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to complain to your Member State or UK data protection authority. If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Withdrawing consent, opting out of marketing, and account information. You may withdraw consent, unsubscribe from marketing communications, or review, change, or terminate your account at any time by logging into your account settings or contacting us using the details below. Upon a request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases, though we may retain some information to prevent fraud, troubleshoot, assist investigations, or comply with legal requirements.

10. Controls for Do-Not-Track features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature. As no uniform technology standard for DNT has been finalised, we do not currently respond to DNT signals or similar mechanisms.

11. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have rights including the right to know whether we are processing your data, access it, correct inaccuracies, request deletion, obtain a copy, and opt out of targeted advertising, sale, or certain profiling. We have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. You may designate an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf, subject to proof of authorisation. To exercise these rights, email hello@defaultgym.co.uk.

12. Do we make updates to this notice?

In short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by a revised "Last updated" date. If we make material changes, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice or sending you a direct notification.

13. How can you contact us about this notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, email us at hello@defaultgym.co.uk or contact us by post at:

Default
152 The Grove
London BR4 9JZ
United Kingdom

14. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we've processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete it. You may also withdraw your consent to our processing at any time, subject to certain limitations under applicable law. To make such a request, email hello@defaultgym.co.uk.

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