Effective November 9, 2026 · Gathering – Group Calendar
Gathering is a shared calendar that helps a group of friends or family find a day that works for everyone. This policy explains, in plain language, what information the app handles, why, and what you can do about it. The app is made by Kyongho So ("we"), based in Washington State, USA. Questions: kyonghoso56@gmail.com.
When you sign in, we get your email address, or the identifier Apple or Google gives us if you sign in with them. We use it to sign you in (we email you a one-time code; there are no passwords) and to know which groups are yours.
You give yourself a name, pick a color in each group, and choose a language, so the people in your groups can tell who's who.
The app itself is made of groups and events: group names and invite codes, event titles, dates, times and places, who's going, checklist items, and chat messages. These come from you and the other members of your groups.
On the group calendar you mark the days you're free, and can add a "free from" time. That's how the group sees which day works.
Calendar sync is optional and off by default. If you turn it on, the app reads your phone's calendar on your phone and grays out the days you already have plans, as a reminder only you see. Your calendar stays on your phone: nothing from it, not even which days are busy, is sent to us or to your groups.
If you choose a cover photo for a group or event, that one photo is uploaded. We don't look at the rest of your photo library.
If you allow notifications, Apple or Google issues a device token that lets us send the notifications you've turned on. We also remember your settings: notification choices, weekly defaults, and which maps app you prefer.
If you choose to verify a mobile number, we keep that number to send you one-time verification codes by text (see our SMS Terms). It is never sold or shared for marketing, and text-message opt-in data is not shared with third parties. Replying STOP stops all texts.
We don't collect your contacts, precise location, or advertising identifiers, and the app contains no advertising or analytics trackers. Basic technical logs (the time of a request and an IP address) are kept briefly by our hosting provider to run the service and prevent abuse.
We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't build profiles of you for others.
Today, we do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own marketing.
We want to be honest about the future rather than quietly change this later. Gathering may grow, take on partners, or be sold or merged into another company. If that happens:
As long as your account exists. When you delete your account, your personal information is deleted from our live systems right away and from backups within 30 days. A group's shared content (event titles, chat) stays with the group, with your name removed, so the other members' history isn't broken. Sign-in code emails are kept by our email provider for a short time for delivery troubleshooting.
Gathering is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has an account, email us and we'll delete it.
Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is limited by per-account rules in the database (members can only read their own groups), and there are no passwords to steal — sign-in uses one-time codes or Apple/Google. No system is perfect; if we learn of a breach affecting your information we'll notify you as the law requires.
Gathering is operated from the United States and data is stored there. If you use it from elsewhere, your information is processed in the U.S.
When we change this policy we'll update the date at the top. For changes that matter — anything about selling or sharing personal information, or new types of data — we'll also tell you in the app before the change applies.
Kyongho So · kyonghoso56@gmail.com