Brackets

Privacy policy

Last updated 8 October 2026

Brackets is a voting game for iPhone, made by Kevin Carrogan in the UK. This page says what it keeps about you, why, and what you can do about it. If anything's unclear, email hello@playbrackets.app.

What Brackets keeps

• Your account. When you sign in with Apple, Apple gives Brackets an identifier for you and an email address, often a private relay address that hides your real one. If you choose to share it, Apple also gives your name.
• Your votes. Your answers in seeding and your picks in each match, so they count towards the result and so the app can show you how you did.
• Your phone's notification address. Only if you say yes to notifications. Apple gives each phone an address to send them to. If you're signed in, it's linked to your account, so a reminder to vote can skip you once you have.
• Server logs. Like most services, the server notes the requests it gets, which can include your IP address. These are kept for 30 days.

Picks you make without signing in stay on your phone and aren't sent anywhere until you sign in.

What it doesn't do

• No adverts, no tracking, and no analytics.
• Your data isn't sold or shared with anyone for their own use.
• Nobody else sees how you voted. Results only ever show totals.
• This website sets no cookies.

Who else is involved

• Amazon Web Services runs the server and stores the data, in London.
• Apple handles signing in and delivers notifications.

They handle the data only to provide those services.

Why

Your account, votes and notification address are needed to run the game you've signed up to play. Logs and backups are kept because there's a legitimate need to keep the service working and secure.

How long it's kept

As long as you have an account. Backups of the database are kept for 30 days, so something you delete can stay in a backup for up to 30 days before it's gone.

Deleting your account

In the app, tap Account, then Delete account. That deletes your votes and your phone's notification address, removes your email address and name, and tells Apple to stop letting Brackets sign you in. It can't be undone.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of what Brackets keeps about you, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, or object to how it's used. Email hello@playbrackets.app. If you're unhappy with the answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version goes on this page with a new date at the top.