Privacy Policy

Campella (“Campella,” “we,” “us”) is a planning tool for parents and guardians to discover kids' summer camps, plan each child's summer, and coordinate with people they trust. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. Campella is operated by Campella LLC.

Who Campella is for

Campella is intended for adults (18+), parents, and guardians. It is not directed to children, and children do not create or use accounts. Information about a child is entered and controlled by the parent or guardian who owns the account — we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children.

Information we collect

Account information you provide: your name, email address, and optionally a username, phone number, mailing address (line, city, state, ZIP), and a profile photo. We store a securely hashed version of your password — never the password itself.

Children's information you provide: for each camper you add, their first and last name, an optional birth year (we intentionally collect only the year, not a full date of birth), and an optional school name. This is used to plan camps and, in aggregate, to show age- and school-based popularity to other parents — never to identify a specific child.

Activity: camps you save, follow, schedule, mark as booked, or waitlist; the camp groups (seasons) you create; reviews and questions you post; and friend connections you make.

Payments: if you buy a Summer Planning Pass, a Camp Pro subscription, or a Featured boost, our payment processor (Stripe) handles your card details. We do not store card numbers — we keep only a customer reference and your plan/subscription status.

Google Calendar (optional): if you choose to connect Google Calendar, we store the access tokens needed to add your scheduled camps to your calendar. You can disconnect at any time, which removes the events we created and our access.

Technical: a sign-in session cookie, and standard server logs (e.g. IP address, timestamps) used for security and reliability.

How we use information

• Provide the service — search, planning, scheduling, accounts.
• Send transactional emails you've opted into (camp reminders, registration nudges, friend requests, open-spot alerts, Q&A replies). You control these in Account → Notifications.
• Power optional features you choose to use (Google Calendar sync; social signals like “friends booked here,” which you can turn off in Privacy settings).
• Show camp owners aggregate, de-identifiedaudience insights (e.g. age mix, ZIP/school cohorts at a minimum group size). Owners never see individual parents' names or contact details.
• Process payments, prevent abuse, and keep the service secure.

Children's information

Because Campella is for parents and a child's information is provided by their own parent or guardian, we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children. We practice data minimization for children's data — for example, storing only a birth year rather than a full date of birth. We do not sell children's information, and we do not use it for targeted advertising. A parent can review, correct, export, or delete a child's information at any time from their account, or by contacting us. If you believe a child has provided us information directly, contact us and we will delete it.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers that help us run Campella, under contracts limiting their use of it:

• Supabase — database and photo storage
• Stripe — payment processing
• Resend — transactional email delivery
• Google — calendar sync (only if you connect it)
• Mapbox — maps and address/ZIP geocoding
• Anthropic — AI features (e.g. autofill, schedule suggestions, review summaries); inputs are processed to generate a result and are not used to train their models
• Our hosting provider, to operate the site

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our users and the service.

Data retention

We keep your information while your account is active. When you delete your account, we delete your personal information and your children's information, including campers, schedules, and the calendar events we created (some records may persist briefly in backups or where retention is required by law). We do not retain children's information longer than needed for the purpose it was provided.

Your rights and choices

• Access & export — download your data as JSON from Account.
• Correct — edit your profile and campers anytime.
• Delete — delete your account (and all associated data) from Account.
• Communication preferences — manage emails in Account → Notifications.

Depending on where you live (for example, under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act or the California Consumer Privacy Act), you may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of your personal information, and to appeal a decision. To exercise any right, email us at hello@campella.io.

Security

We protect data in transit with encryption (HTTPS), store passwords only as salted hashes, encrypt sensitive credentials (such as calendar access tokens) at rest, and restrict access to personal data. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to safeguard your and your children's information.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll revise the “Last updated” date above and, for material changes, take reasonable steps to notify you.

Contact us

Questions or requests about your privacy? Email hello@campella.io.