NotifyC is a campus notification app that lets faculty/staff at a department broadcast notices to their students, and lets students and faculty react to and comment on those notices. This policy explains what data NotifyC collects, why, and how it's handled.
Who this applies to
- Students joining a department's notice board.
- Faculty/Staff posting notices to their department's groups.
- Superadmins managing departments on behalf of an institution.
Information we collect
Account information: full name, email address, mobile number (students), registration number (students), department and group membership.
Content you create: posts, comments, and reactions you author, and attachments you upload (PDF, image, audio, or video files).
Device information: a push notification token, so your device can receive notices for the groups you belong to, and a device identifier, used only to associate your push token with your account.
Usage information: which posts you've viewed and downloaded, so faculty/staff can see basic engagement on their own notices (view/download/reaction/comment counts). Individual students are never identified to faculty in this data — only aggregate counts.
Crash reports (only if you opt in): technical diagnostic data sent when the app crashes — device model, OS version, and a stack trace. No message content, attachments, or personal details are included. You choose whether to enable this on first launch, and can change your mind any time in Settings.
Biometric sign-in (only if you enable it): if you turn on biometric-assisted sign-in, your email and password are stored only in your device's own secure hardware-backed keychain, protected by your fingerprint, face, or device passcode. They are never sent to NotifyC or any third party — they're used only to fill the sign-in form on that same device. You can disable this any time in Settings.
How we use this information
- To create and maintain your account, and to route notices to the correct department and groups.
- To deliver push notifications for new posts in groups you belong to.
- To let faculty/staff see aggregate engagement on their own notices.
- To let faculty/staff moderate (edit or remove) a student's comment within their own department, when necessary.
We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for advertising.
Data retention
- Posts and their attachments are automatically deleted from our servers 7 days after posting.
- Your device may keep a local, on-device copy of posts you've viewed for up to 30 days after the server copy expires, so you can still refer back to them offline. This local copy is stored only on your own device.
- If you delete your account, your profile, group memberships, comments, and reactions are permanently removed from our servers. This cannot be undone.
Who can see your information
- Your name is visible to other members of the groups you belong to, on posts/comments/reactions you author.
- Your email and mobile number are never shown to other students or faculty — they're used only for your own sign-in.
- Superadmins can see roster information (name, email, mobile number, registration number) for departments they administer.
Third-party services
NotifyC is built on:
- Supabase, for faculty/staff and superadmin sign-in. Student sign-in is handled directly by our own servers, not Supabase.
- Our own servers, for the underlying database and for storing post attachments.
- Firebase Cloud Messaging, for delivering push notifications to your device.
- Firebase Crashlytics, for crash reports — only if you opt in (see "Information we collect" above).
These providers process data only as needed to provide their respective services to NotifyC, not for their own independent purposes.
Your choices
- You can update your own registration number, mobile number, or academic status at any time from Settings.
- You can turn crash reporting or biometric sign-in on or off at any time from Settings.
- You can delete your account at any time from Settings — this permanently removes your profile and everything described under "Data retention" above.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data can be sent through the "About & Contact" section in the app.