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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 29, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Atlas Studios LLC doing business as Pulse collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use Pulse, including our mobile application, website, groups, markets, virtual credits, and related services.

By using Pulse, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide, information created through your use of Pulse, and information collected automatically.

A. Account Information

We may collect:

  1. Name.
  2. Username.
  3. Email address.
  4. Phone number.
  5. Password or authentication credentials.
  6. Profile photo.
  7. Date of birth or age confirmation.
  8. School, group, or affiliation information, if provided.
  9. Account settings and preferences.

B. User Content

We collect content you create, upload, send, or interact with, including:

  1. Group names and group information.
  2. Market questions and descriptions.
  3. Predictions and market activity.
  4. Comments, messages, replies, reactions, and votes.
  5. Images, profile content, or other uploaded materials.
  6. Reports, disputes, moderation requests, and support messages.

C. Virtual Credit and App Activity

We may collect information about:

  1. Virtual credit balances.
  2. Prediction entries.
  3. Market outcomes.
  4. Leaderboards, scores, streaks, and rankings.
  5. Group participation.
  6. Referral activity.
  7. Feature usage.
  8. App sessions and interactions.

Virtual credits have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for money, prizes, goods, or services.

D. Device and Technical Information

We may automatically collect:

  1. Device type.
  2. Operating system.
  3. App version.
  4. Browser type.
  5. IP address.
  6. Device identifiers.
  7. Crash logs.
  8. Performance data.
  9. Notification settings.
  10. Approximate location inferred from IP address.
  11. Log data, including dates and times of access.

E. Contacts and Social Connections

If Pulse offers contact or friend-finding features, we may ask for permission to access your contacts. We will only access contacts if you allow it through your device settings.

We may use contacts to help you find friends, invite people, or build groups. You can disable contact access through your device settings.

F. Location Information

Pulse does not need precise location for its core social prediction features unless a specific feature asks for it.

If we add location-based features, we may collect approximate or precise location only with your permission. You can disable location access through your device settings.

G. Communications

If you contact us, we may collect your name, email address, message contents, attachments, and any information needed to respond.

H. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from third parties, such as:

  1. Authentication providers.
  2. App stores.
  3. Analytics providers.
  4. Crash reporting tools.
  5. Customer support tools.
  6. Other users who invite, tag, report, or interact with you.

2. How We Use Information

We use information to:

  1. Create and manage accounts.
  2. Provide, operate, and improve Pulse.
  3. Enable groups, markets, predictions, leaderboards, and virtual credits.
  4. Resolve markets and disputes.
  5. Personalize the app experience.
  6. Send notifications, updates, and service messages.
  7. Provide customer support.
  8. Monitor safety and enforce our Terms.
  9. Detect fraud, abuse, manipulation, security incidents, and prohibited wagering.
  10. Debug, test, and improve app performance.
  11. Analyze usage and product performance.
  12. Comply with legal obligations.
  13. Protect the rights, safety, and property of Pulse, users, and others.

3. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We may share information in the following ways:

A. With Other Users

Other users may see information you choose to share or that is part of the app experience, including:

  1. Username.
  2. Profile photo.
  3. Groups you join, depending on group settings.
  4. Markets you create.
  5. Predictions, comments, reactions, or leaderboard activity, depending on app settings.
  6. Market outcomes and virtual credit activity, depending on app design.

Do not share sensitive information in markets, groups, comments, or messages.

B. With Group Members and Admins

Group members and admins may see your activity within that group. Admins may have access to group moderation tools, reports, member lists, markets, and related activity.

C. With Service Providers

We may share information with vendors who help us operate Pulse, such as hosting providers, authentication providers, analytics tools, crash reporting tools, notification providers, moderation tools, email providers, support tools, and security providers.

These providers may process information only as needed to provide services to us.

D. For Legal, Safety, and Security Reasons

We may disclose information if we believe it is necessary to:

  1. Comply with law, regulation, legal process, or government request.
  2. Enforce our Terms.
  3. Investigate fraud, abuse, manipulation, or prohibited wagering.
  4. Protect users, Pulse, or the public.
  5. Respond to emergencies or threats of harm.
  6. Protect rights, property, privacy, and safety.

E. Business Transfers

If Pulse or Atlas Studios LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

F. With Your Consent

We may share information for other purposes with your permission.

4. Public and Private Content

Pulse may include private groups, but content shared in a private group can still be viewed, saved, copied, screenshotted, or shared by other group members.

We cannot control what other users do with information you share. Use caution before posting personal, sensitive, embarrassing, confidential, or private information.

5. Notifications

Pulse may send push notifications, emails, or in-app messages about account activity, group activity, market activity, reminders, safety updates, product updates, and support messages.

You can manage push notifications through your device settings. Some service-related messages may still be sent even if marketing or optional notifications are disabled.

6. Analytics and Performance

We may use analytics and crash reporting tools to understand how users interact with Pulse, diagnose bugs, improve performance, and develop new features.

Analytics data may include device information, app interactions, session activity, approximate location, and technical logs.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

If Pulse operates a website, we may use cookies, local storage, pixels, or similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, understand usage, improve security, and measure performance.

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. Some features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

8. Data Retention

We keep information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Pulse, maintain accounts, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, protect safety, prevent fraud, and operate our business.

When you delete your account, we will delete or de-identify personal information unless we need to retain it for legal, safety, security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, backup, or legitimate business reasons.

Some content may remain visible if it was shared with others, copied, screenshotted, included in group history, or retained in backups.

9. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your account through the app or by contacting us at [support email].

After deletion, your account may be disabled, and we will begin deleting or de-identifying personal information according to our retention practices.

We may retain certain records where necessary to prevent abuse, investigate violations, comply with law, or protect Pulse and other users.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information. However, no system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that information will always remain secure, private, or error-free.

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials and device secure.

11. Children’s Privacy

Pulse is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

Parents or guardians who believe a child under 13 has provided information to Pulse may contact us at [support email].

12. Teens

Users under the age of majority should use Pulse only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.

We may limit certain features for younger users, including public visibility, contact discovery, messaging, market creation, notifications, or other features.

13. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:

  1. Access personal information we hold about you.
  2. Request correction of inaccurate information.
  3. Request deletion of personal information.
  4. Request a copy of personal information.
  5. Object to or restrict certain processing.
  6. Opt out of certain disclosures or targeted advertising, if applicable.
  7. Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

To make a request, contact us at [support email]. We may need to verify your identity before completing your request.

14. California Privacy Notice

This section applies to California residents where required by law.

We may collect the following categories of personal information:

  1. Identifiers, such as name, username, email address, phone number, IP address, and device identifiers.
  2. Internet or network activity, such as app usage, logs, device data, and interactions.
  3. Commercial or transaction-like information, such as virtual credit activity and app activity.
  4. Geolocation information, such as approximate location from IP address or precise location if enabled.
  5. Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as profile photos or uploaded content.
  6. Inferences, such as preferences, app usage patterns, or group activity trends.
  7. Sensitive personal information, only if you choose to provide it or if needed for safety, security, or legal purposes.

We use these categories for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell personal information for money. We do not knowingly sell or share personal information of users under 16.

California residents may have the right to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses or disclosures of personal information. California residents also have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To submit a California privacy request, contact us at [support email].

15. Other State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights under applicable law, including rights to access, correct, delete, obtain a copy of, or opt out of certain processing of personal information.

To exercise these rights, contact us at [support email].

16. International Users

Pulse is operated from the United States. If you access Pulse from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

By using Pulse, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries that may have different privacy laws than your country.

17. Third-Party Links and Services

Pulse may contain links to third-party websites, apps, content, or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third parties.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we may notify you through the app, email, or another reasonable method.

Your continued use of Pulse after the updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you accept the updated policy.