Privacy Policy
Last updated October 13, 2026
Y’all Decide (“we,” “us”) is operated by Beacon Light Investments. This policy explains what we collect when you use yalldecide.com, what we do with it, and the choices you have. Questions or requests: [email protected].
What we collect
If you organize a trip (create an account):
- Your name, email address, and a password (stored only as a one-way hash).
- The trip details you enter, such as target season, group size, regions, and the email addresses of the people you invite.
If you are invited to a trip, or join one (no account needed):
- Your email address, which the organizer enters, or which you enter if you join with a trip passphrase. If you join that way, we also collect your name and, optionally, a phone number.
- Your answers: months you can travel, budget range, preferences and dealbreakers, household size and age bands, sleeping-arrangement needs, and any notes you choose to write.
If you list a property through our listing form: the property’s details, photos you link to, your name, and your business contact email, phone, and website.
Information about venues from public sources. To build our directory of reunion grounds, we gather business information that operators publish on their own websites, such as the property name, location, capacity, amenities, and public contact details. We use it to describe and match venues, not to profile individuals.
Technical information. Like most websites, our servers record your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request, and we use cookies to keep you signed in and protect forms from forgery (see “Cookies” below).
Where you came from. If you arrive through an ad or a tagged link, we note the campaign tags in the address (the “utm” values) and the website that sent you, on the first page you open in a visit. If you then create an account, we save those details with it so we can tell which ads and links bring people to the site. We keep only those labels, not a record of the pages you browse.
How we use it
- To run the service: create trips, send invitations, collect answers, work out what the group agrees on, and suggest matching venues.
- To send email you need: sign-in and verification codes, invitations, and reminders about a trip you’re part of (for example when a new round opens or is about to close).
- To keep the site secure, prevent abuse, and fix problems.
- To count sign-ups, trips, and responses in aggregate, and to see which ads and links work.
- To confirm listing details with venue operators.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising profiles.
Who sees what in a group
By default, answers within a trip are anonymous to the other decision-makers: they see counts, not names. The organizer can see who has and has not responded so they can follow up. An organizer may switch a trip to “named” mode, in which case participants’ answers are shown with their names.
Who we share it with
We share information only with service providers that help us run the site, and only as needed for that purpose:
- Email delivery: Resend, which sends the messages described above.
- Hosting and infrastructure: the providers that host our servers and database.
- Fonts: our home page loads fonts from Google Fonts, and the signed-in app loads fonts from Bunny Fonts. Your browser contacts those services, which may receive your IP address.
We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or in connection with a sale or reorganization of the business.
When an organizer sends an inquiry to a venue, they send it themselves from their own email. We don’t pass your answers to the venue.
Advertising
We advertise on Meta platforms (Facebook and Instagram). If you reach our site from an ad, Meta handles the ad itself under its own policies. At the time of this policy, our site does not run Meta Pixel or other advertising or analytics trackers; the only thing we keep about how you arrived is the campaign labels described above. If that changes, we will update this page before it does.
Cookies
We use only the cookies the site needs: a session cookie, a security (CSRF) cookie, and, if you choose “remember me,” a sign-in cookie. We don’t use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking.
How long we keep it
We keep trip data while the trip is active and for a reasonable period afterward, and we keep account data until you ask us to delete it. Server logs are kept for a short time for security and troubleshooting. Business information about venues stays in our directory until the operator asks us to correct or remove it.
Your choices and how to delete your data
You can ask us to show you what we hold about you, correct it, or delete it. To do so, email [email protected] from the address on file (or tell us the address you used), and we will respond within 45 days. Deleting your account removes your name, email, and the trips you organize. If you were invited to someone else’s trip, ask us to remove your answers and email address from it.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, such as to know, to delete, to correct, or to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We honor those requests from anyone, wherever they live. We do not sell or share personal information for advertising.
Venue operators can use the same address to correct or remove a listing.
Security
We protect your information with measures such as encrypted connections, hashed passwords, and restricted access. No system is perfectly secure, so we can’t guarantee absolute security.
Children
Y’all Decide is for adults. Organizers and respondents must be 18 or older, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it. Age bands that participants report for their household describe groups, not individual children.
Where we operate
We operate in the United States. If you use the site from elsewhere, your information will be processed in the United States.
Changes
If we change this policy, we’ll update the date above, and for material changes we’ll notify account holders by email or a notice on the site.
Contact
Beacon Light Investments, operating Y’all Decide
[email protected]