Privacy policy

Last updated October 19, 2026

Make a Simcha ("we", "us") is an app that helps families plan a simcha together. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and the choices you have. It applies to our website, the app, and the text messages and emails we send.

Information we collect

• Account information. Your name, phone number and email address, used to sign you in and to send you reminders.
• Information you add about your simcha. Events, dates, places, vendors, budgets, expenses, tasks, notes, seating plans and gifts.
• Information about your guests. Names, phone numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses and household members that you or your family add, and the answers guests give on their RSVP page.
• Payment information. Payments are processed by our payment provider. We receive a confirmation and the last digits of the card, never the full card number.
• Technical information. Basic logs, such as the time of a request and the type of device, used to keep the service running and secure.
• Website and app analytics. We use Google Analytics to count visits and to see which pages and steps people use, for example how many people reach the payment page. It records the pages you open, which buttons you press in the app (the button, never what you type), whether a payment went through and its price, and roughly where you are (a city or region worked out from your internet address). Google sets cookies to do this. It does not receive your name, email address, phone number, your guests, or what you enter about your simcha or its money. If you came through an affiliate's link, the affiliate's name is included with these counts. We do not use it for advertising, and it is switched off if your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal.
• Affiliate links. If you arrive through an affiliate's link, we keep a small cookie for a limited time (currently about a month) that holds only the affiliate's name, so that they can be credited if you pay. We also count the visit, using a one-way code, never your address itself. The cookie is not used to follow you anywhere else.

How we use it

• To run the app for you and the people you invite to your simcha.
• To send messages you ask us to send, such as invitations, RSVP replies, seating details and thank-you notes, on your behalf.
• To send you account messages, such as sign-in codes and reminders about payments and tasks.
• To answer your questions and fix problems.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not use your guests' information for our own marketing.

Who can see your information

Within a simcha, each family sees the shared plan and its own private information. One side never sees the other side's private expenses or private notes. A planner you invite sees only the items they handle.

We share information only with the companies that help us run the service, such as our hosting, database, email, text-message, payment and website-analytics providers. They may use it only to provide their service to us. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.

Text messages

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text-message opt-in data and consent are never shared with any third party. Reply STOP to any text to stop receiving them. See Text messages for details.

Guests

If a family added you as a guest, they entered your details. You can reply STOP to texts, use the unsubscribe link in emails, or write to us at support@makeasimcha.com to have your contact details removed.

How long we keep it

We keep a simcha's information while the account is open so families can look back on it. You can ask us to delete your account and your simchas at any time. Some records, such as payment records, may be kept longer where the law requires.

Files you upload, such as receipts and menu files, are deleted automatically 60 days after the last event of the simcha. We email you about two weeks before so you can download them. The notes, amounts and lists you entered stay.

Security

Information is sent over encrypted connections and stored with access controls that keep each family's private information separate. No system is perfectly secure, so please keep your sign-in details to yourself.

Children

Make a Simcha is meant for adults planning a simcha. We do not knowingly collect information directly from children under 13. A family may list children as household members of a guest.

Changes and contact

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell account holders. Questions: support@makeasimcha.com.