Privacy policy

Last updated: November 3, 2026 · Français · Español · Deutsch · Italiano · Português · العربية

Vice Club is an iOS app for GTA VI fans. It is unofficial and not affiliated with Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. This page explains what data the app uses, why, who can see it, and how to exercise your rights.

1. Who is responsible for your data

The publisher of the Vice Club app. For any question or request, write to haris.psn78@gmail.com.

2. The data the app uses

• Your account: a unique identifier and the sign-in method you chose (Apple, Google or email). Depending on the method, the email address and name provided by Apple or Google. With Apple, your address can be hidden by Apple.
• Your profile: your username and avatar color.
• What you post: your topics, replies, likes and their dates, as well as the photos you choose to add to a topic. Before sending, the app shrinks each photo and removes its hidden information (GPS location, device, date taken).
• Presence: the last time you had the app open, updated every two minutes while you use it. It is only used to show how many people are online; no member can see who is online.
• Notifications: if you allow them, your phone’s delivery identifier, removed when you sign out. The replies and mentions that concern you are kept in your account for the app’s bell.
• Moderation: the reports you send (the content concerned and the reason), the people you block and, where applicable, a suspension of your account.

The app does not collect your location, contacts or address book, and has no access to your photo library: only the photo you select is sent. It shows no ads, does no ad tracking, uses no analytics tools and sells no data.

3. News

The News tab reads the public news feeds of video game sites in the country chosen in the app (the full list is published at news-sources.json). Vice Club sends them no data about you. When you open an article, it is shown on the publisher’s site, which applies its own privacy policy.

4. Why this data is used

• Running the service: creating your account, showing your posts and those of other members. Legal basis: performance of the service you request.
• Protecting the community: handling reports, blocking, removing content and suspending accounts that break the rules. Legal basis: the legitimate interest in providing a safe space.

No automated decision-making or profiling takes place.

5. Who can see your data

• Other members and visitors without an account see your username, avatar color, topics and their photos, replies and number of likes.
• Vice Club administrators see reports in order to handle them.
• Google Firebase hosts the service on behalf of the publisher (as a processor): the database is stored in the European Union and photos in the United States (Cloud Storage); these photos and the sign-in service (Firebase Authentication) are therefore processed outside the European Union, under the safeguards provided by the GDPR (standard contractual clauses and the Data Privacy Framework).
• Apple and Google are involved only if you choose to sign in with them.

Your messages are not shared with anyone else.

6. How long

Your data is kept as long as your account exists. You can delete it at any time in the app: Profile > Delete my account. This erases your profile, topics and their photos, replies and likes, then your account. A report already sent may be kept while it is being handled. If any content remains visible after deletion, write to us and we will remove it.

7. Your rights

Under the GDPR, you can request access to your data, its correction, deletion or portability, or restrict or object to its use. Write to haris.psn78@gmail.com; you will receive an answer within one month. You can also lodge a complaint with the French data protection authority, the CNIL (www.cnil.fr), or with the authority of your own country.

8. Minimum age

Vice Club is for people aged 13 and over. Between 13 and 15, the consent of a parent or guardian is required. If your country sets a higher age for using such services, that age applies.

9. Security

Exchanges between the app and the servers are encrypted, and access rules prevent a member from reading or changing another member’s personal data.

10. Changes

This policy may change. The date at the top of the page shows the last update; in case of a significant change, you will be informed in the app. If this translation differs from the French version, the French version prevails.