Privacy Notice
This notice applies to the LFN website, mobile application, accounts, venue onboarding, and related support and communications.
1. Who operates LFN
LFN is operated by Ryan Sparham-Brunt. For privacy questions or requests, email ryan@lfnhyper.co.uk.
2. Information LFN processes
The information involved depends on how you use LFN. It may include:
- Account information: name, email address, role, profile, preferences and account timestamps. Authentication credentials are handled through the authentication provider rather than displayed to LFN staff.
- Venue information: applications, operator and team details, locations, contact details, opening information, images and venue-generated content.
- Discovery and activity: saved venues or Deals; claims, verification and redemption records; preferences; and interactions with Deals, Perks, Events and Updates.
- Rewards information: Rewards, Embers, seasons, challenges and progress where those features are available.
- Location: coarse or precise device or browser location when permission is granted, plus venue locations supplied by venue operators.
- Notifications: notification choices, delivery context, device platform and a push token when push notifications are enabled.
- Technical and support information: device, browser, IP-derived security information, request and security logs, fault diagnostics, and support or venue communications.
3. How information is collected
Information is provided directly when people register, manage a profile, contact LFN or use product features; supplied by venue operators; collected automatically when the service is used; or received from authentication, hosting, notification and monitoring providers where those services are enabled.
Some information is required to create or secure an account or to deliver a feature you request. Without it, the relevant feature may not work.
4. Why information is used
- Create, authenticate and secure accounts.
- Provide local discovery and remember requested preferences.
- Enable Deals, Perks, Events, Updates, claims and redemptions.
- Operate Rewards, Embers and progress features.
- Review venue applications and support venue management.
- Provide requested communications, notifications and support.
- Prevent fraud, misuse and unauthorised access.
- Detect faults, maintain reliability and improve LFN.
- Meet legal obligations and resolve disputes.
5. Lawful bases
Depending on the activity, processing may be necessary to perform the service requested under the Terms or to take requested steps before providing it; based on legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving LFN, supporting users and venues, and preventing misuse; required by law; or based on consent for genuinely optional processing where consent is required. Consent can be withdrawn for the future.
6. Location
LFN requests foreground device or browser location only after you choose a nearby feature and grant permission. It uses location to rank or show nearby Venues, Deals and Perks. Location is optional; without it, you can continue with the Ormskirk or default catalogue, although nearby ordering or map results may be less relevant. Location does not verify or redeem Deals; Deal verification uses a Venue QR code or six-digit backup code. LFN does not request background location. Permission can be changed in device or browser settings.
7. Notifications and communications
Push notifications are optional and require device permission. LFN stores notification preferences and, when push is enabled, a device push token and platform information. Account and service emails may be sent where needed. Optional preferences can be changed in LFN or device settings, although essential account or security communications may still be sent.
8. Sharing and service providers
Necessary providers may process information for hosting, authentication, database, notification, fault monitoring and support. The current product uses Supabase for database and authentication, Vercel for web hosting, Sentry for fault reporting when enabled, and Expo notification services for mobile push delivery. Information may also be disclosed where required by law or necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights. LFN does not sell personal information.
Some providers may process information outside the UK. Where UK law requires safeguards, LFN will use the applicable transfer arrangement and can explain the current provider arrangement on request.
9. Venue and public content
At the September launch, only approved, active Venue information and Deals, Perks, Events and Updates explicitly classified as unrestricted may be publicly visible. Content classified as 18_plus or unknown is disabled for every user; LFN does not offer an adult-only route to that content. Venue operators should not include private personal information in content intended for public display.
Consumer review submission and public review display are disabled for launch. Historical/test review rows are private and are not shown as public reviews. Under LFN's approved deletion design, a deleting person's individual review row, author link and free text are removed; only the independent non-identifying Venue rating/review-count aggregate remains.
10. Retention and account deletion
No general time-based retention durations have yet been approved. LFN has approved account-deletion design LFN-DP-DEC-001-ACCOUNT-DELETION. The database implementation is deployed; verification of the complete app deletion journey is still in progress. An account deletion request may be temporarily unavailable. It is also blocked while the account still owns a live Venue; ownership must be transferred before deletion can proceed. A genuine legal, fraud or dispute hold also blocks deletion. Deletion for an account linked to Sign in with Apple is also temporarily unavailable until LFN can securely revoke the associated Apple authorization; the account remains undeleted in the meantime.
When deletion completes, Auth, profile and personal state are removed without a replacement account hash or identifier. Active Deal claims end, their credentials are invalidated and live allocation is released; completed/cancelled Deal facts and completed Perk facts may remain only as anonymous Deal, Perk and Venue history. Legitimate anonymous views, clicks, redemption totals and Venue/Deal performance aggregates are not rewritten. Historical review rows and free text are removed, and retained audit/security facts are stripped of direct subject IDs, IP, user agent and personal payloads. General retention periods, support, backup and processor handling remain separate and unapproved. Privacy requests can always be made through ryan@lfnhyper.co.uk.
11. Your UK data-protection rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights to access personal information, correct it, request deletion, restrict or object to processing, and receive or transfer certain information where portability applies. You may withdraw consent where processing depends on consent. To make a request, email ryan@lfnhyper.co.uk. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
12. Children and younger users
The current Terms require a person to be at least 13 to create an account, and under-13s must not create one. Registration does not currently operate an age-assurance or parental-consent mechanism. Users aged 13 to 17 can ask a trusted parent or guardian for help understanding this notice. Content classified as 18_plus or unknown is disabled for everyone at launch. Venues remain responsible for checking identification and complying with licensing and age-restriction laws for their premises, goods and services.
13. Automated decisions
LFN does not currently use solely automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects for users.
14. Security
LFN uses reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information, including access controls, authentication, security checks and fault monitoring. No online service can remove every security risk, so users should protect their credentials and report suspected unauthorised access.
15. Changes and contact
Material changes will be reflected by updating the date on this page and, where appropriate, giving an in-service notice. Questions and rights requests can be sent to ryan@lfnhyper.co.uk.
Terms of Use
These Terms apply when you access or use LFN. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to them. LFN is operated by Ryan Sparham-Brunt; “LFN”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Ryan Sparham-Brunt as operator of the service.
1. Pre-launch service
LFN is preparing to launch in September 2026, initially in Ormskirk and around Edge Hill. Features may change during testing and pre-launch, and availability before launch is not guaranteed.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 to create an account; under-13s must not create one. Registration does not currently operate an age-assurance or parental-consent mechanism. For the September launch, content classified as 18_plus or unknown is disabled for every user rather than being made available through an adult-only path.
3. Accounts
Provide accurate information, keep credentials secure, and do not share access improperly. You are responsible for activity through your account to the extent permitted by law. Tell LFN promptly atryan@lfnhyper.co.uk if you suspect unauthorised access.
4. Consumer use
Unrestricted Deals, Perks, Events and Updates may be supplied by venues. Availability, capacity and venue terms can change, so read the terms attached to each item. A claim or redemption does not remove venue entry rules or identification checks.
5. Venue and business use
Anyone acting for a venue must have authority to do so and must submit accurate information. The venue is responsible for the legality, pricing, availability, licensing, descriptions and fulfilment of its content and must honour valid published terms, subject to lawful exceptions. Venue content must not be misleading, unlawful or discriminatory.
6. LFN’s platform role
LFN provides a discovery and publishing platform. Unless expressly stated, LFN is not the venue, event organiser, alcohol retailer, food provider or fulfilment party. The relevant venue remains responsible for the goods, services, events and content it supplies.
7. Acceptable use
You must not:
- Use LFN unlawfully or for fraud or redemption abuse.
- Impersonate another person or venue, harass others, or mislead.
- Interfere with security or introduce malicious code.
- Scrape or access LFN automatically without permission.
- Bypass limits, permissions, age checks or verification controls.
8. Content and intellectual property
Users and venues retain ownership of content they submit. They grant LFN a limited licence to host, copy, display, format and distribute that content through the service as needed to operate and promote the submitted listing or feature. They confirm they have the rights needed to submit it. LFN branding, software and product assets remain protected by applicable intellectual-property law.
9. Suspension and termination
LFN may take proportionate action, including restricting or suspending access, where reasonably necessary because of a security threat, unlawful behaviour, fraud, a serious or repeated breach, or a legal requirement. Account deletion can be requested through the service, but may be blocked or temporarily unavailable under the conditions described in the Privacy Notice. These Terms do not remove rights that cannot lawfully be removed.
10. Availability and reasonable disclaimers
LFN may experience interruptions, errors or maintenance periods, and features may evolve. Venue-supplied information can change and should be checked with the venue where important. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, statutory consumer rights, or any other liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited.
11. Changes to these Terms
Material changes will be shown through an updated date and, where appropriate, an in-service notice. If a change requires fresh agreement, LFN will ask for it.
12. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. If you are a consumer, this does not remove any mandatory rights or protections available under the law that applies where you live.
13. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to ryan@lfnhyper.co.uk.