Privacy Policy

Gojo Spot (“we”, “us”) runs the website gojospot.com, a platform for finding and booking homes, guesthouses and long stays across Ethiopia, hosted by local people. We are responsible for the personal data described in this policy. You can reach us at gameplayethopian@gmail.com.

When you sign in with Google. With your permission, Google shares your name, email address and profile photo with us. We do not receive your Google password, contacts, files or any other Google data.

When you sign up with email. Your name, email address, Ethiopian phone number and a password. Your password is stored only in encrypted (hashed) form by our authentication provider; we can never see it.

What you add to your profile and settings. Only if you choose to add them:

• Profile details such as your preferred name, photo, “about me” text, work, school, the decade you were born, the city you live in, languages, interests and other profile answers.
• Account details such as your legal name, phone number, home address and an emergency contact.
• Your settings: language, currency, time zone, privacy choices and notification preferences.
• Requests you send us, such as a request for a copy of your data or to delete your account.

Technical information. The cookies described below, and basic request information (such as your IP address, browser and device type) that our hosting providers process to deliver the site and keep it secure.

• To create and run your account: sign you in, keep you signed in and show your profile and settings.
• To build trust between hosts and guests: your public profile (name, photo and the details you choose to share) can be seen by others, according to your privacy settings.
• To contact you about your account, security and, later, your bookings, using the channels you choose in your notification settings.
• To keep Gojo Spot safe: prevent fraud and abuse and fix problems.
• To remember your preferences, such as language and currency.

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it with advertisers. We only share it with service providers that help us run Gojo Spot, under agreements that require them to protect it:

• Supabase: our database, file storage (profile photos) and sign-in service.
• Vercel: hosts the website and delivers it to your browser.
• Google: only if you choose “Continue with Google” to sign in.

These providers may store data on servers outside Ethiopia. Other hosts and guests see only what your profile and privacy settings allow. We may also disclose data when Ethiopian law requires it.

We only use cookies that the site needs to work. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.

• Sign-in (session) cookies from our authentication provider keep you logged in securely.
• gs_lang and gs_currency remember your language and currency for up to one year.

We also keep a small note in your browser for the current visit only, so the welcome animation doesn’t play on every page. If you block cookies, you won’t be able to stay signed in.

You can, at any time:

• See and correct your profile and account details in Account settings.
• Choose who can see your profile and turn sharing options on or off in Privacy settings.
• Request a copy of your data or ask us to delete your account from Account settings → Privacy, or by emailing gameplayethopian@gmail.com.
• Disconnect Google from your account in Login & security, or remove Gojo Spot’s access from your Google Account settings.

We respond to data and deletion requests within 30 days.

We keep your data while your account is open. When you delete your account, we delete your profile, settings, photos and other personal data, except anything we must keep by law (for example, records of payments once bookings are available), which we keep only as long as required.

Data is sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Access to your account data is limited to you by database rules, and your password is never stored in readable form. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong password and tell us right away if you think your account has been misused.

We handle personal data in line with Ethiopia’s Personal Data Protection Proclamation (Proclamation No. 1321/2024) and other applicable Ethiopian law, including your rights to access, correct and delete your data and to object to its use. If you have a complaint, please contact us first at gameplayethopian@gmail.com; you may also contact the relevant Ethiopian data protection authority.

Gojo Spot is for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top and, for important changes, let you know by email or on the site. Questions? Email us at gameplayethopian@gmail.com.