ABS Golf Academy
Choose your platform below. Both apps keep training data locally; iOS can use private iCloud sync, while Android offers Google Drive backup and restore. Each section explains the relevant services, retention and deletion controls.
This policy explains how ABS Golf Academy handles training and planning data, player settings, private iCloud sync, optional Calendar integration, reports, Siri and Shortcuts, and subscription-related information.
This policy applies specifically to the ABS Golf Academy iOS app. It supplements the general abs-golf.com website policy and explains how the app handles training data, planning information, player settings, calendar events, reports, and subscription-related information.
ABS Golf Academy stores training history, completed sessions, planning information, favourites, recent items, session notes, and activities you create locally on your device. When iCloud is available, supported app data can sync through private CloudKit records in your Apple iCloud account.
Settings, including an optional Golf Nickname, handicap (HCP), Target HCP, units, appearance, and notification preferences, are stored locally. Supported settings can sync through Apple's iCloud Key-Value Store. Golf Nickname, HCP, and Target HCP may also appear in statistics reports generated by the app.
If you enable Calendar integration and grant permission, the app creates and maintains events in a separate "ABS Golf" calendar. Events may include a title, date and time, location, notes, and reminders. The calendar may be stored by the calendar provider configured on your device. Turning off calendar sync does not remove events that have already been exported.
Statistics reports may include training statistics and player profile information. Email, PDF export, and other sharing actions occur only when you choose to share a report, using recipients or services you select through Apple's system sharing tools.
Siri and Shortcuts can be used to find Academy activities, read training progress, and log training. Actions that add training records require your confirmation before the activity is logged. Siri and Shortcuts are provided through Apple's platform services and are subject to your device settings.
The app uses this data to provide activity browsing, planning, training history, statistics, reports, continuity across launches, and optional sync features requested by the player. Private iCloud sync uses the user's Apple account and does not make training or profile data public.
Subscription purchases, renewals, billing, and payment information are handled by Apple through the App Store. ABS Golf Academy does not process raw card details inside the app.
The app uses Apple services for distribution, subscription handling, private iCloud and CloudKit sync, Calendar integration, Siri and Shortcuts, and user-initiated sharing. Availability depends on your Apple account, device settings, permissions, and configured services.
Academy stores your training history, plans, notes, custom activities and settings with no automatic time-based expiry. To resolve changes between devices and prevent deleted items from returning, the app also retains previous versions and deletion markers for training entries, Simple Planner sessions, Advanced Planner events and custom activities, including their saved content and any notes. These records are stored locally and can sync to your private iCloud storage. Editing or deleting an item does not erase its previous versions. Deleted items are hidden from normal app views; retained versions and deletion markers have no automatic expiry or in-app permanent-erasure control.
Delete training entries in Statistics, planned sessions in Planner, and custom activities in Designer to remove them from normal app views; the retained records described above are not permanently erased by these actions. Remove favourites and edit profile values in the app. Deleting a custom activity does not delete existing training logs. There is no single in-app erase-all control. To remove the local app installation and its data, choose Delete App in iOS Settings, not Offload App. This does not remove iCloud data, exported files or calendar events.
When private iCloud sync is available, normal training and planning deletions can synchronize to your other devices. Deletion markers keep those items hidden on updated devices, but their retained content and previous versions are not permanently erased. Removing the app, disabling sync or signing out of iCloud does not itself erase stored iCloud copies. Manage Academy data through the app storage controls in iOS Settings > your name > iCloud, where available. After cloud data is cleared, remaining device copies or restored backups may repopulate it. Settings also use iCloud Key-Value Store; do not assume that clearing one storage area clears every synced setting. For a complete reset, stop using Academy on your other devices and contact support if you cannot remove the relevant cloud data; do not assume that a local reinstall is a cloud reset.
Turning off Calendar integration does not delete exported events. Remove unwanted events or the ABS Golf calendar in your Calendar app. Delete exported reports and files in the destination where you saved them; recipients manage copies you have already shared. If you contact support, your message and any files you choose to send are used to answer your request. Contact support about retention or removal of that correspondence. ABS Golf cannot directly erase data in your private iCloud account or a recipient's storage.
This policy applies specifically to the ABS Golf Academy Android app. Core training and planning do not require an ABS Golf account. Google sign-in is optional and is used for backup and restore in your own Google Drive account. The iOS app uses different Apple services; those do not apply to this Android app.
Practice logs, completed sessions, plans, favourites, recent items, notes and custom activities are stored on your device. Settings include an optional Golf Nickname, handicap (HCP), Target HCP, units, appearance and notification preferences. This data provides your training history, planning, statistics and reports. Academy does not send this training database to an ABS Golf backend.
If you connect a Google account, Academy uses Google sign-in and access limited to its hidden app-data area in your Drive. Your account email is shown in the app. Backup to Drive uploads settings and player profile, training logs and notes, plans, custom activities, favourites and recent items. Restore from Drive reads the saved files into the app. Connecting your account also attempts a restore. This is backup and restore, not continuous synchronization between devices. Signing out does not delete local data or the stored Drive backup.
Separately from the in-app Drive feature, Android may back up or transfer the app database and settings when device backup or device transfer is enabled. Your Android device and account settings control this service. Data can return after reinstalling the app or moving to another device; uninstalling alone is not a guarantee that every backup copy is deleted.
If you enable Sync to Calendar and grant Calendar permissions, Academy reads the calendar information needed to find or create a separate ABS Golf calendar and writes Advanced Planner events to it. Events can include titles, dates, times, locations, notes and reminders. Academy creates this as a local device calendar. Your Calendar app and device backup settings govern any copies outside Academy. Turning off Calendar integration does not remove events already exported.
Statistics reports can contain player profile information, training results and notes. PDF export, email and other sharing take place when you choose the action and a destination through Android sharing tools. Files and copies saved by you or recipients remain in those destinations until removed there.
Purchases, renewals, payments and subscription management are handled by Google Play. Academy uses purchase information to determine access and does not receive raw payment-card details. Google sign-in, Drive, Play and Android services process data under their own terms and privacy policies. This Android app does not use iCloud, CloudKit, Siri or Apple billing.
Local training history, plans, notes, custom activities and settings have no automatic time-based expiry. Delete log entries in Statistics, planned sessions in Planner and custom activities in Designer; remove favourites and edit profile values in the app. To reset all local Academy data, use Android Settings > Apps > ABS Golf Academy > Storage > Clear storage (wording varies by device). Cloud backups, exported reports and calendar events must be removed separately. Do not restore an old backup if you want the app to remain empty.
A local deletion does not automatically delete an older Drive backup. Restore merges saved records, so an older backup can bring deleted records back. To remove the Drive copy, sign out in Academy and use Google Drive Settings > Manage apps > ABS Golf Academy > Options > Delete hidden app data, where available. Manage Android system backups separately in your device or Google account backup settings. Remove calendar events in your Calendar app and exported files in their saved destinations. Reconnecting Drive attempts a restore; making a new backup uploads the data still present on that device.
For privacy questions or help with a reset, contact support@abs-golf.com. If you contact support, your message and any files you choose to send are used to answer your request. Contact support about retention or removal of that correspondence. ABS Golf cannot directly erase your private Google Drive data, device backups or copies held by recipients.
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