Shmuel ha-Navi 40 · Eshul LLC · last updated 26 August 2026
This app shows simcha announcements for the Yeshiva Toras Aish community — engagements, chasunas, births and the events around them. This page explains exactly what it collects, why, and how to get rid of it. It describes what the app actually does, not a generic template.
Eshul LLC, 1168 Coughlin St, Lakewood, NJ 08701, United States. Contact: [email protected].
The app is for members of the Yeshiva Toras Aish community. You can only sign in with a phone number that already appears on the yeshiva's own roster. It is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your phone number | It is how you sign in and how we know which person you are. |
| A one-time code we text you | To confirm the number is yours. We store only a hash of the code, never the code itself, and it is deleted or expired after ten minutes. |
| Your name, address, email and phone numbers from the yeshiva roster | These come from the yeshiva's own contact list. They appear in the in-app directory, which is visible only to signed-in members. |
| Notification token, device platform, model, OS version and app version | To deliver push notifications and to know which build a problem came from. |
| Who you follow, which simcha types you enabled, and reminders you set | So you get the notifications you asked for and none that you did not. |
| A record of notifications we sent you | To tell whether delivery worked and to stop retrying dead devices. |
| The IP address a sign-in request came from | Only to rate-limit code requests and prevent abuse. |
| What you do in the app — whose profile you open, which simcha you look at, what you type into the directory search, when you press the heart or take it back, when you tap to call or email somebody, what you add to your calendar or open in maps, and when you export the directory | So the office can see how the app is being used, keep the information people actually look at correct, and answer questions about who was told what. |
| Your phone's battery level and network type, recorded over time alongside the above | To tell whether a missing notification was the app's fault or a flat or disconnected phone. |
The app keeps a record of whose profiles you look at and what you search for, tied to your phone number, and the office can see it. It is not anonymous and it is not aggregated. We are telling you plainly rather than burying it, because it is the kind of thing people reasonably want to know before they use something. If you would rather not be recorded this way, do not use the app.
The events shown in the app come from announcements already published to the community by the Toras Aish Simches messaging service. The app organises those announcements; it does not gather information about anybody privately. If something about you is wrong or you want it removed, write to [email protected] and we will correct or remove it.
We do not sell your information and we do not share it for advertising. It reaches only the service providers needed to make the app work:
We may also disclose information if the law requires it.
Data is held on our own server in the United States. Sign-in codes expire after ten minutes. Sign-in sessions last until you sign out. Roster and simcha information is kept as long as the app runs, because it is a community record. Notification logs are kept about a year, and so is the record of what you did in the app. If you ask us to delete your account we remove your account, sessions, devices, follows, notification settings, reminders, and everything recorded about how you used the app.
Traffic runs over HTTPS. Sign-in codes are stored only as SHA-256 hashes, expire in ten minutes, allow five attempts and are rate-limited to three per number every ten minutes. Session tokens are stored hashed. No system is perfect, and we do not claim otherwise.
If this policy changes materially we will update the date at the top and, where the change matters, say so in the app.