Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 2025

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information you provide to us:

  • Email address (when registering or joining our mailing list)
  • Google account information (if you choose to sign in with Google)
  • Profile information, which includes:
    • Basic information (age, gender, location, dating preferences (interested in))
    • Profile text and descriptions
    • Profile and tile customization preferences (colors, styles)
    • Profile visibility settings
    • Photos and images you upload
    • Questionnaire responses and preferences
    • Any additional information you choose to share in your profile
  • Location data (if you choose to share it for matching purposes)
  • Communication preferences

1.2 How we use this information:

  • To create and maintain your account
  • To show relevant matches based on your location and questionnaire responses
  • To display your profile, photos, and relevant questionnaire responses to other users
  • To send important notifications about your account
  • To send marketing communications (if you've opted in)

1.3 Data Sharing and Visibility:

  • Public Profile Information: By default, your profile information, photos, and questionnaire responses are publicly viewable to anyone visiting the site, including visitors who are not logged in
  • Profile Visibility Controls: You can adjust some aspects of your profile visibility through privacy settings, but please be aware that core profile elements remain publicly accessible
  • Search Engine Visibility: Your profile may be indexed by search engines unless you change your profile visibility settings

1.4 Information collected automatically:

  • Session data (necessary for website functionality)
  • Cookie preferences

1.5 Analytics data we collect:

  • Usage information (pages visited, time spent on site, referring sites)
  • Device information (browser type, operating system, screen resolution)
  • Location data (country and city level, not precise location)
  • Traffic sources and user flow through the site

1.6 How we use analytics data:

  • To analyze site usage patterns and improve user experience
  • To identify and fix technical issues
  • To understand which features are most popular
  • To measure the effectiveness of our site improvements

2. How We Use Cookies

We use the following cookies:

  • Essential cookies:
    • Laravel session cookie for maintaining your login session and authentication state
    • CSRF token cookie for protecting against cross-site request forgery
    • XSRF-TOKEN cookie for secure form submissions
  • Preference cookies: To remember your cookie consent choice

Our session cookies are encrypted, HTTP-only, and use same-site protections to ensure security.

3. Third-Party Services

We currently use:

  • Google Authentication for sign-in functionality
  • Google Analytics for website usage tracking and analysis
  • Google reCAPTCHA Enterprise to protect our forms from spam and abuse
  • SendGrid for email communications
  • Mailgun for contact form processing
  • GoDaddy for web and database hosting

We use Google Analytics to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. For more information about how Google processes your data, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on or by managing your cookie preferences.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on secure servers provided by our hosting provider, GoDaddy. Our databases are hosted on GoDaddy's servers located in the United States. Session cookies use secure settings including HTTP-only and same-site protections.

4.1 Data Retention

  • Active account data: Stored as long as your account is active.
  • Photos and images: Stored until removed by you or your account is deleted.
  • Questionnaire responses: Maintained as part of your profile until changed or your account is deleted.
  • Deleted accounts are immediately removed from active systems.

4.2 Third-Party Data Processors

  • GoDaddy: Hosts our databases and web servers (United States)
  • Google: Provides authentication services
  • SendGrid: Processes and handles email communications
  • Mailgun: Handles email communications

5. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Withdraw consent for email communications
  • Update or correct your information

5.1 Account Deletion

When you request account deletion:

  • Your profile and personal data will be immediately deleted from our active systems
  • However, your information may persist in our backup systems for up to 90 days
  • These backups are used only for system recovery and cannot be accessed for normal operations
  • After 90 days, your data will be completely removed from all backup systems

6. Contact Information

For any privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, please contact us through our feedback form.

7. Changes to This Policy

This privacy policy may be updated as we add new features and functionality. We will notify users of any material changes.

8. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for and does not knowingly collect information from users under 18 years of age.