Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how [Company Legal Name] ("we", "us") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use Soulmates Club (the "Service"). We are the data controller. Contact: [privacy email].

1. Data we collect

• Account: email and/or phone number, password (stored hashed by our auth provider).
• Profile: name, birthdate, gender, bio, interests/tags, city, and photos you upload.
• Location: approximate location (only if you choose "Use my location"), used to show distance.
• Activity: likes, passes, matches, and messages you send.
• Verification (optional): a selfie you submit for photo verification.
• Technical: device/browser info and log data needed to run and secure the Service.

2. How we use your data

• To create your profile and show you to (and show you) potential matches.
• To calculate distance and shared-interest compatibility.
• To enable matching, messaging, and notifications.
• To keep the Service safe: prevent fraud, enforce our rules, review reports, and verify photos.
• To provide support and to comply with legal obligations.

Legal bases (where GDPR applies): performance of our contract with you, your consent (e.g., location, verification), our legitimate interests (safety, improving the Service), and legal obligations.

3. Sharing

• Other users see your profile (photos, name, age, city/distance, tags, bio) and can see the messages you send them.
• Service providers that host and run the Service on our behalf (for example our database/auth/storage and email provider). They act under contract and only as instructed.
• Legal/safety: we may disclose data to comply with law or to protect users.
• We do not sell your personal data.

4. Retention

• We keep your account data while your account is active.
• Verification selfies are deleted promptly after review (kept only long enough to make the verification decision).
• When you delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal data within [30] days, except where we must keep limited records for legal, security, or fraud-prevention purposes.

5. Your rights

Depending on where you live (e.g., under GDPR or CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or export your data, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent. You can:

• Delete your account and data yourself in Settings → Delete account.
• Request a copy of your data or exercise other rights by emailing [privacy email].

6. Security

We use industry-standard measures, including encryption in transit, access controls, and row-level security on our database. No system is perfectly secure; please use a strong, unique password.

7. Children

The Service is strictly for adults 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18; if we learn we have, we delete it and remove the account.

8. Cookies

We use only essential cookies/local storage needed to keep you signed in and run the Service. [If you add analytics or ads, describe them and provide a consent mechanism here.]

9. International transfers

Your data may be processed in countries other than yours (including where our providers operate). We rely on appropriate safeguards where required.

10. Changes and contact

We will notify you of material changes. Questions or requests: [privacy email] or Support.