## Des.irable.com - Privacy Policy **Last Updated: [Date]** ### 1. Introduction This Privacy Policy explains how Des.irable.com ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our dating application, website, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. By using the Service, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. ### 2. Information We Collect We collect various types of information from and about you, including: **Information You Provide Directly:** * **Account Information:** When you register for an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, date of birth, gender, sexual orientation, location, username, and password. * **Profile Information:** You may choose to provide additional information for your profile, such as photos, videos, interests, hobbies, relationship preferences, and other personal details. * **Verification Information:** For user validation and safety purposes, we may collect copies of your government-issued ID, biometric data (e.g., facial scans), and other verification information. * **Content:** User Content you create, upload, or transmit through the Service, including messages, photos, videos, and content for sale. * **Payment Information:** If you make purchases or subscribe to premium features, we collect payment information such as credit card details or other payment method information. This information is processed by our third-party payment processors, and we do not directly store your full payment card details. * **Communications:** Information you provide when you contact us for support or feedback. * **Feedback and Metrics Data:** Information you provide when giving feedback on user metrics (integrity, safety, attractiveness, etc.) and your interactions with the Service. **Information Collected Automatically:** * **Usage Data:** We collect information about your use of the Service, such as your activity within the app, profiles you view, users you interact with, features you use, and the dates and times of your interactions. * **Device Information:** We collect information about the devices you use to access the Service, including device type, operating system, device identifiers (e.g., IDFA, Android Ad ID), IP address, browser type, and mobile network information. * **Location Information:** We may collect your device's location information (e.g., GPS, Wi-Fi, or cellular network location) if you enable location services for the Service. We use this information to provide location-based features, such as finding matches near you. You can control location collection through your device settings. * **Cookies and Similar Technologies:** We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activity on our website and within the Service. This may include information about your pages viewed, links clicked, and other actions you take within the Service. ### 3. How We Use Your Information We use your information for various purposes, including: * **Providing and Maintaining the Service:** To operate the Service, process your registration, manage your account, and provide you with the features and functionality of the Service. * **Matching and Recommendations:** To analyze your profile information, preferences, and usage data to suggest compatible matches and improve our matching algorithms. * **Personalization:** To personalize your experience on the Service, such as displaying relevant content and recommendations. * **User Validation and Safety:** To verify your identity, prevent fraud and abuse, ensure user safety, and enforce our Terms of Service. * **Communication:** To communicate with you, respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, send you service-related notifications, and marketing communications (with your consent where required by law). * **Content Monetization:** To facilitate content sales and transactions between users, process payments, and manage creator earnings. * **Improving the Service:** To analyze usage trends, conduct research and development, improve the Service's functionality and user experience, and develop new features. * **Behavioral Management:** To use user metrics (integrity score, safety score, etc.) to manage user behavior, encourage positive interactions, and address violations of our Terms. * **Legal Compliance:** To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and law enforcement requests. ### 4. Sharing Your Information We may share your information with the following categories of recipients: * **Other Users:** Your profile information and User Content may be visible to other users of the Service, depending on your profile settings and the features of the Service. For example, your profile photo and basic profile details will be visible to other users for matching purposes. * **Service Providers:** We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing and improving the Service, such as payment processors, hosting providers, analytics providers, customer support providers, and security providers. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify. * **Business Partners:** We may share aggregated or anonymized information with business partners for marketing, advertising, or research purposes. This information will not identify you personally. * **Legal Authorities:** We may disclose your information to law enforcement agencies, government authorities, or other third parties if we believe it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or the rights of others, investigate fraud or illegal activities, or respond to a valid legal request. * **Business Transfers:** In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or bankruptcy, your information may be transferred to a successor entity. We will notify you of such a transfer and any changes to this Privacy Policy. **We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes.** ### 5. Data Security We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include: * **Encryption:** We use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online and offline. * **Access Controls:** We restrict access to personal information to authorized personnel who need to know that information to operate, develop, or improve our Service. * **Security Audits:** We regularly conduct security audits and vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential security risks. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. ### 6. Data Retention We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide you with the Service, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When you delete your account, we will generally delete your personal information from our active databases. However, we may retain certain information for a limited period for backup, archival, audit, or legal purposes. In some cases, we may anonymize or aggregate your information in a non-personally identifiable form for analytical or research purposes. ### 7. Your Rights You have certain rights regarding your personal information, depending on your jurisdiction. These rights may include: * **Access:** You have the right to access and request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. * **Correction:** You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we have about you. * **Deletion:** You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. * **Objection to Processing:** You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as for direct marketing purposes. * **Restriction of Processing:** You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. * **Data Portability:** You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit that information to another controller. * **Withdraw Consent:** If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at \[Privacy Inquiry Email Address]. We may require you to verify your identity before processing your request. ### 8. Children's Privacy The Service is not intended for children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at \[Privacy Inquiry Email Address]. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information. ### 9. Changes to this Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Service or sending you an email notification. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last revised. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. ### 10. Contact Information If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: \[Your Company Name] \[Your Company Address] \[Your Privacy Inquiry Email Address]