This Privacy Policy explains how Circuvent Technologies ("we," "us") handles personal information when you use MeantMee. We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Because dating involves sensitive information, including precise location and sexual orientation, we limit how we use it to what is necessary to provide the Service you ask for.
1. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Account identifiers: email address, phone number, or Apple/Google account identifier.
- Profile information: first name, date of birth (we show only your age), gender identity, pronouns, photos, prompt answers, interests, job, school, hometown, height and optional basics such as drinking, smoking, cannabis, children, religion and politics. You can hide most basics from your profile.
- Preferences: who you want to see (which can reveal your sexual orientation), age range, distance and what you're looking for.
- Communications: messages, photos and reactions you send to matches, reports you file, and messages to our support team.
- Verification: if you choose to verify, a live selfie and, with your consent, biometric information derived from it (see our Biometric Data Notice).
- Payment information: handled by Stripe, Razorpay, Apple or Google. We receive a transaction record and subscription status, not your full card number.
- Safety features: if you use Share My Date, the trusted contact's name and phone or email and the date details you enter.
Information collected automatically
- Precise location (Nearby): only while Nearby is on, your device sends its coordinates and accuracy. We hold live positions in memory with a short expiry (5 minutes by default), delete them when you turn Nearby off, and never write them to our long-term database.
- Approximate location (Discover): a coarse location rounded to about 1 km, used to show people at a distance and to set your billing region.
- Usage and device information: swipes, matches, feature usage, app version, device type, operating system, push token, IP address, time zone and crash logs.
- Cookies: strictly necessary cookies for sign-in and security, and a preference cookie for theme. See our Cookie Policy.
2. Sensitive personal information
Under California and other state laws, some of what we collect is "sensitive personal information":
| Category | Examples | Why we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Precise geolocation | Nearby coordinates (within 1,850 ft) | To show you, and show you to, eligible members within your chosen radius |
| Sex life or sexual orientation | Gender you're interested in, intent | To show you compatible profiles |
| Religious or philosophical beliefs | Optional religion and politics basics | To display on your profile if you choose, and for Plus filters |
| Biometric information | Face geometry from a verification selfie | To verify you match your photos, with separate consent |
| Account log-in | Sign-in identifiers and tokens | To secure your account |
| Contents of messages | Chats with matches | To deliver messages; automated safety checks; to investigate reports |
We use sensitive personal information only to provide the Service you request, to keep members safe, to prevent fraud, and as otherwise permitted by California Code of Regulations §7027(m). We do not use it to infer characteristics about you for other purposes. Washington, Nevada and Connecticut residents should also see our Consumer Health Data Privacy Notice.
3. How we use information
- To create and operate your account, show your profile, recommend profiles, run Nearby, and deliver messages.
- To keep the community safe: moderate photos, detect harassing messages, review reports, enforce our Terms, and prevent fraud, spam and underage use.
- To process payments, manage subscriptions, and provide customer support.
- To send service messages and, with your settings, notifications about matches, messages and likes.
- To understand usage in aggregate and improve the Service. Aggregate city-level activity (for example, how many people use Nearby in a city) never includes individual locations.
- To comply with law, respond to lawful requests, and protect the rights and safety of members and others.
5. Retention
- Nearby positions: deleted when you turn Nearby off or within the location expiry (5 minutes by default).
- Account data: while your account is active. When you delete your account, your profile is hidden immediately and personal information is permanently deleted within 30 days, except as below.
- Biometric templates: deleted when verification completes and in any case within 30 days of verification or account deletion, whichever is first.
- Safety and enforcement records (for example, records of bans and the device, email and phone hashes used to prevent re-registration) and transaction records: kept as long as needed for safety, fraud prevention, and legal, tax and accounting obligations, generally up to 7 years.
6. Your privacy rights
Wherever you live in the United States, you can:
- Access and download your information: Settings → Privacy → Download my data.
- Correct your information by editing your profile, or ask us to correct it.
- Delete your account and information: Settings → Account → Delete account.
- Opt out of sale, sharing and targeted advertising (we don't do these, but you can record an opt-out) and limit the use of sensitive personal information: Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
- Withdraw consent to location, notifications, or biometric processing at any time in your device or app settings.
Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and other states with comprehensive privacy laws have these rights by law. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals as an opt-out of sale and sharing. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.
To make a request, use the in-app tools, our request form, or email privacy@meantmee.com. We verify requests by matching the email or phone on your account. You may use an authorized agent with signed permission. We respond within 45 days (extendable by 45 days where permitted). If we deny your request, you may appeal by replying to our decision; if the appeal is denied, you may contact your state Attorney General.
7. California notice at collection (CCPA/CPRA)
In the past 12 months we collected the following categories of personal information, from you, your device, and service providers, for the business purposes described in Section 3. We disclosed each category only to the recipients described in Section 4 for a business purpose. We did not sell or share any category.
| Category (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.140) | Collected | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers (email, phone, account ID, IP) | Yes | Life of account + 30 days |
| Customer records (name, payment status) | Yes | Up to 7 years for transactions |
| Protected classifications (age, gender, religion) | Yes | Life of account + 30 days |
| Commercial information (subscriptions) | Yes | Up to 7 years |
| Biometric information | Only with consent | Max 30 days |
| Internet activity (in-app usage) | Yes | Up to 24 months |
| Geolocation (precise and approximate) | Yes | Precise: minutes; approximate: life of account |
| Audio/visual (photos, selfies) | Yes | Life of account + 30 days |
| Inferences | Only recommendations based on your activity | Life of account |
| Sensitive personal information | Yes (see Section 2) | As above |
8. Security
We use encryption in transit, encrypted storage for media, hashed refresh tokens, access controls with audit logging for staff, and private media storage served only through short-lived signed URLs. No system is perfectly secure; please use a secure email and phone account to sign in.
9. International users
MeantMee is operated from the United States. Members in India are billed through Razorpay; their information is processed in the United States and India. By using MeantMee you understand your information will be processed in the United States.
10. Changes and contact
We will notify you of material changes to this Policy in the app or by email before they take effect.
Questions or requests: privacy@meantmee.com · Circuvent Technologies, Attn: Privacy, [registered address to be inserted before launch].