Privacy Policy

When you create an account and use BlinkBond, we collect information you provide directly to us:

• Account Credentials: Email address, encrypted password, and authentication identifiers managed via Firebase Auth.
• Profile Information: Nickname, age (verified 18+), gender, city, country, relationship intentions (e.g. Serious Relationship, Dating, Friendship), interests, bio, and optional profile photograph.
• Vibe & Personality Answers: Preferences regarding ideal dates, important relationship values, and personality traits.
• Bond AI Conversations: Conversational preferences you share with Bond AI to calibrate matchmaking criteria.
• Direct In-App Messages: Private messages sent within active mutual connections (stored securely in encrypted Firestore subcollections).
• Optional WhatsApp Sharing: Phone number strictly if you explicitly toggle on WhatsApp contact sharing for mutual connections.

We use your data solely for core service functionality, safety, and personalization:

• Computing compatibility scores and presenting daily matches.
• Facilitating private messaging and mutual introduction requests.
• Enforcing age restrictions (strictly 18+) and preventing underage access.
• Detecting and moderating abusive behavior, spam, scams, and harassment.
• Sending in-app notifications for incoming messages and match requests.

BlinkBond displays sponsored ads and rewarded ads to provide free daily matches and optional bonus matches:

• Third-party vendors, including Google AdSense, use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to BlinkBond and/or other sites on the Internet.
• Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

All data is hosted on enterprise-grade Google Cloud Platform / Firebase infrastructure with TLS 1.3 encryption in transit and AES-256 encryption at rest. Strict server-side Firestore security rules ensure only verified match participants can access their private chats.

We retain your profile data as long as your account remains active. You can request immediate profile deletion at any time by contacting our support team.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the right to:

• Access, download, or review your personal data.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete profile details via the Profile Settings page.
• Request permanent account deletion and chat purge.
• Withdraw consent for WhatsApp contact sharing at any moment with one click.