Privacy PolicyYour Data is Your Own

We collect the minimum data needed to verify you and improve VERIQ. Here’s how we handle it:

📱 What Data We Collect

To Set Up Your Account: - Phone number (for SMS verification) - Name and date of birth (age verification) - Profile photos and bio - Interests and preferences - Location (city/neighborhood level)

To Keep You Safe: - Facial geometry (extracted from photo verification, then compared—not stored as a photo) - Device information (to detect fraud) - IP address (standard web security)

To Improve VERIQ: - How you use the app (which features, how long, what you click) - Matches you make or skip - Experiences you join

Payment (if applicable): - Credit/debit card info (processed by secure payment companies, we don’t store full card numbers) - Billing address

🔒 How We Protect Your Data

• Encryption — Your data is encrypted in transit and at rest

• No sale — We never sell your data to advertisers, brokers, or anyone else

• Limited access — Only our safety and engineering teams access your data

• Regular audits — We test our security regularly

🙈 What Other Users Don’t See

Your full profile is visible only to other verified users. What they see: - ✓ Photo and name (or nickname) - ✓ Age and interests - ✓ Verification badges - ✓ Approximate location (city, not address)

What they DON’T see: - ✗ Your phone number - ✗ Your email address - ✗ Your exact address - ✗ Your facial geometry or verification selfies - ✗ Your payment info

⏰ How Long We Keep Your Data

While You Use VERIQ: - All profile data stays with your account - Messages kept for 6 months after last contact - Facial geometry kept for 3 years (to prevent banned users from creating new accounts)

After You Delete Your Account: - Profile deleted within 30 days - Messages deleted immediately - Facial geometry deleted within 3 years - Payment info deleted within 90 days

🏛️ Legal & Law Enforcement

We share data with police or courts only if: - They have a legal warrant or court order - Someone’s safety is in immediate danger - Child exploitation is suspected

We don’t share without a legal process, and we notify you when possible.

🌍 Data Locations

Your data is primarily stored in India. Backups and team access may occur in other regions, but all transfers are encrypted and comply with international privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA).

🤝 Third-Party Services

We use trusted partners for: - SMS verification (phone companies) - Payments (payment processors) - Cloud storage (encrypted servers) - Analytics (anonymized data only)

All partners sign agreements to protect your privacy and only use data as we instruct.

✋ Your Rights

You can: - Access your data — Request a copy anytime - Correct your data — Update inaccurate info - Delete your data — Request full account deletion - Export your data — Get your data in portable format - Opt-out — Disable marketing emails, location tracking, certain tracking

To exercise these rights, email: info@veriqconnect.com

We respond within 30 days.

🎯 No Tracking Across the Web

We don’t: - Track you on other websites - Share your data with Facebook, Google, or advertisers for profiling - Create shadow profiles of you elsewhere

We only use your data within VERIQ to serve you better.

📧 Marketing

We occasionally send: - New feature announcements - Safety tips - Personalized match recommendations

You can unsubscribe anytime by clicking “Unsubscribe” in emails or changing notification settings in the app.

🔄 Policy Changes

If we change how we handle privacy: - We notify you via email for major changes - You have 30 days to review and provide feedback - Continuing to use VERIQ means you accept the new policy

Questions about your data? Email: info@veriqconnect.com