We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you create an account, complete your profile, post content, send messages, or contact us for support. This includes your name, email address, phone number, profile information, and any content you choose to share. We also collect information automatically when you use our Service, including your IP address, device information, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access times, and pages viewed. We may collect location information if you enable location services on your device.

We receive information about you from third parties, including other users who mention or tag you, social media platforms if you connect your accounts, and our business partners. We may combine information we collect from different sources to provide and improve our Service. If you choose to import contacts, we will access your address book to help you find and connect with friends, but we will not store this information without your consent.

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Service, including personalizing your experience and delivering relevant content and advertisements. We process your information to communicate with you, respond to your requests, and send you technical notices and security alerts. We analyze usage patterns to understand how our Service is used and to develop new features and functionality.

We use your information to detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent, harmful, or illegal activities and to enforce our Terms of Service and other policies. We may use your information for marketing purposes, such as sending promotional emails about new features or services, but you can opt out of these communications at any time. We process your information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, customer service, and email delivery. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.

We may share information about you if required by law, such as in response to a subpoena, court order, or government request. We may also share information to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of our users or others. In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, user information may be transferred as part of the transaction, subject to appropriate safeguards.

You can control what information is shared publicly through your privacy settings. By default, your profile information and posts may be visible to other users, but you can adjust these settings to limit visibility. When you share content publicly, it may be indexed by search engines and accessible to anyone on the internet.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption of data in transit and at rest, regular security assessments, access controls, and employee training on data protection practices. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our Service. We may retain certain information after account deletion for legitimate business purposes, such as fraud prevention, legal compliance, or safety reasons. You can request deletion of your personal information, and we will comply unless we have a legitimate reason to retain it.

You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information. You can access and modify most of your information through your account settings. If you want to delete your account, you can do so through the account deletion process, which will remove your profile and associated content from public view, though some information may be retained for legal or safety reasons.

You can control how we communicate with you by adjusting your notification settings or unsubscribing from marketing emails. If you're located in the European Union, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to data portability and the right to object to certain processing activities. If you're a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including the right to know what personal information we collect and the right to request deletion.

Our Service is operated from the United States (Wyoming), and if you're located outside of the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States. We implement appropriate safeguards for international data transfers, including standard contractual clauses and adequacy decisions where applicable. By using our Service, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States, which may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.

Our Service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information promptly. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.