This Privacy Policy explains how YADA ("we", "our", "us") collects, uses, and discloses information in connection with the YADA application (the "Service"). By using the Service, you acknowledge this Policy and consent to the practices described below.
YADA is intended for users who are 17 years of age or older. By using the Service, you confirm that you meet this age requirement. If you are under 17, you may not use the Service.
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Information We Collect
Personal Data
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Date of birth
- Profile photo and cover photo
- City and country
- Instagram handle and LinkedIn URL
Contact Data
With your permission, we access your device contacts to identify people you know who are also on YADA. We extract and store phone numbers and email addresses from your address book to surface mutual connections. This data is synced to our servers and updated periodically.
Invite Data
When you invite someone to YADA by email, we store the recipient's email address to process the invite and attribute their signup if they join the app.
Device Tokens
We collect Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) device tokens to deliver push notifications to your device. These tokens are stored on our servers and updated when you sign in.
Match & Message Data
We store records of mutual matches and the content of messages exchanged between matched users.
Photo Verification (optional)
If you choose to verify your photo, you take a live selfie on a page provided by Didit, our verification partner. Didit checks that a real person is present and compares the selfie with the profile photo already on your YADA profile. Didit tells us only whether it matched. Your selfie, the copy of your profile photo used for the comparison and any face data derived from them are deleted at Didit as soon as we receive that answer, normally within seconds. We store only whether you are verified and the date. Verification is optional, and the Service works the same without it.
Face Check On Your Device
When you set a profile photo, your phone checks that the photo shows exactly one face, using Apple's on-device Vision framework. The photo is not sent anywhere for that check and no face data is stored.
Usage Data
We collect information about how you use the Service - including app interactions, search activity, and feature usage - to improve the experience.
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How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect solely to operate and improve the Service. Specifically, we use your data for the following purposes.
- App functionality - to create and manage your account, power match suggestions, enforce connection limits, and enable messaging between matched users
- Contact matching - to identify people you know who are also on YADA, using phone numbers and email addresses from your address book
- Notifications - to alert you of new matches, messages, and other activity relevant to your account
- Invite attribution - to track whether someone you invited signs up, so we can credit you for the referral
- Photo verification - if you ask for it, to confirm that a live selfie matches your profile photo and to show a verified badge on your profile
- Service improvement - to understand how the app is used and make it better over time
We do not use your data for advertising, profiling for third parties, or any purpose unrelated to operating the Service.
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App Permissions
The app may request access to the following device features. You can manage or revoke these at any time via your device settings.
- Contacts - to identify people you know who are on YADA and surface mutual connections
- Photos - to upload a profile or cover photo
- Camera - only if you choose to verify your photo, to take the live selfie for that check
- Notifications - to alert you of new matches and messages
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Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services to operate the Service. Each processes limited data under their own privacy policies.
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Data Sharing
We do not share your personal information with third parties beyond what is necessary to operate the Service.
If you choose to verify your photo, your live selfie and a copy of your profile photo are sent to Didit and its sub-processors for that one check, and deleted there as soon as the result reaches us. We never share your selfie or face data with anyone else, and we never use them for anything but that check.
Our commitment
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. When a member invites you by text or on Instagram, we use your phone number or Instagram username, and the first name they gave us, only to send that one invitation and to honor a request to stop; we never sell mobile numbers or usernames, or share them with third parties for marketing. Ever.
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Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may be entitled to the following rights regarding your personal data.
- Request deletion of your personal data
- Request an export of data we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Opt out of certain data collection or processing activities
- Ask us to remove your verified badge, at any time
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@anotherdatingapp.com.
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Data Security
We employ reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data.
- Encryption of data in transit via HTTPS/TLS
- Encryption of data at rest
- Restricted access controls and authentication safeguards
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Data Retention
We retain personal data for as long as necessary to provide the Service.
Deleting your account erases your profile and photos right away. So that people removed for breaking our rules can't simply sign up again, we keep your name, email, phone number and account status for 90 days, or two years for restricted accounts. We may suspend an account that breaks our rules for up to 30 days before erasing it. Backup copies of our database are kept for up to 90 days, then deleted.
For safety, we keep a record of changes to your email, phone number, name, birthday and social links while your account exists, and after it is deleted for the same 90 days, or two years for restricted accounts.
If you change your profile or cover photo, a small copy of the previous one stays with your account so we can look into a report if one comes in. It is erased when you delete your account.
Email addresses collected for invite purposes that are never associated with a YADA account are automatically deleted after 90 days.
Photo verification: the selfie you take, the copy of your profile photo used for the comparison and any face data derived from them are destroyed at Didit as soon as the check is done, normally within seconds, and are never kept by us. We retain only whether you are verified and the date, for as long as your account exists. Changing your profile photo removes your verified status, and deleting your account removes it with everything else.
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Contact
For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, reach us at: