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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 1, 2026

1. Introduction

Friendlies.chat (hereinafter referred to as "we", "us", or "our") operates the website friendlies.chat (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We are based in Romania and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679.

2. Data Controller

For the purposes of the GDPR, the data controller is:

Name: Pîrvu Alex Vasile
Email: skepticgamerro@gmail.com

3. Data We Collect

We collect the following types of data:

  • Google Account Information: Name, email address, and profile photo (provided via Google Sign-in).
  • Username: The display name you choose during onboarding.
  • Interests: Tags you select to help match you with other users.
  • Preferred Language: Your selected language preference.
  • Profile Picture: The image you upload (stored on ImgBB).
  • Room Data: Information about rooms you create or join, including room names, interests, language, and participants.
  • Report Videos: Temporary recordings of the remote user's video stream, stored on Cloudinary only when a report is submitted.
  • Analytics Data: We use Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our Service. This includes page views, session duration, and general location data (country/city). No personally identifiable information is collected via analytics.

4. How We Use Your Data

  • To provide and maintain our Service (matchmaking, video calls, moderation).
  • To moderate content and enforce our rules (face detection, reporting, banning).
  • To improve our Service (analytics).
  • To comply with legal obligations.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate our platform:

  • Firebase (Google) — Authentication, database, hosting.
  • ImgBB — Profile picture storage.
  • Cloudinary — Report video storage.
  • Cloudflare Worker — Proxy for secure uploads.
  • Google Analytics — Website analytics.

These services may process your data according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them.

6. Cookies

We do not use cookies for tracking. However, Firebase Authentication uses cookies to maintain your session. These are essential for the Service to function.

7. Data Retention

  • User data: We retain your data indefinitely unless you request deletion.
  • Report videos: We delete report videos when the associated report is deleted or resolved.

8. Your Rights (GDPR/CCPA)

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right to access: You can request a copy of the data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: You can correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten"): You can request deletion of your data.
  • Right to restrict processing: You can limit how we use your data.
  • Right to data portability: You can request your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Right to object: You can object to certain data processing activities.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at skepticgamerro@gmail.com.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit (HTTPS) and secure storage (Firebase, Cloudinary). However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you become aware that a child has provided us with data, please contact us.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this page periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Email: skepticgamerro@gmail.com