Privacy Policy

01. Information We Collect

• Personal Information: Name, email, and profile information.
• Audio & Microphone Data: Recordings made during reading and phonics exercises, used only for educational purposes.
• Device & Usage Data: App version, interactions, and diagnostics.
• Third-Party Data: Login, authentication, and analytics information.

02. Location

We collect your device’s precise or approximate location to:

• Show nearby hotspots and venues.
• Generate dating heat maps.
• Provide personalized recommendations.

Location data is only collected with your consent and can be disabled at any time in your device settings.

03. Face Verification & Image Data

When you use our selfie verification feature, we collect images from your device’s front camera. This data is used to perform liveness detection and age verification to ensure secure and authentic access to the application.

All processing is performed on our secure servers using proprietary machine learning models developed and maintained by us. We do not use third-party face recognition or biometric SDKs.

During verification, your image data may be temporarily transmitted to and stored on our secure servers in encrypted form. This storage is strictly limited to the time required to complete verification and related processing.

• We do not use your images for facial recognition, identity matching, profiling, or marketing.
• Once verification is complete, all image data is permanently deleted. No biometric or facial image data is retained beyond the necessary processing period.
• We use industry-standard security measures, including encryption in transit and at rest, to protect your data during processing.

04. Children’s Data & Parental Consent

• We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.
• Parents may review, update, or delete their child’s information, including audio recordings.
• Children’s data is never used for targeted advertising, behavioral profiling, or cross-app tracking.

05. How We Use Data

• To deliver educational features and personalize learning.
• To enable reading and phonics activities using the microphone.
• To provide support and maintain Service performance.
• We do not use audio data for marketing or advertising.

06. How We Share Data

• With service providers under strict data-protection agreements.
• Never sold or shared for advertising.
• Disclosed only when legally required.

07. Data Retention and Deletion

Data is kept only as long as necessary. Audio recordings are deleted upon account closure or a verified parental request.

08. Security

We use encryption, secure storage, and access controls. No system is 100% secure, but we follow industry standards.

09. User & Parental Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may request access, correction, deletion, or portability, or withdraw consent. Parents may exercise these rights on behalf of children.

10. International Transfers

Data may be stored outside your country under safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

11. Cookies

Cookies are used only for core functionality and analytics, not for behavioral advertising in child accounts.

12. Changes

We may update this Policy. Material changes will be communicated by email or in the app.

13. Contact

info@genuineconnection.com