Privacy policy.

Who this covers

This policy describes Jaalallee’s iOS app, backend and public website. Support and privacy contact: info@afanoromo.net. The contracting legal operator and governing jurisdiction are being confirmed before public launch. This is a pre-launch draft, not a claim of worldwide legal compliance.

Account and profile information

We collect the phone number used for sign-in, name, date of birth, account identifier and phone-verification status. An optional email is stored privately and does not replace phone sign-in. We process profile photos, city and country, height, profession, education, languages, relationship intentions, interests and written prompts that you choose to provide.

Religion and cultural background can reveal sensitive information. Those structured fields are optional and require a separate choice. You can withdraw that choice in Settings. Photos, messages and written answers can also reveal sensitive details; only share what you want others to see.

Activity, conversations and preferences

We store search preferences, likes, passes, matches, sent messages, blocks, reports, consent history and account settings to provide discovery, mutual-match conversations, privacy choices and safety review. Compatibility insights compare shared profile information and preferences; they do not predict relationship success or decide your eligibility for a high-impact service.

Location and device information

You can enter your city manually. With permission, the app requests a one-time location to fill your city and country and calculate nearby matches. Apple geocoding services receive location information for this purpose. Precise coordinates are private and are not included in the profile shown to members. We do not request background location or continuously track your movements.

Device push tokens and language preferences enable requested notifications. Account identifiers, secure sessions, request counters, IP addresses and operational logs support authentication, rate limits, diagnostics and abuse prevention. Denying notifications or device location does not prevent using the core service.

What other members can see

Eligible members can see approved profile photos, first name, age, general location and the profile details you disclose. Phone number, surname and actual date of birth are not displayed in public profiles. Messages are available to the participants in an active conversation. Reported messages and related details may be reviewed by authorized safety staff.

Hiding your profile affects future discovery. Blocking removes the pair from discovery and conversations. These controls cannot retrieve screenshots or other copies already saved by someone else.

How we use information

We use information to operate accounts, display approved profiles, apply your search preferences, connect mutual matches, deliver messages and notifications, review photos and safety reports, respond to support requests, manage memberships and process export/deletion requests. We do not add advertising networks, sell personal information or use your photos and messages to train general-purpose AI in the current implementation.

Providers, payments and international processing

The self-hosted authentication, database and private-media services run on Amazon Web Services in US East (Northern Virginia), United States. Twilio Verify and telecommunications carriers process the phone number and verification activity required to deliver and check SMS sign-in codes. Apple provides location/geocoding, push-delivery and App Store services.

For App Store subscriptions, Apple processes payment details. Jaalallee handles signed purchase and renewal information, product identifiers, transaction identifiers and an account-binding identifier to validate membership and respond to renewals, refunds and cancellations. We do not receive your card number. Purchases are currently disabled pending release testing.

Authorized operators access only information needed to run the service and review safety cases. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or necessary to protect people and the service. Information processed in the United States may be subject to different privacy laws from your country; launch-specific legal bases and transfer safeguards still require final operator review.

ID verification is not currently available

No live government-ID, biometric face-match or liveness service is active. Phone verification establishes access to a number, not legal identity. Do not email identity documents or submit them to this pre-launch service.

Any future identity service requires separate disclosures and consent naming the provider, document/selfie processing, facial analysis, retention, transfer locations and deletion procedure before activation. Camera capture or local image-quality checks alone never confer verification. Verification is not a background check or guarantee of safety.

Retention and deletion

Account/profile/messaging data is retained while the account remains active and is needed for the service. Delete Account in Settings makes the account unavailable and removes active profile records, conversations, uploaded photos and authentication identity through the deletion workflow. Incomplete cleanup remains retryable. Signing out or removing the app does not delete the account.

Encrypted daily backup archives expire after 30 days. A restored backup must reconcile account deletions before restoring access. Closed safety reports are scheduled for removal after 90 days from creation; unresolved reports remain while needed for review. Account deletion removes linked account identifiers from retained report records, but a report’s text or evidence may still contain personal information. Final safety-record and legal-hold limits require operator review before public launch.

Delivered/failed notification jobs are pruned after 30 days and rate-limit counters after two days. Apple and SMS providers maintain their own service records under their policies. Account deletion does not cancel an Apple subscription.

Your choices and privacy requests

Edit profile details, withdraw optional sensitive-field consent, hide your profile, change notification permissions, block or report someone and request account deletion in the app. Export Your Data in Settings covers your own account/profile, preferences, consent history and sent messages, not another person’s message contents.

Contact info@afanoromo.net for access, correction, deletion or other privacy requests. Provide only the details needed to locate your account; never send a password, confirmation code or ID document. Rights, objection/withdrawal options and complaint channels depend on applicable law and will be finalized for launch jurisdictions.

Security and adults only

We use HTTPS, server-side authorization, private media storage, short-lived photo links and device-only Keychain sessions. Profile photos are re-encoded to remove embedded metadata. Security measures reduce risk but cannot guarantee absolute protection.

Jaalallee is intended only for adults aged 18 and older. Report suspected underage accounts through the app or info@afanoromo.net.

Website and changes

This public website has no dating-account signup form, advertising trackers or analytics added by Jaalallee. The hosting provider processes connection information to deliver pages and protect infrastructure. Reading these pages does not create a dating account.

Material policy changes will be reflected here and, where appropriate, in the app. Contact info@afanoromo.net with questions. Operator identity, jurisdiction, international-transfer terms and final safety retention must be completed before this draft becomes the final launch policy.