Privacy Policy

Effective November 11, 2026. The Cringe Dating App (“we,” “us”) is a parody dating app for adults. This policy explains what we collect, why, and how you can delete it. Questions? Email [email protected].

Who can use the app

• The Cringe Dating App is 18 or older only. We confirm age at sign-up (birthdate plus an 18+ checkbox). Accounts of anyone under 18 are removed.
• We have zero tolerance for content involving minors. Confirmed cases are permanently banned, media is removed, and we report them to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and law enforcement as required by law. We may keep related records when the law requires it.

Information we collect

We collect only what you give us or what happens while you use the app:

• Account: email address, name, bio, password (stored as a one-way hash, never in plain text), and age confirmation (birthdate and your 18+ agreement).
• Photos and videos you upload to your profile.
• Activity: swipes, matches, messages, Cringe Credit (points from swiping, matching, and chatting), AI character chats, livestream comments, and the short-lived signaling data needed for video calls and livestreams.
• Reports: when you report someone, or when someone reports you, including a snapshot of the reported content so our team can review it.
• Technical basics needed to run the service, such as a session cookie and (for rate limits) your IP address. We do not collect precise location, contacts, or health data.

How we store it

• Account data, swipes, matches, messages, Cringe Credit, and reports are stored in Cloudflare D1 (a database).
• Photos and videos are stored in Cloudflare R2 (object storage). Media is served only to signed-in users through the app, not as a public file dump.
• The app is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare processes this data as our infrastructure provider.

How we use it

• To run your account, show your profile, match and chat, score Cringe Credit, and moderate the community.
• We do not sell your personal information.
• We do not use your photos, videos, or messages to train public AI models.

Ads

• On the website, clearly labeled ads may be shown through Google AdSense. Google may use cookies or similar technology to show and measure ads. See Google's advertising policies.
• In a future iPhone or Android app, ads are planned through Google AdMob. AdMob may use a device identifier to show and measure ads. Personalized ads, if enabled, will only run after you give consent through the platform's consent / App Tracking Transparency prompt.
• You can buy a one-time Remove Ads upgrade, which hides ads on your account. It ends if you delete your account.

Payments

• Paid features today (Match Boost and Remove Ads) run in test mode — no real charges are collected through the app yet.
• On iOS, those digital purchases will later be sold through Apple In-App Purchase, under Apple's privacy policy and refund rules. On Android, they will use Google Play billing. We will receive only what we need to unlock the feature (for example, a transaction or receipt reference), not your full card number.

The Cringe Store (merch)

• Official merch is sold in a separate shop, The Cringe Store, run by Fourthwall. Orders, shipping, and payment details for merch are handled by Fourthwall under its own privacy policy and terms. We do not receive your card number from that checkout.

AI chats, video calls and livestreams

• Messages you send to AI characters (and the replies) are stored in Cloudflare D1 so the character can keep a short recent history. These chats are not used to train public AI models. They are deleted when you delete your account.
• Video calls and livestreams send audio and video peer-to-peer between devices. We do not record or store the video or audio. We briefly store connection signaling (such as WebRTC offers and ICE candidates) and livestream comments, and we delete them with your account.

Deleting your data

• You can delete your account at any time with the red “Feeling harassed? Delete my account” button on every screen, or from the Me tab. That instantly and permanently removes your profile, photos and videos, matches, messages, AI chats, call/livestream signaling and comments, swipes, and Cringe Credit.
• The only exception is information we must keep by law — for example, records related to a confirmed report involving minors.

Cookies and similar technology

• We use an HttpOnly session cookie (cm_session) so you stay logged in. It is not used for advertising.
• Ad partners (AdSense, and later AdMob) may set their own cookies or use device identifiers, as described above.

Changes

• We may update this policy. Continuing to use the app after an update means you accept the revised policy. The effective date at the top will change when we do.

Contact

Privacy questions or requests: [email protected].

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