Privacy Policy

Last updated September 29, 2026

This explains what WatchMe collects, why, and what control you have over it. We keep this to what's actually true of how the Service works today, not boilerplate about things it doesn't do.

What we collect

• Account basics: email address, a password (stored as a one-way hash — we never see or store your plain-text password), and the display name and gender you set.
• Age/identity verification: handled entirely by Stripe Identity. WatchMe never sees your ID document or selfie — Stripe verifies you and tells us only the result (verified or not).
• Payment information: handled entirely by Stripe. WatchMe never receives or stores your full card number.
• Location while matching: WatchMe uses your device's location only while you're actively trying to match with someone, to show you people near you first. That location isn't saved to your account — once you're matched, stop searching, or leave, it's gone. We never show your exact location to anyone, ever — only a rounded relative distance in miles is ever displayed to another user, and only while you're both actively in a match.
• Activity data: messages you send to friends, fun ratings you give or receive, hearts, blocks, friend requests, and reports you file or are named in. While you use the signed-in site, WatchMe also keeps coarse hourly activity buckets for up to 90 days to estimate the day and time you are most likely to return. That estimate appears only on your profile for you and accepted Friends; strangers and non-Friends cannot access it. WatchMe does not show an exact last-seen time.
• Blocked phone contacts (optional): if you choose contacts to avoid (phone numbers or emails), or add your own number so people who know you can avoid you, each number or email is turned into a one-way code on our server and only that code plus a short hint (the last two digits of a number, or the first letter and domain of an email) is stored. We compare those codes against members' sign-in email, their text-alert number if they gave one, and any number they added for contact blocking. Contact names stay on your device. We never tell anyone whether a number or email belongs to a WatchMe member, and we don't text or email these contacts.
• Custom background (optional): the picture you upload is stored with your account and only sent back to you. On video calls your own device places you over it before the video is sent, so other people on the call see it as part of your video.
• Profile avatar and music (optional): if you upload an avatar or MP3, WatchMe stores it with your account. It is served only to you and accepted Friends when they open your profile. Links to Perchance and Musicful open those independent services in a separate tab; their own privacy terms apply, and WatchMe does not receive your prompts or work there. You upload the finished file to WatchMe yourself.
• Referral and payout information: to make sure referral earnings only go to genuinely new members, we keep one-way fingerprints (not the raw values) of account email, verified name and date of birth from Stripe Identity, and the paying card's Stripe fingerprint. These fingerprints may be kept after an account is deleted, only to recognize returning members. If you request a payout, we also store the selected payout service, the amount and status, and an encrypted copy of the handle, email, or phone number needed to send it.
• Visit and traffic source: an anonymous random cookie counts daily visits. The first time you arrive, we also note the page you landed on and any campaign tags in the link (for example, which social post you tapped); if you sign up, those tags are saved with your account so we can see which channels bring members. This never includes your name, email, or ID.
• Report evidence: if you file a report, any valid captured evidence you submit is stored with the report for WatchMe's owner, who is the sole moderator. It is not attached to alert emails, forwarded to a moderation vendor, or exposed to other users.

What we don't do

• We don't record or store your video/audio calls by default. WatchMe's in-app screen-capture or recording flow requires the other participant's explicit, per-occurrence consent. WatchMe cannot prevent operating-system tools, external devices, or other methods outside that flow.
• We don't sell your personal information to third parties.
• We don't store your precise matching location on your account or show exact coordinates to another user.

Analytics and ad-measurement cookies (optional)

If WatchMe turns on Google Analytics 4 or the Meta Pixel, you'll be asked first, and neither loads unless you tap "Allow". If you allow them, Google and Meta set their own cookies and receive standard page-visit information (such as pages viewed, device and browser type, and approximate location derived from your connection), plus whether you signed up or started a membership, so we can see which ads and posts work. We never send them your name, email, username, gender, verification results, messages, contacts, or call content. Google Analytics runs with ad personalization and Google signals turned off. You can change your choice at any time: change cookie choice. Where a law treats this as "sharing" for targeted advertising, choosing "No thanks" (or never choosing "Allow") is your opt-out.

Who we share data with

Stripe processes identity verification and membership payments under its own privacy practices. A referral payout service you select (Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, or Zelle) receives the destination information and amount needed to send your requested payout under that service's own privacy practices. If you allowed analytics and ad-measurement cookies, Google and Meta receive the limited information described above. If you file a report, WatchMe may retain the description and any valid captured evidence for the owner, who is the sole moderator. Report evidence is not attached to alert emails or forwarded to a moderation vendor. We may also preserve or disclose information where required by law, including applicable child-safety reporting duties.

Retention and account deletion

You can permanently delete your account at any time from your profile — this removes your messages, ratings, hearts, blocks, friend requests, group memberships, blocked phone contacts, custom background, profile avatar, and profile music. Referral eligibility, earnings, and payout records may be retained for financial, fraud-prevention, tax, and legal obligations. Reports you filed or were named in are kept but de-identified (your account reference is removed from them) rather than deleted, so we can keep a record for safety and legal purposes without keeping data tied back to your deleted account. Precise location used for matching is not retained on your account in the first place.

Your choices

• You control what shows on your profile, including your friend-list visibility (hidden, count-only, or full list).
• You can block anyone at any time. Only you can undo a block you made; a blocked account can never remove it.
• You can request account deletion yourself, in-app, without contacting anyone.

Privacy rights

Depending on where you live, privacy laws may give you rights over your personal information. Where applicable, you may ask to access, correct, delete, or receive a portable copy of personal data associated with you; object to or restrict certain processing; withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; or appeal/complain to the appropriate privacy authority. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request, and some information may be retained where law or a legitimate safety/legal obligation requires it.

WatchMe does not sell personal information. The only possible "sharing" for advertising measurement is the optional Google/Meta cookies described above, which never load unless you tap "Allow" and can be turned off at any time. To exercise an applicable privacy right or ask a privacy question, email watchme.buzzu@gmail.com.

Children

We don't knowingly collect data from minors, and matching/video access is gated on ID verification.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and provide any notice required by law. Continued use of the Service after an effective change means you accept the updated policy to the extent permitted by law.

Contact

Questions about this policy or requests about your data can be sent to watchme.buzzu@gmail.com.