Privacy Policy

1) Scope and Controller

This policy applies to personal data processed through Yahalaly's platform, including account registration, profile management, matching, messaging, support, moderation, and security operations.

For policy questions and personal data requests, contact: privacy@yahalaly.com.

2) Categories of Information We Collect

• Account and identity data: name, email address, credentials, and account settings.
• Profile data: bio details, preferences, values, life-goal information, and other profile fields you choose to provide.
• Communication data: in-platform messages, support tickets, and safety reports.
• Technical data: IP address, browser/device information, log events, and session activity.
• Trust and safety data: abuse signals, moderation flags, verification outcomes, and fraud indicators.

3) Sources of Data

• Directly from you when you create an account, complete your profile, or contact support.
• Automatically from your device and browser during platform use.
• From trusted service providers that support security, hosting, and transactional operations.

4) How We Use Personal Data

• To provide core services, including account access, profile features, matching, and communication tools.
• To enforce safety and community rules, investigate reports, and prevent fraud or abuse.
• To personalize and improve product features, usability, reliability, and performance.
• To send transactional and service communications (for example, verification and account notices).
• To comply with legal obligations and lawful requests.

5) Legal Grounds for Processing

Depending on your location, we process personal data on one or more legal grounds: performance of a contract (providing the service you requested), legitimate interests (security, fraud prevention, and product improvement), legal compliance, and consent where required.

6) How Data Is Shared

We do not sell personal data. We share limited data with vetted service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as cloud hosting, email delivery, analytics, fraud prevention, and customer support tooling.

We may share data when required by law, legal process, or to protect users, the public, and our platform from serious harm.

If Yahalaly is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or asset transfer, data may be disclosed as part of that transaction under appropriate safeguards.

7) International Data Transfers

Your information may be processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we apply appropriate safeguards for international transfers in accordance with applicable data protection law.

8) Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as needed to provide services, maintain platform integrity, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce policies, and prevent abuse.

Retention periods vary by data type, legal requirement, and safety need. When no longer required, information is deleted or de-identified.

9) Your Rights and Choices

• Access and update: You can review and edit certain account and profile data in-app.
• Deletion: You may request account deletion through support.
• Objection or restriction: In some jurisdictions, you may object to or request restriction of certain processing.
• Data portability: Where applicable, you may request a portable copy of personal data you provided.
• Withdraw consent: Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
• Complaint rights: You may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

10) Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information, including access controls, logging, and security monitoring. No system can be guaranteed perfectly secure.

11) Age Restrictions

Yahalaly is strictly for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18.

12) External Links and Third-Party Services

Our platform may reference or integrate third-party services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and we encourage you to review them.

13) Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time for legal, operational, or product reasons. Material updates will be reflected by revising the "Last updated" date and, when appropriate, providing additional notice.

14) Contact

For privacy questions or data rights requests, contact: privacy@yahalaly.com.