Privacy Policy

Account Information: Phone number, name, date of birth, photos, and profile details you provide during registration and while using the App.

Location Data: With your permission, we collect your precise location to show nearby users, enable map features, and power location-based services. When you share your location in a chat, your precise coordinates are transmitted to the recipient. We also store meetup history records when you log in-person meetings through the App.

Sensitive Personal Information: The App allows you to optionally provide information about your sexual preferences, kink interests, and related personal details ("Sensitive Profile Data"). This information is only shared with other users when you explicitly grant access through the App's access request system. By providing this information, you give explicit consent to its collection and processing as described in this policy.

Health-Related Information: The App includes a health alert feature that allows users to send anonymous notifications to past connections regarding potential health concerns, including sexually transmitted infections ("STI Alerts"). We process and route these alerts based on your meetup history. Throb does not verify, diagnose, or confirm any health information — all alerts are user-generated. Throb is not a medical service or healthcare provider.

User Content: Photos you upload to your profile, private albums, and expiring photo messages. Private album photos are only visible to users you explicitly grant access to. Expiring photos are designed to disappear after a set duration, but this is a user interface feature, not a security guarantee — recipients may capture or record content through screenshots, screen recordings, or other means.

Usage Data: Information about how you use the App, including interactions, preferences, compatibility settings, filter usage, and activity timestamps.

Device Information: Device type, operating system, unique identifiers, and push notification tokens for app functionality, analytics, and delivering notifications.

With Other Users: Your public profile information (photos, name, bio, basic details) is visible to other users. Kink profile data and private album content are only shared when you explicitly approve an access request. Location data is shared when you use the map feature or send a location in chat. STI health alerts are delivered anonymously — the recipient does not learn your identity from an alert.

Service Providers: We share data with trusted providers who help operate the App, including cloud hosting (Supabase), push notification delivery (Expo), payment processing (RevenueCat/Apple), and analytics services.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose information when required by law, legal process, or government request, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of Throb, our users, or others.

Safety and CSAM Reporting: We may report content that constitutes child sexual abuse material (CSAM) to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and relevant law enforcement, as required by law.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

Profile Visibility: Control what information appears on your profile through settings, including incognito browsing and hiding online status (Pro features).

Sensitive Data Controls: You choose whether to create a kink profile and control who can view it through the access request system. You control private album access and can revoke it at any time.

Location: You can disable location access in your device settings, though this will significantly limit App functionality.

Notifications: Manage push notification preferences in App settings and device settings. By using the App, you consent to receiving push notifications, including health alerts from other users.

Account Deletion: You can delete your account at any time through App settings, which will remove your profile, messages, photos, meetup history, and other data from our active systems.

Right to Access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you by contacting admin@throb.app.

Right to Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data. Account deletion through the App fulfills this right. We may retain certain data as required by law.

Right to Correction: You may update or correct your personal information at any time through your profile settings.

Data Export: You may request an export of your data by contacting admin@throb.app.

Legal Bases for Processing: We process your data based on: (a) your consent (for location data, sensitive profile data, and health alerts), (b) performance of our contract with you (to provide the App), and (c) our legitimate interests (safety, fraud prevention, analytics).

Additional Rights: You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and object to processing of your personal data. You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

Data Transfers: Your data is processed in the United States. We rely on your explicit consent for these transfers.

To exercise your rights, contact admin@throb.app. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.