Budmet Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Budmet ("Budmet", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects information when you use notices, city-based discovery, interest requests, accepted connections, private messaging, photo sharing, optional video calls, notice boosts, Coins, reporting, blocking, data-copy tools, account deletion, and related services.
1. Information We May Collect
1.1 Account and Profile Information
We may collect your email address, username, display name, profile photo, account identifiers, authentication information or tokens, and profile details you choose to provide.
1.2 Notice Information
When you create a notice, we may process its title, category, time, location, photos, description, status, creation time, and other information needed to display and manage the notice.
1.3 City and Location Information
Budmet may use city-level information or location information you choose to enter so notices can be organized around relevant places.
If a feature requests device location permission, we will use that permission to provide the feature you select, such as nearby discovery. You can manage location permission through your device settings.
1.4 Interest Requests and Connections
We may process information about notices you mark as Interested, notes you send with interest requests, requests you receive, acceptance or rejection status, accepted connections, and related timestamps.
1.5 Messages, Photos, and Video Calls
After a request is accepted, Budmet may process messages, photos, delivery information, conversation identifiers, timestamps, and other data needed to provide private chat.
For optional video calls, Budmet may process call signaling, participant identifiers, connection information, timestamps, and real-time audio/video data technically necessary to provide the call. If calls are recorded or stored beyond real-time transmission, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent where required by law.
1.6 Coins and Purchase Information
When you purchase Coins through Apple's In-App Purchase system, Apple processes the payment. Budmet may receive product identifiers, transaction identifiers, purchase status, receipt or verification information, Coin amounts, balance changes, and related metadata needed to verify and deliver purchases.
Budmet does not receive your full payment card number from Apple.
1.7 Boost Activity
We may process information about which notice you boost, when a boost begins or ends, Coin amounts used, and placement or visibility information necessary to provide the boost.
1.8 Safety and Moderation Information
We may process reports, blocked-account relationships, moderation decisions, enforcement history, appeals, suspected fraud or abuse signals, and relevant notice, message, account, or technical information to maintain safety.
1.9 Device and Usage Information
We may automatically receive device type, operating system, app version, language, time zone, IP address, network information, app identifiers, crash reports, diagnostic logs, session timestamps, feature interactions, and similar information reasonably necessary to operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve Budmet.
1.10 Support and Privacy Requests
If you contact us, request a copy of your data, or request account deletion, we may collect your request, contact details, verification information, attachments, and related records needed to respond.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information to:
- create, authenticate, secure, and manage accounts;
- create, display, organize, and manage notices;
- show plans relevant to your city or selected location;
- process interest requests and allow notice owners to accept or decline them;
- open private chat only after acceptance;
- provide messages, photo sharing, and optional video calls;
- manage open and closed notices, sent requests, accepted connections, and conversations;
- verify Apple In-App Purchases and credit or spend Coins;
- provide notice boosts and adjust notice placement;
- detect fraud, abuse, spam, payment manipulation, and security threats;
- review reports, enforce blocks, moderate content, and handle appeals;
- respond to support, data-copy, and deletion requests;
- comply with legal obligations and valid legal requests;
- protect the rights, safety, property, and integrity of Budmet and its users.
3. Legal Bases Where Required
Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis, Budmet may rely on performance of a contract, legitimate interests, consent, legal obligations, or other lawful grounds recognized by applicable law.
4. How Information May Be Shared
4.1 With Other Users
Notice information may be visible to users according to the feature and settings that apply. Interest notes are visible to the notice owner. Private chat becomes available only after acceptance.
Information you choose to send through chat or video calls is shared with the relevant participant.
4.2 Service Providers
We may share information with providers that help operate Budmet, such as cloud hosting, storage, authentication, messaging, video-call infrastructure, maps or location services, analytics, crash diagnostics, security, moderation, and customer support.
4.3 Apple
Apple processes App Store and In-App Purchase transactions. Budmet may exchange transaction or receipt information with Apple or verification services to confirm purchases, prevent fraud, restore eligible transactions, or resolve billing issues.
4.4 Legal and Safety Reasons
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, or valid government requests; enforce our Terms; investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents; or protect users and others.
4.5 Business Transfers
If Budmet is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction subject to applicable law.
5. Location Privacy
Location information can be sensitive. You control the place information you include in a notice. We recommend using a suitable public meeting point instead of a private residence where appropriate.
If precise device location is used by a feature, you can disable the relevant permission through your device settings, although nearby features may then be limited.
6. Messaging and Video Calls
Messages may be stored so participants can access conversation history and so Budmet can provide safety, moderation, fraud prevention, and support functions where permitted by law.
Video-call media may pass through technical infrastructure needed to deliver the call. Budmet does not claim that every call is recorded. If recording or storage is introduced, additional notice or consent will be provided where required.
7. Coins, Purchases, and Boost Records
Budmet may retain transaction identifiers, purchase verification records, Coin credits, Coin spending records, boost activity, and balance-related information as reasonably necessary to provide purchases, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, and maintain legal or accounting records.
8. Reporting and Blocking
When you report a notice, message, photo, call-related issue, or account, we may process relevant content, account information, timestamps, and technical information needed to investigate and respond.
Blocking may require Budmet to retain information necessary to prevent or limit interactions between accounts.
9. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including providing the Service, maintaining conversations and notice history, verifying purchases, preventing abuse, resolving disputes, maintaining safety, and complying with law.
Deleted information may remain temporarily in backups or restricted systems until it is overwritten or no longer needed.
10. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure. No online service can guarantee absolute security.
11. Your Choices and Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law and available features, you may be able to:
- access, correct, or update account information;
- edit or close notices;
- manage location, camera, microphone, and photo permissions through device settings;
- block other users;
- request access to or a copy of your personal data;
- request correction, deletion, or restriction of certain personal information;
- object to certain processing where applicable;
- request data portability where applicable;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
- lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority where applicable.
To submit a privacy request, contact budmet.support@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
12. Account Deletion
Budmet may allow you to delete your account from within the app. Account deletion may remove or de-identify information from active systems, subject to applicable legal, safety, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, and backup requirements.
13. Adults Only
Budmet is intended for adults aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly permit accounts for users under 18. If you believe a minor is using Budmet, contact budmet.support@gmail.com.
14. International Data Transfers
Budmet and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Where required by law, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
15. Third-Party Services
Budmet may rely on independent third-party services, including Apple and technical infrastructure providers. Those services may process information under their own terms and privacy policies.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in Budmet, location features, messaging, video calls, Coins, boosts, technology, legal requirements, safety practices, or business operations. If changes are material, we will provide notice where required by law.
17. Contact Us
Budmet Support
Email: budmet.support@gmail.com