Privacy Policy

1. What we collect

Account and profile. Your sign-in details (managed through Firebase Authentication), name, birthdate (to confirm you are 18 or older), photos, bio, and the profile and preference answers you choose to give. Some of these are sensitive: gender, who you are interested in, and optional lifestyle or background fields such as ethnicity, religion, politics, body type, and drinking, smoking, or cannabis habits. You decide what to fill in, and the optional ones are only used for matching and display as you set them.

Rings and Bluetooth. The App connects to your ring over Bluetooth. We record which ring is linked to your account, touch and "nearby" events, ring battery state, and ring settings. The ring does not store your name or profile. It broadcasts an identifier that the App uses to recognize other Destiny Rings nearby.

Location. With your permission, the App sends your device location to our servers so we can find compatible people nearby. We keep only your most recent location, not a running history. Other members do not see your coordinates. They see only that you are nearby, shown as an approximate area. You can turn location off in iPhone Settings, but nearby matching will then not work.

Matches and activity. Match scores, who you interacted with, mission and points progress, circles you join, and your messages to other members.

Photos and verification. Profile photos and any cue sounds you upload. If you submit a verification selfie, we store it along with a verification status.

Purchases. Circle slots are bought through Apple and processed by Apple. We receive confirmation of what you bought, not your card details, and we keep a record of your purchases. Rings are sold separately from the App, online or through retail partners. If you buy a ring from us online, our payment provider, Stripe, processes your payment; we receive an order record, not your full card number.

Notifications and device data. If you allow notifications, we store a push token (Firebase Cloud Messaging). We also collect basic technical data such as device type, app version, IP address, and logs, and Firebase App Check checks that requests come from a genuine copy of the App.

Support and safety. Anything you send us, including reports about other members, and a list of members you have blocked.

2. How we use it

• To run the Services: create your account, connect your ring, find and show nearby members, compute match scores, and deliver messages and notifications.
• To keep people safe: age checks, handling reports and blocks, and detecting abuse, fraud and security problems.
• To process purchases and keep records.
• To improve and fix the Services.
• To comply with law and enforce our Terms.

We do not use your sensitive profile fields for anything other than matching and display as you set them, and we do not use them for advertising. We do not run advertising SDKs in the App.

3. Who sees it

Other members see what you put on your profile and the match information the App shows. Matched members can message you.

Service providers that process data for us: Google/Firebase (authentication, push notifications, App Check), Apple (App Store purchases, push delivery), Stripe (online ring payments), Sevalla (our server hosting), and OpenAI, which generates the short "daily fact" content shown in the App. We do not send your profile or personal data to OpenAI.

Legal and safety. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect someone's safety, rights, or property, and in connection with a merger or sale of the business.

4. How long we keep it

We keep account data while your account is open. When you delete your account (Settings → Danger Zone → Delete Account), we delete your profile, photos, preferences, last location, verification selfies, push tokens, notifications, matches and messages, circle memberships and uploaded cue files, and your sign-in record. Matches and messages you were part of are removed for the other person as well. We may keep limited records where needed for legal, tax, fraud-prevention, or safety reasons, such as purchase records, a log that the account was deleted, and reports about conduct. Backups are overwritten on our providers' normal schedule.

5. Your choices and rights

In the App you can edit your profile, change permissions in iPhone Settings, turn off notifications, block and report members, and delete your account. You can also email hello@yourdestinyrings.com to ask for a copy of your data, correction, or deletion. Depending on where you live (including New Jersey and other states with privacy laws), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, and receive a copy of your data, to opt out of sale or targeted advertising (we do neither), and to limit use of sensitive data. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. We respond within the time the law requires, and you may appeal a refusal by replying to our decision.

6. Security

We use reasonable safeguards, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) between the App and our servers, sign-in tokens, and App Check. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot promise absolute security. The Bluetooth link between a ring and your phone is a short-range connection, and we continue to improve its security.

7. Children

The Services are only for people 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If we learn we have, we will delete it.

8. Where data is processed

Our providers may process data in the United States and other countries.

9. Changes

If we change this policy in a material way, we will notify you in the App or by email before it takes effect.

10. Contact

Destiny Rings, LLC · New Jersey · hello@yourdestinyrings.com