This explains what BuddyUp collects, why, and who can see it. We wrote it to match how the app actually works.
What we collect
- From sign-in: your email address (and your first name from Google, if you use Google).
- From your profile: display name, birth date, new-in-town or local, home country, university, languages, interests, bio, home district, gender (optional) and profile photo (optional).
- From using the app: plans you host, join, ask to join or save; people you block; reports you send.
- Technical data: session cookies to keep you signed in, and the IP address and browser of your sessions.
Why
- To run the app: show plans, let you join, and show hosts who wants to come.
- Birth date: to make sure everyone is 18 or older. Gender: only for women-only plans in the future.
- Interests and home district: to suggest plans for you.
- Reports and blocks: to keep people safe.
We don’t sell your data or show you ads.
Who can see what
| What | Who can see it |
|---|---|
| Your email, birth date, age and gender | Nobody but you. |
| Your profile (name, photo, country, university, languages, interests, bio) | Signed-in members, unless one of you blocked the other. There is no member list or people search. |
| Who is going to an upcoming plan | Signed-in members who can see the plan. |
| Who went to a plan that has ended | Only the people who went and the host. |
| Your request to join, a decline, or that you left | You and the host. |
| Plans you saved, people you blocked | Only you. |
| Reports | Only our team. |
| People who aren’t signed in | Only a plan’s title, cover photo, time, district, host name and how many are going, when they have its link. |
Where it’s stored
On Cloudflare (database, photo storage and hosting). Data may be processed outside Hong Kong. Our team can access the database to run the service and review reports.
Deleting your account
Profile → Delete account removes your profile, photo, saves, blocks and plan memberships, and cancels the plans you host. Reports others made about you are kept, with a copy of what was reported, so our team can act on them.
Your rights
Under Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance you can ask for a copy of your data or ask us to correct it. Contact: [contact email to be added].