Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Bentontech Solutions ("we") handles information when you use BINDER.

What we collect

• Account: email address and password (stored securely by our authentication provider).
• Profile: display name, date of birth (to confirm you are 21+; only your age is shown), bio, interests, photo link and a general area you type in.
• Activity: your "open to meeting" status, chosen venue, hellos sent and received, matches, chat messages, reports and blocks.

Location

BINDER uses coarse, general location only. We do not collect GPS or your exact or home location. You choose a general area label (for example a neighbourhood or town) and, optionally, a public venue. Open-to-meeting status and venue check-ins expire automatically.

Who can see what

• Your profile is visible to other members only while you are open to meeting, after a hello between you, or once you match.
• Chat messages are visible only to the two matched members.
• Blocking hides you from each other and removes your match and pending hellos.
• Reports are reviewed by us and are not shown to the person reported.

How we use it

To run the Service, show you to people you choose to be visible to, keep members safe, respond to reports and improve BINDER. We do not sell your personal information.

Service providers

We use hosting and database providers to store data, an AI provider to generate chat suggestions (it receives both members' interests and bios for that request), and Google Maps to find public venues (it receives the area label you search). They process data only to provide those services.

Retention and deletion

We keep as little as we can: "open to meeting" status and venue check-ins expire automatically (within hours) and are not kept as a location history. Profile, matches and messages are kept while your account is active. You can ask us to delete your account and data at any time by emailing us; we aim to do so promptly, except where we must keep information for safety or legal reasons.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your data, or object to certain uses. Contact us to make a request.

Security

We use access controls so members can only read the data described above. No system is perfectly secure, so please share carefully.

Age

BINDER is only for adults 21 or older. We delete accounts we learn belong to anyone under 21.

Changes

We will update the date above and notify you in the app of material changes.

Contact

Questions: bentontech1984@gmail.com — Bentontech Solutions.