Guftagu
Privacy policy
Guftagu is an anonymous dating app. Other people see an alias and blurred photos, never your name or email. This policy says what we collect, why, who it goes to, how long we keep it, and what you can do about it. We wrote it to be read, not skimmed.
What we collect
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Your Google account id and email | To sign you in. Never shown to other people. |
| Date of birth | To keep Guftagu 18+. Others see your age, never the date. |
| Profile: alias, gender, who you'd like to meet, what you're looking for, city, bio, interests, prompt answer | To show your profile to people in your city. |
| Photos | Shown blurred. The clear photo is sent to someone only after you both choose to reveal in a chat. |
| Face check result | To mark profiles as verified. We keep the result, not the video. |
| Messages, requests, game answers | To deliver your conversations. |
| Blocks and reports | To keep people safe and act on abuse. |
| Technical data: IP address, device type, app version, timestamps | Security, preventing abuse and spam, rate limiting, fixing bugs. Logs never contain message text. |
We do not collect your contacts, your precise location, or anything from other apps. Photos come only from what you pick in the system photo picker.
The AI host
The host joins a chat only when one of you invites it and the other accepts. It sees only messages sent after it joined, and leaves when either of you sends it away. When it is in a chat, those messages are sent to our AI provider to write the host's reply. We use only providers whose terms say they do not train their models on this data. Your chats are never used to train AI.
Who we share data with
We do not sell your data and we do not show ads. We share data only with service providers who run Guftagu for us, under contracts that limit their use to that job:
- Amazon Web Services (hosting and storage, in Mumbai, India).
- Google (sign-in with Google).
- Our AI provider, only for chats where the host is present.
We disclose data to authorities only when Indian law requires it, or to protect someone from serious harm (including child safety; see our child safety standards).
How long we keep it
- While your account exists. Delete your account in the app (Me, Delete account) and your profile, photos, chats and everything about you are deleted, for you and for the people you talked to.
- Disappearing messages are deleted after the time you chose.
- Reports may be kept for up to 2 years after the account they concern is deleted, to stop the same person returning.
- Security logs: up to 90 days.
Your rights
Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (and the GDPR if you are in the EU), you can ask to see, correct or delete your data, and to withdraw consent. Most of this is in the app: edit your profile, unblock people, delete your account. For anything else, write to us at the address below. We reply within 30 days.
Security
Everything travels over HTTPS. Your session is stored encrypted on your phone with a key that never leaves the phone's secure hardware. Screenshots are blocked inside the app. Clear photos are never sent before both people reveal.
Children
Guftagu is only for people 18 and over. We remove anyone we believe is under 18. Report suspected minors from any profile or chat.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app before it applies.
Contact and grievance officer
Grievance Officer, Guftagu Labs. Email: hello@guftagulabs.com. We acknowledge grievances within 72 hours and resolve them within 30 days.