Privacy Policy

Budmet is a city noticeboard for meeting people. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, who can see it, and how you get it back or delete it. Plain language first, detail underneath.

1. What we collect

You give us: your email address, display name, date of birth, city, an optional bio and profile photo, and the content of the notices, Interested messages and chats you write.

Created as you use Budmet: which notices you post, close or boost; requests you send and accept; block and report records; coin balance and transaction history; and basic support correspondence.

Collected automatically: device model and operating system, app version, language, crash and performance diagnostics, and an app install identifier. We do not use third-party advertising trackers.

2. Why we use it

To create and secure your account; to show notices from your city; to deliver Interested requests and unlock chats when you accept; to process coin purchases and boosts; to review reports and enforce our Community Guidelines; to fix crashes and improve the product; and to answer you when you write in.

Where the law requires a legal basis, we rely on performance of our contract with you (running the app), our legitimate interests (safety, abuse prevention, product quality), your consent (device permissions, optional notifications) and legal obligation (tax and law-enforcement requirements).

3. What other people can see

Your display name, profile photo, bio, city and live notices are visible to signed-in Budmet users in the same city. An Interested message is visible only to the person who posted that notice. Chat contents are visible only to the people in that chat.

Your email address, date of birth, exact age, coin balance and block list are never shown to other users. Blocking is silent: the person you block is not told. Notices are not indexed by search engines and are not published outside the app.

4. Location, photos and camera

Location. Budmet works from the city you select. If you allow location access we use it once to suggest that city and to sort nearby notices — we do not store a continuous location history and we never show your position on a map. Declining location access does not stop you using the app.

Photos. Photo library access is used only for pictures you choose to attach to a notice or profile. We do not scan your library.

Camera. Requested only when you take a photo for a notice or profile inside the app.

Notifications. Optional, and revocable in your device settings at any time.

5. Who we share with

We do not sell personal data and we do not share it for advertising. We use a small number of processors under contract: cloud hosting and storage, crash and performance analytics, transactional email delivery, push-notification delivery. Coin purchases are processed by Apple or Google — we receive a purchase confirmation, never your card details.

We may disclose data where legally required, to protect someone's safety, or as part of a corporate transaction — in which case this policy continues to apply until you're told otherwise.

6. How long we keep it

Account data is kept while your account exists. Closed notices are retained for 90 days, then deleted. Unanswered Interested requests expire after seven days. Chat messages are kept until you or the other person deletes the chat or the account. Report and block records are kept for up to two years for safety enforcement. Purchase records are kept as long as tax law requires.

When you delete your account, notices come down immediately and the account enters a seven-day recovery window; after that, personal data is erased or irreversibly anonymised within 30 days, except records we must keep by law.

7. Your rights and controls

You can access and correct your details in Edit profile; export a copy of your data and delete your account in Profile → Account & data; withdraw device permissions in your device settings; and manage who can reach you with block and report.

Depending on where you live you may also have rights to object to or restrict processing, to data portability, and to complain to your local data-protection authority. Write to Budmet@gmail.com and we'll respond within 30 days. We don't charge for these requests and we won't degrade your account for making one.

Budmet does not make automated decisions with legal effects about you. Ranking a boosted notice higher in a city list is the only ordering change money can buy.

8. Age requirement

Budmet is for adults aged 18 and over. Date of birth is confirmed at sign-up. If we learn an account belongs to someone under 18 we remove it and delete the associated data. If you believe a minor is using Budmet, report the account in-app or email Budmet@gmail.com.

9. Security and international transfers

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access is limited to staff who need it, and we log administrative access. No system is perfect: if a breach affects you we will notify you and the relevant regulator as required by law.

Our servers and processors may be located outside your country. Where that happens we rely on recognised transfer mechanisms, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect your data.

10. Changes and how to reach us

If we change this policy materially we'll tell you in the app before the change takes effect, and the date at the top of this page will be updated. Continuing to use Budmet after that date means the new version applies.

Questions, requests or complaints: Budmet@gmail.com.