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Privacy Policy
1. Who we are (controller)
Meetino is operated by a sole trader registered in Slovakia:
- Trade name: Jaroslav Kohutiar — SELEKT
- Company ID (IČO): 51213052
- Registered address: Obrancov mieru 1156/21, 020 01 Púchov, Slovak Republic
- Trade register: Okresný úrad Považská Bystrica, no. 330-24285
- Privacy contact: privacy@meetino.net
Meetino is available as native apps for Android and
iOS (package net.meetino.app). Sign-in is only through
those apps, not as a standalone website login.
2. Data we process
- Account: phone number (Firebase Phone Auth), name, date of birth, gender, profile photo, short bio.
- Location: precise location if you enable it — for the map and nearby meetups. We do not track location in the background while the app is closed.
- Live meetup location: from 2.5 hours before a meetup starts until it starts, we share your current location only with the organizer and participants of that meetup, and only while the app is open. You can turn this off in Profile. If you do not share, you do not see the others either.
- Content: meetup pins, chat messages (including chat photos), invites, friend requests, reviews, reports.
- Device / push: FCM token, platform (Android/iOS/web), push on or off.
- Technical: basic diagnostics (for example Crashlytics on Android) when enabled.
- Advertising: if you do not have Meetino Premium, the Android app shows ads through Google AdMob. Google may receive your advertising ID, approximate location, IP address, and information about ads shown or clicked. Premium removes ads.
3. Why we process data
- To provide the service — account, chat, meetups, friendships.
- With your permission — location, push notifications, camera or gallery. You can turn these off.
- Safety and reliability — abuse prevention, security, service stability.
- Advertising — to show and measure ads for people without Meetino Premium. In the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland we ask for your consent before ads are requested. You can refuse personalized ads. Premium removes ads entirely.
Where EU/UK GDPR applies, the legal bases are contract, consent, and legitimate interest as above.
4. Where data is stored and transfers
We use Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Messaging, Cloud Functions, Storage, and optionally Crashlytics) under Google’s terms. Providers act as processors. Data may be processed in the EU and/or other regions where Google operates infrastructure, including the United States, with appropriate safeguards under Google’s contracts.
Ads are served by Google AdMob. Google processes advertising data as a separate controller under Google’s Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
5. Sharing
Profile, photo, chat messages and meetup activity are visible to other users as the product is designed (public pins, meetup participants, friends). Live location is visible only to co-participants during the window described above. We do not sell personal data. For people without Meetino Premium we share the advertising identifier and related technical data with Google AdMob so Google can show and measure ads, including personalized ads when you consent. You can change that choice in the ad privacy form in the app. We may disclose data if the law requires it.
6. Retention
We keep data while your account exists or as needed to provide the service. After account deletion we delete or anonymize it within about 30 days, unless the law requires longer retention (for example open abuse investigations).
7. Your rights and account deletion
Depending on where you live, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or object to certain processing.
Delete account in the app: open Profile, scroll to the bottom, tap Delete account and confirm. Right away your profile is hidden from other people, the upcoming meetups you host are cancelled and you leave the upcoming meetups you joined. 30 days later the account is deleted permanently together with your profile, photos, the meetups you host, your chats, friends, likes, profile views and reviews. If you change your mind, sign in within those 30 days and choose Restore account — the deletion is cancelled (cancelled meetups are not restored).
Without the app: email privacy@meetino.net with the phone number of your account; after we verify it's yours, we delete the account without undue delay, usually within 30 days.
We keep only what we must: abuse reports about an account (for safety and legal claims, up to 2 years) and purchase records required for tax and accounting.
Delete some of your data without deleting the account
Meetino (developer: Meetino, app net.meetino.app) lets you remove parts of your data and keep the account:
- In the app, yourself: edit or replace your name, “about” text and profile photo (Profile); turn off location sharing (Profile → Location); cancel meetups you host or leave meetups you joined; remove friends (Friends).
- On request: email privacy@meetino.net with the phone number of your account and what you want removed — for example your chat messages, stored location, reviews you wrote or received, profile views or likes, or uploaded photos. After we verify the account is yours, we delete it within 30 days.
We keep only what we must: abuse reports (for safety and legal claims, up to 2 years) and purchase records required for tax and accounting.
8. United States (including California)
If you are a US resident, the categories of personal information we collect are listed in section 2. We use them for the purposes in section 3. We do not sell personal information. Personalized ads through Google AdMob can be “sharing” for cross-context behavioural advertising under California law (CCPA/CPRA). You can opt out by refusing personalized ads in the consent form, or by using Meetino Premium, which removes ads. You may request access, deletion, or correction via privacy@meetino.net. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights.
9. Canada
If you are in Canada, we process personal information only as reasonably needed for the purposes described above (PIPEDA principles: accountability, identifying purposes, consent, limiting collection/use/retention, accuracy, safeguards, openness, individual access, challenging compliance). Questions or access requests: privacy@meetino.net.
10. Children
Meetino is for people 18 and over. It is not directed at children or minors. See also our Child safety standards.
11. Changes
We may update this policy. The current version is always on this page.