Privacy policy
This policy explains what the Merge app collects, why, and what you can do about it. Merge is made and operated by jackedengineer, an individual developer based in India (“we”). To ask anything about your data, email trainwithchirag@gmail.com.
In short
- Merge is for adults aged 18 and over.
- We collect what you put in your profile, your approximate location, your photos, and your likes and messages, so the app can work.
- We do not sell your data, show advertising, or use advertising or analytics trackers.
- You can delete your account, and everything in it, from inside the app at any time.
What we collect
| Data | Why we need it | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| Phone number or email address | To sign you in with a one-time code | Only us and our sign-in provider. Never shown on your profile |
| Name and date of birth | To show your name and age, and to check you are 18 or over | Other members see your name and age. Your date of birth stays private |
| Gender, pronouns and height | To describe you on your profile | Other members, unless you choose to hide each one |
| Who you want to meet and what you are looking for | To decide which profiles to show you | What you are looking for is shown on your profile |
| Approximate location | To show you people nearby | Other members see your area and a rough distance. We never store or show your exact position: it is rounded to a grid about one kilometre wide before it is saved |
| Photos you choose | To show on your profile | Other members |
| Your written answers to prompts | To show on your profile | Other members |
| Likes (“pull requests”), comments, matches (“merges”) and passes | To connect you with people and avoid showing the same profile twice | The person you liked sees your like and comment. Passes are private |
| Messages and reactions | To deliver your conversations | You and the person you are talking to |
| Blocks and reports | To keep people safe and act on reports | Only us. The person you block or report is not told |
| Notification token for your phone | To send chat alerts, if you turn them on | Only us and the notification service |
| Technical logs | To keep the service running and find faults. They record that a request happened, not what you wrote | Only us and our hosting provider |
The app asks for your location and your photo library only when you use those features. It reads only the photos you pick. It does not access your contacts, camera, microphone or calendar.
What we do not do
- We do not sell or rent personal data.
- We do not show advertising or share data with advertisers.
- We do not use your data to train artificial intelligence models.
- We do not track you across other apps or websites.
Companies that process data for us
We use a small number of service providers. They process data only to provide their service to us.
| Provider | What it does | Data involved |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk | Sign-in and one-time codes | Phone number or email address |
| Neon | Database hosting | Profiles, likes, matches and messages |
| Cloudinary | Photo storage and delivery | Profile photos |
| Cloudflare | Hosting and network | Requests to the service and technical logs |
| Expo | Delivery of chat alerts, when turned on | Notification token and alert text |
These providers may store and process data outside your country, including in the United States.
How long we keep it
We keep your data for as long as you have an account. When you delete your account, your profile, photos, likes, matches, messages, blocks and reports are deleted straight away, and your sign-in details are removed from our sign-in provider. Copies in our providers’ routine backups and logs expire on those providers’ normal schedules.
Your choices and rights
- See and correct your data. Your profile shows what you have given us, and you can change any part of it in the Profile tab.
- Hide details. You can hide your gender, pronouns and height from your profile.
- Delete your account. Use Profile, then Delete account, in the app. If you cannot use the app, see how to delete your account.
- Ask us. Depending on where you live, you may have further rights, such as getting a copy of your data, objecting to how it is used, or complaining to a data protection authority. Email trainwithchirag@gmail.com and we will respond within 30 days.
Children
Merge is only for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe a person under 18 is using Merge, report them in the app or email us, and we will remove the account. See our safety standards.
Security
Data is encrypted in transit. Sign-in uses one-time codes, so we never hold a password. Access to the systems that hold your data is limited to the developer. No service can promise perfect security; if we learn of a breach that affects you, we will tell you.
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date above and describe what changed on this page.