Privacy policy

Who we are

Circuvent Technologies ("foruh", "we") operates the foruh dating service at foruh.com and in the foruh apps. We are the data fiduciary for personal data processed to run that service in India.

This policy explains what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and the rights you can use. It is written for adults 18 and older. We do not knowingly create accounts for anyone younger.

Data we process

Account data: email or phone, one-time codes, session tokens, and the fact that you confirmed you are 18 or older.

Profile data: name, birthday (so we can check age), gender, who you want to meet, intent, photos, prompts, interests, and the optional details you add.

Discovery data: a coarse home location, rounded to about a kilometre, used to build a feed. Nearby is separate: a live position held only in short-lived memory while Nearby is on. We do not store Nearby positions as a history.

Messages, likes, matches, blocks, reports, and safety contacts you choose to share.

Billing data: plan, trial, and payment references from Razorpay. We do not store full card numbers.

Support mail you send to support@foruh.com, safety@foruh.com, billing@foruh.com, or grievance@foruh.com.

Why

To create your account, show you people, deliver messages, keep the service safe, and provide Plus if you have it. That includes a three-month Plus trial for new members.

To investigate reports, prevent fraud, and meet Indian law, including the Information Technology Act and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023.

We do not sell personal data. Advertising is not how foruh is funded.

Sharing

Other members see the profile you choose to publish. They never see your email, phone, exact coordinates, or birthday.

Vendors who process data for us include email delivery, object storage for photos, and Razorpay for Indian payments. They act on our instructions.

We may disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect a member from harm.

Retention

Nearby positions expire quickly and are deleted when you turn Nearby off.

If you delete your account, we hide the profile immediately and permanently delete the account after 30 days, unless we must keep a record for safety or law. You can restore the account by signing in during those 30 days.

Reports and blocks may be kept longer so we can enforce the community guidelines.

Your rights

You can access, correct, and erase personal data, and you can nominate someone to exercise rights if the law allows it. Use Settings in the portal, or email privacy@foruh.com.

You can opt out of sale or sharing. We do not sell data; the control is there so the choice is explicit.

You can withdraw consent for optional processing. Withdrawing consent for the core service means closing the account, because we cannot run a dating profile without the profile.

Complaints can go to our Grievance Officer at grievance@foruh.com and, after that, to the Data Protection Board of India.