1. Introduction
Welcome to Bhetu ("Bhetu", "we", "us", or "our"). Bhetu is a platform designed to help users discover, connect and build meaningful relationships with other users.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how it is stored, and the choices available to you.
By using Bhetu, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use Bhetu, we may collect the following categories of information.
2.1 Account and Authentication Information
- Name and surname
- Email address
- User ID associated with your account
- Authentication information provided through supported sign-in methods
2.2 Profile Information
When you create or update your profile, we may collect information such as:
- Gender
- Date of birth
- Religion
- Marital status
- Education
- Occupation
- Languages
- Interests
- About Me / profile description
- Relationship or matching preferences
2.3 Location Information
With your permission, Bhetu may access location information from your device to provide location-based features, including nearby-user discovery.
Location-related information may include:
- Latitude and longitude
- Approximate location
- Postal or PIN code
- Locality or area
- Taluka
- District
- State
- Country
- Geolocation identifiers such as GeoHash
2.4 Photos
If you choose to upload a profile picture, Bhetu may collect and store the uploaded photograph to provide profile and matching functionality.
2.5 Messages
If Bhetu provides messaging functionality, messages that you send to other users may be transmitted and stored on our backend services so that they can be delivered and displayed.
2.6 Technical and Diagnostic Information
We and our service providers may collect technical information needed to operate, secure, maintain and improve Bhetu. This may include crash logs, diagnostics, app interactions, device information and device or other identifiers.
3. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Create and manage your Bhetu account.
- Create and display your user profile.
- Provide matchmaking and discovery features.
- Show nearby users based on your selected preferences.
- Enable communication between users.
- Provide profile search and filtering functionality.
- Authenticate users and protect accounts.
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam and unauthorized activity.
- Monitor application stability and diagnose technical problems.
- Improve application performance and functionality.
- Display advertisements where applicable.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
4. Firebase and Other Service Providers
Bhetu uses third-party service providers to operate certain parts of the application.
These services may include Google's Firebase services for authentication, database storage, file storage, analytics, crash reporting and other application infrastructure.
We may also use Google AdMob to display advertisements. Advertising providers may process certain device or advertising information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
These service providers process information on our behalf or as otherwise described in their applicable terms and policies.
5. Advertising
Bhetu may use Google AdMob to display advertisements. AdMob and its associated technologies may collect certain information from your device for advertising, measurement, fraud prevention and related purposes.
Advertising practices may vary depending on your location, consent choices and applicable laws.
For more information, please review Google's advertising and privacy documentation.
6. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information.
We may provide information to service providers that help us operate Bhetu, such as authentication, cloud storage, database, analytics, crash reporting and advertising providers.
We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety and security of Bhetu, our users, or others.
Information Visible to Other Users
Information that you choose to include in your public or discoverable profile may be visible to other Bhetu users. This may include your profile picture, name, age or other profile information depending on the application's features and your settings.
Please do not include sensitive information in your public profile that you do not want other users to see.
7. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.
However, no method of electronic storage or transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Bhetu's services, maintain accounts, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce applicable agreements.
We may delete or anonymize information when it is no longer reasonably required for these purposes, subject to applicable legal requirements.
9. Account and Data Deletion
You may request deletion of your Bhetu account and associated personal information.
When an account deletion request is processed, we will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize information associated with the account, subject to information that we are required or permitted to retain under applicable law.
You can use our dedicated data deletion page:
10. Children's Privacy
Bhetu is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children who are below the minimum age required to use the service under applicable law.
If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child in violation of applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
11. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Accessing information associated with your account.
- Correcting inaccurate profile information.
- Deleting your account and personal information.
- Managing device permissions such as location access.
- Managing certain advertising or privacy preferences.
You can also contact us using the contact information below for privacy-related requests.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Bhetu, applicable laws, or our data practices.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date displayed at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us.
App: Bhetu
Developer: Suryapankh infotech