Privacy Policy

Updated: 03/27/2025

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about how Bridgit Social uses your personal data. We recommend that you read it carefully.

1. Key Definitions

For the purposes of this document, the following terms shall be defined as follows:

Application: Refers to the mobile application known as Bridgit Social, available for download on the Apple App Store.

Bridgit Group LLC: The legal entity under which Bridgit Social operates, incorporated in the State of New Jersey, United States.

Bridgit: Also referred to as “Bridge It!”, the term describes the purpose of the platform as a digital bridge facilitating spontaneous, goal-driven connections between Users, and bridging the gap between online engagement and in-person interaction.

Terms (TOU): Refers to these Terms of Use governing the use of the Application and related Services.

User: Any individual who has registered for an Account and utilizes any features or Services offered through the Application.

User Details: Information voluntarily provided by a User, including but not limited to interests, professional background, and preferences. Certain details, such as age and residential area, may be optionally concealed at the User’s discretion.

Geographical Position: The User’s location, which is recorded and regularly updated when the geolocation feature is enabled. A User’s geographical position is not shared with other Users unless the “Start Networking” feature is activated.

Start Networking: The initiation of a User’s networking experience within the Application. Upon activation, the User becomes visible to and can engage with other Users based on their availability and visibility settings, as defined during registration or as updated by the User.

Same Place Option: A feature that designates when two Users are located in the exact same physical place. This is recorded if the User enables geolocation and selects the specific place within the Application. The system then verifies that the User is physically present at the selected location, enabling other Users to confirm their presence.

Proximity/Search Within Walking Distance Option: A feature that identifies Users who are geographically close to one another—within walking distance—but not necessarily located at the exact same place.

Walking Distance: Defined as the maximum distance between two Users such that an in-person meeting can occur within approximately 10 minutes of walking. This distance is calculated as up to one mile in both densely populated and less dense areas.

Map: A feature that displays other Users located within the same physical area or within walking distance, once the “Start Networking” feature is enabled. The Map also presents general anonymized statistics regarding nearby Users.

Hide Profile: A User-initiated action indicating disinterest in another User’s profile. Once a profile is hidden, it will no longer appear on the other party’s Home screen. However, the hidden User remains anonymously reflected in Map statistics.

Mark to Meet: An action taken by a User to express interest in meeting another User. An optional note may be attached, specifying the meeting’s purpose, proposed location, or any initial message. This action notifies the recipient and makes their profile visible to the initiating User. The initiating User’s identity remains anonymous until mutual interest is confirmed. Upon mutual interest, a “Match” is formed, moving both Users’ profiles to the Matched page and enabling limited communication and profile visibility, as long as both remain within the proximity threshold.

Mark Notes: A limited communication function available after a Match has been established. Users may send brief messages, with only the most recent note from each side retained. Older notes are overwritten and not stored, although message logs may be retained temporarily for compliance or legal purposes. If a Match is not established and the other User exits the proximity area, the User may Archive or Unmark the other profile, after which full profile access is no longer available unless an in-person meeting is confirmed by both parties.

Connection: An interaction that results from mutual interest between two Users, allowing them to communicate within the Application.

Matches: After forming a Match, Users may either retain the connection—allowing continued communication—or Archive the profile. Archiving a profile mutes the User and prevents future messages from being received.

Ready to Meet: A feature allowing matched Users to notify each other of their readiness to meet in person. If one User changes location beyond the proximity threshold, the notification will expire, and profile visibility will be disabled unless both parties return to proximity.

Meeting Happened: Keep or Archive a Profile A confirmation feature allowing Users to acknowledge an in-person meeting through the Application. Users may then record private notes related to the meeting. Confirmed meetings move profiles from the Matched list to the Met In-Person list. Users retain the option to archive or restrict access to these connections.

Met In-Person: A section where profiles of Users who have confirmed in-person meetings are accessible. Users may review or edit notes, or choose to archive, block, or report the other User to limit further access or interaction.

Note After Meeting: A private note-taking feature allowing Users to record key takeaways or contact details after an in-person meeting. These notes are stored privately and are not shared with the other User.

Profile Photo: A mandatory image attached to a User’s profile, which must clearly display the User’s face. Non-face images are not permitted. Currently, no photo verification system is in place; the Application relies on Users’ good faith to upload accurate images.

Services: The collective suite of features and functionalities—both complimentary and paid—offered by Bridgit Social to facilitate in-person, real-time personal and professional connections.

Premium Membership: A subscription-based service granting Users access to advanced features and enhanced functionality within the Application.

Account: A registered User’s individual profile granting access to the Application and its Services. Each User is permitted to maintain only one active Account at any given time.

2. Data Controller

The data collected is processed by Bridgit Group LLC, a company registered under number [To be filled] in NJ. The company is located in NJ.  We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy (along with our document on the use of Cookies and our Terms of Use) outlines how we process your personal data you share with us and that we collect when you use the Application and Services. Please read this document carefully to better understand how we process your personal data, and to know your rights and your rights concerning it.

This Privacy Policy applies to all services provided by Bridgit Social, except those operated by third parties, whose privacy policies will apply.

3. Information We Collect

Bridgit Social collects and processes personal data when you use the Application or communicate with us. This includes data shared directly by you and data collected automatically. To make sure our privacy policy is clear, we are providing below an overview of the personal data Bridgit Social collects and processes. Information is given below for each type of data collected. Below is an overview:

Mandatory Data:

• Identification data (e.g., email address, name, gender, date of birth, where you live).
• Data related to occupation (e.g., industry, occupation, your pitch).
• Data related to activity on the Application.
• Technical data about your device (e.g., device model).

Data Required for Certain Features:

• Geographical position (if geolocation is enabled) and at least with your 0.5 miles radius proximity.
• Same Place Option and Proximity/Search Within Walking Distance Option.
• Search preferences (e.g., age and gender, industry).
• Messages sent and received.
• Data related to reports and customer service requests.
• Data relating to purchases and payments
• Biometric data for profile verification (with your consent)

Optional Data:

• Professional information, such as current company and optional additional pitches.
• Interests, lifestyle, and User Details.
• Depending on how you signed up, the information shared from 3rd party platforms (Apple, Google, LinkedIn)
• Profile description and photos.

3.1 Data you share directly

When you use our Services, you may share certain information that can identify you. By providing this information, you agree that some of it may be visible to other Users and therefore made public on the Application. Information marked as ‘public’ will be accessible by other Users, while information marked as ‘private’ will remain confidential and only used by Bridgit Social to provide Services.

Bridgit Social is not responsible for information that you choose to make public on your profile. However, information not marked as ‘public’ will remain hidden from other Users unless you explicitly make it visible.

We collect and process the following data directly from you during registration and through your interactions with Bridgit Social:

3.1.1 Registration data

Information required for registering

To create an Account and access our Services, you must provide the following basic data:

• Name and Surname (public)
• Date of birth (private)
• Gender (optional, public)
• Industry (public)
• Occupation (public)
• Interests (public)
• Your pitch, a free text area, can also be used as professional or personal description. (public)
• Default preferences for filters (gender of people, search distance, industry, occupation and sorting criteria), real-time availability and visibility (private)
• Where you live (optional, public)
• Notification preferences (private)
• Geolocation access preference (private)
• A profile photo that clearly shows your face (public)

This information is shared at your discretion and is your sole responsibility. Bridgit Social may use information as part of the verification process.

Additional details may be required depending on how you register:

• If you register via email, you must provide a valid email address (private).
• If you register using third-party platforms like LinkedIn, Google or Apple, Bridgit Social will collect the data these platforms share with us, such as your first name, email address, and profile photo, in an effort to simplify the registration process. By selecting these options, you agree to the transfer of this data. By selecting login with LinkedIn, Google and Apple, you agree to having these platforms provide us with such data.
• Depending on how you registered, some data must be collected in order to provide our Services. If such data is not obtained, Bridgit Social will not be able to provide you with its Services via the Application, and you will not be able to create an Account.
• When you register/login via Apple or Google, we must collect your first name and email address. Said platforms may also provide Bridgit Social with your last name. When you register/login via LinkedIn, we collect your location info in your LinkedIn and whether your email is verified are also provided and we may use such information for you to minimize the formalism during the registration process.

If you decline the geolocation feature during registration, Bridgit Social will use your city name entered during the account sign up, where you live, to suggest potential connections near you.

Optional information to enhance your profile

You can add optional data to improve your profile and increase visibility to other Users. Optional information includes:

• Professional background, such as your current company and your additional pitches on brief introduction to show your intentions and help other users start conversation with you (public)
• Interests, hobbies, and lifestyle details (public)
• Additional Pitches, as free text area, can be used also for personal description or bio (optional, public)

This information is shared at your discretion and is your sole responsibility. These information can be updated or removed anytime through your profile settings.

Bridgit Social does not encourage sharing sensitive data, such as racial or ethnic origins, political opinions, religious beliefs, or health-related details. If you choose to include sensitive data, it is considered voluntarily made public and subject to Bridgit Social’s Terms of Use and GDPR compliance.

3.1.2 Data relating to interactions with Bridgit Social

When you interact with Bridgit Social, contact our customer or support services, report an issue with our services, ask for help, exercise your personal data rights, or participate in promotional activities, competitions or surveys, when you share your experience of our services, give testimonies, or answer one of our questionnaires, Bridgit Social will collect additional data, including but not limited to:

• Support requests and reports: Data related to customer service requests, such as the nature of the request, timestamps, and any related User details (private). Furthermore, proof of identity may be requested as part of the exercise of your rights over your personal data, and for safety/confidentiality reasons. This data will be collected by Bridgit Social when you ask for help from our customer service, exercise your rights over your personal data, report a problem or another user. Such information is required to handle reports or answer your requests. This information will also be handled if a report is made about you. In fact, Bridgit Social has a legal obligation to collect reports from its Users brought to its knowledge regarding contents or behavior likely to infringe our Terms of Service.
• Feedback and satisfaction: Information shared through surveys, testimonials, or reviews to improve the Services (private). This data is optional.
• Competitions and promotions: Participation data for events, such as responses and entries (private). This data is mandatory if you wish to take part in the competitions organized by Bridgit Social. Without this data, Bridgit Social may not register you for competitions.

This data is collected to address support needs, improve services, and ensure compliance with Bridgit Social’s Terms of Use.

3.2 Data Collected Automatically

When you use our services and features, we collect information on your activities on the Application:

• Activity data (e.g., registration date, login times, availability, visibility status, interactions with other Users and third-party accounts, number of transactions, notifications received, notification preferences, etc.) - (private)

When you access our Services and use the Application and its features, information on the way you use them is collected and processed. Most of the information collected by Bridgit Social is necessary to the provision of its Services. Without this data Bridgit Social cannot supply the Services linked to the Bridgit Social application.

More specifically, this includes your registration date, login dates, on or availability/visibility status, the type and number of interactions with other Users (such as Requests, Same Place, and messages), with the third-party accounts connected to your Account (such as LinkedIn, Google or Apple), or the number of transactions made (purchases of Requests, Places, subscriptions), notifications received and notification preferences.

• Geographical positions, Same Place Option, and Proximity Option data (if geolocation is enabled) -  (private)

The Application’s main value and purpose is to allow Users to find other Users they have or may have shared the same place or proximity with. Your Geographical position is collected with your express consent only. In fact, you will be asked to authorize the collection and processing of your location data to allow Bridgit Social to identify your shared places with other Users who have agreed to be geolocated.

Unless you have chosen stricter settings on your device, Bridgit Social will collect your Geographical position regularly.

When the Geographical positions of two Users are within a certain radius (identified as within a walking distance), or two Users specifically select the same place in their same place option, Bridgit Social pinpoints the Same Place, or Proximity.

These points won’t be displayed on your profile, but only the Users with whom you share the same place with can know your exact location. Each User sees his/her location when the same place point was registered, or when within a proximity which is in a radius defined by Bridgit Social. Other users can see the other User’s location only if they make themself visible to other users, either in the same place option or proximity case.

During your registration, if you do not provide your consent for geolocation, you must provide the name of your city. This information will enable Bridgit Social to suggest profiles of Users near you (either in the same place if in a public place, or within walking distance/proximity) whom they chose to make themselves visible to you.

These same place or proximity points can be displayed on a Map. However, depending on whether you chose to become visible or invisible, your profile’s visibility is set. In case of the invisibility, your profile is hidden, but your location is being shown in the map as anonymous, so that other users would see the statistics and the possibility of meeting, in case you decided to make yourself visible to selectively.

You may, at any time, withdraw your consent by disabling geolocation on your smartphone. If you choose to do so, your map and home will no longer be updated, and you will not be able to see who you have common points (either same place or proximity) with after disabling the geolocation option. When you have no more profiles in your home page, we will ask you the name of your city in order to suggest new users profiles near you.

You can also ask that your profile, and therefore your common points (same place or proximity), are no longer displayed on the Map (Mapping). In this case, you will only appear in the home page of other Users. Equally, you will no longer be able to see the profiles of Users you have common points with on the Map (Mapping); you will only see these profiles on your home page. For this, go to the application and click on “You” then go to the bottom of your screen and disable the option “visibility”.

• Text messages sent and received (private)

Messages are sent and stored on Bridgit Social’s servers, to provide the Service to allow Users with a match to have a conversation or when a User uses the Mark to keep the connection after the real-life meeting. Messages are strictly private and only implicate the Users involved. Bridgit Social’s authorized managers do not exercise any rights to view these conversations. These Messages are not transmitted or communicated to third parties except in cases of judicial requests, and/or in compliance with the applicable legislative or regulatory provisions. Moreover, Messages are strictly private and are not accessible to other Users who are not involved in the conversation, nor to any third party.

• Information relating to Marking a real-life meetup, keeping the other user or archiving and notes after meeting (private)

If you wish to Mark a meetup that happened in real-life using Bridgit Social, you can mark that connection as either to keep or archive. Also, for your own reference, as well as keeping records in the app to help in suggesting tailored to your interests and goals, you can use the free text after meetup note to record how things went.

• Search preferences - people whom you would like to meet with (gender, vicinity type, either same place or in proximity, industry, occupation, sorting preferences) (private)

The Application lets you set preferences by gender, vicinity type, either same place or in proximity, industry, occupation, sorting preferences. You can change these settings in the Application and specify the preferences, after agreeing to Bridgit Social collecting and processing your data, the gender of people you are looking for, so you can be matched exclusively with profiles you come across in the same place or in proximity with and who meet your search criteria. You will then only see those User and who share your search preferences on your Home page and Map.

• Technical data about your device (e.g., operating system, application version) - (private)

We collect information from the devices and equipment you use to access our Services, including server logs, which may contain information such as IP addresses, version of the application, device version and model, language used, operating system, application crashes, and advertisement ID. Data may be collected with cookies or other tracking tools: to learn more about this, please refer to our document on the Use of Cookies.

• Transaction Data - (private)

Bridgit Social does not collect or process any banking data. Apple’s App Store has opted to refrain from sending certain types of data to mobile applications, which includes any banking and financial information. This data is collected and processed solely by the above platforms, and Bridgit Social does not have the option of changing this payment method. The only information exchanged between Bridgit Social and Apple’s App Store is technical data that does not allow us to identify you (for example, a transaction number), and is used to validate transactions. Bridgit Social will therefore retain a history of your purchases and subscriptions but will not store any information relating to the payment methods you use.

4. How We Use Your Data

4.1 Supply of Services and Features According to Our Terms of Use

Bridgit Social collects and processes your personal data to provide, manage, and improve our Services. This includes the following:

• Account Management: (account creation and deletion) Using your registration data to create and manage your User Account, ensuring secure and personalized access to the Application.
• Profile Management: Enabling you to register and create a detailed profile with your name, photo, interests, professional information, and other details to enhance your networking experience as well as profile deregistration, deactivation of your User profile.
• Service Features: Providing access to essential and advanced features, including the Discovery Map, Same Place, and Proximity options, which help identify and suggest potential connections.
• Subscription Management: Managing your Premium Membership, including registration, upgrades, renewals, and cancellations.
• Messaging Services: Facilitating and storing text messages exchanged between matched Users. This includes enabling chat functionality after mutual interest is expressed and ensuring privacy within conversations.
• Geolocation Features: Collecting and processing geolocation data to offer real-time suggestions and enhance the visibility of Users within the same place or proximity.
• User Preferences: Managing your filters and preferences, such as visibility, availability, search criteria (age, gender, occupation), and notification settings.
• Notifications: Sending you notifications about your interactions with other Users, updates to your profile, or important service-related announcements.
• Managing Notes and Follow-Ups: Allowing you to add personal notes after real-life meetups to keep track of key details or decide whether to keep or archive a connection.

Legal Basis: Execution of the contract. Processing this data is necessary for Bridgit Social to provide its services as described in the Terms of Use.

4.2 Discovery and Connection Suggestions

Bridgit Social uses your data to facilitate meaningful connections with other Users and suggest opportunities to network. This includes:

• Proximity and Same Place Suggestions: Using geolocation data to identify other Users near you, either in the same place or within walking distance, to suggest potential connections.
• Meeting Places: Suggesting venues or meeting spots based on your location and shared interests with other Users.

Legal Basis: Consent. You have control over whether to enable or disable geolocation, and you may withdraw your consent at any time by updating your settings in the Application.

• Real-Time Recommendations: Suggesting profiles based on your preferences, such as occupation, age, gender, and interests, combined with geolocation.
• Match Suggestions: Recommending profiles based on shared preferences and activities to increase the likelihood of meaningful connections.

Based on your activity in the Application, your position and the information on your profile, your profile may be suggested to other Users. We can also recommend other Users who may interest you, with whom you have come across in the same place or in proximity, and, inversely, recommend your Profile to other Users.

Legal basis: Execution of the contract

• Discovery Map Insights: Displaying anonymized statistics about nearby Users to give you a better understanding of potential networking opportunities in your area.

Additional Information: The purpose of the Discovery Map and geolocation-based features is to bridge the gap between online and in-person networking. These features ensure that suggested connections align with your preferences, while maintaining your privacy through customizable visibility settings.

Legal basis: Execution of the contract and Legitimate interest

This processing is based on the legitimate interest of Bridgit Social to offer Users relevant Profiles and meeting places.

4.3 Marketing and Personalized Offers

Bridgit Social may use your data for marketing purposes, including promoting services, features, and third-party offers. This involves:

• Promotional Messages: Sending newsletters, feature updates, and offers relevant to your preferences and activities.
• In-App Advertising: Displaying advertisements related to Bridgit Social’s services or those of third-party partners. These may be personalized based on your profile data, such as age, gender, and location.
• Tailored Content: Recommending features or promotions based on your activities within the Application, such as events or nearby networking opportunities.

Legal basis: Legitimate interest

• Targeted Campaigns: Conducting marketing campaigns outside the Application using anonymized data to promote Bridgit Social to potential Users. If you are already a User, your email address may be shared with marketing partners to exclude you from campaigns targeted at non-Users. This information is provided for “hashing” purposes. This can also help Bridgit Social disseminate its campaigns to profiles similar to yours, who may be interested in our Services. The existence of your profile will never be disclosed to these similar profiles. The social networks which may receive your data for this purpose appear in the list of our service providers, available here [to add the link]. 
• Consent Management: Allowing you to manage your preferences for receiving marketing communications through the Application.

Display personalized advertisements on the Bridgit Social Application with regard to third-party products and services to ensure they are relevant to the User. These advertisements are personalized based only on your age group, gender and the country and/or city where you live. Your personal preferences will not be analyzed in disseminating such advertising. Personalized advertising also includes the restricting of identical advertisements. As a result, when a User consents to it, repeated or irrelevant advertisements are limited and the User will see more diverse content.

Legal Basis: Consent. Users can opt out of receiving promotional materials and personalized advertisements by adjusting their settings in the Application.You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us, or directly in the application by going to "My data" and then "Manage my Choices". ^[a]By withdrawing your consent, we will no longer be able to exclude you from our advertising on these networks.

Disseminating on the Bridgit Social application non-personalized advertisements (based solely on your country), on the products and services of partners and advertisements relating to the products and services of Bridgit Social.

Legal basis: Legitimate interest

This processing activity is based on Bridgit Social’s legitimate interest in displaying non-personalized advertising in the Application to non-Premium Users

4.4 Improving and Optimizing Services

We continuously analyze and improve Bridgit Social’s services to enhance User satisfaction and ensure the platform meets your needs. This involves:

• Statistical Analysis: Collecting data on usage patterns to identify trends, optimize features, and improve the overall User experience.
• Feedback and Surveys: Using information from satisfaction surveys and testimonials to refine our services and address User concerns.
• Profile Insights: Providing personalized feedback to help you optimize your profile for greater visibility and engagement within the Application.
• Feature Development: Testing and implementing new features based on User preferences and feedback to enhance the platform’s functionality.

Legal Basis: Legitimate interest. These activities help Bridgit Social remain relevant and user-focused by adapting to your needs.

4.5 Security and Fraud Prevention

Ensuring the security of your data and the integrity of the platform is a top priority. Bridgit Social uses your data to:

• Profile Verification: Use automatic services to verify the profile pictures contain your face as well as biometric data (with your consent) in future to verify your profile photo and ensure authenticity.^[b][c][d]

Legal basis: Legitimate interest and consent. Monitor and Prevent Fraudulent Activities: Detect and address suspicious activities, such as fake profiles or inappropriate behavior.

• Account Security: Analyze usage patterns to identify and mitigate potential breaches of security.^[e]
• Behavioral Analysis: Monitor interactions within the Application to detect and manage violations of the Terms of Use, such as harassment or misuse of features.^[f]

Legal Basis: Legitimate interest. These measures are necessary to maintain a safe and trustworthy environment for all Users.

• Suspension and Banning: Enforce rules by warning, suspending, or permanently banning accounts involved in fraudulent or harmful activities.

Legal basis: Execution of the contract. This processing allows us to provide you with the Services while preserving your peace of mind and security on the Application in accordance with our General Terms and Conditions of Use and to ensure compliance therewith.

4.6 Compliance with Legal Obligations

Bridgit Social processes certain data to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. This includes:

• Handling Complaints and Reports: Collecting and processing data related to reports of inappropriate behavior or content, including proof of identity when required.
• Data Retention: Storing limited personal data as required by law to comply with judicial or regulatory investigations.
• Exercising User Rights: Managing requests to access, rectify, or delete personal data in accordance with applicable laws, such as GDPR.

Legal Basis: Legal obligation. Bridgit Social ensures full compliance with data protection regulations and other legal requirements.

4.7 Providing Help and Technical Support

Bridgit Social processes your data to provide technical assistance and resolve issues related to your use of the Application. Specifically, we use your data to:

• Respond to Support Requests: Address questions, troubleshoot technical issues, and provide guidance on using the Application’s features.
• Service Optimization: Analyze support interactions to identify areas for improvement in the platform’s functionality and User experience.

Legal Basis: Legitimate interest. Providing timely and effective support ensures User satisfaction and enhances the overall experience with Bridgit Social.

5. Cookies^[g] and Tracking

Cookies and tracking tools may be used to:

• Ensure proper functioning of the Application.
• Measure audience engagement and optimize performance.
• Provide personalized advertisements (with consent).
• Cookies may be used on our showcase website for technical, advertising reasons or for measuring audiences. In the Application, cookies and tracking tools may be used for technical reasons and for measuring audiences.^[h]

To learn more, refer to our Cookie Policy.

6. How We Share Your Data

We may share your personal data with:

• Only authorized Bridgit Social employees for the purposes outlined above. These employees and authorized managers only have access to the data necessary to perform their duties, who may access and/or process Users’ personal data, in compliance with the Privacy Policy, and ensuring the security and privacy of the Users’ personal data. These service providers help us operate and improve our Services, including our sub-contractors in charge of data infrastructure and hosting suppliers of the analysis software we use technical sub-contractors for using the Application and/or ensuring that the Application functions properly our customer service to provide Users with the support they need and manage reports; our Marketing partners to provide Bridgit Social Users and non-Users with relevant messages, offers and content.
• Trusted service providers and partners assisting in hosting, analytics, marketing, and customer support.

As part of marketing and advertising operations outside the Application intended for non-Users, your data may be provided to partner social networks in order to exclude you from our campaigns, unless you oppose that. For more detail, please refer to the list of our sub-contractors and partners^[i].

• State authorities in compliance with legal obligations and in order to comply with any judicial or legal request, Bridgit Social may transmit the personal data of its Users.
• Entities involved in corporate operations which include, but are not limited to, a restructuring, a change in control of the company, a merger, an acquisition, a transfer, or a termination of the company.

We ensure that any data shared is done so securely and in compliance with applicable laws.

7. ^[j]Data Storage and Retention

We retain your data for as long as necessary to provide the Services:

• Account data: Retained for the duration of your membership and for 24 months after inactivity or deleted, after which it is permanently deleted or anonymized.
• Banned User: When a user is banned, his/her Account becomes inactive. Information from this Account is retained in an active database for 24 months, in order cross check it with information provided with new registrations to the Application, in order to prevent, to the extent possible, banned users from registering again. Subsequently, the personal data is archived for one more year, after which it is deleted permanently or irreversibly anonymized.
• Geographical positions: Stored for up to one month.
• Same Place Option and Proximity Option data: Stored for up to six months.
• Other data: Some of the User’s data, such as email address, will be retained for prospecting or Marketing purposes or to be analyzed in order to improve and optimize our service for one year after an Account has been inactive for 24 months. If a User deletes his/her Account, this data will not be used for prospecting or marketing purposes.

When certain data must be stored for statistical uses beyond these storage time limits, this data is anonymized irreversibly to ensure you can no longer be identified.

Bridgit Social undertakes to make every effort and to invest all means at its disposal to guarantee that the stored data is kept as secure as possible. However, it is the Member’s responsibility to take appropriate measures to protect his/her data.

8. Your Rights

As per the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable lawsin US, you have the following rights:

• Access and Portability: Request access to and a copy of your personal data.
• Rectification: Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data, subject to legal obligations.
• Objection and Restriction: Object to data processing or request a temporary suspension of processing.

To exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@bridgitsocial.com.

9. Personal Data of Minors

Bridgit Social shall not collect data from individuals under the age of 18. Should a Member lie about his/her date of birth, and particularly if he/she fraudulently claims to be an adult, the parents of the minor in question should inform Bridgit Social of this fact by sending an e-mail to one of the contacts mentioned in Article 11 “Contact”, requesting the data to be deleted. Bridgit Social commits to deleting all data on the minor in question as soon as possible.

10. International Data Transfers^[k]

If data is transferred outside the US, Bridgit Social ensures such transfers comply with applicable US regulations by using standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, contact us:

• Customer support: ali.fouladgar@bridgitsocial.com 
• Data Protection Officer: TBD
• Postal Address: Bridgit Social, TBD

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy. Changes will be posted on this page, and Users will be notified when significant changes occur.