Nearby Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 8, 2026
Nearby respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information the Nearby mobile application collects, how that information is used, and the choices available to you.
Information We Collect
Nearby may collect the following information when you use the app:
• Phone number, used for account authentication and verification.
• Profile information, such as your display name, username, biography, and profile photo.
• Approximate location information, used to show nearby users and support Nearby’s location-based features.
• Friend requests, friendships, blocks, and other account interactions.
• Messages you send through Nearby’s private one-to-one messaging feature.
• Device and notification information, including push-notification tokens needed to deliver notifications.
• Basic technical information necessary to operate, secure, and improve the app.
How We Use Information
We use information to:
• Create and maintain your Nearby account.
• Verify your phone number and help keep accounts secure.
• Provide nearby-user discovery features.
• Display the profile information you choose to share with other users.
• Provide friend requests and private messaging.
• Deliver notifications.
• Provide privacy and safety features, including blocking and Go Ghost.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, secure, and improve Nearby.
• Comply with applicable legal and platform requirements.
Location Information
Nearby uses location information to help identify other Nearby users within the supported nearby area. Location information used for discovery may be reduced in precision before being stored.
Nearby does not publicly display your exact coordinates to other users.
Profile Information
Your display name, username, biography, and profile photo may be visible to other Nearby users as part of the app’s social and nearby-discovery features.
Your phone number is private and is not displayed to other Nearby users.
Messages
Nearby provides private one-to-one text messaging. Messages are stored as necessary to provide the messaging service.
Users may clear messages from their own view. Account deletion may remove account-related information in accordance with Nearby’s account-deletion process.
How We Share Information
Nearby does not sell your personal information.
Information may be processed by service providers that help operate the app, including services used for authentication, databases, cloud storage, notifications, and app infrastructure.
We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect users, prevent fraud or abuse, enforce our policies, or protect the security of Nearby.
Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Nearby, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes.
Some location and activity information may automatically expire after a limited period as part of Nearby’s normal operation.
Account Deletion
Users can request account deletion through the Nearby app. When an account is deleted, Nearby will delete or remove associated account information in accordance with the app’s deletion process, except where information must be retained for legal, security, or other legitimate purposes.
Security
Nearby uses reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect user information. However, no online service can guarantee absolute security.
Children and Age Requirements
Nearby should only be used by individuals who meet the minimum age requirements applicable to them under relevant laws and platform rules.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as Nearby changes. When changes are made, the updated policy will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or Nearby’s privacy practices, please contact us at: mtzxtv@gmail.com