Privacy Policy & Data Security

1. Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum data required to facilitate safe classified connections:

• Account Credentials: Name or handle, email address, and hashed passwords (Argon2id/Bcrypt).
• Listing Content: Ad titles, descriptions, dynamic attributes (e.g. intent, age, interests), and approved uploaded imagery.
• Relayed Communications: Inquiries sent through listing contact forms are stored with AES-256 field encryption.
• Technical Telemetry: Anonymized server logs, coarse approximate city geolocation, and session tokens.

2. Geolocation Privacy & Anti-Triangulation

To protect your physical safety and prevent stalking or precise residence tracking:

• We never display precise GPS coordinates or exact street addresses publicly.
• All public map representations and distance calculations apply an automated anti-triangulation fuzzing jitter of 300 to 800 meters.
• Distance badges are grouped into coarse ranges (e.g. "Within 10 km") rather than exact distance metrics.

3. Media Sanitization & EXIF Data

Whenever you upload photos to LocalDateHub, our automated image pipeline processes every file before storage:

• All EXIF metadata (including camera manufacturer, serial number, GPS coordinates, altitude, and timestamp) is completely stripped.
• Images are re-encoded to modern WebP format with automated compression and resolution normalization.

4. Your Rights: CCPA, CPRA & GDPR

Regardless of your jurisdiction, you have full ownership of your data:

• Right of Access & Portability: View and export your listings and profile at any time.
• Right to Deletion: You can permanently delete your listings and your user account directly from your account settings at any time without having to contact support.
• No Sale of Personal Data: We do not sell or rent personal information to third parties under any circumstances.

5. Contact Our Privacy Officer

For questions regarding privacy practices, submit a ticket via our Contact Center or email [email protected].