Privacy Policy

1. Summary of Our Privacy Policy

SheKnows is a closed platform created for women to find trust and solidarity in their relationships. All information you create while using our application remains strictly under your control. We do not sell, rent, or use your data for advertising, and we never make your records publicly searchable.

2. What Information We Request and Why

We request only the minimum information required for our service to operate safely:

• Sign-In Information: Basic account authentication via Google or Apple so you can sign in securely.
• Real-Person Verification: A short selfie video reading poetry lines displayed on screen to confirm that our community consists solely of real women.
• Alias and City: The nickname you use instead of your real name inside the app, along with your birth year and city.
• Matching Signal Inputs: Basic traits, habit tags, and optional split-photo slices entered for your single active relationship record—used strictly to compute similarity signals in the background.

3. Zero Data-Sharing Principle

SheKnows enforces a strict "Zero Data-Sharing" policy:

• Hidden from Other Users: Partner details, photos, and your personal profile information are never shown to other users—even when a match occurs.
• Hidden from Administrators: Platform administrators cannot access your personal profiles, partner records, photos, or chat messages.
• Hidden from Advertisers & Data Brokers: There are no ad trackers in the app, and your information is never transferred to marketing or analytics companies.

4. Special Protection for Photos and Messages

Photos added to the app are never stored as whole images; they are split into 4 to 6 slices solely for background visual comparison and are never served for viewing. In anonymous chat rooms opened by mutual consent, temporary nicknames are used, and once a chat is ended, its link is permanently revoked.

5. Notifications and Device Permissions

Push notifications are sent to your device only if you grant permission, so we can alert you when a match signal or mutual consent occurs. Camera and microphone permissions are used solely during your initial poetry-reading verification with your explicit consent.

6. Your Right to Delete Data and Close Your Account

You can archive your active relationship record or deactivate your account at any time from within the app. When you close your account or request deletion, all of your records, photo slices, and past chats are permanently removed.