This Privacy Policy describes how OurSecrets (“we,” “us,” or “our”) processes information when you use the OurSecrets mobile application and related services at https://oursecretsapp.com.
OurSecrets is designed for pseudonymous sharing. Your real name is not required for normal public posting, but your chosen nickname may be displayed with secrets, comments, or other activity. Account, moderation, security, and technical records may still be associated with your account internally. We do not sell personal data.
You should not choose a nickname that reveals sensitive personal information. A nickname does not guarantee complete anonymity.
When you create and use an account, we process information needed to authenticate you and operate your account, such as account identifiers, sign-in credentials or tokens provided through supported authentication methods, your chosen nickname, and basic account settings or preferences linked to your profile.
You choose a nickname for your account. Your nickname may be displayed publicly with your secrets, comments, and related activity. Avoid using real names, contact details, or other sensitive identifying information in your nickname.
We process the secrets, comments, and related text or media you submit so they can be displayed, stored, moderated, and associated with your account for Service operation. Public content may be shown with your nickname, but it is linked internally to your account for moderation, safety, and enforcement purposes.
We process information about how you and other users interact with content, including believe/doubt votes, reports, read activity where applicable, moderation actions, enforcement history, and related metadata needed to operate community features, investigate abuse, and enforce our policies.
For abuse prevention and voting integrity, a vote record may include connection information such as an IP address and User-Agent. An IP address does not always identify a specific person. Vote records are configured to expire after approximately 30 days.
Location permission is used only when you use location-based features. The app may determine an approximate city and country to support local feeds and location-based posting. You may deny location permission, though some location-based features may not work without it.
Precise location coordinates are not described as publicly displayed on this page. Location processing may involve approximate or precise location data depending on how a feature operates and what permission you grant.
If you purchase a subscription or premium feature, we receive subscription status and entitlement information from Apple, Google, RevenueCat, or other authorized payment platforms so we can provide access to paid features. Payment card details are processed by the store, not by OurSecrets directly.
If you enable notifications, Firebase notification infrastructure may process a notification token on your device to deliver alerts through topic-based subscriptions. The OurSecrets application backend does not currently store that notification token.
Premium and Titanium subscribers can translate secret and comment text on the secret detail screen. Premium users must tap the Translate control. Titanium users may also receive automatic translations on that screen when the content language differs from the device language or when the content language is not identified. In each case, the relevant text is sent to Google translation services to generate a translation. Translated results may be cached to improve performance. Free accounts do not have access to translation features.
We process technical and security information needed to operate, protect, and secure the Service. This may include authentication activity, abuse signals, server and application security logs, and related records generated during normal Service operation.
Some technical data may be retained for limited periods for security, fraud prevention, or legal compliance, and is not necessarily kept permanently.
We use information to:
We use account, content, vote, report, and technical information to review reported content, enforce our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service, restrict harmful behavior, and protect users and the Service.
We use trusted service providers to help operate the Service. Depending on the feature involved, this may include:
These providers process information on our behalf according to contractual and legal requirements and only for the functions they support.
We may disclose information when we believe disclosure is required by applicable law or a valid lawful official request, or when necessary to protect the rights, safety, and security of users, OurSecrets, or others, including reporting suspected child exploitation where required or appropriate.
We retain information for as long as needed to provide the Service, enforce our policies, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and backup systems. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and why it is processed.
Limited information may be retained after account deletion where necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, backups, or active legal obligations.
You can delete your account from inside the app. Account deletion initiates removal of configured account-linked records according to our operational and legal requirements. Deleting your account does not automatically cancel App Store or Google Play subscriptions; those must be managed separately through the relevant store.
Some information may remain for a period in backups, with service providers, or where retention is necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, or active legal obligations. We do not promise that every external-provider or backup record disappears immediately.
Subscription billing, renewal, cancellation, and refund requests are handled through Apple, Google, or the applicable store. OurSecrets receives entitlement status needed to unlock features but does not directly process store payment credentials.
OurSecrets is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Service, contact support@oursecretsapp.com.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date on this page. Continued use after changes become effective means you acknowledge the updated policy.
For privacy questions or requests, contact support@oursecretsapp.com.