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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 17 October 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how PursuitMate Technologies ("PursuitMate", "we", "us") collects, uses, shares, and protects your information when you use the PursuitMate app and services (the "Platform"). By using the Platform, you consent to the practices described here.
1.Information We Collect
- Account & identity: phone number (for authentication), display name, gender, and date of birth (to confirm you are 18+).
- Profile: profile photo, your city/state/country, vibe answers, and optional corporate email (for verification only).
- Location: with your permission, your GPS location to confirm your city and show local plans, and the meeting points you choose for your plans.
- Content: posts (plans), messages, images, requests, and feedback you create.
- Usage & device: app interactions, device push token (for notifications), and basic technical/log data.
- Advertising: the app shows ads supplied by Google AdMob, which collects your device's advertising identifier, an approximate location derived from your IP address, and your interactions with ads. See Data Sharing.
2.Phone Number Anonymity
We collect your phone number strictly for account authentication. Your phone number is never shown to other users. If you choose to share your phone number, social handles, or personal details in chats or posts, you do so at your own risk.
3.Location Data
With your explicit permission, we use your GPS location to verify your city and surface nearby plans. We obfuscate your exact coordinates by default and only reveal an exact meeting point when you explicitly choose to make it public. You can revoke location permission at any time in your device settings.
4.How We Use Your Data
We use your information to operate the Platform: to authenticate you, match you with local plans, enable chat, calculate your community Trust Score, run safety and content moderation, send notifications, and prevent fraud and abuse.
PursuitMate is free to use and is funded by advertising. We also use a limited set of data to show and measure those ads — see Data Sharing & Third-Party Services for exactly what the ad provider receives.
5.Legal Basis & Consent
We process your data on the basis of your consent and to perform our service to you, in line with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and other applicable law. You may withdraw consent by deleting your account, subject to the retention rules below.
6.Data Sharing & Third-Party Services
We do not sell your personal data to data brokers, and we never share your phone number, your name, your messages, your photos, or your precise location with advertisers. We share data with the service providers that power the Platform, and only to the extent needed to run it:
| Provider | Purpose | Data involved |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase / Google Cloud | Authentication, database, file storage, hosting, push notifications (FCM) | Account, profile, content, device token |
| Google Gemini (AI) | Automated safety & quality review of post content | Post text (and images where applicable) |
| Google AdMob | Showing ads in the app, measuring ad performance, and preventing ad fraud | Advertising identifier, approximate location derived from IP address, ad interactions |
| Ola Maps / mapping providers | Location search and map display when you pick a meeting spot | Search query and coordinates |
These providers process data under their own terms and security commitments. Some processing may occur on servers outside India.
Advertising
Ads in PursuitMate are supplied by Google AdMob. To show and measure them, AdMob collects your device's advertising identifier, an approximate location derived from your IP address, and your interactions with ads. That is the only data shared with a third party for advertising — your phone number, name, messages, photos, plans and precise GPS location are not.
You can control this on your device. In your Android settings, under Privacy → Ads (listed under Google → Ads on some devices), you can reset or delete your advertising ID and opt out of personalised ads. Opting out does not remove ads; it makes them less relevant. How Google uses data from apps that use its services is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
7.Data Retention & Deletion
You may delete your account at any time from within the app. Upon deletion, your public profile is immediately anonymized. To prevent banned users from evading enforcement, your phone number and Trust Score history are securely retained internally for 6 months before permanent deletion. XP and rewards are wiped on deletion. We may retain limited data longer where required by law.
8.Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data, and you may withdraw consent. To exercise these rights, use the in-app account controls or contact our Grievance Officer below.
9.Children
PursuitMate is strictly for users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If we learn that a minor has created an account, we will terminate it and delete the data.
10.Security
Your data is stored on encrypted, access-controlled infrastructure provided by our service providers. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information.
11.Grievance Officer
In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and applicable Rules, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you may contact our Grievance Officer with any privacy concern or data request. We acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days.
Grievance Officer
12.Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, notify you in the app. Continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
13.Contact
For any privacy question, contact us at support@pursuitmate.app.
See also our Terms & Conditions.