Privacy Policy

Last updated October 6, 2026

Draft for review. This policy has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer and is not final.

This policy explains what FOB Social Inc. (British Columbia, Canada), which runs FOB, collects, why, and the choices you have. It applies alongside our Terms of Service.

What we collect

  • Account details: email, display name and password (stored encrypted).
  • Profile: first name, date of birth (collected to confirm you are 18 or over; only your age is shown to others, never the date), gender, who you'd like to meet (including an age range), photos, bio, country of origin, where you live now (city, province/state, country) and how long you've lived there.
  • Optional details you choose to share: languages, foods you miss, holidays you celebrate, faith, and family preferences.
  • Activity: likes, passes, matches and messages.
  • Approximate location (optional): if you allow it, your device's location rounded to about 1 km, used to show people and events within your chosen distance. It is never shown on your profile, and you can turn it off in your device settings.
  • Waitlist: email and city if you join the waitlist.
  • Basic technical data: device and browser type and usage logs, to keep FOB secure and working.

Sensitive information

Some things you can add, like your country of origin, faith and holidays, can reveal your ethnic background or religious beliefs. These are always optional. We only use them to show them on your profile and to suggest people you have things in common with, and only with your consent, which you give by adding them. You can remove them at any time from your profile.

How we use it

  • To run FOB: show your profile, suggest people and events nearby, and deliver messages.
  • To keep members safe: detect spam, fake accounts and abuse, and respond to reports.
  • Profile, group and event photos you upload are automatically checked for illegal or harmful content. Photos sent in chats are not automatically scanned; you can report any message or photo. The one exception is our shared public test account: everything it sends is checked automatically, and chats with it may be reviewed by FOB staff (those chats say so at the top).
  • To handle Pro subscriptions and offers.
  • To send important account and service messages.
  • To improve FOB, using aggregated or de-identified data where we can.

We do not sell your personal information.

Who can see what

  • Other members can see your profile (not your email or exact birth date).
  • Only you and your match can see your messages.
  • We share data with service providers who host and run FOB for us (for example hosting, storage and payment processors), under contracts that protect it.
  • We may disclose information if required by law, or to protect someone's safety.

Where your data is stored

FOB's service providers may store and process data outside your province or country, including in the United States. When that happens, we use safeguards required by applicable law.

How long we keep it

We keep your information while your account is open. When you delete your account we delete your profile, photos and messages within 30 days, except for limited records we must keep for legal, safety or fraud prevention reasons.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under Canada's PIPEDA, British Columbia's PIPA, or the EU/UK GDPR), you can ask to access, correct, download or delete your information, withdraw consent, or object to certain uses. Contact us and we'll respond within the time the law requires. You can also complain to your local privacy regulator.

Age

FOB is only for adults 18 and over. We delete accounts that belong to anyone younger.

Contact

Privacy questions: privacy@joinfob.com