Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-11-07
Who we are
fngrd. is a social participation platform developed by Abhijeet Saxena. For any question about this policy or your personal data, contact privacy@fngrd.app.
What we collect
Account: email, handle, display name, profile info you choose to add (bio, geo, profession, education, interests). Activity: posts, votes, comments, follows, groups. Device: anonymized analytics and crash reports for performance and reliability.
Extended profile details
If you choose to, you can add more in Edit profile: a headline, gender, date of birth, village, district, cities, PIN code, detailed education, designation, domain, mother tongue, languages, relationship status, zodiac, personality type and lifestyle details. Every one is optional. We show them on your profile to the audience you pick for each (Only me, Followers or Everyone), and new details start as Only me. With your consent, they also help us improve your recommendations and your overall experience on fngrd., and soon, find you good matches. We never use them for ads, ad targeting or analytics, with one exception: if you make your gender visible to Everyone, it is counted, without your name, in the audience breakdowns post creators see. Each step of the editor asks for its own consent for its new details, and unticking it deletes them. Others see your birthday as day and month only.
Sensitive details
Religion, political view and sexual orientation are sensitive. Each is optional, has its own separate consent box, starts as Only me, and is never inferred from anything else you do. With your separate consent for each, we show them on your profile to the people you choose and use them to improve your recommendations and your overall experience on fngrd., and soon, find you good matches. We never use them for ads or ad targeting. Unticking the box deletes the detail. We do not collect health information.
Why
Run the service, personalize your feed (My World), prevent fraud and abuse, send transactional email (sign-in, email confirmation, password reset), and improve the product.
Legal basis
We process your data on the basis of your consent and for lawful purposes related to running fngrd. You can withdraw consent at any time by deleting your account or contacting us. We don't use your data for automated decisions that significantly affect you.
Who we share with
Service providers required to run the app. We don't sell your data.
Your rights
Access, correct, or delete your data at any time from Settings. To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, email privacy@fngrd.app and we'll respond within 30 days.
Retention
We keep your data until you delete your account. Soft-deleted accounts are anonymized immediately and hard-deleted after 30 days.
Children
fngrd is intended for adults aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 18; if we learn that we have, we'll delete it.
International transfers
Our primary database is in Mumbai (ap-south-1), within India. Some processors handle data outside India, namely PostHog (United States), Sentry (European Union), and Expo (United States), under standard data-protection contractual clauses.
Data security
We apply reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, and misuse. No system can guarantee absolute security.
Third-party links
The app and our site may link to third-party websites or platforms. We're not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their policies separately.
Contact & grievance
Privacy questions, access / correction / deletion requests, or grievances: privacy@fngrd.app. We make reasonable efforts to respond within 30 days per applicable law. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.