Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

DearName ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

When you use DearName, you may provide us with:

• Names (recipient names and optional sender names)
• Message content
• Contact information if you reach out to us

Automatically Collected Information

We may automatically collect certain information when you visit our website:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Pages visited and time spent
• Referring website

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service
• To display messages on the platform
• To improve user experience
• To monitor and analyze usage patterns
• To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
• To respond to your inquiries
• To send administrative information

4. Data Storage and Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Your messages are stored in our database and may be viewed by anyone who searches for the recipient's name.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

6. Third-Party Services

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties may have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf.

7. Advertising

We may display advertisements on our website. These advertisers may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

8. Public Nature of Messages

Important: All messages posted on DearName are public and can be viewed by anyone who searches for the recipient's name. Do not include sensitive, personal, or confidential information in your messages.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access your information
• The right to request correction of your information
• The right to request deletion of your information
• The right to object to processing
• The right to data portability

11. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. Messages remain on our platform indefinitely unless removed by us for violation of our terms.

12. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.