Last Updated: July 2025
Your Privacy Matters
At BuddyDare, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you use our friendship challenges and personality tests.
1. Information We Collect
Personal Information
When you use BuddyDare, we may collect the following types of personal information:
- Account Information: Name, email address, username when you create an account
- Challenge Data: Responses to personality tests and friendship challenges
- Profile Information: Optional profile details you choose to share
- Communication Data: Messages sent through our contact forms or support channels
Automatic Information
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website:
- IP address and location data
- Browser type and version
- Device information
- Pages visited and time spent on our site
- Referral sources
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- Service Provision: To provide and improve our challenges and personality tests
- Personalization: To customize your experience and provide relevant content
- Communication: To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- Analytics: To understand how our services are used and improve them
- Security: To protect against fraud and ensure platform security
3. Information Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- With Your Consent: When you explicitly agree to share information
- Service Providers: With trusted partners who help us operate our website
- Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
- Safety: To protect the safety and security of our users
4. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information:
- Encryption of sensitive data during transmission
- Secure servers and databases
- Regular security audits and updates
- Limited access to personal information on a need-to-know basis
5. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: Request access to your personal data
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data
- Portability: Request a copy of your data in a portable format
- Withdrawal: Withdraw consent for data processing
6. Advertising and Google AdSense
BuddyDare uses Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies and other tracking technologies to serve ads based on your interests and previous visits to our site and other websites.
Google AdSense Information
- Ad Personalization: Google may use cookies to show you personalized ads based on your interests
- Data Collection: Google collects data about your visits to our site and other sites to provide targeted advertising
- Third-Party Vendors: Google and its partners may display ads on sites across the internet based on previous visits to our website
- DoubleClick Cookie: Google uses the DoubleClick cookie to enable it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the internet
Your Advertising Choices
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the following links:
7. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Remember your preferences and settings
- Analyze website traffic and usage patterns
- Provide personalized content and advertisements
- Improve our services and user experience
- Enable Google AdSense advertising functionality
You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling them may affect your experience on our website and the ads you see.
8. Children's Privacy
BuddyDare is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us:
By using BuddyDare, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this privacy policy.