PusoKo

Privacy Policy

Draft: to be finalized (ideally with a lawyer) before the public launch.

Last updated: October 2026

What we collect

  • Account: email, password (stored only as a secure hash), date of birth.
  • Profile: details you choose to share, including some that Philippine law treats as sensitive (such as religion and relationship status). We process these only with your consent and only to run PusoKo.
  • Photos: resized on your device before upload, which removes hidden location (GPS) data. Only signed-in, approved members can see them. They are never public on the internet.
  • Messages, intros, reports, and moderation records, to run chats and keep members safe.
  • Technical data: IP address and device or browser information, used for security and fraud prevention.

How we use it

  • To run the service: profiles, intros, chat, and notifications.
  • To keep members safe: profile review, automatic hiding of payment and contact details in messages, scam-pattern detection, report handling, and enforcing the Community Code.
  • To send account emails (verification, password reset, safety alerts, decisions about your account).

What we never do

  • Sell your data, share it with advertisers, or show ads inside the app.
  • Charge you anything.
  • Show who reported someone to the person they reported.

Who processes it

Our hosting (Fly.io, United States), file storage (Tigris), and email delivery (Resend) providers process data on our behalf under contract. Data about members in the Philippines is processed in the United States with safeguards required by the Philippine Data Privacy Act of 2012.

How long we keep it

  • Your account and profile: until you delete your account, then permanently deleted after a 14-day grace period.
  • Reports and moderation records: as long as needed for safety and legal obligations (about 1 year, longer for legal holds).
  • Records of removed accounts: kept to stop banned people from returning.

Your rights

You can see and edit your profile, download your data, and delete your account from Settings. Depending on where you live (for example the Philippines or California), you may also have rights to access, correct, object to, or ask about how we process your data. Contact us to use them.

Age

PusoKo is only for adults. We remove accounts of anyone under the minimum age and report child-safety concerns to the authorities.

Contact

Data Protection Officer: [DPO NAME + EMAIL]. Or use Contact the safety team.