Data we collect

Information you provide

• Account data — name, email address, date of birth, and password (hashed — we never store it in plain text).
• Profile data — display name, age, city, biography, profile photos, and any optional fields you choose to fill in (height, body type, occupation, Instagram handle, WhatsApp number).
• Application data — the details you submit when requesting access to Troy Circle.
• Messages — text, images, audio clips, and location pins sent through in-app chats. Messages are stored to deliver them and are not read by Troy Circle staff unless required for a safety investigation.
• Invitations — the email addresses you enter when inviting someone to the platform.

Information collected automatically

• Device information — operating system, device type, and app version, used for debugging and crash reporting.
• Usage data — interactions within the app (e.g. profiles viewed per day), used solely to enforce community limits. We do not build advertising profiles.
• Push notification token — stored in a private, access-controlled subcollection to deliver notifications. It is never exposed to other users.
• Approximate location — only if you explicitly share your location in a chat message. We do not track your location in the background.

Information from third parties

• Google Sign-In — if you use Google to log in, we receive your name and verified email from Google. We do not receive your Google password or any other Google account data.
• Firebase — our infrastructure provider (Google LLC). Authentication, database, and storage are managed through Firebase under standard data processing agreements.

How we use your data

We use the data we collect for the following purposes only:

• Creating and managing your account and profile.
• Reviewing your access application and communicating the outcome.
• Showing your profile to other members in the discovery feed (only when your profile is set to visible).
• Facilitating connections and private chats between members.
• Delivering transactional emails (account created, application status, email verification) via Resend.
• Sending push notifications for new messages and connection activity.
• Calculating and displaying your Moral Score based on anonymous peer ratings.
• Enforcing community standards and investigating reports of misconduct.
• Improving the app through aggregated, anonymised analytics.

We do not use your data for advertising, profiling for third parties, or any automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data. We share it only in these circumstances:

• Other members — your profile (name, age, city, photos, bio, Moral Score) is visible to other approved members in the feed. Intimate details (position, tribe, HIV status) are only visible if both you and the other member have opted in. Contact details (Instagram, WhatsApp) are only visible after a mutual connection.
• Service providers — Firebase (Google LLC) for infrastructure; Resend for transactional email. Both operate under data processing agreements and are prohibited from using your data for their own purposes.
• Legal requirements — we may disclose data if required by law, court order, or to protect the safety of our users or the public.
• Business transfer — in the event of a merger or acquisition, your data may be transferred. We will notify you in advance and you will have the right to delete your account.

Data retention

We keep your data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account:

• Your profile is immediately hidden from all feeds.
• Your profile photos are deleted from our storage.
• Your account record is deleted from our authentication system.
• Chat messages in active conversations are retained for the other participant's reference for up to 30 days, after which they are purged.
• Anonymised usage statistics (not linked to your identity) may be retained indefinitely for product improvement.

Your rights (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data at any time from your profile settings.
• Erasure — delete your account and associated data at any time from Settings → Account → Delete account.
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection — object to processing of your data in certain circumstances.
• Restriction — request that we restrict processing of your data while a complaint is investigated.
• Withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@troycircle.app. We will respond within 30 days.

The legal basis for processing your data is: performance of a contract (account and service delivery); legitimate interests (community safety, fraud prevention); and consent (optional profile fields, push notifications).

Cookies & tracking

The Troy Circle mobile app does not use cookies. The troycircle.app website uses only technically necessary cookies — no advertising or tracking cookies are set. We do not use third-party analytics scripts on this website.

Contact

Troy Circle is operated from Barcelona, Spain. For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, contact our privacy team at hello@troycircle.app.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) at aepd.es.

Eligibility

Troy Circle is exclusively for gay and bisexual men aged 18 and over. By creating an account you confirm that:

• You are at least 18 years old.
• You are not prohibited from using our services under the laws of your jurisdiction.
• You have not previously been banned from Troy Circle.
• You will use the service only for lawful purposes.

We verify minimum age at registration and reserve the right to request identity confirmation at any time. Accounts found to belong to minors will be permanently removed without notice.

Community conduct

Troy Circle is built on respect. The following are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate and permanent account termination:

• Harassment, threats, or abuse of any member in any form.
• Creating a fake profile or impersonating another person.
• Sharing or soliciting explicit content involving minors.
• Sharing another member's private information without their consent (doxxing).
• Using the platform for commercial solicitation, spam, or escort services.
• Attempting to manipulate the Moral Score system or rating system fraudulently.
• Attempting to reverse-engineer, scrape, or otherwise abuse our systems.

We encourage members to report misconduct directly from any profile page. All reports are reviewed personally by our team.

Your content

You retain ownership of all content you post (photos, messages, bio). By posting content on Troy Circle you grant us a limited, non-exclusive licence to store and display it to other members as necessary to operate the service. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account.

You are solely responsible for the content you post. You confirm that:

• You own or have the rights to share the content.
• The content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property, privacy, or other rights.
• The content complies with these Terms and applicable law.

Termination

You may close your account at any time from Settings → Account → Delete account. Upon deletion, your profile is immediately hidden and your data is removed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, if we determine that you have violated these Terms or pose a risk to our community. Decisions are final. Refunds for active premium subscriptions are handled on a case-by-case basis.

Limitation of liability

Troy Circle is provided "as is." We make no warranties regarding uninterrupted access, accuracy of profiles, or outcomes of connections made through the platform. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Troy Circle's liability for any claim arising out of your use of the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

We are not liable for: the actions of other members, loss of data beyond our control, indirect or consequential damages, or events outside our reasonable control.

Contact & governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Spain. Any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Barcelona, Spain.

For questions about these Terms: hello@troycircle.app

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