Circle privacy policy
Last updated: 25 October 2026.
Circle ("we") is an app for finding activities near you and meeting the people who join them. It is run by Saikiran Sangarthi. Questions: mycircleappltd@gmail.com.
What we collect
What you give us
- Account: your name, email address, date of birth (to confirm you are 18 or over), gender, and a password, or your Google account's ID, name, email and photo if you continue with Google.
- Phone number, if you choose to verify it.
- Profile: photo, bio, interests, your Circle ID and the area or city you pick.
- What you post: activities you host, chat and direct messages, photos you share, feedback, reports, and costs you split in an activity.
- Trusted contacts you add for safety features.
What the app records as you use it
- Activities you join, request, check in to or finish, and the people you connect with.
- Location: the city or area you choose. Precise location only while you set where an activity you host meets, and only if you allow it. We don't track you in the background.
- Device: a push notification token (if you allow notifications), your device type and app version, and the IP address and user agent of each sign-in, used for security.
- In-app events such as screens opened and buttons used, kept by us to improve Circle. We use no third-party analytics or advertising tools.
How we use it
- To run Circle: show you activities, let you join and host them, deliver messages and notifications.
- To keep people safe: the 18+ check, host verification, reliability records, reports, blocks and moderation of content that breaks our rules.
- To secure your account: sign-in sessions, signed-in device lists and password reset.
- To improve the app, using our own in-app events.
We don't sell your data or use it for advertising.
Who sees what
- Other members see your profile (name, photo, Circle ID, interests, reliability record), the activities you host or join, and messages you send them or their groups. Your date of birth, email, phone number and exact location are never shown to other members.
- Service providers that process data for us under contract:
- Google, for sign-in with Google.
- Google Firebase and Expo, to deliver push notifications.
- Our email provider, to send account emails.
- OpenFreeMap, which serves map tiles and sees your IP address when a map loads.
- The law: we disclose data when the law requires it or to protect someone's safety.
Where it's kept and for how long
Your data is stored on servers we control and is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). We keep it while your account is open. When you delete your account, we erase your profile and personal details straight away, as described on how to delete your account. Records other people rely on (reports and safety records, ratings, shared cost records) are kept without your name, and a reported message is kept as evidence until the report is resolved. Backups age out within 30 days.
Your choices and rights
- See and download your data: You › Account and privacy › Download your data.
- Correct it: edit your profile at any time.
- Delete your account: You › Account and privacy › Delete account, or see how to delete your account.
- Notifications and location: turn them off at any time in your phone's settings.
- Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you can also ask us about how your data is processed, or raise a grievance, at mycircleappltd@gmail.com. We reply within 30 days.
Children
Circle is only for people aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone younger, and we delete an account if we learn it belongs to someone under 18.
Changes
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect.