Privacy policy

Who we are

Cringe is operated by Nuits, a sole trader business (toiminimi) based in Finland. Nuits is the data controller for the information described here. For privacy questions or to exercise your rights, write to hi@becringe.org.

What we collect

We collect only what the service needs to run:

• Account details: your email and your confirmation that you are 18 or older.
• Your profile: display name, age, short bio, photos, prompt answers, and the profile details you fill in, including any you choose to keep off your profile.
• Your activity: likes and the comments you attach to them, skips, matches, messages, bot calls, and nudge responses.
• Things other people write about you: a like sent to you can carry a comment, which reaches you before you have matched. We screen it before you see it, you can report it, and it is included in your data export.
• Technical data: device and log information, and the cookies described in our cookie policy.

Why we collect it, and our lawful bases

We process your data to provide the service you asked for, which is our contract with you. We process some data to keep people safe, prevent abuse, and confirm that users are over 18, which rests on our legitimate interests and our legal obligations. We do not run advertising, behavioural profiling, or product analytics.

AI and your content

The honesty engine sends your prompt answers to our AI provider, OpenRouter, to rewrite them. Automated moderation scans text and images for safety using OpenRouter and Cloudflare. We keep honesty originals only long enough to show you the rewrite — up to about 24 hours — and then delete them. See the AI and bots page for detail.

How we share

We do not sell or share your personal information. We disclose data only when the law requires it, or to protect people from harm.

A small set of service providers process data on our behalf, under contract and our instructions:

• Clerk — account sign-in and email verification.
• Convex — our application database and backend.
• OpenRouter — the AI that rewrites prompts and assists moderation.
• Cloudflare — website hosting and delivery, AI gateway, image-safety screening, and push notification delivery.

How long we keep it

We keep your data while your account is active. When you delete your account, we delete your profile, photos, prompts, matches, and messages. Honesty originals are deleted within about 24 hours of the rewrite. Limited residual copies in encrypted backups expire on a rolling basis. The one exception is material we are legally required to preserve, such as evidence of child sexual abuse, which is held separately for at least one year as the law requires.

Your rights

You can ask us to access, export, correct, or delete your data, and you can object to or ask us to restrict certain processing. Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. To use any of these rights, write to hi@becringe.org or use the controls in your account. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman, the Finnish supervisory authority, at tietosuoja.fi.

California privacy rights

If you live in California, you have the right to know what we collect, to delete it, to correct it, and to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell or share personal information. We honor Global Privacy Control signals. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any right. See your privacy choices.

International transfers

Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, where some of our providers operate. Where it is, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

Security

We protect data in transit and at rest and limit who can access it. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot promise otherwise.

Children

Cringe is for adults 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. See our child safety standards.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy and will post the new date at the top. For privacy questions, write to hi@becringe.org.