Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your information. Your privacy matters to us.
Debbly ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use our platform, website, applications, and services (the "Platform"). By using Debbly, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Overview
The short version:
- We collect what we need to run the platform and keep it safe
- Your debates are public content — that's the point of the platform
- We don't sell your personal data to third parties
- You have rights over your data, including the right to delete your account
- We comply with GDPR and other applicable privacy laws
2. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you create an account, we collect:
- Username and display name
- Email address
- Password (encrypted)
- Profile photo (optional)
- Date of birth or age confirmation (to verify you are 16+)
- Social login information (if you sign in with Google or other providers)
Content You Create
- Video and audio recordings of your debates
- Chat messages and comments
- Profile information you choose to share
- Votes, reactions, and other interactions
Technical Information
- IP address and approximate location
- Device type, browser, and operating system
- Usage data (pages visited, features used, timestamps)
- Performance and error logs
- Referral source (how you found us)
What we don't collect: We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health data, or sexual orientation.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
Provide and operate the Platform
- Create and manage your account
- Enable live debates and content streaming
- Store and display your content to other users
- Process matchmaking and notifications
Improve and personalize the Platform
- Analyze usage patterns to improve features
- Recommend debates and topics you might enjoy
- Develop new features and services
Ensure safety and security
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms
- Moderate content using automated systems and enforce community guidelines
- Verify user identities and age requirements
- Protect our users, platform, and legal rights
Communicate with you
- Send service-related notifications and updates
- Respond to your questions and support requests
- Send marketing communications (with your consent, where required)
4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), UK, or Switzerland, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Contract Performance
Processing necessary to provide our services, including account creation, debate hosting, and content delivery.
Legitimate Interests
Processing for platform improvement, analytics, security, fraud prevention, and marketing (where we have balanced our interests against your rights).
Consent
Processing based on your explicit consent, such as recording consent when participating in debates, or marketing communications. You can withdraw consent at any time.
Legal Obligations
Processing required to comply with legal requirements, such as tax obligations, court orders, or law enforcement requests.
6. International Data Transfers
Debbly is based in the United States. Your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
When we transfer data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to countries without an adequacy decision, we use appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and Data Processing Agreements.
7. Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Specific retention periods:
- Account data: Retained while your account is active, deleted within 30 days of account deletion
- Public debate content: Retained as long as it remains on the Platform (see our Terms for content removal rules)
- Technical logs: Generally retained for 90 days for security purposes
- Legal/compliance records: Retained as required by law (typically 3-7 years)
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access
Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
Erasure
Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations).
Restriction
Request that we limit how we use your data.
Portability
Receive your data in a portable format.
Objection
Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
Withdraw Consent
Withdraw consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@debbly.com.
9. Children's Privacy
Debbly is not intended for users under 16 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.
If we discover that a user is under 16, we will terminate the account immediately and delete all associated data.
If you believe a child under 16 is using Debbly, please contact us at hello@debbly.com.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on the Platform, updating the "Last updated" date, and sending email notifications for significant changes.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your rights, contact us:
Debbly
Email: hello@debbly.com
By using Debbly, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.