Privacy Policy for StrangerMingle

Effective Date: September 17, 2025

Welcome to StrangerMingle. Your privacy, security, and safety are the cornerstones of our platform. This Privacy Policy provides a detailed explanation of how we collect, use, and protect your information, and our unwavering commitment to creating a safe and respectful environment for all users, especially girls and women.

1. Our Core Privacy Principle: Anonymity and Data Minimization

We are fundamentally committed to your anonymity. Our platform is designed so that we do not read, monitor, or permanently store your chat conversations. All messages are ephemeral.

• No Chat Storage: Once you disconnect from a chat session by skipping, leaving, or closing the browser, the entire conversation is irretrievably deleted from our servers. We do not keep any logs of your chat content.
• No Personal Account Creation: You can use StrangerMingle without creating an account, meaning we do not ask for your name, email, or any other personally identifiable information to start chatting.

2. Information We Collect (And Why)

While we don’t store your chats, we do collect a minimal amount of technical data strictly for the purpose of operating the website securely and efficiently.

• Technical Data: We automatically log your IP address, browser type (e.g., Chrome, Firefox), and device type (e.g., mobile, desktop). This information is used exclusively for security purposes, such as identifying and blocking malicious users, preventing DDoS attacks, and ensuring the website functions correctly across all devices. This data is not linked to your chat content.
• Third-Party Advertising Cookies: To keep StrangerMingle free, we partner with advertising networks like Adsterra. These partners may use cookies to serve ads. These cookies collect non-personal data (like your general location or interests inferred from your browsing history) to show you more relevant advertisements. We do not share your direct technical data with advertisers.
• Google reCAPTCHA: To prevent spam and automated bots from disrupting the service, we use Google reCAPTcha. This service may collect hardware and software information, such as device and application data, to work effectively. This process is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.

3. How We Use Your Data

The limited data we collect is used for the following specific purposes:

• To Ensure Security and Safety: Our primary use of technical data is to protect our community. This includes banning users who violate our terms, investigating reports of abuse, and protecting the integrity of our platform.
• To Improve Website Performance: Understanding browser and device types helps us optimize the user experience and ensure our site runs smoothly for everyone.
• To Support Our Service Through Ads: Advertising revenue allows us to maintain the platform and offer our services for free.

4. Our Uncompromising Commitment to the Safety of Girls & Women

StrangerMingle has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of harassment, abuse, hate speech, or inappropriate behavior, with a special focus on protecting our female users. We take the following actions to enforce this:

• Instant Reporting System: Every user can instantly report abusive or inappropriate behavior. Our moderation team reviews these reports with the highest priority.
• Strict Enforcement & Legal Action: If a user is reported for harassment, threats, or sharing unsolicited explicit content, we will take immediate action, which includes a permanent IP ban. For severe violations, such as illegal threats or exploitation, we will cooperate fully with law enforcement agencies and provide them with any necessary technical data to ensure legal action is taken against the perpetrator.
• User Anonymity as a Shield: While we promote anonymity for privacy, it is not a shield for abuse. We will use all available technical means to identify and remove users who threaten the safety of our community.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website includes services from third parties (advertisers, reCAPTCHA). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies to understand how they handle your data.

6. Age Restriction

You must be 18 years of age or older to use StrangerMingle. This platform is not intended for minors, and we will immediately terminate access for any user we believe to be underage.

7. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page, and the new effective date will be listed at the top.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or wish to report a violation, please contact our safety and support team at: teambrinxa@gmail.com.