Privacy Policy

What we collect

When you create an account we store:

• Account details from Google, X, or email (name, email, sign-in identifiers).
• Your profile: first name, gender, date of birth, who you want to meet, city, interests, and photos.
• A short on-device video check used once to confirm the portrait is you. We store that you verified — not the clip itself as a public video.
• Approximate location: the city you set, and a fuzzed coordinate when you turn on Nearby (about 200 metres), not a precise pin.
• Waves you send or catch, chats after a mutual catch, blocks, and reports.
• Wallet records: daily Waves, purchased Waves, referral Waves, Wave+ status, and a ledger of those events.
• Payment references from Razorpay (order and payment ids). We do not store your card number.
• Referral codes and first-touch attribution (a visitor key on your device for 30 days).
• Push subscription endpoints if you allow notifications.
• Optional contact-form messages you send us.

How we use it

• Show nearby people in your city or within about 200 metres when you are Here.
• Send and catch Waves, open chat only after both sides agree.
• Credit free daily Waves, purchased packs, referrals, and Wave+.
• Ping you when someone Waves or catches yours, if you opted in.
• Keep the product safe: blocks, reports, and abuse limits.
• Understand product usage with Google Analytics (property G-57GQV8D785).

What other people see

Other users can see your first name, age, city, photos, interests, verification mark, and whether you are nearby. They do not see your email, date of birth, exact coordinates, wallet, or payment details. Chat is only with people after a Wave is caught.

Location, camera, and notifications

City is taken from your device when you choose it on profile or Discover. Nearby uses a short-lived, fuzzed position and expires after about an hour unless you stay Here. Camera is used on your device for the 4-second verification clip. Notifications use the browser Push API; you can turn them off in the app or the browser.

Payments

Wave packs and Wave+ are charged in Indian Rupees through Razorpay. Razorpay processes the card, UPI, or net-banking details. We only keep what we need to credit your wallet and handle billing questions: amount, SKU, and Razorpay ids.

Sharing

We do not sell your profile. We share data with: Razorpay (payments), Google or X (sign-in), Google Analytics (aggregated usage), and hosting/database providers that run Catch My Wave. Lawful requests from Indian authorities may require disclosure.

Retention and deletion

We keep your account while it is open. Delete account in Profile removes your profile, photos, Waves, chats, wallet, referrals, and sign-in record. Some payment records may be kept as required for Indian tax and dispute rules. Referral attribution on a device is stored up to 30 days.

Your choices

You can edit your profile, change city, leave Nearby, turn off notifications, or delete your account. To ask what we hold, email snkkhatri876@gmail.com.

Children

Catch My Wave is for people 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

Contact

Nitin Kumar Khatri, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. Email snkkhatri876@gmail.com or use the contact form.