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Our Privacy Policy

Last Updated on December 3, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Yarty Inc. ("Yarty," "we," "us," "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use the Yarty event-discovery mobile application, website (https://yarty.app), and related services (collectively, the "Service").

By using Yarty, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not access or use the Service.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of data:

Information You Provide

  • Account details: name, email address, phone number, password
  • Profile information: username, photos, bio, social links
  • Event interactions: RSVPs, check-ins, posts, comments, likes, reports
  • Payment details (if transactions are enabled): billing information and purchase history

Automatically Collected Information

  • Device information: device model, operating system, browser type, mobile carrier
  • Usage data: pages viewed, session duration, interaction patterns
  • Location data: GPS or IP-based location (with your consent)
  • Cookies and similar tracking technologies

Content Shared on the Platform

  • Photos, videos, posts, and event attendance
  • Public information visible to other users based on your privacy settings

Third-Party Data

  • Social account integrations (e.g., Instagram, Snapchat)
  • Payment processors (e.g., Stripe or other integrated providers)
  • Analytics and performance tools (e.g., Firebase, Google Analytics, Mixpanel)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to operate, improve, and enhance Yarty:

  • Improve product functionality and performance
  • Personalize event discovery and recommendations
  • Display events, guest lists, and social content
  • Enable communication between users and event hosts
  • Process transactions, rewards, or credits (if applicable)
  • Marketing, promotion, and user acquisition
  • Prevent fraud, abuse, and unsafe content
  • Create and manage user accounts
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

We may aggregate or anonymize information for analytics, research, and product improvement.

3. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with:

  • Event hosts and venues, limited to relevant attendance or engagement data
  • Payment processors, for transactions, refunds, or financial features
  • Analytics and service providers, to operate and improve Yarty
  • Law enforcement or regulatory authorities, when legally required
  • Other users, depending on your visibility and privacy settings

We may also share anonymized data that cannot reasonably identify you.

4. Your Privacy Choices

You have control over your information:

  • Edit or delete your profile at any time
  • Control visibility of your profile and activity
  • Manage notifications and location permissions
  • Request deletion of your account and associated data
  • Opt out of marketing communications

To request account deletion or data access, contact us at team@yarty.app.

Data Security

We take data security seriously and use industry-standard safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. You use Yarty at your own risk.

Children's Privacy

Yarty is not intended for users under the age of 13, or under 16 in jurisdictions that require parental consent. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as required by law or as necessary to provide the Service. We may share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating Yarty, provided they agree to keep such information confidential.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the effective date will be updated accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at team@yarty.app or visit https://yarty.app.