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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 27, 2025
Last Updated: June 27, 2025

At GoodSpouse, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

1. Eligibility

GoodSpouse is intended only for users who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect data from individuals under 18. If we become aware that we have collected data from a minor, we will delete it immediately.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal information when you use our app:

a. Personal Identification Information

  • Full name

  • Gender

  • Date of birth

  • Country of residence

  • Email address

  • Mobile number

b. Profile and Religious Preferences

  • Marital status and preferences

  • Ethnicity, religious practice, sect

  • Education, profession

  • Lifestyle habits (e.g., smoking, alcohol, children, halal eating)

  • Personal biography and expectations

c. Media and Documentation

  • Profile picture

  • Verification selfie

  • Government-issued ID for verification

d. Technical and Usage Data

  • Device information

  • App usage data

  • Crash reports

  • Push notification tokens
    (Collected via Firebase and OneSignal)

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Create and manage your matchmaking profile

  • Match you with compatible users

  • Authenticate and verify your identity

  • Improve app functionality and user experience

  • Send updates, notifications, and relevant alerts

  • Prevent fraud and abuse of the platform

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not share your personal information with third parties.
No advertising networks, no third-party marketers, and no unauthorized access is permitted.
Only internal administrators may view data where necessary for moderation, fraud prevention, or technical support.

5. Data Retention

We retain your data only as long as your account is active or as necessary to provide you with our services. Upon account deletion, we permanently delete all personally identifiable information, unless otherwise required by law.

6. Security of Your Information

We take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information, including:

  • Encrypted storage

  • Secure transmission (HTTPS)

  • Limited access by authorized staff only

Despite our efforts, no system is 100% secure. You are also responsible for keeping your login credentials safe.

7. Your Rights and Choices

You may:

  • Access and update your profile and information

  • Request deletion of your account and data

  • Withdraw consent for notifications or emails

You can manage these settings directly from the app or contact us at the email below.

8. Children’s Privacy

Our app is not designed for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect or store data of minors. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, contact us immediately for deletion.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may occasionally update this Privacy Policy to reflect app updates, new legal requirements, or improvements in our practices. We will notify users of material changes via the app or email.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

 

GoodSpouse Support Team
📧 Email: [email protected]

GDPR Supplement (European Economic Area, UK, and Switzerland)

Last updated: 13 June 2026. This supplement explains how GoodSpouse complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related UK/Swiss data protection law.

Data Controller

GoodSpouse is the data controller for personal data processed through goodspouse.com, our mobile applications, and related services. For privacy and data protection enquiries, contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].

Privacy Contact

We provide a dedicated privacy contact channel at [email protected] for requests about access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and any other GDPR-related enquiries. You may also write to [email protected] and your message will be routed to our privacy team.

Legal Grounds for Processing

We process personal data on the following legal bases, depending on the activity:

  • Contract: to create and manage your account, provide matchmaking and messaging features, process subscriptions, and deliver the GoodSpouse services you request.
  • Consent: for optional marketing communications, non-essential cookies, and integrations you choose to enable (such as social login or third-party analytics where consent is required).
  • Legitimate interests: to secure our platform, prevent fraud and abuse, improve service quality, and measure aggregated website performance, balanced against your rights.
  • Legal obligation: where we must retain or disclose information to comply with applicable law, regulation, or valid legal requests.

Data Sharing and Recipients

We share personal data only as necessary with the following categories of recipients:

  • Hosting and infrastructure providers that operate servers and databases for GoodSpouse.
  • Analytics and tag management providers, including Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics, to understand site usage.
  • Advertising and measurement partners, including Google Ads, to measure campaign performance.
  • Content delivery networks, including Google and jsDelivr, to deliver scripts, styles, and media efficiently.
  • Social and video platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter), when you follow our links or interact with embedded content.
  • Communication providers, including email and push notification services.
  • Payment and app-store providers, including Apple and Google, for subscription and in-app purchase processing.
  • Integrated platform partners, such as TikTok, when you choose to connect those services.

We require service providers to process data only on our instructions and under appropriate safeguards. We do not sell personal data.

Social Media and Embedded Content

Our website contains links and embedded content from social and video platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and X. When you click a social link or load embedded content, those providers may collect identifiers, device data, usage data, and cookies under their own policies. We do not control their processing. Please review the privacy notices of Google/YouTube, Meta (Facebook/Instagram), and X for details.

Supervisory Authority

If you are in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority if you believe our processing violates applicable law. A list of EU/EEA authorities is available from the European data protection authorities. UK residents may contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Advertising Cookies and Google AdSense

Last updated: 26 July 2026. This section explains how advertising technologies work on goodspouse.com when we use Google AdSense or similar Google advertising services.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, users may opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

We may also allow other certified third-party vendors or ad networks to serve ads on our site. Those vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies. Where available, you can review each vendor's site for opt-out options, or use www.aboutads.info.

For more detail, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.

Where required by law, we rely on your consent for non-essential advertising cookies. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings and any consent controls we provide on the site.