We actually don't mine personal information.
Ok, so you able to identify user as living in Chicago area, by sex, by age, by email, but you still do not collect name or any identity related personal information? What kind of magic is this? Age, sex, area of living, email is definitely PII.
>> By the way, we do not intend to sell data or rely on ads business model.... So, the user data is safe and not going to be exploited like on many other social media platforms.
Many other social media platforms made this promise too at the start. Is there any reason to believe you that this will not change in a year, or after successful acquisition by some big player? Can you put it into ToS?
Certainly doesn’t feel anonymous
The rest of the demographic data like age, location, preferences, etc are used for users to be able to conduct segmented audience queries.
Example: I want to ask a parenting question, to women between 30 to 45 years of age on Chicago area...
By the way, we do not intend to sell data or rely on ads business model and this is why we opted to incorporate a more transparent "paid" service. So, the user data is safe and not going to be exploited like on many other social media platforms.
Hope this helps understand the purpose of the type of data collected.
This seems to be another platform trying to capitalize on the marketing gimmick of "privacy". It's become a very overloaded term. Apple's definition of privacy, is different from Google's, is different from Facebook's, is different from GrapheneOS', is different from...
It would be great if there was a privacy template that was recognized by a few, notable and trustworthy organizations. And that template would force the powers that be behind all of these "privacy oriented" sites and/or apps to be scrutinized in the same way, by a standard which would limit the definition gymnastics, at least a little. And that way said founders don't get to show up to forums and say "Well... By privacy we mean we're collecting all this information. And we have an open ended promise that's not protected in any way, shape or form - so while this is what we're telling you today, that may immediately go out the window when we're offered an undisclosed amount to sell all of the telemetry we weren't using to reverse engineer who you actually are".
For now.
A truly anonymous service would start by not needing apps, which are notoriously leaky, on purpose.
It’s not anonymous when you know where I live, my birthday, and gender. There is only one person that matches those three data points.
And your website privacy policy states:
> We collect your email address number when you provide it to us by signing up to use the Service.
> We collect your biographical information, such as your name, date of birth, gender and geographical location, when you set up your account on the Service.
edit:
The following also sticks out for me:
> We may also process your Personal Data because it is necessary for our or a third party's legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights. In this respect, we may use your Personal Data to:
> To contact you via email, postal mail, or telephone to learn more about your preferences, to conduct market research and learn more about how we can improve our offerings.
Your, or third party's interest do not override a EU residents right. You need a distinct opt-in for the reasons listed (marketing, research, etc).