Last updated: August 24, 2026. Map & Mingle is an 18+ social service that connects adults nearby. This policy explains what we collect, how we protect it, and what we will and won't do with it.
Pins and Location
A pin is something you publish on purpose — you choose the spot and what it says, and it stays on the map until you remove it. We do not delete pins on a timer. Separately, we keep your latest approximate position to place you on the map; we do not build a movement history and we do not sell or share your precise location.
Automated Photo Analysis
Every photo uploaded is analysed automatically by Amazon Rekognition before it is stored — checked for explicit content and, where a face is present, for characteristics that estimate an apparent age range. This is required to run an adults-only service and to detect child sexual abuse material.
We do not create, store or retain a faceprint, face template or any other biometric identifier. We do not use facial recognition to identify anyone, do not match faces against any database or against other users, and do not sell, lease, trade or profit from facial data. The analysis result is used for the upload decision and then discarded. If you live in Illinois, Texas, Washington or another state with a biometric privacy law, treat this as the written notice those laws contemplate. Uploading a photo is optional; nothing else about the service requires one.
Analytics — only with your consent
Google Analytics and Vercel Web Analytics do not load at all until you accept the banner. Declining changes nothing about how the service works. If you accept, your IP is truncated and Google's advertising and audience features are switched off.
Information We Collect
Account details (name, email, date of birth, profile), your device location with permission, optional "available now" session status, messages, and usage data. Data that may reveal sensitive information, such as who you want to meet, is used only to operate the service — never sold, never used for third-party advertising.
Location: What Others See
Other users never see your exact location. Coordinates shown to anyone else are snapped to a grid of roughly 500 feet (~165 meters), and the snapping is deterministic so it can't be averaged into your true position. Only you see your own exact spot.
Child Safety Reports — what we send
We report apparent child sexual abuse material to NCMEC as 18 U.S.C. §2258A requires. The law leaves the contents of a report to our discretion (§2258A(b)); our practice is to include everything we hold that could help identify a child or an offender — account id, email and self-reported profile details, signup and most-recent IP addresses with timestamps, stated age and any date of birth, approximate location from IP, the image itself, and the relevant message thread. Submitting a report is treated in law as a request to preserve that material for one year (§2258A(h)) and we preserve it for at least that long. A deletion request does not remove it.
Data Retention
Account data and messages are deleted within 30 days of account deletion. We keep your latest position, not a movement history. Refused underage signups are stored only as a one-way email hash. Safety and legal records may be retained longer where the law requires.
Text Messages
Verification codes and meet-up safety alerts happen because you asked for them. Texts about account activity are off until you turn them on and agree to the disclosure shown beside the switch — we store that disclosure word for word, with the date and IP, so there is a record of what you were told. Message frequency varies and message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to any text and we stop permanently; reply HELP for contact details.
Your Rights
Access, correct, delete, and export your data any time. California residents have CCPA/CPRA rights, including over sensitive personal information, which we use only to provide the service and never to infer characteristics about you. We do not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA.
If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, we process your data to perform our contract with you, on our legitimate interests in running and securing the service, and — for the special-category data a dating service necessarily involves — on your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
Contact us at privacy@mapandmingle.com for any privacy-related questions.