Privacy Policy

WIA is the Data Fiduciary for this app under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and its Rules. This notice says what we collect, why, and how you control it. What we collect and why • Email and password (stored hashed): to create and secure your account, send sign-in codes and important notices. Never shown publicly. • Date of birth: to check you are 18 or older. Never shown; our team sees only an age band. • Name, username, photo, bio, area and interests: your profile, and suggestions of people and posts near you. Shown as you set them. • Posts, stories, comments, messages and plans you join: to run the features you use. Shown as you choose (public, followers or chat members). • Reports, blocks and appeals: for safety and moderation. Never shown publicly. • Device, app version, IP address and sign-in times: for security, fraud and spam prevention, and fixing errors. Never shown publicly. • Approximate area only, never your exact location: for City Pulse and plans near you. Only the area name is shown. Legal basis We process your data with your consent, given when you sign up and when you turn on a feature. We also process it for legitimate uses the Act allows: meeting legal duties, responding to lawful requests, and protecting people from harm. You can withdraw consent at any time in Settings; some features stop working when you do. Who we share it with We don't sell your personal data. We share it only with: • service providers that host, store, email or notify for us, under contract and only for these purposes; • police, courts or authorities when Indian law requires it; • a buyer or successor of WIA, under this same policy. How long we keep it We keep your data while your account is active. After you delete your account, it's removed within 30 days. Exceptions: copies we must keep by law; records of safety actions (kept up to 180 days, or longer where an investigation or law requires it); and backups, which expire on their own cycle. If an account is inactive for 3 years we may erase it, telling you at least 48 hours before. Your rights You can ask to see a summary of your data, correct it, update it, erase it, download it (Settings › Your data), and name a person to act for you if you die or can't act. You can also complain to our Grievance Officer. We reply within 90 days, and usually much sooner. If you're not satisfied, you can go to the Data Protection Board of India. Security and breaches We use encryption in transit, hashed passwords, access controls, and an audit log of every admin action. Our team can't see your password, sign-in codes or birthday. If a breach affects you, we'll tell you and the Data Protection Board without delay, as the Rules require. Children WIA is only for people 18 and older. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 18, we delete it. Cookies We use only the cookies needed for sign-in, security and your language. We don't use advertising trackers. Changes We'll post updates here with a new date and tell you in the app about important changes. Contact Grievance Officer: WIA Officer, grievance@getwia.com. Support: support@getwia.com.