Privacy Policy

At Evlen, we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and process your information when you use our mobile application (the "App") and our website (the "Services").

Evlen is a free dating platform designed specifically for the Crimean Tatar community, focused on helping users find serious, respectful, and culturally meaningful relationships leading to family creation.

1. Information We Collect

To provide our services and calculate compatibility scores, we collect the following types of information:

• Registration Details: Your email address, phone number, password, full name, gender, and date of birth.
• Profile Information: Optional profile details you choose to share, including a profile bio, city, sub-ethnic background details (e.g., Noğay, Tat, Yalıboy), religious views, family plans, and education.
• Media Content: Profile photos and gallery images that you upload to personalize your account.
• Compatibility Questionnaires: Answers to questionnaires regarding marriage expectations, lifestyle preferences, and cultural values used for compatibility calculations.
• Messages & Communications: The content of messages you exchange with other users in private chats. These are encrypted in transit and stored securely on our servers to enable messaging.
• Device & Usage Data: Technical information including IP addresses, device identifiers, operating system version, and App usage logs.

2. How We Use Your Information

We process your data for the following essential purposes:

• To establish, maintain, and verify your account.
• To enable search capabilities, showcase profiles, and calculate the compatibility ring percentages between you and other users.
• To facilitate private, secure chat communications.
• To support and moderate the platform, ensuring compliance with our Terms of Service (edep standards).

3. Data Sharing & Disclosure

Evlen does not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. Your profile information, pictures, and compatibility scores are visible to other registered users of the platform to facilitate matching. We do not disclose private message history or contact details (such as email or phone number) to other users unless you choose to share them yourself.

4. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain your information as long as your account is active. You hold complete ownership of your personal data:

• Full Account Deletion: You can permanently delete your account and all associated personal data (chats, matches, photos, and answers) at any time. This can be requested directly in the App Settings or via our Contact and Deletion Request page.
• Partial Data Deletion: You can delete or update specific profile fields, photos, or hide your entire profile from search while preserving matches, via your in-app profile settings.

5. Security Measures

We employ state-of-the-art security measures (including SSL/TLS encryption in transit and secure database storage) to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure.

6. GDPR Compliance & EU User Rights

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right of Access & Portability: The right to request copies of your personal data and to ask that we transfer the data to another organization or directly to you.
• Right to Rectification & Erasure: The right to request that we correct any inaccurate information and erase your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict & Object to Processing: The right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, or object to our processing under certain conditions.
• Legal Basis for Processing: We process your personal data based on your explicit consent, for the performance of our contract (to provide the Services), and for our legitimate interests (such as platform security).
• Cross-Border Data Transfers: Your information may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside the EEA (including Hong Kong). We ensure standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards protect your data.

7. Child Safety & CSAE Standards

Evlen is strictly for adults aged 18 and older. We have zero tolerance for child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE), including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), content, conduct, messages, imagery, grooming, solicitation, or attempted exploitation involving minors.

• Reporting: Users can report profiles, photos, messages, or safety concerns in the App or by contacting support@evlen.me.
• Moderation and enforcement: We may review reported content and account data, remove CSAM or other violating content, suspend or delete accounts, and preserve relevant records where necessary for safety investigations.
• Authorities and laws: Where required or appropriate, we may disclose information related to suspected CSAE, CSAM, or imminent harm to law enforcement, child-safety authorities, or other legally authorized bodies, and we comply with applicable child safety laws.
• Child safety contact: Our child safety point of contact is available at support@evlen.me.