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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data Niledating collects, why, how it is used and shared, how long it is kept, and the choices and rights you have. It applies to the Niledating Telegram Mini App, the @Niledatebot Telegram bot and the website niledating.com (together, "Niledating" or "the Service").

Niledating is operated by [Company legal name], [registered address], Ethiopia ("we", "us"). You can contact us at [email protected] or from Settings → Help inside the app.

1. Who Niledating is for

Niledating is only for adults aged 18 or older. We ask every member to confirm their age and enter their date of birth when they join, and we refuse anyone under 18. If we learn that a person under 18 has an account, we delete it.

2. What we collect

Information you give us

  • Telegram account details: your Telegram user ID, username and first name, which Telegram shares with us when you open Niledating.
  • Phone number: shared through Telegram's own "share contact" prompt. We use it to confirm that each account is a real person, to allow one account per number, and to keep banned people out. We never show it to other members.
  • Profile: first name, date of birth (we show your age, not your birthday), gender, city, photos, bio, the age range you want to see, and any optional details you add (such as interests, relationship goals, lifestyle tags, quiz answers, Instagram username and an opening question).
  • Photo verification: if you choose to verify your profile, a selfie taken in a pose we ask for. It is only seen by our review team and is not shown on your profile.
  • Messages and media: chats, photos and voice messages you send to your matches, and stories you post.
  • Payments: when you buy Premium or another item, the amount, the bank or wallet used, the transaction reference you enter, and whether it was confirmed. We do not receive or store your bank login, PIN or card number.
  • Reports and support: reports you make about other members, and messages you send to our support team.

Information collected automatically

  • Location: if you allow it, your approximate location, used to show people near you and to show distance. We never show your exact location to anyone.
  • Activity: likes, passes, matches, Super Likes, Boosts, and how you use the Service (for example daily swipe counts), used to run the features and to prevent abuse.
  • Technical data: IP address, device and browser information and log data, used for security, fraud prevention and to keep the Service working.

3. How we use your data

  • To provide the Service: create and show your profile, suggest people, run matching and chat, and deliver notifications through our Telegram bot.
  • To keep the community safe: confirm age and phone numbers, review verification selfies, review reports, detect fake accounts, spam and fraud, and enforce our Terms.
  • To process payments: confirm your payment through our payment-verification partner and activate what you bought.
  • To communicate with you: service messages (such as matches, subscription reminders and safety notices) and, where allowed, news about Niledating. You can stop optional messages at any time.
  • To improve the Service: understand which features are used, using aggregated statistics where possible.
  • To meet legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.

We do not sell your personal data. We do not use your messages for advertising.

4. What other members see

Other members can see your profile: first name, age, photos, bio, city or distance, verified badge and the optional details you choose to add. They never see your phone number, birthday, exact location, verification selfie or payment details. Your messages and chat media are only visible to the person you are chatting with.

If you create a public profile link (a username), anyone with that link can see your public profile. We ask search engines not to index these pages.

5. Who we share data with

We share personal data only as needed to run Niledating:

  • Telegram, which runs the Mini App platform and delivers bot messages.
  • Payment verification providers (such as verify.et) and banks or wallets you choose to pay with, to confirm your payment.
  • Hosting and infrastructure providers that store and serve our data on our behalf, under confidentiality obligations.
  • Advertisers never receive your personal data. Sponsored cards in Discover are shown based on general criteria such as city, age range and gender; we only report total views and clicks to advertisers.
  • Authorities, when required by law, or to protect the safety of our members or the public.

6. How long we keep data

  • Your account data is kept while your account exists.
  • When you delete your account, we delete your profile, photos, stories, matches, chats and chat media, likes and verification selfies. We keep:
  • payment records, without your name, for accounting and legal reasons;
  • a one-way scrambled code of your Telegram ID and phone number (not the actual numbers) and whether the account was banned or had used the free trial, so banned people cannot rejoin and the free trial is not repeated.
  • Reports and security logs may be kept for a limited time to protect members and investigate abuse.
  • Backups are overwritten within about 14 days.

7. Your choices and rights

Subject to applicable Ethiopian law, including the Personal Data Protection Proclamation, you can:

  • Access and correct your data: most of it is visible and editable in your profile and settings.
  • Delete your account at any time from Settings → Your account → Delete my account.
  • Pause your account to hide from Discover without deleting it.
  • Control location by turning location access off for Telegram or your browser.
  • Stop optional messages from our bot.
  • Ask us about your data or make a request by writing to [email protected]. We may need to confirm your identity first.

8. Security

We use encryption in transit (HTTPS), access controls, two-factor login for staff, and private storage for verification selfies and chat media. No system is perfectly secure, so please use the Service carefully, and never share passwords, codes or financial details in chats.

9. Data transfers

Our servers and some of our providers may be located outside Ethiopia. When data is transferred, we take reasonable steps to protect it as described in this policy.

10. Changes

We may update this policy. If the changes are significant, we will tell you in the app or through our bot before they take effect. The date at the top shows the latest version.

11. Contact

paraiba Technology Plc, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.