SpillHerTea – Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 18, 2025
Entity: SpillHerTea LLC, a U.S. limited liability company (“SpillHerTea,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).
This Privacy Policy explains how SpillHerTea collects, uses, stores, and protects your information when you use the SpillHerTea mobile app, website, and related services (“Service”).
1. Information We Collect
We collect the following categories of information when you use SpillHerTea:
Account Information
- Phone number (required for registration).
- Username, display name, or handle.
User Content
- Reviews, flags, polls, images, and comments you post.
Biometric & Camera Data
- Face indices used for liveness verification.
- Gender verification result (male/female).
- We do not store raw photos/videos used for verification beyond initial processing.
Images for Reviews/Checks
- Photos you upload for history checks or community reviews.
- These may be processed by SpillHerTea and third-party APIs.
Usage & Device Information
- IP address, device identifiers, app logs, and analytics.
Notifications
- We may send you alerts when your posts are reviewed or commented on.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Provide and operate the Service.
- Verify identity, liveness, and gender.
- Display and moderate User Content.
- Prevent fraud, abuse, and harassment.
- Provide notifications and updates.
- Improve app functionality and safety.
- Comply with legal obligations.
3. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
If you are in the EU/UK, we process your data under these legal bases:
- Consent: For biometric verification and notifications.
- Contract: To provide the Service you signed up for.
- Legitimate Interests: To maintain platform integrity and safety.
- Legal Obligation: Where required by law enforcement or regulators.
4. Data Retention
- Reviews & Content: Auto-expire after 6 months.
- Biometric Data: Stored until your account is deleted.
- Account Data: Retained while your account is active, or as required by law.
- Images: Retained for the purpose of reviews/history checks until removal or account deletion.
5. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your data. We may share:
- With third-party APIs for reverse-image searches.
- With service providers (cloud hosting, analytics, payment processors).
- With law enforcement or regulators when legally required.
- With other users, when you voluntarily post content.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
- Access your data.
- Correct inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of your data.
- Restrict or object to processing.
- Data portability (receive a copy in a structured format).
- Withdraw consent (e.g., biometric processing).
To exercise rights, contact us at support@spillhertea.com.
7. Biometric Consent (BIPA & Global Compliance)
By using SpillHerTea, you explicitly consent to the collection and storage of biometric identifiers (face indices) and gender verification results for the sole purpose of liveness and gender verification.
We do not sell, lease, or share biometric data.
Data is stored securely and deleted upon account closure.
8. Age Restriction
SpillHerTea is intended for users 18+ only.
We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If we learn we have collected data from a minor, we will delete it.
9. Security
We implement industry-standard safeguards, including encryption, secure storage, and limited employee access. However, no system is 100% secure.
10. International Transfers
Data may be stored in the United States and accessed globally.
If you reside outside the U.S., your data may be transferred to a jurisdiction with different data protection laws.
11. Your Responsibilities
- Do not upload images you do not have rights or legitimate interest to share.
- Do not post private information about others without consent.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of the Service after updates constitutes acceptance.
13. Contact Us
SpillHerTea LLC
San Francisco, California 🇺🇸
support@spillhertea.com