Privacy Policy

1. Information we collect

Depending on how you use G’Dayte, we may collect:

• Account information: email address, password hash, display name, date of birth, account status, sign-in and security records.
• Dating profile information: gender, who you are interested in, relationship goal, bio, prompts, interests, photos, age preferences, city/town, state and postcode.
• Interaction information: Likes, passes, G’Days, Winks, private Saves, matches, profile impressions/views, messages, blocks, reports and notification activity.
• Community information: referral attribution, Founding 500 number and visibility choice, Ambassador status, benefits and event submissions.
• Technical information: page visits, session/visitor identifiers, device type, browser, screen size, referring page, UTM campaign tags, approximate country signal where supplied by infrastructure, hashed analytics IP values and security logs. For account safety and lawful-request readiness, a restricted audit record may also retain encrypted signup and successful-login IP addresses, device/browser information and the identity attached to an account before deletion.
• Purchase information: product, amount, currency, payment-provider reference information and payment status. Card details are handled by the configured payment provider; G’Dayte does not receive or store full card numbers.
• Support and safety information: information you provide in reports, support requests, moderation records and relevant account/message evidence.
• Profile verification information: if you request profile verification, a private challenge selfie and the profile photo used for comparison. The challenge selfie is restricted to authorised admins and is deleted after the review decision; the review result and limited audit metadata may be retained.
• Community engagement: poll votes, giveaway/competition entries and winner records where you choose to participate.

We are designed around city/region discovery. G’Dayte does not need to publish your precise home address or exact real-time location.

2. Dating preferences and sensitive information

Some profile choices may reveal, or allow someone to infer, sensitive information such as sexual orientation. We ask for an express confirmation during registration before using the dating/profile preferences you choose to provide for discovery and matching.

Only provide information you are comfortable using for the dating service. You can edit many profile fields later, pause discovery or delete your account. We aim to collect information that is reasonably necessary for operating the service rather than collecting personal information simply because it may be useful.

3. How we use information

We use personal information to:

• create and secure accounts;
• confirm adult-age eligibility;
• operate profile discovery, mutual Likes, matches and free member-to-member messaging;
• deliver G’Day, Wink, Like, match and message notifications;
• run referrals, Founding 500 status, member benefits, events and optional boosts;
• process and reconcile optional payments;
• detect spam, scams, harmful behaviour, unusual activity and potential underage use;
• review reports, block/suspend accounts and preserve relevant safety evidence where appropriate;
• send service emails and, where enabled, weekly profile summaries;
• send marketing only where the member has separately opted in;
• measure site performance, acquisition, conversion and feature usefulness; and
• comply with applicable law and respond to lawful requests.

4. Who may receive information

We may disclose limited information to service providers where reasonably necessary to operate G’Dayte, including hosting and infrastructure providers, email delivery providers, Stripe and/or PayPal for optional payments, and advertising providers on pages where ads are shown.

AADS advertising: public/discovery/event pages may load an AADS ad unit. When an ad loads, the advertising provider may receive technical request information needed to deliver the ad under its own policies. G’Dayte does not intentionally place private messages, dating preferences or message content into ad requests, and G’Dayte does not place its display ad unit inside private chat pages.

Payments: optional purchases may be processed through Stripe Checkout or PayPal, depending on the payment provider configured by G’Dayte. The payment provider handles payment credentials under its own privacy and security arrangements. G’Dayte stores the transaction references, product, amount, currency and status required to activate, support and audit a purchase.

We may also disclose information where required or authorised by law, to respond to lawful process, or where reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse or a serious safety issue. We do not sell private messages or dating-profile preferences as a data product.

5. What other people can see

Dating discovery can show your display name, age, city/town and state, profile photos, bio, prompts, interests, relationship goal, broad activity label if enabled, and trust/status badges. It does not show your email address, password, full date of birth or precise home address.

Public search-engine/profile preview visibility is off by default and requires a separate member choice. Founding 500 members separately control whether their display name and town appear on the public Founding 500 page. Private Saves are visible only to the person who saved the profile.

Homepage Spotlight: a profile-verified member may separately opt in to a public Featured Members placement before login. While an active paid or complimentary Spotlight exists and consent remains on, the homepage may show the member’s approved photo, display name, age, town/state, dating goal and verification badge. Turning Spotlight consent off hides that card; it is separate from normal dating discovery settings.

6. Cookies, sessions, referrals and analytics

We use necessary cookies/session identifiers to keep you signed in, protect forms and maintain referral attribution. When you arrive through a tagged campaign link, G’Dayte may keep a first-party campaign-attribution value for up to 30 days so we can understand whether that campaign led to a later signup rather than counting only the first page view. First-party analytics can record page visits, sessions, referring sources, campaign tags, device/browser information and product events such as signup, profile view, Like, G’Day, Wink, match and message events.

For normal site analytics, the application hashes IP addresses using a site secret rather than storing raw IP values in the analytics table. A separate, access-restricted account audit may retain an encrypted signup IP and most recently recorded successful-login IP where available, together with limited device/browser data, for safety, fraud prevention, account administration and lawful requests. Access to that admin audit is logged.

7. Messages, reports and automated safety signals

Private messages are available only within an active mutual match, subject to authorised moderation/safety access where required to operate and protect the service. G’Dayte may assign automated risk signals to message text for patterns associated with scams, money requests, off-platform contact, underage concerns or similar safety risks. Automated signals help prioritise review; they are not treated as infallible proof of wrongdoing.

Reports may include the reporter, reported account, reason, details, relevant message reference, moderation notes and action history. Serious reports such as underage concerns may be prioritised. Blocking and unmatching stop future chat but do not automatically erase evidence already needed for an open safety matter.

8. Retention and account deletion

We keep information only for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described above, including account operation, safety, fraud prevention, legal requirements, dispute handling and financial records.

When you use the account-deletion function, G’Dayte removes profile photos from active storage where the application can do so and anonymises the live account so it is no longer discoverable. Before anonymisation, a restricted safety/legal audit may retain the latest display name and email attached to the account, Founder number, joined/deleted dates, encrypted signup or last successful-login IP where available, and limited device/browser information. This restricted deletion audit is ordinarily scheduled for removal after up to 24 months, unless a longer period is reasonably required for an active safety matter, dispute or legal obligation. Messages already sent may remain in the other participant’s conversation. Backups may retain deleted information temporarily until normal backup rotation removes it.

Analytics retention is configurable by the operator. Payment, tax, fraud and safety records may require different retention periods.

9. Your privacy controls and requests

From your profile you can control discovery visibility, broad activity status, public profile search visibility, Founding 500 public visibility, service alerts, weekly reports and marketing opt-in. You can update your profile, block members, report concerns and delete your account.

You may contact us to request access to or correction of personal information we hold, or to make a privacy complaint. We may need to verify your identity before providing account information.

10. Security

G’Dayte uses measures including password hashing, CSRF protection, session controls, restricted configuration files, upload controls, login throttling, moderation tooling and role-restricted administration. No internet service can promise absolute security, so members should also use a unique password and protect access to their email/device.

11. Overseas processing

Some infrastructure, payment, email or advertising providers may process information outside Australia depending on the services the operator configures. Their locations and handling practices can change. Where applicable, we take reasonable steps required by Australian privacy law when using service providers.

12. Children

G’Dayte is for adults aged 18 and over only. Accounts reasonably suspected of being operated by a minor may be suspended and investigated. Members must not upload profile photos containing children.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as G’Dayte, its service providers or legal obligations change. Material changes may be highlighted on the site or sent through account/service notifications. The current version and update date will remain available on this page.

14. Contact and complaints

Privacy questions, access/correction requests and complaints can be sent to support@gdayte.com. General support: support@gdayte.com.

If you are not satisfied with how an eligible privacy complaint is handled, you may have the right to contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.