Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 25, 2026

WhoDat Ventures, Inc. ("WhoDat," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application ("App"), website, and related services (collectively, the "Services").

By accessing or using the Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our Services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us, information we collect automatically when you interact with our Services, and information from third-party sources.

A. Information You Provide Directly

• Account Data: If you create an account, we may collect your email address, phone number, name, and profile photo.
• User Content: If you use our visual search feature, we temporarily process the photos or images you upload. We also log your text-based search queries.
• Communications: If you contact customer support or opt into SMS/email marketing, we collect your contact information and the contents of your messages.

B. Information Collected Automatically

• Device Information: We collect details about the device you use to access the Services, including hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Usage Data: We log information about your interactions with the Services, such as access times, pages/profiles viewed, and the routes by which you access our App.
• Location Data: With your permission, we may collect imprecise location data (derived from your IP address) or precise geolocation data to tailor event and ticketing recommendations.

C. Information from Third Parties

If you link a third-party account (e.g., Apple, Google) to WhoDat, or if we retrieve data from third-party APIs (like SeatGeek or TMDB) to populate public figure profiles, we may collect associated data in accordance with those third parties' privacy policies.

2. Use of Facial Recognition and Biometric Data

WhoDat is an AI-powered identification platform. When you upload a photo to identify a public figure:

• Ephemeral Processing: The image is sent to our third-party AI partners (such as AWS Rekognition or Google Cloud Vision) to extract facial embeddings and match them against a database of known public figures.
• No Biometric Retention of Users: We do not extract, record, or retain the biometric identifiers of our end-users. Any geometric facial scans processed during a search are used ephemerally to return a search result and are not stored in our databases to identify you.
• Image Retention: Uploaded images may be temporarily cached to provide the search results but are routinely purged. We do not use user-uploaded images to train our own proprietary facial recognition models.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various business and commercial purposes, including:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving the App and Services.
• Processing your search queries and returning AI-generated identifications.
• Personalizing your experience by recommending relevant public figures, events, and ticket links.
• Sending you transactional notifications, security alerts, and support messages.
• Sending you marketing communications (via email or SMS) if you have subscribed to alerts for specific public figures.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services.
• Detecting, investigating, and preventing fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities.

4. How We Disclose Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We share information with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (e.g., cloud hosting, AI processing, analytics, SMS delivery services).
• Ticketing & Affiliate Partners: If you click on an event or ticket link, we may share anonymized referral data with partners like SeatGeek. These partners have their own privacy policies governing their use of data once you arrive on their platform.
• Legal Compliance & Protection: We may disclose information if we believe doing so is required by applicable law, regulation, or legal process (such as a subpoena). We may also share information to protect the rights, property, and safety of WhoDat, our users, or the public.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

5. Advertising and Analytics

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the internet and in applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and links clicked. This information may be used by WhoDat and others to analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, and deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests.

6. Data Retention and Security

Retention: We store the information we collect on our systems or those of our service providers for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.

Security: We implement robust technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, destruction, or alteration. However, no security measure is 100% impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

7. Your Privacy Choices

• Account Information: You may update, correct, or delete your account information at any time by logging into your account settings via the App.
• Location Data: You can stop the collection of precise location data at any time by changing the preferences on your mobile device.
• Marketing Communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional emails from WhoDat by following the instructions in those emails. If you receive SMS marketing, you may opt out by replying "STOP" to any message. If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional communications, such as those about your account.

8. U.S. State Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA, VCDPA, CPA)

If you are a resident of California, Virginia, Colorado, or another state with an applicable comprehensive consumer privacy law, you may have specific rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Know & Access: The right to request the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• Right to Deletion: The right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to Correction: The right to request correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: The right fully to exercise your rights without being denied goods or services.

To submit a rights request, please email us at support@whodat.app. We will verify your request using the email address or phone number associated with your account.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not designed for, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately so that we can take steps to remove such information and terminate the child's account.

10. International Data Transfers

WhoDat is based in the United States. We process and store information in the U.S. and other countries. Therefore, your personal information may be transferred to, or stored or accessed in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy frequently to stay informed about our information practices.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: support@whodat.app
Address: 10063 Riverside Dr. #2182, Toluca Lake, CA 91602