Privacy Policy
Last updated November 12, 2026 · Effective when the Verdictin app launches. Until then it covers this website and our waitlist.
The short version
- Other people see your username and profile picture, or "Anonymous" when you choose. Never your email or phone number.
- We don't sell your personal information, and we don't show ads inside the app based on it.
- Your money tracker (what you spent and saved) is private to you.
- Photos have their location removed before they're uploaded.
- You can delete any post, or your whole account, from the app at any time.
- Questions? Email our privacy officer at privacy@verdictin.app.
1. Who we are
Verdictin ("we", "us") is a decision app: you post a choice you're stuck on, people vote and comment, and you make the final call. This policy covers the Verdictin apps for iPhone and Android, the website at verdictin.app, our waitlist, and emails we send.
We're based in Canada. We follow Canada's federal privacy law (PIPEDA) and, for people in Quebec, the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25).
2. What we collect
What you give us
- Account details: how you sign in (Apple, Google, TikTok or phone number), a confirmation that you're 16 or older, your username, profile picture, and the interests you pick.
- What you post: posts and their photos, the question, why, price (if any), alternative, options, who it's shared with, closing time, and anything you add later.
- What you do with other posts: votes, comments, likes, answers, posts you watch, and topics you mark "not interested" or "show more".
- Your decisions and money tracker: what you decided after a verdict, amounts you log, your currency, and an optional monthly budget.
- Your circle: friends you add, requests you send or accept, nicknames you set, and groups you join.
- Safety records: reports you file, people you block, and muted words.
- Messages to us: feedback, support requests and appeals.
- Waitlist: your email address, if you join the waitlist on our website.
What we collect automatically
- Usage: which posts you're shown and what you do with them, so For You can learn the topics you like.
- Device and technical data: device type, operating system, app version, language, IP address, approximate country or region from that IP address, crash reports and error logs.
- Notifications: a push token, if you allow notifications.
We don't collect your precise location, your contacts, or your photos beyond the ones you choose to post.
What we get from others
- Sign-in providers: Apple, Google or TikTok tell us an account ID and, depending on your settings, your email address. We don't get your password.
- Other users: when someone adds you as a friend, mentions you in a report, or reports something you posted.
3. What other people can see
| Information | Who can see it |
|---|---|
| Username, profile picture, public posts | Anyone using Verdictin |
| A post shared with a Sub, your circle or one friend | Only that Sub, your circle, or that friend |
| Your votes | Counted in the results. Your name only shows next to a vote if you leave a comment with it. |
| Your comments and answers | Everyone who can see the post |
| Your decision after a verdict | People who voted on or watched that post |
| Email, phone number, sign-in method | Nobody |
| Money tracker, budget, savings | Nobody, unless you share a savings card yourself |
| Who you blocked or reported, muted words | Nobody |
Anything you share outside the app (for example a verdict card on TikTok or Instagram) is covered by that service's privacy policy.
4. Posting anonymously
When you post, vote or comment anonymously, other users see "Anonymous" instead of your username and picture, including your friends. Your account is still linked to it on our side, so we can apply the rules, limits and bans, and so you can delete it later. We only look at who posted something anonymous when it's reported, when we need to keep someone safe, or when the law requires it.
5. How we use it
- To run Verdictin: create your account, show feeds, count votes, close posts, announce verdicts, update your money tracker, and send the notifications you allow.
- To personalize For You: show more of the topics you engage with and fewer of the ones you skip. You can change your interests or mark topics "not interested" at any time.
- To keep it safe: check text and photos before they go live, review reports, enforce the community code, and prevent spam, fake accounts and vote manipulation. Some of these checks are automated. If an automated check blocks your content, you can ask for a person to review it.
- To improve the app: using statistics that don't identify you.
- To talk to you: answer your messages, tell you about important changes, and, only if you agreed, send news and launch updates.
- To follow the law: and respond to valid legal requests.
We collect only what we need for these purposes, and we ask for your consent where the law requires it. You can withdraw consent at any time, though some features may stop working.
6. This website, cookies and ads
- Today, verdictin.app uses no advertising cookies. Our host, Cloudflare, keeps basic security logs (such as IP addresses) to protect the site.
- Analytics: we may use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts visits without cookies and without tracking you across sites.
- Advertising: we may advertise Verdictin on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. If we add their measurement tools (such as the Meta Pixel or TikTok Pixel) to our website, we'll ask for your consent first with a banner, and you can say no. These tools tell the platform when someone who saw an ad visits our site or joins the waitlist.
- Inside the app, we don't show third-party ads based on your personal information.
- Emails: we only send marketing emails if you agreed, for example by joining the waitlist. Every email has an unsubscribe link, as required by Canada's anti-spam law (CASL).
7. Who we share it with
We don't sell your personal information. We share it only:
- With service providers who help us run Verdictin, under contracts that require them to protect it and use it only for us:
- hosting and security (Cloudflare)
- database and file storage
- sign-in (Apple, Google, TikTok)
- push notifications (Apple, Google)
- email delivery
- content-safety checks
- crash reporting
- With other users, as described in section 3.
- For safety and the law: to respond to a court order or other valid legal request, to prevent fraud, or to protect someone's safety.
- If Verdictin is sold or merges with another company. Your information would stay under this policy, and we'd tell you before it's covered by a different one.
- With your permission, in any other case.
8. Where it's stored
Our service providers may store and process your information outside Canada, including in the United States. When it's there, it's subject to that country's laws and could be accessed by its authorities. Before sending personal information outside Quebec, we assess the risks, as Law 25 requires.
9. How long we keep it
- Your account and posts: as long as your account is open.
- Deleted posts: removed from the app right away and from our systems within 30 days.
- Deleted accounts: your posts, votes, comments and money tracker are deleted within 30 days. Backups are overwritten within 90 days.
- Safety records (reports, strikes, bans): up to 2 years after an account is deleted, so people can't dodge a ban by signing up again.
- Waitlist emails: until you unsubscribe, or 12 months after launch if you never create an account.
- Technical logs: usually 30 days.
10. Keeping it safe
We use encryption in transit, limited staff access, and trusted providers. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach creates a risk of serious harm, we'll notify you and the privacy regulators as Canadian law requires, and keep a record of it.
11. Your rights and choices
- See and download the personal information we have about you, in a common format.
- Correct anything that's wrong. Most of it you can edit yourself in Settings.
- Delete any post, or your whole account, in the app (Settings → Delete account), or by emailing us.
- Withdraw consent for notifications, marketing emails or website tracking at any time.
- Ask how an automated decision about your content was made, and have a person review it.
- Complain: if you're not happy with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, or in Quebec, the Commission d'accès à l'information.
To make a request, email privacy@verdictin.app. We'll answer within 30 days. We may need to confirm it's you first.
If you live outside Canada, for example in a US state with a privacy law, you may have similar rights, and you can use them the same way.
12. Age
Verdictin is for people 16 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If we learn that someone under 16 has an account, we'll delete it. If you're a parent and think your child has signed up, email us.
13. Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If the change is important, we'll tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect.
14. Contact
Our privacy officer is responsible for how Verdictin protects personal information.
Privacy Officer, Verdictin
privacy@verdictin.app
For anything else: hello@verdictin.app