Foreign Love - Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy of “Foreign Love” (Rudz Travel – Honeylith Rudz)

1. Name and Contact Details of the Controller

Foreign Love
Operated by: Rudz Travel – Honeylith Rudz
Godorfer Hauptstrasse 87b
50997 Cologne
Germany

Email: rudztravel@web.de
Mobile: +49 15221373763

2. Purpose of Processing Personal Data

Foreign Love is an online dating application that connects users worldwide for the purpose of communication, relationship building, and potential long-term partnerships.

We process personal data for the following purposes:

  • Creating and managing user accounts
  • Displaying user profiles within the app
  • Matching users based on preferences
  • Enabling communication between users (chat, messages, video, etc.)
  • Identity verification (if applicable)
  • Preventing fraud, fake profiles, and misuse
  • Processing payments (if premium services are offered)
  • Improving app functionality and user experience
  • Ensuring technical stability and security
  • Fulfilling legal obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:

Performance of a contract (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR)
Processing is necessary to provide the dating platform and its features.

Consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR)
For optional features (e.g., profile visibility, location sharing, marketing emails).

Legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR)
To ensure platform security, prevent fraud, and improve services.

Legal obligation (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR)
Where required by law.

If special categories of data (e.g., religion) are voluntarily provided, processing is based on explicit consent (Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR).

4. Categories of Personal Data

We may process the following data:

Account Information

  • Name or username
  • Email address
  • Phone number (if verification is required)
  • Password (encrypted)
  • Profile Information
  • Age / date of birth
  • Gender
  • Nationality
  • Location
  • Photos
  • Personal description
  • Interests and preferences
  • Relationship goals

Communication Data

  • Messages exchanged within the app
  • Video call data (if available)
  • Interaction history

Technical Data

  • IP address
  • Device type
  • Operating system
  • App version
  • Log data

Payment Data (if applicable)

  • Billing address
  • Payment confirmation details
    (Note: Payment processing is handled by third-party payment providers.)

5. Recipients of Personal Data

Your data may be shared with:

  • Hosting providers
  • IT service providers
  • Payment service providers
  • Identity verification providers (if applicable)
  • Law enforcement authorities (if legally required)

We do not sell personal data to third parties.

6. Duration of Storage

We store personal data:

  • For as long as your account is active
  • Until you request deletion
  • For legal retention periods where required
  • After account deletion, data will be deleted unless legal obligations require continued storage.

7. Data Subject Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access your data
  • Rectify incorrect data
  • Erase your data
  • Restrict processing
  • Object to processing
  • Data portability
  • Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise your rights, contact: rudztravel@web.de

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration.

This includes:

  • Encrypted data transmission (SSL)
  • Secure servers
  • Restricted internal access

9. Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe your personal data is being processed unlawfully.

10. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. The current version will always be available within the app or on our website.