Wanderkin Privacy Policy

Wanderkin is an LGBTQ+ solo travel community from Regulus Framework Limited. This policy explains what the app collects, how trip and verification data is used, and how to contact us about privacy or safety concerns.

No live trackingWanderkin does not use GPS tracking, background location, or live location sharing.

Verification mattersSelfie verification helps reduce impersonation and protect the travel community.

Human supportSupport and safety emails route to real review paths for account and urgent concerns.

Information Wanderkin Collects

Account details such as name, email address or phone number, date of birth, and login information.
Profile details such as pronouns, optional identity tags, bio, photos, interests, languages, and verification status.
Travel details such as current city, trip destinations, trip dates, and trip visibility choices.
App activity such as messages, meetup activity, city feed posts, reports, blocks, support requests, and safety actions.
Technical data such as device information, app version, IP address, diagnostics, crash logs, and basic analytics events.

How Wanderkin Uses Data

Profile information helps travelers understand who they are meeting.
Date of birth helps enforce the 18+ requirement.
Trip cities and dates power destination matching, city feeds, meetups, and local recommendations.
Verification data helps reduce impersonation, catfishing, spam, and abuse.
Diagnostics and analytics help protect accounts, fix bugs, and improve reliability.

Location Data

Wanderkin does not track your real-time location.
The app does not use GPS tracking, background location access, or live location sharing.
Other users only see the current city or trip city information you enter and choose to make visible.

Messaging and Moderation

Messages are stored server-side so they can be delivered and synced.
Messages are encrypted in transit with TLS.
Wanderkin V1 is not end-to-end encrypted.
Moderation may review messages when needed to investigate reports, enforce guidelines, respond to safety concerns, or comply with valid legal process.

Your Controls

You can access, correct, delete, or export your personal data.
You can withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Account deletion includes a 30-day grace period before permanent deletion from active systems, unless limited retention is legally required.

Wanderkin does not sell personal data and does not share data with advertising partners. Data may be shared with infrastructure, verification, analytics, diagnostics, notification, and app store payment providers where needed to run the service.

Contact and Updates

For privacy questions, email privacy@usewanderkin.com. For general support, email support@usewanderkin.com. For urgent safety concerns, email safety@usewanderkin.com.