Privacy Policy

UniMeets (“UniMeets”, “we”, “us”) is the data controller for the personal data described here. You can reach us at webplusafrica@gmail.com.

Data you give us

• Account details: your name or nickname, email address, and the university you attend.
• Student verification: the student ID details or image you submit so we can confirm you are a student.
• Profile content: your bio, photos and any other details you choose to add.
• Stories: photos or short videos you post, with any caption. Stories disappear for other users after 24 hours, and the files are deleted from our storage shortly afterwards. We also record who viewed a story, and who liked it, so the owner can see it.
• Activity you create: daily question answers, chat messages, crushes you send, game moves, date spot votes, and events you mark as Going.
• Messages you send us when you contact support.

Data collected automatically

• Essential technical data such as your session, device type, browser and IP address, used to keep you signed in and the app secure.
• Usage and performance data, only if you accept optional cookies (see section 7).

• To create your account and confirm you are a real student.
• To run the features you use: matching, chat, daily questions, games, crushes, stories and likes, date spot voting and events.
• To honour your privacy settings, including Blind mode, which hides your profile and photos from other users.
• To keep UniMeets safe: preventing fake accounts, spam, harassment and misuse, and acting on reports.
• To understand how the app is used and improve it, if you allowed optional cookies.
• To meet legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.

Our legal bases are your consent (for example, optional cookies and the photos you choose to upload), performing our service to you, our legitimate interest in keeping the platform safe and working, and compliance with the law.

We do not sell your personal data.

• Other users: only what you choose to share on your profile and in chats. Blind mode limits what others can see of your profile and pictures. Crushes and messages are visible to the person you send them to. Stories can be seen by other signed-in UniMeets users for 24 hours, except people who have blocked you or whom you have blocked.
• You, about your stories: you can see who viewed and liked each of your stories. Other people cannot see how many likes a story has.
• Our service providers: companies that help us host the app, store data, send emails and measure usage. They may only use your data to provide those services to us.
• Authorities: where the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our users.

Please remember that anything you share with another user, including screenshots they take, is out of our control. Share with care.

We use your student ID details only to confirm that you are a student. We limit access to them and do not show them to other users. Once verification is complete we keep only what we need to show that you were verified, and we delete the rest within a reasonable time.

Our hosting and database providers may store data on servers outside Kenya. Where that happens we rely on providers that apply appropriate safeguards, as the Data Protection Act requires for cross-border transfers.

We use two kinds of cookies and similar technologies:

• Essential: keep you signed in, protect your account and make the app work. These are always on.
• Optional: help us see how UniMeets is used so we can improve it. These are only used if you choose “Accept all”.

We also store your cookie choice in your browser’s local storage so we do not keep asking. You can change your mind at any time from Cookie settings on your Profile page, and you will be asked again.

We keep your account data while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from Profile → Delete my account. We then remove or anonymise your personal data within a reasonable time, except where we must keep something to meet a legal obligation, resolve a dispute or deal with abuse. Backups may take a little longer to clear.

Stories stop being visible to other users after 24 hours. We then delete the photo or video and its views and likes from our systems within a couple of days. You can also delete a story yourself at any time.

Our Terms of Service explain the rules for using UniMeets.

Under the Data Protection Act, 2019 you have the right to:

• be told how your data is used;
• access the data we hold about you;
• ask us to correct data that is wrong or incomplete;
• ask us to delete your data;
• object to certain uses of your data, such as optional analytics;
• withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting what we did before you withdrew it.

To use any of these rights, email webplusafrica@gmail.com. We may ask you to confirm your identity first. If you are not happy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner of Kenya (odpc.go.ke).

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data, such as encrypted connections and limited staff access. No online service is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Use a strong password and do not share your login.

UniMeets is for university students aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has an account, tell us and we will remove it.

We may update this policy as UniMeets grows. When we make important changes we will tell you in the app or by email, and we will update the date at the top of this page.

Questions about this policy or your data? Email webplusafrica@gmail.com.