Duzé Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Duzé ("Duzé", "we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, how it may be shared, and the choices available to you when you use the Duzé mobile application and related services.

By using Duzé, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Duzé and which features you enable, we may collect the following categories of information.

1.1 Account and Profile Information

When you create or maintain a Duzé account, we may collect information such as:

1.2 Location Information

Duzé is a location-based social application. With your permission, we may collect your device's approximate or precise location.

Location information may be used to provide features such as discovering people, posts, places, or other content near you and determining location-based relevance within the application.

You can control location permissions through your device settings. Disabling location access may prevent some location-based features from functioning correctly.

Important: Duzé uses location to provide core location-based functionality. Location information is not intended to be used to continuously track your movements outside the functionality of the application.

1.3 Content You Provide

When you use Duzé's social features, you may provide information including:

Content you choose to publish publicly or make available to other users may be visible to those users. Please consider carefully what information you choose to share through Duzé.

1.4 Device and Technical Information

We may automatically receive certain technical information when you use Duzé, including:

1.5 Notifications

If you enable notifications, Duzé may use a device or application notification token to deliver notifications such as messages, interactions, activity updates, and other relevant app notifications.

You can manage notification permissions through your device settings.

2. How We Use Information

We may use the information we collect to:

3. User-Generated Content

Duzé allows users to create and share content with other users. This may include posts, photographs, comments, replies, reactions, and messages.

Content submitted to Duzé may be processed and stored so that we can provide the relevant social features.

Users should not post personal information belonging to another person without their permission or upload content that violates applicable laws or Duzé's community rules.

Duzé may remove, restrict, or otherwise take action against content or accounts that violate applicable rules or laws.

4. Location-Based Features

Location is an important part of Duzé's functionality. When location permission is enabled, we may use your location to determine nearby users, content, places, or other location-based results.

Duzé may use location information to calculate proximity or determine an appropriate geographic area for displaying relevant content.

You can disable location permission at any time through your device settings. Certain features may no longer be available when location permission is disabled.

5. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information in the following circumstances:

5.1 With Other Users

Information and content that you intentionally make available through your profile or social features may be visible to other Duzé users.

Depending on the feature and your settings, this may include your profile information, posts, comments, reactions, or other content.

5.2 Service Providers

We may use trusted third-party service providers that process information on our behalf to provide and maintain Duzé.

These providers may support services such as:

5.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, court orders, governmental requests, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of Duzé, our users, or others.

6. Third-Party Services

Duzé may use third-party technology and service providers to operate certain parts of the application. These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable contractual requirements.

These services may include Firebase services provided by Google, Cloudinary for media storage or delivery, and advertising or analytics services where enabled in the application.

Third-party services may collect technical information according to their own policies. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of relevant third-party providers.

7. Firebase

Duzé uses Firebase services to support functionality such as authentication, database services, notifications, application diagnostics, and other backend functionality.

Firebase is provided by Google. Information processed through Firebase may be subject to Google's applicable privacy practices.

More information about Google's privacy practices is available at: Google Privacy Policy .

8. Media and Image Storage

Duzé may use third-party infrastructure to store and deliver images or other media uploaded by users.

Media submitted through Duzé may be transmitted to these services so that it can be stored, processed, and displayed within the application.

9. Advertising

Duzé may display advertisements through third-party advertising providers.

Where advertising services are used, advertising providers may process information such as device information, advertising identifiers, or general app interaction information in accordance with their own policies.

On supported platforms, Duzé will request permissions required by the platform before accessing information for purposes that require user authorization.

10. Analytics and Diagnostics

We may use analytics and diagnostic technologies to understand how Duzé is used, identify technical problems, monitor application performance, and improve the user experience.

Diagnostic information may include crash information, device information, application version, and other technical information necessary to identify and resolve problems.

11. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security of information.

12. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide Duzé's services, maintain accounts, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and protect our legitimate interests.

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with applicable requirements.

13. Account and Data Deletion

If Duzé provides an account deletion function within the application, users may use that functionality to request deletion of their account and associated information.

Users may also contact us using the support contact provided in the application to request assistance with account or personal-data deletion.

Some information may be retained where necessary to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud or abuse, resolve disputes, or protect the security of our services.

14. Children's Privacy

Duzé is not intended for children below the minimum age required by applicable law to use the service independently.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to Duzé improperly, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.

15. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

Some requests may be subject to applicable legal limitations.

16. International Data Processing

Duzé and the third-party services used to operate it may process and store information in countries other than the country in which you live.

Where required, appropriate safeguards will be used for applicable international transfers of personal information.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Duzé, our practices, technology, or applicable legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of Duzé after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means that you acknowledge the updated policy.

18. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us through the support contact provided within the Duzé application.

We will make reasonable efforts to respond to privacy-related requests in accordance with applicable law.

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