Privacy Policy

Intimacy is personal, so we keep our data practices light and honest. Here is exactly what we do and do not collect.

1. Who this policy covers

This policy explains how Virtual Date Reviews (part of the Companion Review Collective, operated by the team behind Swipey AI) handles information when you visit virtualdatereviews.com. It does not cover the third-party apps we review; each of those has its own privacy policy you should read before signing up.

2. What we collect

Very little. We do not require accounts, logins, or personal profiles to read the site. We use privacy-first, cookie-free analytics to understand aggregate traffic, such as which pages are popular and roughly where visits come from, without building a profile of you or tracking you across other sites.

3. Consent comes first

No non-essential analytics run until you accept our banner. If you decline, we do not fire the analytics beacon. Your choice is stored only in your browser's local storage (the key crc_consent), not in a cookie and not on our servers. You can clear it any time by clearing site data. See our Cookie Policy.

4. Information you send us

If you email [email protected], we receive whatever you include in that message and use it only to reply and to improve the site. We do not add you to marketing lists.

5. How we use links to Swipey

Links to Swipey carry our own organic Everflow tracking parameters so we can measure which content sends interested readers onward. These identify the referring page and campaign, not you personally. We earn no third-party affiliate commission from rival apps.

6. What we never do

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We do not run third-party advertising or behavioral ad cookies. We do not publish fabricated reviews or user data. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

7. Third-party links

When you click through to an app's official site or the Swipey Discord, you leave our site and enter a service with its own privacy practices. We are not responsible for what those services collect. Review their policies before sharing anything.

8. Data retention and security

Aggregate analytics are kept only as long as useful for understanding trends. Email you send us is kept as long as needed to help you. We take reasonable measures to protect the limited data we handle, though no site can promise perfect security.

9. Your choices and rights

You can decline analytics at any time, clear your stored consent by clearing site data, and email us to ask what correspondence we hold or to request its deletion. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as GDPR or CCPA; contact us to exercise them.

10. Changes and contact

We will update this policy as our practices evolve, with the effective date above. Questions are welcome at [email protected] or our contact page.