The privacy deal
Plain English, because you're trusting a friend with real things.
This form asks about religion, family, culture, and what you want from your life. That deserves a higher standard of care than a dating app's terms of service — so here's the actual deal, in eight sentences with explanations.
Only one person ever sees your application.
Me, Ayush. There’s no team, no contractors, no public profile, no directory, no browsing. Your application exists so I can match you — that’s it.
Your photos are never publicly accessible. Not even with a link.
Photos and answers are encrypted before they’re stored, with a key only the server holds. They’re re-encoded on upload, which also strips hidden metadata like GPS location from your camera.
Nothing is sold, shared with advertisers, or fed to third parties.
No third-party trackers, no ad pixels, no cookies. The only counting that happens is a self-hosted, anonymous visit tally (page + country, no IPs stored, identifiers rotate daily and can’t be traced back to you) so I know the site works. Your data isn’t the product — the introductions are.
AI helps me think; it doesn’t get your identity.
I use AI tools to help me reason about compatibility, the way a tailor uses pins. Exports for that exclude your contact info, and nothing about you is ever used to train anything.
A match learns about you in stages, with your consent at each one.
If I think there’s a fit, the other person sees only a first name and a short blurb. Photos and contact details move only after both of you say yes.
Your contact info goes to exactly one person: your match.
After mutual consent. Never to anyone else, never in a group chat, never “just to get a second opinion.”
Delete everything with one text.
Message me and your application, photos, notes — all of it — is gone within 48 hours. If your application doesn’t lead anywhere, I delete it after 12 months anyway. I don’t keep an archive.
Your edit link is your key. Guard it.
The link you get after applying can open and edit your answers. I’ll never ask you to send it to me. If you lose it, text me and we’ll sort it out.
The fine print, also in plain English: data lives encrypted on US servers (Vercel). Encrypted backups can take up to 30 days to cycle out after a deletion. This is a personal, non-commercial practice run by one person — if you have a question or want something changed or removed, text me and it's handled.
Okay — back to applying