date drop. Privacy Policy

The TL;DR

Date Drop's mission is to be the anti dating app. We don't want to keep you swiping endlessly — we want you to have better dates. That means respecting your time, your values, and especially your privacy.

To make that possible, we ask you some quite personal questions and process your information carefully. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, how we protect it, and how you stay in control.

Important: We do not ask for or store passwords or other sensitive information (like payment info or government IDs). Sign-in is by email verification codes only.

What Information Do We Collect?

  • Contact information: your name (if provided) and your university email.
  • University verification data: verification via your university email domain (e.g., @uci.edu).
  • Questionnaire responses: your answers to our compatibility questions, covering values, preferences, and leanings.
  • Match outcome feedback: self-reported feedback about how your date went. This is tied to your profile to help us improve future matches.
  • Analytics data: limited and anonymized usage data via PostHog and Vercel Analytics (e.g., page views, completion funnels) to improve the experience.
  • Emails: we may send you reminders, matches, and updates by email through Resend. We do not collect phone numbers and we do not send SMS.

We do not collect: passwords, payment information, government IDs, or precise location data.

How Do We Use This Information?

  • Matching: We use your questionnaire responses and university email verification to suggest compatible dates on our schedule.
  • Communication: We use your email to deliver your match and send reminders.
  • Feedback learning: Self-reported outcomes are tied to your profile so we can get better at matching you, not just the community at large.
  • Aggregated insights: We may publish anonymized, aggregate findings (e.g., "Engineering students on Date Drop are more likely to want long-term relationships").
  • Analytics: We use PostHog and Vercel Analytics data to improve Date Drop's design and experience.
  • Data separation for privacy: Your questionnaire responses and personally identifiable information (like your email) are stored in separate systems/tables and linked by a randomized unique ID. This means your answers are not directly tied to your identity in storage.

We do not sell or share your personal information with advertisers or schools.

How Is This Information Protected?

  • Encryption: All data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest by our providers (Supabase, Resend, PostHog, Vercel).
  • Access control: Only the small Date Drop engineering team has access to raw responses. Campus leaders cannot view participant data.
  • Best practices: We secure our accounts with long, unique passphrases and multi-factor authentication.
  • No password storage: Authentication uses one-time email verification codes via Supabase. We never ask for or store user passwords.

You can also review the privacy policies of our key providers:

  • Supabase (database & auth)
  • Resend (emails)
  • PostHog (analytics)
  • Vercel Analytics (analytics/performance)

Your Choices and Control

  • Opt-in control: You're only matched when you opt in for a drop. You can delete your account at any time.
  • Update answers: You can log in and change your questionnaire responses at any time from your dashboard.
  • Report matches: Let us know if something feels off so we can improve your experience (see Feedback).
  • Delete account: You can delete your account any time by going to the Dashboard, scrolling to Delete Account, and confirming deletion.

We do not currently support downloading/exporting your questionnaire answers, so if you'd like a record, save them before submitting.

Data Retention

  • Active data: We keep participant data while your account is active to provide you with matches.
  • Deleted accounts: When you request deletion, we remove your account data from Supabase and related services we control. Some technical system logs may persist temporarily for security and deliverability.

Who We Are

Date Drop is a student-run project for UC Irvine students, built with thoughtfulness and intentionality. We're free to use, backed by compatibility science, and designed to be the anti-dating app: no swiping and no dopamine loops.

Support: uci@datedrop.org