socializeME brings people together through game rounds. That needs a few details about you — considerably fewer than you might expect. This page says exactly which ones, what we use them for, and who else gets to see them.
The controller under the GDPR is the operator of socializeME. Full contact details are in the legal notice.
Nickname and the four-digit number after it, year of birth, gender and who you are looking for, your city, spoken languages, interests and — if you upload one — your profile picture. Plus the cosmetics you earn or buy in the game.
When you look for rounds nearby, we process approximate coordinates to work out distances. Only your city is stored permanently, not your whereabouts. You grant access in your operating system and can withdraw it there at any time.
Chat messages, images and GIFs you send, group names and pictures, your answers and drawings from game rounds. A round's chat history is kept for a limited time and expires; friend and group chats stay until you remove them.
Rounds played, points, experience, achievements and statistics. Also rough patterns: which times of day and modes you play, how often you leave rounds early, and play-style traits derived from your answers (such as whether you tend to answer directly or hold back). We use this to put well-matched rounds together.
If you buy Somis or a membership, payment runs entirely through Apple or Google. We never see payment details. All that reaches us is the transaction identifier and your balance.
A device identifier, the app build in use, the operating system, your IP address (processed by our host) and — if you allow notifications — a token that lets Apple or Google deliver them.
Someone who gets banned should not simply be able to delete the app and carry on. So at each start we note a few signals: your IP address and rough network range as an irreversible hash only, the network operator, the device identifier and a combined value from model, system version, time zone, language and screen size. On iPhones, Apple's DeviceCheck is added: Apple keeps two markers per device that let us recognise a previously banned device — without us learning which device it is.
These signals are deleted after 90 days. Signals belonging to a banned account are kept longer, otherwise the ban would be worthless. A match never leads to an automatic ban, only to review by a human — housemates and family members share a connection too.
The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a service where harassment has consequences (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
| Purpose | Basis |
|---|---|
| Running your account, matching rounds, delivering chats, handling purchases | Contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Abuse prevention, bans, handling reports, stability and security | Legitimate interest (f) |
| Location, notifications, camera and photo access | Consent (a) — withdrawable in system settings at any time |
Other players see your nickname, profile picture, city, cosmetics and whatever you write in rounds and chats. Your year of birth, your precise position and your technical data are not visible.
| Service | What for |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Server, database and file storage. Practically all data lives here. |
| Apple | Notifications, purchases, Sign in with Apple, DeviceCheck |
| Notifications on Android devices | |
| Giphy, Tenor | GIF search — your search term goes there, your account does not |
| Imgflip | Image templates for one game mode |
| OpenRouter | AI text (see next section) |
Some of these providers are based in the USA. Transfers rely on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
Questions, tasks and stories in the game modes are machine-generated. Two places involve your own text, and that should not be buried in fine print:
Chats between humans do not go through an AI. The provider does not use the content to train its models.
You can request access to your data at any time, have it corrected or erased, restrict processing, object to it, and receive your data in a portable format. You can delete your account directly in the app under Profile, Settings.
If you believe something is wrong, you can complain to a data protection authority — the one where you live is responsible.
socializeME is not for children. You should be at least 16 to use the app. Some content is restricted to 18+, which is why we ask for your year of birth. If we learn an account belongs to someone too young, we delete it.
Questions about privacy? Write to us — in the app under “Help”, or to the address in the legal notice. We answer.