Effective Date: March 9, 2026
Barchive Social (“Barchive,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect information about you when you use the Barchive Social mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the “Services”).
By using the Services, you acknowledge that your information will be handled as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.
We may collect information you provide when you use the Services, including:
With your permission, we may collect location information from your device or from information you choose to provide, including:
We use location information to provide nearby content, location-based discovery, search, personalization, safety, fraud prevention, analytics, and operational functionality.
Unless otherwise disclosed in the app or enabled by you, we do not collect precise location from your device when the app is not actively in use.
We may automatically collect information about your use of the Services, including:
We may receive information from third parties, such as:
We may use information we collect to:
We do not sell your personal information for money.
We may share information in the following circumstances:
Certain profile information and content you share may be visible to other users or the public depending on how the feature is designed and your account settings. Content you share through posts, ratings, comments, usernames, profile images, follows, or messages may be copied, reshared, captured, or retained by others.
Even if we do not display your exact location to other users, content you post or venue-based activity may allow others to infer your general location, habits, or places you visit.
Precise geolocation may be considered sensitive information under certain laws. You can control location permissions through your device settings and may be able to disable or limit certain location-based features inside the app.
If you disable location access, some features may not function properly or may be unavailable.
We encourage users not to post content or engage in behavior that could unnecessarily reveal home addresses, routines, private schedules, or other sensitive location details.
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, maintain security, prevent fraud and abuse, and support legitimate business needs.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the sensitivity of the data, whether the data is needed for safety or legal purposes, and whether deletion requests have been received.
We may retain certain information after account deletion where permitted or required by law, including for fraud prevention, safety, legal compliance, tax or accounting, dispute resolution, or evidence preservation purposes.
You may update certain account information in the app. You may also contact us to request access, correction, or deletion of certain personal information, subject to applicable law.
You may request deletion of your account through available in-app settings or by contacting us at john@barchivesocial.com.
You can enable, disable, or limit location access through your device settings. Doing so may affect the availability of some location-based features.
You may opt out of certain promotional emails by following the unsubscribe instructions in those messages. We may still send transactional or service-related communications.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws, such as the right to know, access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of certain personal information, and the right to opt out of certain uses or disclosures. To exercise applicable rights, contact us at john@barchivesocial.com.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission, storage, or security is guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and using appropriate care when sharing content or interacting with other users.
Barchive Social is not intended for individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a person under 18, we may take steps to delete the information and disable the account, subject to legal obligations.
If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we may provide notice through the app, website, or other reasonable means. The updated version will be indicated by the revised effective date.
Your continued use of the Services after the updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you acknowledge the revised Policy.
If you have questions, requests, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: