Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 2026
This policy explains what MISYAR collects, why, and the control you keep over your information. It is written to align with data protection laws across the GCC and wider Middle East, including the UAE Personal Data Protection Law, the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law, and comparable laws in Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait.
Who we are
- MISYAR is operated from the United Kingdom. For any privacy question or request, contact support@misyar.app.
Information we collect
- Account details: your email address and password, or the details shared by your sign-in provider.
- Profile details: your name, age, city, marriage intention, and anything else you choose to add.
- Photos you upload, including any photos you mark as private.
- Activity needed to run the service: likes, matches, messages, blocks and reports.
- Basic technical information such as device type and approximate region, used for security and to keep the app working.
Sensitive information
- Some details you may choose to share — such as your marriage intention or religious practice — are treated as sensitive. We only process them because you have chosen to publish them on your profile, and you can remove them at any time.
- We never require identity documents. Photo verification checks that you are a real person and the image is not stored.
How we use your information
- To show your profile to other members according to your own visibility settings.
- To create matches and deliver messages between people who have matched.
- To keep the community safe: preventing fraud, abuse, impersonation and underage use.
- To meet legal obligations and respond to lawful requests from competent authorities.
- We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your photos or messages for advertising.
Who can see what
- Your public photos are shown on your profile and reviewed for safety. Photos you mark as private are visible only to members you individually approve, and you can withdraw that access at any time. Nobody, including paying members, can buy access to another member's private photos or contact details.
- Messages are visible only to you and the person you matched with, and to our safety team where a report is made.
- Blocked members cannot see your profile or contact you.
Sharing with others
- We share information only with service providers who host and operate the app on our behalf, under contract and only as needed.
- We may disclose information where required by the law of your country or by a court or regulator with proper authority.
International transfers
- Our providers may store data outside your country. Where local law requires it, transfers are made only to jurisdictions offering adequate protection, or under approved contractual safeguards, or with your explicit consent.
How long we keep it
- We keep your information while your account is active. When you delete your account we remove your profile and photos, and delete or anonymise the rest within 30 days, except where a law requires us to retain records for longer.
Your rights
- You can access, correct, download or delete your information, withdraw consent, object to certain processing, and complain to your national data protection authority.
- To exercise any of these, write to support@misyar.app. We respond within 30 days.
Children
- MISYAR is strictly for adults aged 18 and over. Accounts believed to belong to minors are removed immediately.