Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 27, 2026

This policy explains what Birdene collects when you use it, why, who else handles it, how long we keep it, and what you can do about it. It covers the Birdene apps for iOS and Android, the web version at birdene.com, and links shared from Birdene (including older links on finaz.muba00.com). "We" and "us" mean Birdene and the developer who runs it.

Using Birdene without an account

You can look at exchange rates, real estate prices and public posts without signing in. We then know only what any website or app server sees (see "Logs" below) and the usage analytics described under "Analytics and error reports".

What we collect

Your account

• Signing up with email: your email address, name, username and password. We store the password only as a one-way hash. If you change your username, we keep a record of your earlier ones.
• Signing in with Google: your Google account ID, name, email address and profile picture.
• Signing in with Apple: your Apple account ID, your email address (which may be an Apple private relay address) and, if you share it, your name.
• Your profile: what you choose to add, such as a profile photo, cover image, bio, location (as you type it), city and website, and your settings, such as whether your account is private and who can message you.

What you post and do

• Posts, replies, quotes, photos, videos, polls and your votes, drafts and scheduled posts, and earlier versions of posts you edit.
• Who you follow, follow requests, likes, reposts, bookmarks, lists, blocks, mutes and muted words.
• Reports you send and appeals you make, and any restrictions placed on your account.
• Your search history, which you can delete in the app.
• Which posts you view and how long you watch videos, used for view counts and to choose what to show you.
• When you post a link, our server fetches that page to build a preview, so the site sees our server rather than you. The preview's picture is then loaded from that site by everyone who sees the preview, so the site can see their IP address.

Photos you send in chats have hidden details such as location and camera information removed, by the app and again by our servers. Other photos and videos (in posts, profile and cover photos, and group photos) are kept as your device uploaded them, so if your camera saved a location in a file, it can stay in it.

Chats

• Messages, photos and voice messages you send, who you chat with, group membership, and when messages were delivered and read.
• Messages are encrypted in transit. Text and voice messages are stored encrypted on our servers. Photos are stored on our servers where only the people in the chat can open them; they are not stored encrypted. Their captions are, like any text. A group's name and photo are not stored encrypted, and the group photo can be opened by anyone who has its link. Chats are not end-to-end encrypted.
• Our moderators only see messages that are reported to them.
• When you delete a message for everyone, its text, every earlier edited version of it, and its recording or photo are erased from our database. If it was reported before you deleted it, our moderators keep the reported copy. A notification already shown keeps its text on the other person's device, they may have read or copied it, and backups made before the deletion still hold it until they are discarded (see "How long we keep it").
• Push notifications pass through Expo and Apple or Google. For messages they carry the sender's name and the message text, unless you turn message previews off in the app's notification settings; other notifications carry names and a short excerpt of the post.

Balance, boosts and the Verified badge

If your account has a balance, we keep a record of what was added to it and spent on boosts or the Verified badge. Birdene does not take card payments and stores no card details.

Your device

• Push notifications: if you allow them, a push token for your device, your platform (iOS or Android) and your app language.
• Permissions: the app asks for your photos only when you choose a photo or video to post or send, for the microphone only to record a voice message, and for permission to save a chat photo to your library when you ask to. It does not use your camera, contacts or precise location.
• Feedback: if you send feedback, your message along with the app version, your operating system and its version, your IP address, app or browser details and language, and your account if you are signed in.

Analytics and error reports

We use PostHog to understand how Birdene is used and to find bugs. The app sends PostHog which screens you open and what you do (for example publishing a post, sending a message, or searching, including the search text), along with your app version, device model, operating system, language and time zone. PostHog estimates your approximate location (city or country) from your IP address. If you are signed in, these events are linked to your account ID, email address, name and username. Crashes and errors in the app, and errors on our servers while you use it, are reported to PostHog too. We do not record your screen, and there are no advertising SDKs or advertising IDs in Birdene.

Logs

Like any website, our servers record requests: the IP address, time, the address requested and the app or browser details. We use these logs to keep Birdene running and secure, and keep them for a limited time, usually a few days. Opening a Birdene page in a browser also creates a short session record with the same details, which expires after two hours.

Who can see what

• Your profile (name, username, photo, bio and the rest), posts and the earlier versions of posts you edit, replies, likes, reposts, public lists, who you follow and who follows you are public: anyone can see them in the app or on the web, without an account, and links to them can show previews in other apps. If you make your account private, only your approved followers see your posts.
• Photos and videos are stored at long, random addresses. Anyone who has a file's address can open it, even when it belongs to a private account's post.
• Your email address, password, search history, chats and settings are never shown to other users. Messages are visible to the people in the chat.

How we use it

• To run Birdene: your account, your posts, your chats, your feed and notifications.
• To keep it safe: handling reports, enforcing our rules (which can limit or remove content and accounts), and fighting spam and abuse.
• To improve it and fix it: analytics and error reports.

Where the GDPR or similar laws apply, we rely on: providing the service you ask for (your account, posts and chats); our legitimate interests (safety, security, analytics and fixing errors); and your consent where we ask for it (push notifications, microphone and photos). We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for advertising.

Who else handles it

• Hetzner Online hosts our servers and databases in Germany. Your data is stored there.
• PostHog receives the analytics and error reports described above, in the United States.
• Expo, with Apple (iOS) and Google (Android), delivers push notifications.
• Google and Apple handle signing in with their accounts. When you delete an account you signed up for with Apple, we ask Apple to revoke Birdene's access.

Data sent to PostHog and Expo leaves the European Union and is handled in the United States. We may also disclose information when the law requires it, or to protect people from harm.

How long we keep it

• Your account and what you post are kept until you delete your account.
• Deleting a post removes it from Birdene at once, but we keep it, with its photos and videos, until your account is deleted. Until then, its photos and videos can still be opened by anyone who has their direct address.
• Deleting your account (in the app's settings) hides it at once and removes it after 30 days; signing in during those 30 days cancels the deletion. Your profile, posts (including ones you deleted earlier), media, follows, likes, lists, search history, notifications and balance record are then deleted, and so are the replies and quotes other people wrote to your posts.
• Some things stay after your account is deleted, no longer linked to it: messages, voice messages and photos you sent stay in the other people's chats, from a "Deleted account"; feedback you sent; and reports you made. Our record of moderation decisions about your account is kept to protect the service and can include your username, name and email address.
• Deactivating your account hides your profile, posts and follows, and deletes nothing; sign in again to bring it back.
• Day-by-day records of the posts you view are deleted after 30 days; how long you watched each video is kept until your account is deleted. Strikes for breaking the rules expire after 90 days.
• Database backups are made daily and kept for 14 days.

Your choices and rights

• Edit or delete your profile details, posts and messages, make your account private, choose who can message you, and clear your search history in the app.
• Turn off push notifications or message previews in the app or in your device settings.
• Deactivate or delete your account in the app's settings.
• Ask us for a copy of your data, or to correct, delete or stop using it, by emailing us. Where data protection laws give you these rights, you can also complain to your data protection authority.

Web version and local storage

The web version keeps your sign-in, settings, a cache of recent chats, and PostHog's analytics IDs in your browser's local storage. It sets no advertising cookies. Google's sign-in button may set Google's own cookies. On phones, the app keeps a cache of your chats and their media on the device, and removes it when you sign out.

Security

Connections to Birdene are encrypted, passwords are stored as hashes, and text and voice messages are stored encrypted. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot promise that your data will never be accessed without permission.

Children

Birdene is not for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child under 13 has an account, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy, we post the new version here and update the date at the top. For significant changes, we may also tell you in the app.

Contact us

Questions, requests about your data, or concerns: mubarizhajimuradov@gmail.com. You can also read what Birdene is.