Found
📄 Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Who can use Found
You must be 18 or older. Accounts are created through Google sign-in -- there are no separate Found passwords. Found is open to everyone in the world; outside the US you're placed in whichever real metro area is closest to you.
What Found is, right now
Found is an early-stage app for finding dating or friendship connections. Features are actively being built and changed. Nothing here should be treated as a finished, stable product.
Conduct & safety
Treat other users with respect. Harassment, deception, and unsafe behavior are not tolerated. If someone makes you uncomfortable, you can Block them at any time -- from their profile, from Discover, or from a message thread -- which ends any Connection with them immediately and permanently. Blocking cannot be undone from within the app.
Your data
Found stores the profile information, photos, and messages you provide in order to run the app -- matching you with candidates, showing your profile to people you're presented to, and delivering your messages. Your exact birth date is never shown to other users; only your computed age is. Photos are only visible to other users once they've cleared moderation.
Why we're allowed to process your data
Creating a profile and using Found to find matches requires processing your information -- that's the contract you enter into by signing up, and it's the basis for most of what Found does with your data. A few things (like a photo clearing moderation) rely on your explicit action instead. Safety reports and block records are kept on the basis of Found's and other users' legitimate interest in a safe product.
Where your data is processed
Found's infrastructure -- hosting, database, and email delivery -- runs on providers based in the United States. If you're using Found from outside the US, your information is transferred to and processed in the United States as a normal part of how the app works.
Cookies & local storage
Found uses one cookie to keep you signed in (strictly necessary -- it's how the app recognizes your session, not tracking or advertising) and your browser's local storage to remember a few non-sensitive things like your user ID and display name on this device. Found doesn't use analytics or advertising cookies.
Your rights over your data
You can ask for a copy of the data Found holds about you, ask that inaccurate data be corrected, or object to how it's used, by emailing privacy@foundonfound.com. You can delete your account and all associated data yourself at any time from Account settings -- deletion is immediate and permanent, not just deactivation.
Blocking & reporting
Passing on or blocking someone removes them from your future Discover results. Blocking someone you're already Connected with ends that Connection -- your message history stays visible to both people as a record, but neither of you can send new messages there.
No warranty
Found is provided as-is, during active development. There's no guarantee it will be available, error-free, or unchanged from one day to the next.
Changes
These terms may change as Found does, especially once real legal review happens. Meaningful changes will ask for your acceptance again.