Howdy Privacy Policy

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Howdy, we may collect:

• Account information such as your phone number, name, profile photo, and preferences.
• Messages, conversations, voice notes, uploaded photos, videos, documents, and related metadata.
• Contacts you choose to share so we can help find people already using Howdy.
• Location information when you grant permission, used for local services and relevant features.
• Device, log, crash, performance, and usage data used to operate and improve the app.
• Information from connected services when you choose to connect an external account.

3. How We Use Information

• To create and secure your account.
• To send, receive, store, and display messages and shared content.
• To provide AI, search, reminders, local, and connected-account features you request.
• To send notifications and service updates.
• To diagnose issues, prevent abuse, improve performance, and comply with law.

4. Sharing and Service Providers

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only as needed to run Howdy, including with hosting, authentication, notification, analytics, crash reporting, communications, AI, storage, and connected-service providers. These providers process data for the purposes described in this policy.

5. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain information while your account is active or as needed to provide the app, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and maintain security. You can request account deletion from the Howdy app settings. When you delete your account, we delete or anonymize associated personal data unless we are required or permitted to retain limited information by law or for security reasons.

6. Your Choices

• You can control app permissions such as contacts, location, camera, microphone, photos, and notifications in iOS Settings.
• You can disconnect supported connected services in the app.
• You can delete your Howdy account from the app settings.
• You can contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or other privacy help.

7. Security

We use technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, and alteration.

8. Children

Howdy is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will take appropriate steps.

9. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. We will update the date above when we make changes.

10. Contact

Email: support@zonko.ai