Policy for Student Accounts

We are committed to respecting your privacy and keeping secure any information you share with us. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and process your personal data when you use uwdate's software. This document is not finalized and is subject to change.

There are two types of user data we handle:

1. personal data: collected during onboarding. It includes basic information (name, age, faculty) and more sensitive information (sexual orientation, drug and alcohol use).
2. written profile: created by users after onboarding

General

• We only collect information that is necessary and appropriate for our service. We will never ask for more information than we need.
• You can request to delete your personal information and account at any time (use the feedback form in the app with an appropriate subject title).

Data visibility outside uwdate

• We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties.
• By registering for a match round, you agree to have your written profile passed as input to a large language model. This is solely for generating matches. OpenAI is the only model provider we use.
• In our OpenAI organization account, we've opted out of data sharing for training or service improvement.

Data visibility within uwdate

Only University of Waterloo members can create a student account on uwdate. A @uwaterloo.ca email is required for account registration.

Only matched students can see view each other's written profiles. A merchant user will never see student written profiles.

The following is a breakdown:

• Basic information (name, age, program, etc.)
  • How we use it: we don't use this for matching
  • Visibility: only visible to matches
• Personal information (sexual orientation, drug and alcohol use, preferences etc.)
  • How we use it: deciding compatibility during matching
  • Visibility: only visible to you
• Written Profile
  • How we use it: deciding compatibility during matching
  • Visibility: only visible to matches