Privacy Policy

Last updated 16 October 2026

This policy explains what personal data FlauntBit collects when you use the FlauntBit app and our website, flauntbit.com. It covers why we collect it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and the choices and rights you have. Please read it in full. If anything is unclear, email us at support@flauntbit.com.

1. Who we are

FlauntBit is a network for artists. You can build a profile and a shareable artist card, show your work, discover other artists, connect and chat with them, and post to the Scene.

Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (the “DPDP Act”), FlauntBit is the “Data Fiduciary” for your personal data. This means we decide why and how it is processed. In this policy, “FlauntBit”, “we” and “us” mean the FlauntBit service and its operator. “You” means anyone who uses the app or the website.

This policy covers the FlauntBit app on iPhone and Android and the website flauntbit.com. Our Terms of Use (flauntbit.com/terms) and Community Guidelines (flauntbit.com/community-guidelines) also apply.

2. The personal data we collect

Data you give us

Sign-in details. Your mobile number if you sign in with a one-time code. Your email address and account ID if you sign in with Google or Apple. If you use Sign in with Apple and choose to hide your email, we get Apple’s private relay address instead.
Profile. Your name, username, profile photo, main craft and any other crafts, specialties (such as vocal styles or instruments), city and bio. It also includes anything else you add, such as links and Spotify or YouTube tracks. For singers, it can include a vocal profile (voice type, range and techniques).
Artist card. The colour and font you choose for your card.
Connections and chats. Connection requests and the notes sent with them, who you’re connected to, and the messages you send and receive.
Scene. Your posts, the photos you attach, the links and tags you add, the thoughts (comments) you write, and the posts you applaud.
Reports and blocks. Reports you make about other users or their content, including the reason you give, and the people you block.
Feedback and support. Answers to feedback surveys you choose to fill in, and anything you tell us when you email us.

Data we collect automatically

Device and app data. Device model, operating system, app version, language, and identifiers such as the Firebase app instance ID. We use these identifiers only for analytics and app stability. We don’t collect your device’s advertising ID.
Usage data. The screens you visit and the features you use in the app, such as finishing sign-up, sharing your card or sending a connection request. We attach a few traits to this data: your craft, the kind of artist you are, the city you signed up from and how you signed in. We link this data to your FlauntBit account ID, an internal ID that isn’t your name, mobile number or email.
Crash and error reports. Crash reports from the app, linked to your account ID, and error reports from our website and servers. When an error happens on the website, its report can include a short replay of the page leading up to it, with all text and images hidden. For some sessions, the app also sends performance data, such as how long the app and its screens take to load.
Notification token. If you allow notifications, a token that lets us send them to your device.
Server logs. Your IP address, the time, and the details of each request your device makes to our servers. Our servers and hosting providers record these automatically.
Website analytics. If you accept analytics cookies on flauntbit.com, Google Analytics records the pages you view, the buttons you tap (such as “Get the app”), the kind of link that brought you there (for example, a shared Scene post), how quickly pages load, your browser and device type, and your approximate location, which it works out from your IP address.

Data we don’t collect

We don’t access your precise location, contacts, microphone or camera. The app reads a photo only when you pick it, and saves to your photo library only when you choose to save your card. The tilt effect on your card uses your phone’s motion sensor, and that data never leaves your phone. FlauntBit has no payments, so we don’t collect payment details.

3. Why we use your data

We use each kind of data only for the purposes listed here:

To create and protect your account and sign you in. Uses your sign-in details, notification token and server logs.
To build and show your profile and artist card, and let you share them. Uses your profile and artist card.
To list you in Discover so other artists can find you by craft, specialty and city. Uses your profile.
To run connections and chat, and deliver your messages. Uses your connections and chats.
To publish your Scene posts and show you other artists’ posts. Uses your Scene activity.
To send the notifications you’ve allowed, such as new requests, messages and replies. Uses your notification token.
To keep FlauntBit safe. We review reports, enforce our Terms and Community Guidelines, and prevent spam, fraud and abuse. Uses reports, blocks, content and server logs.
To understand how FlauntBit is used, fix crashes and improve the product. Uses usage, device, crash and feedback data.
To answer your questions and requests. Uses whatever you send us.
To meet our legal obligations, such as answering lawful requests from authorities. Uses only the data the request requires.

We don’t sell your personal data. We don’t show ads, and we don’t use your data to profile you for advertising.

4. Why we’re allowed to use it

We process your personal data with your consent. You give it when you sign up, and when you turn on features like notifications or website analytics cookies. We also process data for the “legitimate uses” the DPDP Act allows. These include using information you chose to give us for the purpose you gave it, and meeting our legal obligations. You can withdraw your consent at any time (see “Your rights and choices”).

5. What other people can see

Your profile is public. Anyone can see your name, username, photo, crafts, specialties, city, bio, links, media and artist card at flauntbit.com/your-username. Your profile can appear in search engines, and anyone you share your card with can see it.
Scene posts. A post shared with “Everyone” can be seen by any FlauntBit user and by anyone with its share link. A post shared with “Connections” is visible only to your connections. Your thoughts show under a post to everyone who can see that post.
Messages are private to the chat. Only you and the person you’re chatting with can read them. We store messages on our servers so they sync, but they aren’t end-to-end encrypted. We look at messages only when one is reported to us, when we need to keep FlauntBit safe, or when the law requires it.
Your contact details stay private. We never show your mobile number or email on your profile. Reports are never shown to the person you report.

Anything you make public can be copied, screenshotted or shared by others. We can’t take back copies made outside FlauntBit.

7. Where your data is stored

Our servers and service providers may store and process your data in India or in other countries. We transfer data out of India only as the DPDP Act allows, and our providers must protect it.

8. How long we keep it

While your account is open, we keep your data so FlauntBit works for you.
When you delete something, like a post, photo or link, we remove it from FlauntBit. Copies can stay in caches and backups for a short time before they’re overwritten.
When you delete your account, we delete your data as described in “Deleting your account”.
Analytics data is kept for up to 14 months, and crash reports for up to 90 days.
Server logs are kept for as long as we need them for security and as the law requires. Indian data protection rules require certain logs to be kept for one year.

9. Deleting your account

You can delete your FlauntBit account at any time, in either of these ways:

In the app: go to Settings → Account settings → Delete account.
Without the app: email support@flauntbit.com with the subject “Delete my account”. Include your username and the mobile number or email you sign in with. We may ask you to confirm the request before we delete the account.

When your account is deleted:

Your profile, artist card, photos, Scene posts, thoughts and applause, connection list, blocks, survey answers and notification tokens are deleted straight away, and your profile link stops working.
Your sign-in details (mobile number, email and Google or Apple link) are erased, and your sign-in identity is deleted from Firebase. We keep a closed-account record with no contact details, so the account can’t be used again.
Messages you sent stay in the other person’s chat, shown as from “Deleted artist”, because they’re part of that person’s conversation too.
Reports you made, and reports about you (including a copy of the reported content), are kept to keep FlauntBit safe and to meet legal obligations.
If Indian law requires us to keep certain information for a set time after an account is closed, we keep only what’s required, only for that time, and only for that purpose.

10. Your rights and choices

Under the DPDP Act and other applicable law, you have the right to:

Access: get a summary of the personal data we hold about you, how we use it, and who we’ve shared it with.
Correct and update: fix or complete your data. You can edit most of it yourself in the app.
Erase: delete your account and personal data (see “Deleting your account”).
Withdraw consent: at any time, as easily as you gave it. Withdrawing doesn’t affect processing that already happened, and some features may stop working.
Grievance redressal: complain to us and get a response (see “Grievances”).
Nominate: name someone to exercise these rights for you if you die or become unable to.

You can make some choices yourself:

Turn notifications off at any time in your phone’s settings.
Turn usage analytics off at any time in the app: go to Settings → Share usage analytics. This also stops the app’s performance data, but not crash and error reports.
Change your cookie choice for the website from Cookie settings at flauntbit.com/privacy.
To stop app analytics or crash reports for your account, email us.

To use any of these rights, email support@flauntbit.com. We’ll confirm it’s you, then respond within 30 days.

11. Cookies and on-device storage

In the app. The app doesn’t use cookies. It keeps your sign-in session in your phone’s secure storage, and stores some content on your phone so it opens quickly.

On flauntbit.com. Google Analytics cookies are set only if you accept them in the cookie banner. If you decline, no analytics cookies are set, and Google gets only limited signals without cookies or identifiers, which help estimate visits. We remember your choice in your browser’s local storage. To know which shared links bring people to FlauntBit, we also keep the tag of the link you arrived from (such as “ref=hype”, or a campaign name) in your browser’s session storage. It holds no identifier and is deleted when you close the tab. We don’t use advertising cookies. You can change your choice at any time from Cookie settings at flauntbit.com/privacy.

12. How we protect your data

We encrypt data in transit (HTTPS) and limit who can access our systems. Your sign-in session is kept in your phone’s secure storage. No service is perfectly secure, though.

If a personal data breach affects you, we’ll tell you and the Data Protection Board of India as the law requires. We’ll explain what happened, what it’s likely to mean for you, and what we’re doing about it.

13. Children

FlauntBit is only for people aged 18 and over. We don’t knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you think a child is using FlauntBit, email support@flauntbit.com and we’ll delete the account.

14. Grievances

Our Grievance Officer handles complaints about your personal data and about content or accounts on FlauntBit. The Information Technology Act, 2000, the rules made under it, and the DPDP Act require this.

Contact: Grievance Officer, FlauntBit, at support@flauntbit.com, with “Grievance” in the subject line.
Timelines: we acknowledge every complaint within 24 hours and resolve it within 7 days. Where the law sets a shorter time, such as for intimate images shared without consent, we act within that time.
Appeal: if you’re unhappy with our decision about content or your account, you can appeal to the Grievance Appellate Committee at gac.gov.in within 30 days.
Data Protection Board: if you’re unhappy with how we handled a complaint about your personal data, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India once you’ve used our grievance process.

15. Changes to this policy

We’ll update this policy when FlauntBit or the law changes, and change the “Last updated” date. If a change materially affects how we use your data, we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect and, where the law requires, ask for your consent again.

16. Contact us

For questions about this policy or your data, email support@flauntbit.com.