Privacy Policy

CircleConnect · Last updated 4 September 2026

CircleConnect turns a group you are already part of — a society, an alumni batch, a workplace — into a directory of who can do what. This page says exactly what we store, why, and how to get it removed. It covers both the Android app (com.rslabs.circleconnect) and the website.

What we collect

Your phone number. Used only to verify that you are a real person and to sign you in. Verification is handled by Google Firebase Authentication, which sends the SMS.
Your name, and how people know you (for example a flat number or “Priya’s dad”) — so members of your circle can recognise you.
What you choose to add to your profile: your profession, a short description, tags, and — if you offer a service — a business name, what you offer and years of experience. All of this is optional except your name.
A profile photo, only if you add one.
Anonymous usage events — that a step was reached (a link opened, a search performed), tied to a random session identifier, not to your name or number.

Your phone number is never shown to other members

This is the core promise of the product. Other members see your name and whatever you put in your profile — never your number, and never a list of numbers. When someone contacts you, the app opens WhatsApp’s own share sheet and they choose the chat themselves.

What we do NOT do

We do not sell or rent your data to anyone.
We do not show advertising, and we do not run advertising trackers.
We do not read your contacts, messages, location, or files.
We do not share your data with other companies, except the infrastructure providers below.

Who else processes your data

Google Firebase Authentication — verifies your phone number and sends the sign-in SMS.
Google Cloud Platform — hosts the service and the database (region: Mumbai, India). Profile photos are stored in Google Cloud Storage.
Firebase Cloud Messaging — delivers notifications to your device, if you allow them.

These providers process data on our behalf in order to run the service. Nobody else receives it.

Profile photos are publicly accessible by link

So that photos load quickly in the app and on the web, they are stored at unguessable web addresses that do not require a login. The addresses are not listed anywhere and cannot be browsed, but anyone given a photo’s exact link could open it. If that matters to you, do not add a photo — everything else in the app works without one.

Deleting your data

You can leave any circle from its settings screen; your profile is removed from that circle’s directory immediately. To delete your account and every trace of it — including your phone number, all profiles and any photos — email riyazshaikh16in@gmail.com from a message mentioning the number you signed up with. We will delete it within 30 days and confirm when it is done. Full instructions and exactly what is removed: Delete your account.

How long we keep things

Your profile is kept while you are a member of at least one circle. If you delete your account, it is removed. Anonymous usage events are kept in aggregate to understand how the product is used.

Children

CircleConnect is not intended for anyone under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that affects what we collect, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions, or a deletion request: riyazshaikh16in@gmail.com