How Afters collects, uses, and shares information
Ch3rry LLC ("we," "us," or "our") operates Afters and related online services (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you access or use the Service.
By accessing, browsing, registering for, submitting information through, clicking any hyperlink or button on, or otherwise using the Service in any manner whatsoever, you acknowledge that you have received, read, understood, and agree to be legally bound by this Policy in its entirety, together with our Terms of Service, which is incorporated herein by reference. If you do not agree to any provision of this Policy, you must immediately cease all access to and use of the Service and must not create, maintain, or attempt to maintain any account, waitlist enrollment, or other relationship with us.
This Policy applies to information collected through the Service and through communications with us in connection with the Service. It does not govern the independent privacy practices of third-party websites, applications, platforms, payment processors, authentication providers, advertising partners, analytics vendors, telecommunications carriers, identity verification services, or any other third parties that may be linked to, embedded within, integrated with, or referenced from the Service. Those third parties maintain their own terms and privacy policies, and your interactions with them are subject to those separate documents.
We reserve the right, at any time and in our sole and absolute discretion, to modify, amend, supplement, restate, or replace this Policy, in whole or in part, with or without prior notice, except where notice is required by applicable law. When we make changes, we will revise the "Last updated" date displayed at the top of this page. Where practicable and where required by law, we may also provide additional notice through the Service, email, or other reasonable means. Your continued access to or use of the Service following the effective date of any revised Policy constitutes your irrevocable acceptance of the revised Policy. It is your sole responsibility to review this Policy periodically.
For purposes of this Policy, "personal information" means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, as defined under applicable privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (collectively, "CCPA/CPRA"), and analogous statutes in other jurisdictions. "Processing" means any operation or set of operations performed on personal information, whether or not by automated means, including collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, dissemination, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
"Cookies" means small text files or analogous identifiers placed on or read from your browser or device. "Tracking technologies" means pixels, tags, beacons, scripts, software development kits, and other code-based or automated tools that transmit information about your interactions with the Service to us or third parties. "Device identifiers" include browser identifiers, operating system identifiers, advertising identifiers (where available), IP-derived identifiers, and other technical identifiers generated from device or browser characteristics.
References to "you" or "your" include any individual who accesses or uses the Service and, where context requires, any authorized representative acting on behalf of such individual. Headings in this Policy are for convenience only and shall not affect interpretation. Unless the context requires otherwise, "including" and similar terms mean "including without limitation."
We collect information from and about you through direct interactions, automated technologies, third-party integrations, and operational processes necessary to provide, secure, market, measure, and improve the Service. The categories and granularity of information collected depend on how you interact with the Service, the features you enable, the device and browser you use, and the third-party services you authorize.
When you register, sign in, upgrade from guest mode, or otherwise establish a relationship with the Service, we may collect:
We collect detailed information regarding your interactions with the Service to operate matching systems, maintain quality and safety, analyze performance, and support advertising measurement:
To facilitate chat and uphold platform safety, we may collect:
We automatically collect technical and network information when you access the Service:
We and our service providers may use cookies, local storage, session storage, pixels, tags, web beacons, scripts, and similar technologies to recognize browsers and devices, remember preferences, measure traffic, attribute activity, and support analytics and advertising-related functions. Such technologies may collect online identifiers, general usage and interaction data, referring and exit information, timestamps, and device or browser characteristics. Third-party partners that provide analytics, measurement, or advertising-related services may receive or collect similar information subject to their own policies.
When you authenticate through a third-party provider or complete optional third-party identity verification, we receive only the minimum data elements necessary for the requested functionality. Government-issued identification imagery, biometric templates, and raw source documents are processed by the applicable provider and are not stored in our systems unless expressly disclosed at the point of collection. We may also receive information from advertising partners, analytics vendors, fraud prevention services, and infrastructure providers in accordance with their and our respective policies.
We use the information we collect for business, operational, safety, analytical, marketing, and legal purposes, including but not limited to the following:
Where required by applicable law, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases: your consent (where explicitly required), performance of our contract with you, our legitimate interests in operating, securing, marketing, and improving the Service (balanced against your rights), and compliance with legal obligations. You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal, subject to technical and contractual limitations.
If you provide a mobile phone number and affirmatively opt in through a form or other interface on the Service, we may send transactional text messages such as waitlist confirmations and time-sensitive launch or service-related alerts. Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply. Consent to receive SMS is not a condition of purchase.
You may opt out at any time by replying STOP. For assistance, reply HELP or contact [email protected]. We will not share or sell your mobile phone number or SMS opt-in information with third parties for their own promotional or marketing purposes. We may share information with service providers that help us deliver messages, such as our SMS carrier, under contractual obligations to use it solely on our behalf.
Premium features, subscriptions, and certain paid services are made available through our authorized third-party payment processor. We do not store, process, or retain your complete payment card or sensitive financial account details. Our payment processor handles such information in accordance with applicable industry standards and financial regulations. We receive only limited confirmation data relating to payment status. Review the payment processor's privacy policy and terms for additional details.
We disclose personal information to third parties only as described in this Policy or as otherwise disclosed at the point of collection. We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration in the traditional sense. However, certain disclosures of personal information to advertising, analytics, or measurement partners for targeted advertising, interest-based advertising, cross-context behavioral advertising, or related commercial purposes may constitute a "sale" or "sharing" of personal information under the CCPA/CPRA and similar state laws. Where applicable, you may have the right to opt out as described in Section 12.
The Service may use third-party analytics, advertising, and measurement technologies to understand how the Service is accessed and used, evaluate the performance of promotional activities, and support related business functions. These technologies may operate across the Service and may collect information about your visits, interactions, submissions, and general device or browser characteristics.
Information collected through such technologies may be used by us and by applicable third parties for purposes including traffic analysis, performance monitoring, attribution, audience development, advertising delivery, advertising measurement, and other commercial or operational functions permitted by law. Third parties may combine information received from the Service with information they obtain from other sources, subject to their own privacy policies and applicable law.
Certain uses of personal information for targeted advertising, interest-based advertising, or cross-context behavioral advertising may be considered "sharing" or a "sale" under applicable privacy laws even where no direct monetary payment is received. Opt-out rights are described elsewhere in this Policy.
You may be able to limit certain tracking or advertising-related activity through browser settings, device controls, industry opt-out tools, or preferences offered by third-party providers. Disabling cookies or similar technologies may affect certain features, measurements, or functionality of the Service. We do not control third-party technologies or their responses to user preference signals.
We are not responsible for the independent privacy or data practices of third-party analytics, advertising, or measurement providers. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you use in connection with the Service.
In addition to the technologies described above, we and our service providers may use first-party and third-party cookies, local storage, session storage, embedded scripts, automated logging, and other standard industry technologies (where lawful) to authenticate sessions, prevent fraud, remember preferences, analyze performance, and support analytics and advertising-related functions.
Cookies may be session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (remaining until expiration or manual deletion). We may use strictly necessary cookies required for security and core functionality, functional cookies that remember choices, analytics cookies that measure usage, and advertising or measurement cookies that support campaign attribution and audience creation.
You may manage cookies through browser settings, mobile operating system controls, and third-party opt-out mechanisms. Because cookie controls vary by browser and device, no single method guarantees complete suppression of all tracking technologies. Clearing cookies may log you out, reset preferences, or require re-authentication.
We do not respond uniformly to all "Do Not Track" or analogous browser signals because industry standards remain inconsistent and because certain measurement technologies may not honor such signals. Where technically feasible and legally required, we will honor applicable opt-out preference signals as described in Section 12.
Third-party cookies and similar technologies are subject to the retention schedules and policies of the applicable providers, which may differ from ours. We encourage you to review third-party policies if you wish to understand or limit cross-site data collection.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, regulation, contract, litigation hold, or legitimate business need including fraud prevention and safety enforcement.
Account profile data is retained while your account remains active and for a commercially reasonable period thereafter to resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with law. Chat history and match records are deleted when you delete your account or within thirty (30) days following a verified deletion request, subject to safety exceptions. Waitlist data may be retained until launch communications are complete or you opt out, plus additional periods for compliance and analytics.
Server logs, security records, and advertising event data may be retained for shorter or longer periods depending on operational needs, typically ranging from thirty (30) days to twenty-four (24) months unless extended by legal obligation. Reports, moderation records, and safety-related data may be retained longer where required for enforcement, regulatory compliance, or defense of legal claims.
Aggregated or de-identified data may be retained indefinitely. Backup systems may retain deleted data for limited periods before overwrite. Deletion from live systems does not guarantee immediate removal from all backups or third-party systems, which may maintain independent retention practices.
To request deletion, email [email protected] with subject line "Delete My Data." We will verify identity and process verified requests within thirty (30) days where feasible, subject to legal exceptions.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to know, access, correct, delete, port, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information, and to withdraw consent where processing is consent-based. You may also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights.
Submit verifiable requests to [email protected] with subject line "Privacy Request." We will respond within time periods prescribed by law, typically thirty to forty-five (45) days, after verifying identity through reasonable means. Authorized agents may submit requests on your behalf where permitted by law and supported by appropriate documentation.
Where applicable privacy statutes require additional disclosures or grant supplementary rights—including rights of access, correction, deletion, portability, opt-out of sale or sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, and limitation of sensitive personal information processing—this Policy is intended to satisfy baseline obligations and such rights are honored on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis to the extent legally required.
In the preceding twelve (12) months, we may have collected categories of personal information including identifiers, customer records, protected classification characteristics, commercial information, internet or network activity, approximate geolocation, and inferences, as further described in this Policy. We do not knowingly sell personal information of individuals under sixteen (16) years of age.
To exercise applicable rights, submit a verifiable request to [email protected] using subject lines "Privacy Request," "Delete My Data," "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information," or "Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information." We respond within periods required by applicable law and do not discriminate against individuals for exercising lawful privacy rights.
Comparable comprehensive privacy frameworks may apply depending on your circumstances. Where such frameworks require additional disclosures or grant supplementary rights, we honor verified requests submitted to [email protected] with subject "Privacy Request" or "State Privacy Opt-Out" to the extent legally required.
If you access the Service from outside your country of residence, you acknowledge that information may be transferred to and processed where we or our service providers operate, which may not provide protections equivalent to your local law. Where required, we implement appropriate contractual and technical safeguards. By using the Service, you consent to such processing to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Non-domestic privacy frameworks may grant additional rights. Contact [email protected] with subject "Privacy Request" or "GDPR Request" where applicable.
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Safeguards include encryption in transit using TLS, access controls, employee training, vendor diligence, monitoring, and incident response procedures.
No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. In the event of a confirmed breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and regulators as required by law and take remedial action. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for using secure devices and networks.
The Service is intended exclusively for individuals eighteen (18) years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under eighteen (18). If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly. Parents or guardians who believe a minor has provided information should contact [email protected] immediately.
We may use automated processing to connect users, maintain platform integrity, analyze usage, and support related functions. We do not make solely automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects without human review where prohibited by law. Third-party partners may use automated processing for analytics, advertising, or measurement pursuant to their own policies.
The Service may contain links or integrations with third-party websites, apps, payment gateways, authentication providers, and advertising platforms. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party privacy practices. Review third-party policies before providing information or engaging with those services.
We may modify this Policy at any time. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date and, where practicable, additional notice. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance. Review this Policy regularly.
By using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read this Policy, understand its terms, and agree to our collection, use, disclosure, and processing of information as described herein, including through cookies, tracking technologies, and third-party analytics or advertising tools.
Email: [email protected]. For privacy requests, use subject lines "Privacy Request," "Delete My Data," or "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" as applicable. © 2026 Ch3rry LLC. All rights reserved.
The Service facilitates real-time video and audio communication between users. In the ordinary course, live media streams are not recorded, stored, accessed, moderated, or retained by Ch3rry LLC. Limited technical information necessary to establish, maintain, or troubleshoot connections may be processed by us or our infrastructure providers.
You acknowledge that certain session-related metadata may be visible to us or our providers for safety, abuse prevention, service quality, and operational purposes. You are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws governing recording or capture of communications. Ch3rry LLC disclaims all liability arising from unauthorized recording by users.
Text chat messages, unlike live media streams, may be stored on our systems subject to the retention rules in Section 10. Reports referencing chat content may be retained for moderation regardless of subsequent chat deletion.
We distinguish between transactional communications necessary to operate the Service (such as password resets, security alerts, waitlist confirmations when you have opted in, and subscription receipts) and promotional or marketing communications that advertise features, events, partnerships, or third-party offerings. We will not send promotional email or SMS messages without obtaining prior express consent where required by law, including TCPA requirements for autodialed or promotional texts.
Waitlist SMS and email opt-in checkboxes constitute affirmative consent only for the categories described adjacent to each checkbox. Opting in to waitlist alerts does not constitute blanket consent to unrelated marketing from unaffiliated third parties. You may withdraw marketing consent by following unsubscribe instructions, replying STOP to SMS, or contacting [email protected].
Even if you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send non-promotional service messages as permitted by law. Analytics and advertising-related technologies may continue to operate when you visit the Service unless you exercise applicable cookie, browser, device, or legal opt-out rights described elsewhere in this Policy.
We may disclose personal information to law enforcement, government authorities, regulators, courts, and private litigants when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request, or when disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Ch3rry LLC, our users, or the public.
Our policy is to review requests for legal sufficiency and to narrow disclosures to the minimum data responsive to a valid request. We may challenge overbroad, defective, or unconstitutional requests where appropriate. We may be prohibited by law from notifying you of certain requests; where notification is permitted, we will provide notice unless exceptional circumstances apply.
Nothing in this Policy limits our ability to disclose information that we believe is necessary to comply with fraud prevention, anti-money-laundering, export control, sanctions, or national security obligations.
We maintain incident response procedures designed to detect, contain, investigate, and remediate security incidents involving personal information. If we determine that a confirmed security breach has occurred that triggers notification obligations under applicable law, we will provide notice to affected individuals and regulators without unreasonable delay, including information about the nature of the incident, categories of data involved, steps we are taking, and recommended protective measures.
Notice may be provided via email, in-Service messaging, or other legally permissible channels. We may delay notice if law enforcement requests delay or if immediate notice would increase harm. You are responsible for maintaining accurate contact information to receive breach notifications.
Depending on how you use the Service, we may process information that constitutes "sensitive personal information" under the CPRA or analogous categories under other laws, including government-issued identifier fragments when voluntarily submitted for verification, precise geolocation if you enable location features, and contents of communications in text chat.
We use sensitive personal information only for purposes permitted by law, including providing the Service, ensuring security, and short-term transient use such as non-personalized advertising measurement where applicable. Where applicable law grants a right to limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, submit requests to [email protected] with subject "Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information."
We do not intentionally collect biometric identifiers for the purpose of uniquely identifying individuals except where optional third-party verification services process biometrics on their own systems without transfer to us.
We may create aggregated, anonymized, or de-identified datasets by removing or modifying identifiers such that the resulting data cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual. We may use and disclose such data for analytics, research, product development, marketing insights, and sharing with partners without restriction to the extent permitted by law.
We commit to maintain de-identified data in de-identified form and not attempt to re-identify such data except as required for security testing or legal compliance. Inferences drawn from personal information, such as propensity to engage with certain features or marketing segments, may themselves constitute personal information under some laws and remain subject to this Policy until properly de-identified.
Where applicable law defines certain disclosures to advertising or measurement partners as a sale or share of personal information, you may submit opt-out requests to [email protected] with subject "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" or "State Privacy Opt-Out." We respond within legally required timeframes.
Ch3rry LLC acts as controller of personal information processed through the Service unless otherwise stated. Where non-domestic privacy law applies, processing may rely on consent, contract performance, legitimate interests (including security, fraud prevention, analytics, and advertising measurement balanced against your rights), or legal obligation. Contact [email protected] with subject "GDPR Request" to exercise applicable rights.
We strive to present this Policy in a readable format within the Service. If you require this Policy in an alternative accessible format due to disability, contact [email protected] with subject "Accessible Privacy Policy" and describe the format you need. We will make good-faith efforts to accommodate reasonable requests within applicable legal timeframes.
This Policy, together with the Terms of Service and any supplemental notices presented at the point of collection, constitutes the entire privacy disclosure framework for the Service and supersedes prior privacy statements to the extent of conflict. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Our failure to enforce any right under this Policy does not waive that right. You may not assign privacy rights without our consent; we may assign this Policy in connection with a merger, acquisition, or asset sale. Captions are for convenience only. Where governing law is required for interpretive purposes, applicable United States law applies except where mandatory law in your jurisdiction controls.
By continuing to use the Service after reading or having the opportunity to read this Policy, you provide binding acknowledgment that you understand our use of cookies, tracking technologies, local storage, device identifiers, third-party analytics and advertising tools, and all other practices described herein, and you agree that such practices may be used for operation, security, analytics, marketing, and improvement of the Service to the extent permitted by law.
The Service may rely on a variety of technical systems, vendors, contractors, affiliates, and partners to operate, secure, analyze, promote, and improve the platform. The specific tools, providers, methods, configurations, and integrations used may change from time to time without notice, provided that our overall data practices remain consistent with this Policy or an updated version of this Policy.
References in this Policy to categories of data, purposes of processing, types of technologies, or classes of recipients are intended to be general and illustrative rather than exhaustive. We may collect, use, disclose, retain, or otherwise process information in manners substantially similar to those described herein even if a particular example, label, or technical term is not expressly listed.
Nothing in this Policy requires us to disclose confidential security measures, trade secrets, vendor identities, system architecture, fraud prevention methodologies, or other sensitive operational details beyond what is reasonably necessary to provide meaningful notice under applicable law. To the extent any ambiguity exists between a general description in this Policy and a specific operational practice, the general description shall control for public disclosure purposes unless otherwise required by law.
You acknowledge that online services routinely involve the transmission and processing of information across multiple systems and jurisdictions, that perfect anonymity or complete elimination of tracking is not technically guaranteed, and that your choices regarding cookies, communications, account settings, and legal rights may limit but may not entirely prevent all forms of data collection or use described in this Policy.