1. Our privacy commitments

• We do not claim ownership of your content. You keep all rights to the photos, captions, messages, and other content you create. We store and process it only to operate the App for you and the people you choose to share it with.
• We do not sell your personal information. We have never sold it and will not sell, rent, or trade it to anyone.
• We do not build advertising or "social profiles" about you. We do not use your data to profile you, track you across other apps or websites, or feed third-party advertising or data-broker systems.
• We collect only what the App needs to work. We do not collect data we don't need to provide the service.

We store the information you upload because it is technically necessary to run the App — for example, your posts must be saved so they can be shown in feeds, and your messages must be saved so they can be delivered.

2. Information we collect

We only collect information that is needed to operate Common. We do not collect location data, advertising identifiers (IDFA), contacts, health data, financial/payment information, or browsing activity in other apps. We do not use third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.

a. Information you provide when you create an account

Common uses Sign in with Apple as its only sign-in method. When you sign in, we receive and store:

• A unique Apple account identifier (Apple's user identifier / "sub") used to recognize your account on return visits.
• Your email address, only if Apple shares it. If you choose Apple's "Hide My Email" feature, we receive only a private relay address, not your real email. Apple may also withhold the email entirely.

We do not receive or store your Apple password.

b. Profile information

• A username (one is auto-generated for you at sign-up; you may change it).
• A display name.
• An optional profile description / bio.
• An optional profile picture.
• Your account privacy setting (public or private).

c. Content you create and upload

• Posts — photos/media and an optional caption/description.
• Comments you write on posts.
• Direct messages and group chat messages, including chat names.
• Likes, follows / follow requests, and blocks.
• Read receipts indicating messages you have viewed.
• Reports you submit about content (including the reason you provide), used for safety and content moderation.

d. Authentication and technical data

• Session tokens (a short-lived access token and a refresh token) used to keep you signed in securely.
• Timestamps recording when items are created or updated.

We do not collect device advertising identifiers, precise or coarse location, or analytics telemetry.

3. How we use your information

We use the information above only to operate and support the App, specifically to:

• Create and maintain your account and keep you securely signed in.
• Display your profile, posts, comments, likes, and follower relationships to you and to other users according to your privacy settings.
• Deliver and display your messages to the people in your conversations.
• Enforce privacy settings, follow approvals, and blocks.
• Automatically and manually screen content for material that violates our Terms of Use, and review reported content, to keep the community safe.
• Maintain the security, integrity, and reliability of the service, and to prevent abuse, fraud, and technical problems.
• Comply with legal obligations where required.

We do not use your information for advertising, for sale to third parties, or to build behavioral or social-graph profiles for any purpose other than the core social features you are using directly (for example, showing you posts from people you follow).

4. How your information is shared

Other users

Common is a social app, so some information is shared with other users by design:

• Your username, display name, bio, and profile picture are visible to other users.
• Your posts, comments, and likes are visible according to your account privacy setting (public accounts are visible to anyone in the App; private accounts are visible only to approved followers).
• Your messages are visible to the other participants in that conversation.

Service providers

We use a small number of service providers strictly to run the App. They may process data only on our behalf and only to provide their service to us:

• Apple — for Sign in with Apple authentication. See Apple's Privacy Policy at https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) — our application server, data storage, and automated content-moderation systems run on AWS infrastructure in the US East (N. Virginia) region. AWS stores and processes the App's data on our behalf as our hosting provider. See the AWS Privacy Notice at https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/.

We do not authorize these providers to use your information for their own purposes.

Legal

We may disclose information if required by law, subpoena, or other valid legal process, or where necessary to protect the rights, safety, or property of our users or the public.

We do not sell your data

We do not and will not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

5. Data retention

We keep your information for as long as your account is active, because it is needed to operate the App (for example, your posts and messages must remain stored to be displayed and delivered).

When you delete your account, we delete your account and the personal content associated with it from our active systems. Some content that is inherently shared may persist in limited ways — for example, a message you sent remains visible to its other recipient(s) as part of their conversation, and reports may be retained for safety and legal record-keeping. Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a limited period before being overwritten.

6. Your rights and choices

You have control over your information:

• Access and update — You can view and edit your profile information (username, name, bio, picture) and privacy setting directly in the App.
• Delete content — You can delete your posts, comments, and other content you have created at any time within the App.
• Delete your account — You can permanently delete your account and its associated personal data from within the App (see Section 7).
• Revoke Sign in with Apple — You can stop the App's access to your Apple account at any time on your device under Settings → [your name] → Sign in with Apple → Common → Stop Using Apple ID.

Depending on where you live (for example, the EU/EEA, UK, or California), you may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your personal information, and to object to certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at common.ios.support@gmail.com. We do not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

7. Account and data deletion

You can permanently delete your account from within the App at any time. When you delete your account:

• Your profile, posts, comments, likes, follow relationships, and other personal content are removed from our active systems.
• Exceptions described in Section 5 (Data retention) may apply.

If you are unable to access the App and wish to delete your account, contact us at common.ios.support@gmail.com and we will process your request.

8. Data security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) between the App and our servers, secure on-device storage of authentication tokens in the iOS Keychain, and access controls on our backend. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect your information and to limit access to it.

9. Children's privacy

Common is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the minimum age required in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at common.ios.support@gmail.com and we will delete it.

10. International data transfers

Your information is stored and processed on Amazon Web Services in the United States (US East / N. Virginia region). If you access the App from outside the United States, you understand that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, which may have data-protection laws different from those in your country. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you within the App. Your continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised policy.

12. Contact us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:

1. Eligibility and your account

• You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required in your country) to use Common.
• You are responsible for the activity that happens under your account and for keeping your device and sign-in secure.
• You may not impersonate another person or create an account to evade a suspension or a block.

2. Your content

You keep all rights to the photos, captions, comments, messages, and other content you create. You grant us only the limited permission we need to host, store, and display that content in order to operate the App for you and the people you share it with. We do not claim ownership of your content and we do not sell it.

You are responsible for the content you post, and you confirm you have the right to post it.

3. Content standards — what is not allowed

The following content is not allowed anywhere in the App, including in posts, captions, comments, usernames, display names, profile pictures, bios, chat names, and messages. When we identify content that breaks these rules — through automated screening, a report, or our own review — we hide or remove it and may act on the account behind it:

• Sexually explicit content — pornography, sexual acts, sexually explicit nudity, and content posted for sexual gratification or solicitation.
• Child sexual abuse material or the sexualization of minors — in any form. When we become aware of this, we remove it, permanently terminate the account, and may report it to the appropriate authorities.
• Violence and graphic content — gore, graphic injury or death, animal cruelty, and content that glorifies, incites, or threatens violence.
• Harassment and hate — bullying, threats, targeted abuse, and hate speech or attacks based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
• Self-harm — content that encourages or promotes suicide, self-injury, or disordered eating.
• Illegal and dangerous activity — including the sale of drugs, weapons, or other regulated goods.
• Spam, scams, and deception — fraud, phishing, malware, bulk unsolicited messaging, and impersonation.
• Violations of other people's rights — infringing copyrights or trademarks, or posting someone else's private information without their consent.

4. How content moderation works

To enforce the standards above, Common uses a combination of automated screening and human review of reports:

• Automated screening. Photos and text you submit — including posts, comments, and profile text — may be automatically analyzed by content-moderation systems that detect explicit sexual content, nudity, violence, and abusive or toxic language. This analysis happens automatically, without a person reading your content, and is performed by our hosting provider's services on our behalf.
• Messages. We do not routinely review private conversations. Messages sent to someone who does not follow you and has never replied to you may be screened automatically, to protect people from unsolicited abusive or explicit messages.
• Reports and blocking. Every post, comment, and account can be reported from inside the App, and you can block any user at any time. Reports are reviewed, and reporting an item also re-runs an automated check on it.
• What happens to violating content. Content that is flagged may be hidden from other users or removed, in some cases without prior notice. Depending on how serious or repeated the violation is, we may also limit, suspend, or permanently terminate an account.

Automated moderation is not perfect, and we do not review everything that is posted. Automated screening can miss content that breaks the rules above, and it can flag content that is perfectly fine — so you may still come across content in the App that should not be there. If you do, please report it: reports are the main way we find what automated screening misses. We would rather review a mistake than leave harmful content up.

5. If you think we got a moderation decision wrong

If your content was hidden, removed, or restricted and you believe that was a mistake, please tell us — we will take another look, and we will restore content that we removed in error.

Email common.ios.support@gmail.com with your username and a short description of the content and when you posted it. The same address is the right place to report content or behavior that you believe we have missed.

6. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate an account that violates these Terms, that is used to abuse or endanger other people, or where we are required to act by law. You can delete your account at any time from within the App, as described in the Privacy Policy above.

7. The App is provided "as is"

Common is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not guarantee that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will detect and remove every piece of objectionable content. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the App, or for content posted by other users.

8. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you within the App. Your continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

9. Contact

Questions about these Terms, content moderation, or a decision you would like us to review: