Protecting your personal data is important to us. This privacy policy explains how we collect, process, and use your data when you use our social networking platform powered by WoWonder, including third-party services such as Google and Facebook.
The responsible entity under GDPR is:
[Company Name]
[Address]
[Email Address]
[Phone - optional]
We collect and process the following personal data:
Registration data (name, email, encrypted password)
Profile data (profile picture, gender, birthdate, location)
Activity data (posts, likes, comments, group memberships)
Communication data (messages, chats)
Media uploads (photos, videos, files)
Relationship data (friend requests, followers)
Technical data (IP address, browser, device info, referrer)
Payment data (for premium features)
Third-party login data (Google, Facebook)
Usage data (analytics via Google Analytics or Matomo)
Purposes:
Operating and managing user accounts
Displaying content and facilitating social interactions
Internal communication (messenger, comments)
Security and abuse prevention
Advertising (Google AdSense)
Usage analysis (e.g., Matomo or Google Analytics)
Legal bases:
Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (contract)
Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests)
Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent, e.g., cookies)
You can log in via Google or Facebook accounts. We receive the following data from these providers:
First and last name
Email address
Profile picture (optional)
Provider-specific user ID
Authentication is handled by the provider; their privacy policies apply:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy
We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google uses cookies to deliver personalized ads and may collect data such as:
IP address
Device and browser information
Approximate location
User behavior (visited pages, interests)
Your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR is required and obtained via our cookie banner.
More info: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
To ensure consistent font display, we use Google Fonts. Fonts are embedded locally for GDPR compliance, so no data is sent to Google servers. If externally loaded, Google’s privacy policies apply.
a) Google Analytics (if used):
Uses cookies to analyze platform usage, collecting anonymized IPs and behavior data, which are sent to Google servers in the USA.
b) Matomo (alternative):
If self-hosted, no data is transferred abroad, and IPs are anonymized.
Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) is required for cookie usage. Some processing may rely on legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Your posts, comments, likes, and private messages are stored on our servers and visible depending on your privacy settings. Private messages are accessible only to sender and receiver.
Upon first visiting, you can accept or reject cookies via a banner. Categories include:
Essential cookies (login, session)
Functional cookies (language, settings)
Statistics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics)
Marketing cookies (e.g., Google AdSense)
You can modify your choices anytime via cookie settings.
Our servers are located in [e.g., Germany or EU country]. The hosting provider processes data only on our instructions (GDPR Art. 28).
Account data stored while active
Content retained until deletion
Payment data kept up to 10 years for legal obligations
Data deleted or anonymized after account closure
You may exercise the following rights at any time:
Access your data (Art. 15 GDPR)
Correct inaccuracies (Art. 16 GDPR)
Request deletion (Art. 17 GDPR)
Restrict processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR)
Withdraw consent (Art. 7(3) GDPR)
Contact us at: [Email address]
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority, e.g.:
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)
https://www.bfdi.bund.de
We reserve the right to update this policy as needed. The current version is always available on our platform.
