Last updated: July 17, 2026
Welcome to the privacy policy of www.stranger.chat. This policy will help you understand what data we collect, why we collect it, and what your rights are in relation to it. Latest update: March 23, 2026 (rev. 2) By using Stranger.Chat, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Stranger Chat Owner contact email: team@stranger.chat
Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: • Trackers • Usage Data • Number of Users • Session statistics • First name • Last name • Email address Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection. Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application. Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. Any use of Cookies — or of other tracking tools — by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy. Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.
Age Group: When you first access the chat, you select an age group (Under 18 or 18+). Users who select "Under 18" are restricted to the AI chat feature only and are not matched with human strangers. This selection is stored locally in your browser and is used to enforce age-appropriate access. IP Address: Your IP address is automatically collected when you access the platform. This is used solely for security purposes, including spam prevention, rate limiting, and enforcing automated blocks based on user reports. IP addresses may be retained for up to 30 days following a block, after which they are removed from our active records. Chat Sessions: We create temporary session records to facilitate real-time matching between users. These records are used only to connect you with another user. Chat Messages: Messages sent during a chat session are stored temporarily to deliver them in real time. When either user reports a chat session, that session will be recorded and retained for safety and moderation purposes. We do not retain conversation history indefinitely, except where required for moderation or legal compliance. AI Chat (Aimy): If you use the AI chat feature, your messages are sent to Groq's API (groq.com) to generate responses. Groq processes these messages as a third-party AI service provider. Please refer to Groq's Privacy Policy at https://groq.com/privacy-policy for details on how they handle data. User Reports: If another user reports you during a chat session, a report record is created that includes the date, session ID, and your IP address. These records are used to determine whether automated blocking thresholds have been met. Report records may be retained for up to 30 days. Reported Chat Logs: When a session is reported, a complete snapshot of all messages exchanged during that session — along with the IP addresses of both participants — is preserved for administrative review. These logs are retained indefinitely until reviewed by our team and are not subject to routine automated deletion. Following review, an administrator may issue a permanent IP ban for serious violations. Reported chat logs may also be retained for legal compliance purposes. Contact Form Submissions: If you contact us via our Contact page, we store your name, email, and message to respond to your inquiry.
Stranger.Chat is designed to be anonymous. You are identified to other users only by a randomly assigned alias (e.g., "Midnight Fox"), not by your real name or email address. Your email is never shared with other users. We do not display your real identity to the person you are chatting with at any time.
Methods of Processing The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data. The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Application (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time. Place The Data is processed at the Owner's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. Depending on the User's location, data transfers may involve transferring the User's Data to a country other than their own. Retention Time Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users' consent.
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Service, comply with its legal obligations, respond to enforcement requests, protect its rights and interests (or those of its Users or third parties), detect any malicious or fraudulent activity, as well as the following: • Remarketing and behavioral targeting • Advertising • Analytics • Contacting the User • Enforcing age-based access restrictions (under 18 users are limited to AI chat only) • Responding to contact form submissions and support requests • Enforcing rate limiting and IP-based access controls to prevent spam and abuse • Administering automated IP blocks based on user reports • Enforcing automated content filtering to block prohibited content (phone numbers, addresses, hate speech, and explicit language) • Enforcing the 30-minute session duration limit
Advertising This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests. Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User's interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. Services of this kind usually allow Users to opt out of such tracking. Google Ads Conversion Tracking (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) Google Ads conversion tracking connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on this Application. Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data Service provided by: Google LLC (United States) — https://policies.google.com/privacy | Google Ireland Limited (Ireland) Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information This processing constitutes: a Sale in the United States ───────────────────────────────────────── Analytics The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior. Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google. Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Personal Data processed: number of Users, session statistics, Trackers, Usage Data Service provided by: Google LLC (United States) — https://policies.google.com/privacy — Opt out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout | Google Ireland Limited (Ireland) Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information This processing constitutes: a Sale in the United States ───────────────────────────────────────── Contacting the User — Contact Form By completing the contact form with their information, the User authorizes this Application to use these details to respond to inquiries. Personal Data processed: email address, first name, last name, Usage Data Service provided by: this Application Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: identifiers, internet or other electronic network activity information ───────────────────────────────────────── Remarketing and Behavioral Targeting This type of service allows this Application and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the User. This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity. Google Ads Remarketing (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) Google Ads Remarketing connects the activity of this Application with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie. Users can opt out of Google's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data Service provided by: Google LLC (United States) — https://policies.google.com/privacy — Opt out: https://adssettings.google.com | Google Ireland Limited (Ireland) Category of Personal Information collected according to the CCPA: internet or other electronic network activity information This processing constitutes: a Sale in the United States | a Sharing in California | Targeted Advertising in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana ───────────────────────────────────────── Tag Management Google Tag Manager (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google used to manage and deploy tracking and analytics tags on this Application. Google Tag Manager does not collect Personal Data directly but may facilitate the collection of Data by other services. Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy ───────────────────────────────────────── Ad Serving Google AdSense (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited) Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google. It uses the DoubleClick Cookie to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Application or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads | Opt out: https://adssettings.google.com
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section of the Cookie Policy. You may also visit the following resources: • NAI opt-out: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/ • DAA opt-out: https://optout.aboutads.info/ • Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
This Application uses Trackers. To learn more, Users may consult the Cookie Policy page. Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser. Trackers indicate any technology — e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting — that enables the tracking of Users. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for: • Session management and authentication • Analytics (Google Analytics 4) • Advertising and remarketing (Google Ads) You can configure your browser to refuse cookies, but this may affect your ability to use parts of the service.
Unless specified otherwise in this document, Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for and may be retained for longer due to applicable legal obligation or based on the Users' consent. • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed. • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner's legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to fulfil a legal obligation or upon order of an authority. Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right of access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period. Chat Messages: Retained only as long as needed to facilitate an active session. Deleted within 24 hours of session end unless the session was reported. Session Records: May be retained for a short period for abuse detection purposes. Reported sessions are retained indefinitely for administrative review. Reported Chat Logs: Retained indefinitely pending and following administrative review. May be kept for legal compliance purposes. IP Block Records: Retained for up to 30 days after expiry of a temporary block. Permanent Ban Records: Retained indefinitely. Contact Messages: Retained for a reasonable period to facilitate our response.
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties except as described in this policy. We may share information in the following circumstances: • With service providers who assist in operating our platform (e.g., hosting, authentication), bound by confidentiality obligations. • With Groq (groq.com) — our AI service provider that powers the "Aimy" AI chat feature. Messages you send in the AI chat are processed by Groq to generate responses. • With Google LLC — for analytics, advertising and remarketing purposes as described in this policy. • If required by law, court order, or governmental authority. • To protect the rights, safety, or property of Stranger.Chat, our users, or the public.
Stranger.Chat allows users who are under 18 to use the AI chat feature only. Users under 18 are not matched with human strangers under any circumstances. We do not knowingly collect more information from minors than is necessary to provide the AI chat service. Parents and guardians who have concerns about their child's use of Stranger.Chat are encouraged to contact us at team@stranger.chat. If we become aware that a minor has provided information in an inappropriate manner, we will take steps to delete that information. For parental control tools and resources, visit https://www.connectsafely.org/controls/.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These include secure authentication, encrypted data transmission (HTTPS), access controls, and automated IP-based blocking to protect users from abuse. Our platform uses an automated reporting and blocking system: if a user's IP address is reported 2 or more times within 24 hours, it is blocked for 1 day; if reported 10 or more times within 5 days, it is blocked for 30 days. This system is designed to protect users from harassment and inappropriate behavior. When a session is reported, a full chat log (including IP addresses and all messages) is preserved and made available to administrators for manual review. Following review, an administrator may issue a permanent IP ban for serious or repeat violations. Permanently banned IP addresses cannot access the chat service. We also employ an automated content filter that detects and blocks messages containing phone numbers, physical addresses, hate speech, slurs, or sexually explicit language before they are transmitted. All chat sessions are subject to a 30-minute duration limit, after which the session is automatically terminated. This measure helps protect all users, particularly minors. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
This section applies to all Users in the European Union, according to the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR"), and, for such Users, supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. Legal Basis of Processing The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies: • Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. • Provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof. • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject. • Processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner. • Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party. Further Information about Retention Time • Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed. • Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner's legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. The Rights of Users under GDPR Users have the right to: • Withdraw their consent at any time. • Object to processing of their Data. • Access their Data. • Verify and seek rectification. • Restrict the processing of their Data. • Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. • Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller (data portability). • Lodge a complaint before their competent data protection authority. Details about the Right to Object to Processing Where Personal Data is processed for direct marketing purposes, Users can object at any time, free of charge and without providing any justification. The Personal Data will then no longer be processed for such purposes. How to Exercise These Rights Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner via team@stranger.chat. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month, providing Users with the information required by law.
This section applies to Users in Switzerland and supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. The Rights of Users according to the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data within the limits of law, including: • Right of access to Personal Data. • Right to object to the processing of their Personal Data (which also allows Users to demand that processing of Personal Data be restricted, Personal Data be deleted or destroyed, specific disclosures of Personal Data to third parties be prohibited). • Right to receive their Personal Data and have it transferred to another controller (data portability). • Right to ask for incorrect Personal Data to be corrected. How to Exercise These Rights Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. Such requests are free of charge and will be answered by the Owner as early as possible, providing Users with the information required by law.
This section applies to all Users in Brazil according to the "Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados" (the "LGPD"), and supersedes any other possibly divergent or conflicting information contained in the privacy policy. The Grounds on Which We Process Your Personal Information We can process your personal information solely if we have a legal basis for such processing. Legal bases are as follows: • Your consent to the relevant processing activities. • Compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that lies with us. • The carrying out of public policies provided in laws or regulations or based on contracts, agreements and similar legal instruments. • Studies conducted by research entities, preferably carried out on anonymized personal information. • The carrying out of a contract and its preliminary procedures, in cases where you are a party to said contract. • The exercising of our rights in judicial, administrative or arbitration procedures. • Protection or physical safety of yourself or a third party. • The protection of health — in procedures carried out by health entities or professionals. • Our legitimate interests, provided that your fundamental rights and liberties do not prevail over such interests. • Credit protection. Your Brazilian Privacy Rights You have the right to: • Obtain confirmation of the existence of processing activities on your personal information. • Access to your personal information. • Have incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information rectified. • Obtain the anonymization, blocking or elimination of your unnecessary or excessive personal information, or of information that is not being processed in compliance with the LGPD. • Obtain information on the possibility to provide or deny your consent and the consequences thereof. • Obtain information about the third parties with whom we share your personal information. • Obtain, upon your express request, the portability of your personal information to another service or product provider. • Obtain the deletion of your personal information being processed if the processing was based upon your consent, unless exceptions in art. 16 of the LGPD apply. • Revoke your consent at any time. • Lodge a complaint related to your personal information with the ANPD (the National Data Protection Authority) or with consumer protection bodies. • Oppose a processing activity in cases where the processing is not carried out in compliance with the provisions of the law. • Request clear and adequate information regarding the criteria and procedures used for an automated decision. • Request the review of decisions made solely on the basis of the automated processing of your personal information. You will never be discriminated against, or otherwise suffer any sort of detriment, if you exercise your rights. How to File Your Request You can file your express request to exercise your rights free from any charge, at any time, by contacting us via team@stranger.chat, or via your legal representative. Transfer of Personal Information Outside of Brazil We are allowed to transfer your personal information outside of the Brazilian territory where permitted by applicable law, including when necessary for international legal cooperation, to protect your life or physical safety, when authorized by the ANPD, or when necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation.
This section applies to all Users who are residents in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana. Notice at Collection The following categories of Personal Information have been collected or disclosed in the past 12 months: Internet or other electronic network activity information (Sold or Shared / Targeted Advertising) Personal Information collected or disclosed: Trackers, Usage Data, number of Users, session statistics, first name, last name, email address Purposes: Remarketing and behavioral targeting, Advertising, Analytics, Contacting the User Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose Third-parties: Google LLC Identifiers (Sold or Shared / Targeted Advertising) Personal Information collected or disclosed: first name, last name, email address, Usage Data Purposes: Contacting the User Retention period: for the time necessary to fulfill the purpose We won't process your Information for unexpected purposes, or for purposes that are not reasonably necessary to and compatible with the purposes originally disclosed, without your consent. Sources of Personal Information We collect Personal Information directly from you (e.g., forms you fill out) and indirectly when you navigate this Application. We may also collect it from third parties that work with us in connection with the Service. Your Privacy Rights Under US State Laws To the extent permitted by applicable law, you have: • The right to access Personal Information: the right to know. • The right to correct inaccurate Personal Information. • The right to request the deletion of your Personal Information. • The right to obtain a copy of your Personal Information in a portable and usable format. • The right to opt out from the Sale of your Personal Information. • The right to non-discrimination. Additional Rights for California Users • The right to opt out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising. • The right to request to limit our use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information to only that which is necessary to perform the services. Additional Rights for Users in Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Delaware, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Tennessee, Minnesota, Maryland, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island and Montana • The right to opt out of the processing of your personal information for Targeted Advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects. • The right to freely give, deny or withdraw your consent for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. In Minnesota and Maryland, Users also have the right to obtain a list of the specific third parties to which the controller has disclosed the consumer's personal data. Additional Rights for Users in Utah and Iowa • The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for Targeted Advertising. • The right to opt out of the processing of your Sensitive Personal Information. How to Exercise Your Privacy Rights Under US State Laws To exercise the rights described above, submit your request to us by contacting us via the contact details provided in this document. We will respond to your request without undue delay, but in all cases within the timeframe required by applicable law. We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your request unless such request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. To exercise your right to opt-out of Sale or Sharing and Targeted Advertising, you may also use a user-enabled global privacy control, such as the Global Privacy Control ("GPC"), and we will abide by such request in a frictionless manner.
Legal Action The User's Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services. The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities. Additional Information about User's Personal Data In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Application may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request. System Logs and Maintenance For operation and maintenance purposes, this Application and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) or use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose. Information Not Contained in This Policy More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by notifying its Users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or — as far as technically and legally feasible — sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the top. Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User's consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Personal Data (or Data) / Personal Information (or Information) Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person. Sensitive Personal Information Any Personal Information that is not publicly available and reveals information considered sensitive according to the applicable privacy law. Usage Data Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users, the URI addresses, the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server's answer, the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit and details about the path followed within the Application. User The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject. Data Subject The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers. Data Processor (or Processor) The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy. Data Controller (or Owner) The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Application. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Application. This Application The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed. Service The service provided by this Application as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application. Sale Any exchange of Personal Information by the Owner to a third party, for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. Sharing Any sharing, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating a consumer's Personal Information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, as defined by the California privacy laws. Targeted Advertising Displaying advertisements to a consumer where the advertisement is selected based on Personal Information obtained from that consumer's activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict such consumer's preferences or interests, as defined by the applicable privacy US state law. European Union (or EU) Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area. Cookie Cookies are Trackers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User's browser. Tracker Any technology — e.g. Cookies, unique identifiers, web beacons, embedded scripts, e-tags and fingerprinting — that enables the tracking of Users, for example by accessing or storing information on the User's device. Legal Information This policy has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations. This policy relates solely to this Application, if not stated otherwise within this document.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us: Email: team@stranger.chat Website: https://stranger.chat/contact You can also: • Ask us to know and access the information we hold on you • Ask us to correct information we hold on you • Ask us to be forgotten (delete the information we hold on you) • Ask to port your data to another service
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