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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2 November 2026
Clique (the app and joinclique.net) is a group chat for doing things together. It is run by Bahbish ("we"). This policy says what we collect, why, who else handles it, and how you can delete it. We do not sell your data and we do not show ads.
What we collect
- Your account. When you sign in with Google, Apple, an email link or a phone number, we receive your name, email address or phone number, and your profile picture if your sign-in provider has one. If you sign in with Apple and choose to hide your email, we only receive Apple's relay address.
- What you send. Messages, photos, videos, voice notes, files, reactions, polls, to-dos, reminders and anything else you post in a chat, and the groups you make or join. Photos you send include their width and height so they display correctly.
- Your phone number, if you add it. So people who have your number can find you.
- Your phone's contacts, if you allow it. The phone numbers in your address book are sent to us only to find which of them use Clique. Numbers that do not match anyone are not kept. People who match are saved to your contacts in Clique.
- Your location, only when you share it. When you share a location in a chat, the people in that chat see it. Clique does not track your location in the background.
- Device information for notifications. A notification token for your phone or browser, so we can tell you about new messages.
- Activity needed for the chat to work. Whether you are online, which messages you have read (shown to others as read receipts), and when you last opened a chat.
Voice and camera
The camera and microphone are used only when you take a photo, record a video or voice note, scan a QR code, or join a call. Voice typing (dictation) is turned into text by your phone's own speech service (Apple's on iPhone); we receive only the text you choose to send.
Why we use it
Only to run Clique: to deliver your messages to the people you send them to, to show you your groups and contacts, to notify you, to keep the service secure, and to act on reports of abuse. We do not use your messages for advertising and do not build profiles to sell.
Who else handles it
- Microsoft Azure stores and serves Clique's data and files.
- Google Firebase handles sign-in and delivers notifications.
- Google and Apple, if you sign in with them, under their own privacy policies.
- Ride and Market tabs open the services erkab.net and dukkanty.com inside the app. They are separate services with their own privacy policies; what you do there is between you and them.
We share data with authorities only when the law requires it.
Who can see what you post
Members of a group see what is posted in it, including messages sent before they joined. A private chat is seen by its two people. Anyone with a group's invite link or code can ask to join it.
How long we keep it, and deleting it
We keep your data while you have an account. You can delete a message for everyone, leave any group, and delete your account at any time in the app: Profile → Delete account. Deleting your account removes your name, phone number, profile, contacts, blocks and notification tokens, and takes you out of every group. Messages you sent stay in the groups so the conversations still make sense, but they show as "Deleted account" instead of your name. Copies in backups are removed as the backups expire.
Deleting your account without the app
Email DevTeam@jo-vision.com from the email address you sign in with, with the subject Delete my Clique account. We confirm it is your account and delete it within 30 days. The steps are on joinclique.net/delete-account.html.
Children
Clique is not for children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Security
Everything travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS), and files and messages are stored in access-controlled cloud storage. Chats started from 7 November 2026, groups and one-to-one chats alike, are end-to-end encrypted for text: text messages are encrypted on the sender's device and can be read only on members' devices. We store them encrypted and hold no key to them. Photos, videos, files and voice notes in those chats are not end-to-end encrypted, and each is marked as such. Chats started before that date, chats with shops and imported WhatsApp chats are not end-to-end encrypted. In every chat we can see who is in it, who sent a message and when, and any reactions. This encryption has not been independently reviewed.
Your rights
You can see and correct your data in the app, download it on request, and delete it as described above. For anything else, contact us.
Changes
If we change this policy we will update the date above, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.
Contact
Bahbish · DevTeam@jo-vision.com