Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 10, 2026

Real Friends ("RFO," "we," "us," or "our") is operated by Lumaneta Inc. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our mobile application and related services.

We built RFO with privacy at its core. Your data exists to power the service, not to be sold, brokered, or used for ad targeting.

Business Information

Real Friends is operated by Lumaneta Inc., a California-based company. Lumaneta Inc. is the legal sender, and Real Friends is the consumer-facing app and SMS program name shown to users.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide

  • Phone number, used for account registration and verification.
  • Profile information, including display name, username, and optional profile photo.
  • Posts, photos, comments, poll responses, and other content you choose to share.
  • Private messages, plans, RSVPs, recommendations, and shared memory content.
  • Friend connections, requests, blocks, and other relationship settings.
  • Contact phone numbers, if you grant contact access, used to find people you already know. Contact names remain on your device unless you choose to use one in an invitation.

Information collected automatically

  • Basic usage data, such as feature usage and session information.
  • Device information, such as device type, operating system version, and app version.
  • Push notification and app installation identifiers used to deliver notifications.
  • Crash, diagnostic, and security information used to keep the service reliable. Crash reports may include your Real Friends account ID so we can investigate a problem you experienced.

Google Calendar information

If you choose to connect Google Calendar, Real Friends requests access to Google Calendar event data through the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events scope. This scope lets Real Friends view and edit calendar events on calendars your Google account can access. We do not request permission to manage your calendar settings.

Calendar event data may include event titles, descriptions, locations, start and end times, time zones, recurrence details, attendee information, event status, calendar identifiers, event identifiers, and related sync metadata. Real Friends uses this data only when you connect Google Calendar to show events you can import, turn a selected event into a Real Friends plan, add Real Friends plans to Google Calendar, keep linked plans and calendar events in sync, and let you disconnect the integration.

Google OAuth tokens are stored server-side only and are used only to provide the calendar features you enable. We do not sell Google Calendar data, use it for advertising, share it with third parties for marketing, or use it to train AI models.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, maintain, and improve Real Friends.
  • Show your posts to accepted friends and show you their posts.
  • Enable friend discovery through username, name, phone number, or optional contact matching.
  • Provide optional Google Calendar features when you connect Google Calendar.
  • Send important service-related notifications.
  • Protect the security and integrity of the service.

3. What We Do Not Do

  • We do not sell your data to advertisers, data brokers, or anyone else.
  • We do not use your data for behaviorally targeted advertising.
  • We do not share your data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
  • We do not use your content to train AI models.
  • We do not use Google Calendar data for ads, marketing, or unrelated product analytics.
  • We do not use algorithms to manipulate your feed.

4. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored using Firebase and Google Cloud infrastructure in the United States. We use security measures such as server-side request validation, short-lived signed media URLs, and secure server infrastructure between the app and database.

Service providers

We use service providers, including Firebase and Google Cloud, for authentication, hosting, media storage, push notifications, and crash reporting. They process data only to provide these services to Real Friends. We do not provide them data for targeted advertising.

For Google Calendar, we store only the OAuth tokens and event metadata needed to provide the connected calendar feature, such as linked event identifiers, calendar identifiers, sync state, and timestamps. OAuth tokens and sensitive calendar identifiers are protected server-side and are never stored in the mobile app bundle.

5. Google API Limited Use

Real Friends' use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

We use Google Calendar data only to provide and improve the user-facing calendar features you choose to enable. We do not transfer Google Calendar data to third parties except as necessary to provide or improve those features, comply with law, address security issues, or as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets after appropriate notice. Humans do not read your Google Calendar data except with your consent, for security or abuse investigation, to comply with law, or for internal operations where the data has been aggregated or de-identified.

6. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your data for as long as your account is active and as needed to provide the service. When you delete your account, your profile, posts, photos, and friend connections are deleted or de-identified according to our deletion process.

If you disconnect Google Calendar, we stop using your Google OAuth token for calendar sync and delete or deactivate the token and related connection state. Calendar events already created in your Google Calendar may remain in your calendar unless you delete them there.

You can request account deletion by contacting support@realfriends.io. We process deletion requests within 30 days.

7. Your Choices and Rights

  • Access and update your profile information in the app.
  • Delete posts and photos you have shared.
  • Block users to remove them from your experience.
  • Disconnect Google Calendar from inside Real Friends or revoke access in your Google Account settings.
  • Delete your account and associated data.

8. Children's Privacy

RFO is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, contact support@realfriends.io.

9. SMS/Text Messaging

If you provide your mobile phone number and opt in to receive text messages from Real Friends, you consent to receive recurring automated messages related to the service, including friend activity alerts, event reminders for events you save, RSVP to, or sign in for, and account notifications.

  • Message frequency varies. Most users receive up to 5 messages per month.
  • Message and data rates may apply.
  • No mobile opt-in data will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes, and we do not share mobile opt-in data with lead generators.
  • Reply STOP to opt out or HELP for help.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes through the app or by other reasonable means.

11. Contact Us

Email: support@realfriends.io