Legal

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 8 October 2026

Nitick helps you meet the people you cross paths with. That only works if you can trust us with your information, so this page explains in plain language what we collect, why, who can see it, how long we keep it, and what you can do about it.

1. The short version

No location tracking. Nitick finds people over Bluetooth. We do not collect or store your location.
Strangers nearby only see your nickname, your icon and an anonymous ID that changes every 15 minutes.
You choose, detail by detail, whether something on your profile is Public or Friends only.
Nobody becomes your friend unless you accept.
Messages are stored on our servers so they reach your phone and stay in your chat. They are protected in transit but are not end-to-end encrypted.
We do not sell your personal data and Nitick has no advertising.
Adults only. You must be 18 or older.

2. Who we are

Nitick (“we”, “us”) is operated by [[COMPANY LEGAL NAME]], [[COMPANY ADDRESS]]. We decide how and why your personal data is used, so we are the “controller” for the Nitick Android app and this website. You can reach us at [[CONTACT EMAIL]] or through our contact form.

3. What we collect

Your account

Your email address and a password. Our sign-in provider stores the password in scrambled (hashed) form, so we cannot read it. Each account also gets a random account ID.

Your profile

A nickname and an icon, plus anything you choose to add: a photo, a short bio, your Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Facebook, X or LinkedIn name, a phone number, a WhatsApp number or an email address to show on your profile. Each detail has its own setting: Public (people you cross paths with can see it) or Friends only. Everything except the nickname and icon is optional.

People you cross paths with

While the radar is on, your phone broadcasts a short anonymous ID that changes every 15 minutes, together with your nickname and icon, and notes the IDs of other Nitick phones it hears. On your phone we keep a history of these sightings (the anonymous ID, when it was first and last heard, how many times, and how strong the signal was).

When you are signed in and online, the app sends our server (a) your upcoming anonymous IDs, so other people's phones can recognise you later, and (b) the sightings your phone recorded, so the server can work out which accounts you crossed. We keep the result: which two accounts crossed, when it started and ended, and how many sightings there were. We do not know where it happened.

Connections and in-person friends

Requests, accepted friendships, blocks, and, for friends you add in person over Bluetooth, a public key created on your phone (the private key never leaves your phone) and a confirmation that two phones met.

Messages and files

The text, photos and voice notes you send, with reactions, replies, time stamps and whether they were delivered or read. A “typing” signal is passed to your friend while you type but is not stored. Chat works online only.

Notifications

A notification token for your phone, so we can tell it that a message or request is waiting. The notification message itself carries no message text; your phone fetches the content from us.

Reports

If someone reports a person or a message, we store the report, the reason given, and a copy of the reported message and the ones around it so we can review it. The person reported is not told who reported them.

Diagnostics (you can switch this off)

Crash reports, performance measurements and simple usage events (for example, which screen opened, or how long syncing took), collected with Google Firebase and linked to your random account ID. They include technical details such as device model, Android version and app version, and Google may derive an approximate region (such as country or city) from your internet address. We do not put your name, messages, photos or profile details in them. Turn this off any time in Profile → Help improve Nitick.

When you contact us

If you use our contact form we collect your email address, your message, the topic you chose and, if you give it, your name. These are saved in a Google Sheet that only our team can open.

This website

The website does not use cookies. It uses Vercel Web Analytics to count visits and measure speed, without cookies and without following you from site to site. It records things like the page you opened, the site that sent you, your browser and device type, and your approximate country. When you press the download button, your browser fetches the app file from our hosting provider, which sees your internet address like any web server does.

4. Permissions the app asks for

Nearby devices (Bluetooth): To find, be found by, and connect to other Nitick phones. Needed for the radar and for adding friends in person.
Location (Android 11 and older only): On those versions Android itself will not let any app scan for Bluetooth without the location permission. Nitick does not read, collect or store your location. On Android 12 and newer, Nitick does not ask for it.
Notifications: To tell you about messages and friend requests.
Microphone: Only while you hold the button to record a voice note.
Photos: Nitick does not get access to your photo library. When you choose a picture, the Android photo picker shares only that picture with us.
Background activity and an ongoing notification: So the radar keeps running with the screen off. While it runs, Android shows a small notification.
Internet: To sync, chat and receive notifications.
Installing updates (early-access builds only): Builds downloaded from our website, not from Google Play, can fetch and install newer versions. Android asks you first.

5. How we use it

To run Nitick: match the people you crossed, show profiles according to your settings, handle friend requests, deliver messages and notifications, and keep your account working.
To keep people safe: review reports, block abuse and spam, enforce our Terms & Conditions, and protect the service from misuse.
To improve the app: find and fix crashes and slow screens, and understand which features are used (diagnostics above).
To help you: answer your questions and requests.
To meet legal duties: respond to valid legal requests and keep records the law requires.

Where the law asks for a legal basis (for example in the EU or UK), we rely on: performing our contract with you (running your account and the features you ask for), our legitimate interests (safety, security and improving the app), your consent (optional diagnostics, which you can withdraw in the app, and the permissions you grant), and legal obligations.

We access message content only when needed to investigate a report, keep the service safe, fix a fault you ask us to look at, or comply with the law.

6. Who can see what

People near you while the radar is on: your nickname, your icon and the anonymous ID. Nothing else.
People you crossed paths with: your nickname, icon and any details you marked Public (including your photo if its setting is Public).
Your friends: everything on your profile, including Friends-only details, and your chat.
Blocked people: nothing. Blocking removes any friendship or request.
Our team and providers: only as described in this policy.

If you switch Visible off, you still see who is around, but nearby phones no longer see you.

We do not sell your personal data and we do not share it with advertisers. We use a small number of service providers who handle data for us, under their own security and privacy terms:

Supabase: our database, sign-in, file storage and message delivery.
Google (Firebase): push notifications, crash reporting, performance and usage analytics.
Google Workspace: the sheet that stores contact-form messages.
Vercel: hosts this website and provides its visit statistics.

We may also share information if the law requires it, to respond to valid legal requests, or to protect the safety of people or the service. If Nitick is part of a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the new owner, who must honour this policy or tell you before anything changes.

8. How long we keep it

Account, profile, connections, crossings and messages: until you delete your account. A message you delete for everyone is erased from our database and any attached photo or voice file is removed within a few days. When you delete your account, your chats are removed for both people; copies that were already delivered to other people's phones cannot be removed from their devices.
On your phone: until you sign out or uninstall. Signing out removes your profile, friends, chats and history from the phone.
Reports: as long as needed for safety and legal reasons, including after the account concerned has been deleted. A report keeps a copy of the reported messages.
Backups: our hosting provider keeps backups, so a deleted item can remain in them for a short time until they are overwritten.
Diagnostics: for the standard periods Google applies to Firebase data.
Contact messages: as long as needed to handle your request and keep a record of it.

9. Your choices and rights

Edit or hide: change your profile or each detail's visibility any time, or switch Visible off.
Block, report, unfriend: from any profile or chat.
Diagnostics: turn off under Profile → Help improve Nitick.
Permissions: change or withdraw them in Android settings.
Delete your account and data: in the app, go to Profile → Delete account. It takes effect at once. If you cannot open the app, ask us through the contact form (topic “Delete my account and data”, from your sign-up email) and we will do it within 30 days. Details of what is removed and what we may keep are on the delete account page.
See, correct or take a copy of your data, or object to how we use it: contact us. Depending on where you live you may also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

10. Security

Data travels between the app and our servers over encrypted connections, our providers encrypt stored data, and access to the database is restricted by account. No system is perfectly secure, so please choose a strong password and keep it private. Nitick does not have password reset yet.

11. Age limit

Nitick is for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If we learn that someone under 18 has an account, we will close it and delete their data. If you think this has happened, please tell us.

12. Where data is processed

Our providers process data in data centres that may be outside your country, including [[SUPABASE REGION]] and the locations used by Google. Where the law requires safeguards for such transfers, we use the ones our providers offer.

13. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will update the date above and tell you in the app before the change takes effect.

14. Contact

[[COMPANY LEGAL NAME]]
[[COMPANY ADDRESS]]
Email: [[CONTACT EMAIL]]
Or use our contact form.