Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 October 2026
Short version: Strangr has no accounts and does not save your chats. The only time messages are saved is when someone in the chat reports it.
1. Who we are
Strangr (“we”, “us”) is an anonymous one-on-one text chat service operated from India. This policy explains what information we handle when you use Strangr and why. It is written to follow India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its rules.
2. What we collect
| Information | Why | How long we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Anonymous visitor ID — a random ID stored in your browser’s local storage | To remember your view pack on this browser. It is not linked to your name, phone or email. | Until you clear your browser data. Your plan record on our server stays until you cancel it. |
| Your plan — which pack you bought and how many views are left | To give you the gender filter you paid for. | As long as the plan exists. |
| Your gender and who you want to chat with | To match you with someone. You choose these yourself and we do not verify them. | Only in memory while you are connected. Never written to disk. |
| Chat messages | Passed straight from you to the other person. | The last 10 messages of your current chat are held in memory only, and dropped once both of you have moved on to new chats or left. They are saved only if either person reports the chat (see section 4). |
| IP address | Needed to connect you to our server. | Not logged for normal use. Saved only for the person who was reported (see section 4). |
| Feedback you send us, and your email if you choose to include it | To read and reply to your feedback. | Up to 1 year. |
We do not ask for your name, phone number, photos, location or contacts. We do not use advertising or analytics trackers, and we do not use cookies.
3. Automatic word filtering
Before a message is delivered, our server automatically hides sexual words with asterisks (****). This happens instantly and nothing is saved.
4. When you report a chat
If someone presses Report, we save:
- the last 10 messages of that chat, as they were typed, from both people
- the reason written by the person reporting
- the anonymous visitor IDs of both people
- the IP address of the person who was reported
- the time of the report
Only Strangr’s moderators can see reports. We use them to investigate abuse and to block people who break our Terms of Service. Reports are deleted automatically after 90 days, unless we must keep them longer for a legal reason.
5. Who we share information with
- Hosting: our servers run on Amazon Web Services in Mumbai, India.
- Fonts: our pages load a font from Google Fonts, so Google sees your IP address when the page loads.
- Payments: when paid plans are processed through a payment provider, that provider handles your payment details. We never see or store your card, UPI or bank details.
- Law enforcement: we may share saved reports with Indian authorities when the law requires it, for example under a valid legal order or to prevent serious harm.
We do not sell your information to anyone.
6. Age
Strangr is only for people aged 18 or older. If we learn that someone under 18 is using it, we will block them and delete any information we have about them.
7. Your rights
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 you can ask us to tell you what information we hold about you, correct it, or delete it, and you can raise a complaint. Because Strangr is anonymous, include your visitor ID so we can find your records. You can also delete your browser’s copy at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
8. Security
All connections to Strangr are encrypted with HTTPS. Reports can only be viewed by moderators with a password. No system is perfectly secure, so please don’t share personal details such as your phone number or address with strangers.
9. Grievance Officer
For privacy questions, data requests or complaints, contact our Grievance Officer:
[Grievance Officer name]
Email: [contact email]
Or use the feedback form.
We will acknowledge complaints within 24 hours and resolve them within 15 days.
10. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. If the changes are significant, we will tell you on the home page.