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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect when you use our European dating sites, why we process it, and how you keep control of it. It covers your member account, the verification documents our team reviews before a profile becomes visible, and the messages exchanged inside the platform.

Applies to all BestEuropeanDating member accounts and website visitors.

Data Collection and How We Use It

We collect the minimum member data required to operate a verified matching service: registration details, the documents that confirm identity, and the activity data needed to keep the community safe.

Registration on our platform is a three-step process - creating a profile, browsing verified matches, and starting communication - and each step introduces a different category of data. When you create your free profile you provide identity and contact details together with the photographs and interests shown on your profile. When you filter members by nationality, age, interests and relationship goals, we record those preferences so that your search results remain consistent between visits.

Once you begin messaging, voice notes, video calls and the built-in translation tools process the content you send so that it can be delivered and rendered in the recipient's language. We do not sell member data, and we do not share profile information with advertisers.

The categories of personal data we collect include:

Identity data - name, date of birth and verification documents
Contact data - email address and support correspondence
Relationship-preference data - nationality, age and goal filters
Usage data - profile views, searches and message activity
Technical data - device, browser and connection information

European Privacy Standards and Data Protection

We apply European privacy standards to every member record, wherever the member is located. Personal data is encrypted in transit and while stored, and access inside the company is restricted to the specific staff who need it - the moderation team that reviews verification submissions, the security team that investigates reports, and the member care team that answers your requests. Where data is transferred outside the region in which it was collected, that transfer is made under contractual safeguards that hold the receiving party to the same protection level.

Identity documents deserve particular care. Our verification process requires a government-issued identity document, a live selfie matched against the profile photographs, and a manual review of the biography and every image by a human moderator; you can read how those three stages work on our how it works and verification page. Our security team also operates around the clock, combining automated signals with manual review to detect and remove suspicious behaviour, scam attempts and fake profiles in real time. That monitoring necessarily processes activity and technical data, and it is limited to protecting members and the integrity of the service.

Information Grid: Data Categories

Each category below lists what we hold, why we hold it, and the retention principle we apply: data is kept only while your account remains active, and is deleted or anonymised afterwards.

Identity Data

Full name and date of birth
Government-issued identity document
Live verification selfie
Retained only while your account is active

Contact Data

Email address used at registration
Support and moderation correspondence
Service notice preferences
Retained only while your account is active

Usage Data

Search filters and saved preferences
Profiles viewed and matches saved
Message and video-call activity records
Retained only while your account is active

Technical Data

Device type, browser and operating system
IP address and approximate region
Security and abuse-detection signals
Retained only while your account is active

Your Rights Over Your Personal Data

You may exercise each of the rights below at any time through our member care team. We confirm your identity before acting on a request so that no one else can alter your account.

Access

You may ask us to confirm what personal data we hold about you and to provide a copy of it. This includes your profile content, verification status, stored preferences and support history. We respond through the email address registered to your account and never send member data to a third party on request.

Rectification

If any information in your profile or account record is inaccurate or incomplete, you can correct it directly in your member dashboard or ask our team to update it for you. Corrections to verified identity details require a new document review before the change is applied to your profile.

Erasure

You may close your account and request deletion of the personal data associated with it. Profile content and stored preferences are removed, and verification documents are deleted, except where a limited record must be retained to prevent a removed account from returning under a new profile.

This policy sits alongside our Terms & Conditions and Cookie Policy; general membership questions are answered on our FAQ page.

Policy Updates and Contact Information

We may revise this Privacy Policy as the platform, its verification procedures or applicable privacy requirements change. When a revision materially affects how member data is handled, we announce it to registered members before it takes effect. Continued use of the service after that notice signals acceptance of the updated policy.

Questions about your data, a privacy request or a security concern can be sent to our member care team through the contact page.

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Create a Free Verified Account

Registration is free and requires no credit card. Once your account is active, you can manage your profile details, communication settings and privacy preferences from your member dashboard.

Free registration · Three-step verification · Data controls in your dashboard