Brodar Privacy Statement
Last updated: 6 May 2026
This is the privacy statement of Brodar B.V., the company operating the app Brodar (‘Brodar’), registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce and having its office at Wim Duisenbergplantsoen 31, 6221SE Maastricht, Netherlands. Your privacy and that of all our users is very important to Brodar. When you visit or use the Brodar website on your mobile or desktop device, we receive data that is personal to you. This privacy statement applies to all services provided by Brodar and describes how Brodar safeguards and processes your personal data. We recommend you read it carefully. Words in this privacy statement that are indicated with a capital letter are defined in the Brodar Terms of Use. This privacy statement includes information about:
1. The kinds of personal data processed by Brodar
2. Cookies and similar technologies
3. For what purposes does Brodar process personal data?
4. Legal bases for processing
5. Special categories of personal data
6. What security measures are in place to protect personal data?
7. Brodar’s limits of responsibility concerning third parties
8. International data transfers
9. Data retention
10. Viewing and changing your personal data
11. Automated decision-making and profiling
12. Data breach notification
13. Data Protection Officer
14. Children’s data
15. Changes to this privacy statement
16. Applicable law and competent court
17. What to do if you have any questions or remarks
18. Supervisory authority
1. The kinds of personal data processed by Brodar
1.1 Essential Account and Profile data
To access the non-public part of the Service, you must first create an Account. When you create an Account, you have to provide some personal data, such as your preferred profile name, your location, your birth date and your email address. Brodar stores this personal data as well as other personal data provided by you when you use the Service.
1.2 Voluntarily provided data
You can voluntarily upload additional personal data to your Account and Profile, for example body stats, personal interests, tags, HIV-Status, information about your sexual preferences, and how people can get in touch with you. You can also choose to upload and display personal photos of yourself in your Profile or your gallery. Personal data that you upload to your Profile or that you post on the website becomes public in case you choose to make it public. This means that anyone may be able to see this information, for example through the User search feature. You should always think carefully about what information you want to make public and what you would prefer to keep private. You can customize your privacy settings in your Account.
If you choose to purchase Additional Services such as a “PRO” subscription, you will need to provide certain information to our payment providers as further described in “3. For what purposes does Brodar process Personal Data?”. If you have any written communication with Brodar’s support, the communication and any data supplied to Brodar will be stored.
1.3 Location data
When using the Service you have to provide your location, which we store on our servers. You choose your location by means of Apple or Google Location Services and your web browser or mobile device. For a description of data collected and used by them, please see their privacy policies. You may also choose to share your location. In doing so, other functionalities become available. This will, for instance, enable you to see the distance between yourself and other Users. Like on other websites and apps, revealing your location is not without risk. Sharing your location can reveal intimate information about yourself and your activities. Because of these risks, Brodar gives you the option of choosing if a location is shared or not. Please be aware, if you activate your mobile position which is automatically tracked by GPS, your location will always be shared. By doing this you may be giving others an intimate overview of your habits and patterns. This could include sensitive data such as presence at locations that might reveal information about your sex life. Revealing your location could also increase your risk of burglary, physical aggression and stalking.
Brodar implements technical safeguards to protect your location data, including location fuzzing (rounding coordinates to reduce precision), encryption in transit and at rest, and access controls. You can adjust the precision of your displayed location or disable location sharing entirely through the App’s privacy settings. Brodar does not sell geolocation data to third parties.
1.4 Automatically generated information
Like most other websites and apps, Brodar gathers and processes automatically generated information about how you use our Service. This also occurs if you visit our Website without logging in to an Account. The information gathered includes among other things your IP-address or the identifier of your device, your browser type and the display resolution of your computer screen or mobile device. This kind of information helps us to better understand how our Service is used, to facilitate its usability, and how we can improve it to suit the needs of our Users.
1.5 Additional requested information
Brodar may request additional information from you to verify information you have posted on your Account or Profile.
2. Cookies
2.1 What are cookies?
Like most other websites and apps, Brodar uses cookies. A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of that cookie.
2.2 Cookies used by Brodar
a. Essential functional cookies
Brodar uses essential functional cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Website and for the provision of services explicitly requested by you, the User. These cookies are used for services such as keeping you logged in to the Website, letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your username, settings/preferences and other input. They also generally improve your experience of our Service.
b. Cookies for effectivity and analytics
Brodar uses cookies to get information about the quality or effectiveness of its Website through the use of analytics, which are so-called ‘first party analytics cookies’. The use of these cookies is strictly limited to Brodar’s aggregated statistical purposes.
c. Cookie consent and ePrivacy compliance
In accordance with the ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC as amended) and its Dutch implementation, Brodar requests your prior consent before placing any non-essential cookies on your device. You may give, refuse, or withdraw consent at any time through the cookie consent banner presented when you first visit the Website, or through the cookie preferences link available in the Website footer. Your consent preferences are stored and can be changed at any time. Essential functional cookies (type 2a) do not require consent as they are strictly necessary for the Service.
2.3 Managing cookies
When visiting our Website, your consent is requested for the storage and use of tracking cookies. Whether you give your consent or not, it is stored in a cookie, so that your preference is remembered for following visits. You may visit the websites mentioned under 2c to opt-out of the use of these cookies, if the vendor or ad network offers this possibility. Alternatively, you can opt-out of some third-party vendor’s use of the cookies for internet-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info. Please note that other cookies (type 2a and 2b) are stored and used automatically. If you don’t want to receive these cookies, you can modify your browser or settings of your mobile device, so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it, or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set by means of your browser settings or your mobile device settings. Keep in mind, that by disabling these cookies most parts of the Service will not work. If you’re using a computer that is also used by other people, always log out from the Service using the logout link, delete cookies that have been set and close your browser window. Remember to also keep your password strictly private to prevent others from being able to use your Account. If you wish to restrict or block cookies which are set on your device, then you can do this through your browser settings. The help function within your browser should tell you how.
3. For what purposes does Brodar process Personal Data?
3.1 Purpose
Brodar processes Personal Data for the following purposes:
• to enable you to use the Service
• to deliver Additional Services that you have purchased
• to keep you updated with relevant information about our Service, for example through content, promotions, surveys etc.
• to inform you about Brodar’s other products or services
• to provide you with targeted advertisements
• to improve and/or customize the Service
• to identify and prevent fraud
• to provide support
• to verify information posted on your Account or shared by you via the Website
• to pass your Personal Data to third parties, if we are obliged to do so by law
• to operate and improve algorithmic recommendation and matching features
• to ensure the safety and security of Users, including detection of abuse, harassment, and illegal activity
• to comply with legal obligations, including under the GDPR, the Digital Services Act, and Dutch law
3.2 Use of Personal Data by Brodar
Brodar will process the Personal Data you provided to enable you to create an Account and Profile and to use our Service. Brodar may also use your email address to send you information and updates about your purchases.
Brodar aims to keep you informed of any changes to its Services, or similar products or services. Brodar will use your Personal Data to notify and/or email you regarding these changes, products or services. Please be aware that you will also receive emails and/or notifications from Brodar concerning the proper functioning of your Account.
Brodar allows you to interact and communicate with other Users. For instance, you can share content or your location. If you have unread messages on your Account and you have not read them within a month, Brodar may remind you about these messages. As part of the Service, Brodar may present User Content, that you have chosen to make publicly visible to other Users of the Website like highlighting User profiles or similar tags. Furthermore, Brodar may present content, that a User has chosen to make publicly visible, by email to other Users of the Website or App.
When you write to Brodar with an enquiry, request or question, you may choose to include some Personal Data. Such communications and any additional data supplied will be stored by Brodar. Brodar may use your email address to reply to you and your Personal Data may also be used to help us improve or respond more effectively to your customer service requests and support needs.
Brodar may request additional information from you to verify Personal Data or other information posted to your Account, on your Profile or that you have otherwise shared via the Service. Based on this information, Brodar may, at its sole discretion, decide to remove certain Personal Data or information and/or to suspend your use of the Service or terminate your Account.
3.3 Transmission of Personal Data to third parties
Brodar does not sell, trade or rent your Personal Data to third parties without your prior consent. Brodar can provide your Personal Data to third parties, when this is necessary for providing the Service and/or Additional Services to you, for carrying out your instructions or when necessary to comply with applicable legislation.
If you choose to purchase Additional Services such as a “PRO” subscription, you will need to fill in your payment details in the appropriate fields provided by our payment providers. Brodar does not receive, process or store these financial data, such as credit or debit card data, or bank account information, except to the extent that it is by law required to do so.
The financial details you provide will be processed by our payment providers, with the sole purpose of completing the financial transaction. These financial details will only be passed on to financial institutions who are involved in the chosen transaction (e.g. your bank or credit-card company). Our payment providers are not entitled to pass on any financial details to other third parties. They will only disclose data in case this is a statutory obligation, an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an order of a competent regulatory body.
As part of the Service it provides, Brodar pursues fraud identification and prevention. To this end, Brodar may provide Personal Data to (a) third part(y)(ies) it hires to perform fraud identification and prevention activities as our processor on our behalf.
Brodar may provide “aggregated anonymous data” about the usage of the Service to third parties for such purposes as it deems to be appropriate. “Aggregated anonymous data” is data that cannot be traced back to you and which therefore does not count as Personal Data. For instance, Brodar may use aggregated anonymous data to better understand how you and other Users use the Service.
In the event that Brodar (or any parts of it) are transferred to a third party, or that Brodar merges with a third party, or undergoes reorganization, your Personal Data may also be disclosed and/or transferred to that third party. This third party will have the right to continue to use Personal Data and other information that you provided to Brodar.
Brodar may disclose your Personal Data where it believes, in good faith, that it is necessary to comply with a court order, ongoing judicial proceeding, criminal or civil subpoena, or other legal process or request by law enforcement authorities in the Netherlands or any other applicable jurisdiction, or to exercise its legal rights or defend itself against legal claims.
Brodar maintains a list of its sub-processors (third-party service providers that process Personal Data on Brodar’s behalf), which is available upon request or published on the Website. Brodar enters into data processing agreements with all sub-processors in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR, ensuring that they provide sufficient guarantees regarding the protection of Personal Data.
4. Legal bases for processing
Under the GDPR, Brodar must have a valid legal basis for each processing activity. Brodar relies on the following legal bases:
• Performance of a contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR): processing that is necessary to provide you with the Service and fulfill the Agreement, including creating and maintaining your Account, delivering the Service’s core features, and processing payments for Additional Services.
• Consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR): processing that is based on your freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent, such as the processing of special categories of data (see section 5), marketing communications, non-essential cookies, and sharing your precise location with other Users.
• Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR): processing that is necessary for Brodar’s legitimate interests, provided these are not overridden by your rights and freedoms. This includes fraud prevention and detection, improving and securing the Service, analytics (in anonymized/aggregated form), and enforcing the Terms of Use.
• Legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR): processing that is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Brodar is subject, such as responding to lawful requests from law enforcement authorities, tax and accounting obligations, and obligations under the Digital Services Act.
Where Brodar relies on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before the withdrawal. You can withdraw consent through the App’s privacy settings or by contacting Brodar.
5. Special categories of personal data
Certain Personal Data processed by Brodar may constitute “special categories of personal data” within the meaning of Article 9 of the GDPR. This includes data concerning your health (such as HIV status), sexual orientation, and sexual preferences.
Brodar processes special categories of Personal Data only on the basis of your explicit consent (Article 9(2)(a) GDPR), which you provide when you voluntarily enter such information into your Profile. You are never required to provide special category data to use the Service.
You may withdraw your consent to the processing of special category data at any time by removing the relevant information from your Profile or by contacting Brodar. Upon withdrawal, Brodar will cease processing the relevant data, subject to any legal obligations requiring continued retention.
Brodar applies additional technical and organizational safeguards to protect special category data, including encryption, access restrictions, and regular security assessments.
6. What security measures are in place to protect Personal Data?
The security of your data and that of other Users is very important to Brodar. We have implemented technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Data against loss or any form of unlawful processing. Brodar stores Personal Data on servers with limited access. These servers are located in secured facilities within the European Economic Area (EEA).
Brodar offers SSL encrypted access. Using SSL, the data exchange between your personal computer or mobile device and Brodar’s server is protected with up to 256-bit encryption to help prevent unauthorized parties from being able to intercept and read your data. SSL encryption is always activated.
It is your responsibility to protect the security of your Credentials. Please note that emails, instant messages and other means of correspondence are not necessarily encrypted. Brodar strongly advises you not to communicate any confidential information through emails, instant messages or other means of correspondence.
Brodar conducts regular security audits, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessments to identify and address potential security risks. Brodar requires its employees and contractors who have access to Personal Data to adhere to strict confidentiality obligations.
7. Limits of responsibility concerning third parties
Our Service may contain services offered by third parties. There may also be advertisements or content containing hyperlinks to the websites or services of partners, advertisers, and other third parties.
Brodar has no control or influence over the content, websites or services of these third parties. Different privacy policies may apply to the use of third party websites and services. This Privacy Statement only relates to Personal Data which has been obtained by Brodar through your use of the Service. Brodar does not accept any responsibility or liability for the content, practices or operation of third party websites and services.
When you use our Service, you are responsible for the Personal Data and information about yourself that you choose to share with others via the Service. Brodar does not accept any responsibility or liability in this regard.
8. International data transfers
Brodar primarily stores and processes Personal Data within the European Economic Area (EEA). However, some of Brodar’s service providers (sub-processors) may be located outside the EEA.
Where Personal Data is transferred to a country outside the EEA that has not been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission, Brodar ensures that appropriate safeguards are in place, including: (a) Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission; (b) binding corporate rules of the recipient; or (c) other safeguards as permitted under Article 46 of the GDPR.
You may request information about the specific safeguards applied to international transfers of your Personal Data by contacting Brodar using the details set out in section 17.
9. Data retention
Brodar retains Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described in this Privacy Statement, or as required by applicable law. The following retention periods apply:
• Active Account data: retained for as long as the User maintains an active Account.
• Deleted Account data: after deletion of your Account, Brodar may retain your data for a maximum of 90 days for technical reasons (backup cycles) and up to 2 years for fraud prevention, legal compliance, and dispute resolution, after which the data will be permanently deleted or fully anonymized.
• Payment and transaction data: retained for the period required by applicable tax and accounting legislation (currently 7 years under Dutch law).
• Support correspondence: retained for up to 2 years after the last communication.
• Analytics and log data: retained in identifiable form for a maximum of 12 months, after which the data is anonymized or deleted.
After the applicable retention period expires, Personal Data is securely deleted or anonymized so that it can no longer be attributed to you.
10. Viewing and changing Personal Data
You can always view, edit or delete the Personal Data in your Account. You can also change the privacy settings of your Personal Data in your Account.
If you want to know what Personal Data Brodar has stored about you, you can contact Brodar by sending an email to the contact address published on the Website. Brodar will send you an overview of all your stored Personal Data within one (1) month from the date we receive your request, in accordance with Article 12(3) of the GDPR.
After your receipt of this overview, you may request Brodar to correct, supplement, delete or block Personal Data that is factually incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant for the purpose of processing, or if the data is in violation of a legal provision. Brodar will inform you within one (1) month whether it will comply with your request.
If you wish to delete your entire Account you can do so in your Account on the Brodar app. After deletion of your Account, Brodar may store your Personal Data and Account for a further period of time for a number of reasons, including but not limited to legal obligations concerning the retention of accounting information and the prevention of malicious actions resulting from identity theft or other offenses or crimes such as fraud. Specific retention periods are set out in section 9 of this Privacy Statement. Deleted Personal Data and Accounts are only accessible to Brodar or (a) third part(y)(ies) it hires for such storage. The Deleted Personal Data cannot be accessed by any Users of the Service. All retained Personal Data continues to be subject to this Privacy Statement.
In addition to the above, under the GDPR you have the following rights with respect to your Personal Data:
• Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR): you have the right to receive the Personal Data you have provided to Brodar in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to transmit that data to another controller.
• Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR): you have the right to request that Brodar restrict the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances, for example while we verify the accuracy of your data following a dispute.
• Right to object (Article 21 GDPR): you have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes. Where you object to direct marketing, Brodar will cease processing your data for that purpose immediately.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact Brodar using the details in section 17. Brodar will respond to your request within one (1) month, which may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity of the request.
11. Automated decision-making and profiling
Brodar may use automated systems for purposes such as recommending profiles, detecting spam or abusive behavior, and identifying fraudulent accounts. These systems may involve profiling (i.e. automated processing of Personal Data to evaluate certain personal aspects, such as your interests or location).
Brodar does not make decisions based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you, without human involvement.
You have the right to obtain human intervention in respect of any automated processing, to express your point of view, and to contest any decision. You may also opt out of personalized recommendations through the App’s privacy settings.
For more information about how Brodar’s recommender systems work, including the main parameters used and options for adjusting them, please refer to the relevant section of the App or Website, as required by the Digital Services Act.
12. Data breach notification
In the event of a personal data breach (as defined in Article 4(12) of the GDPR), Brodar will notify the competent supervisory authority (the Dutch Data Protection Authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) without undue delay and, where feasible, within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, unless the breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
Where the personal data breach is likely to result in a high risk to your rights and freedoms, Brodar will communicate the breach to you without undue delay, providing a description of the nature of the breach, the likely consequences, and the measures taken or proposed to address the breach and mitigate its adverse effects.
Brodar maintains a data breach register in which all breaches are documented, regardless of whether they are reportable to the supervisory authority.
13. Data Protection Officer
Brodar has designated a Data Protection Officer (DPO) in accordance with Articles 37–39 of the GDPR. The DPO can be contacted for any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your Personal Data or the exercise of your data subject rights.
The DPO can be reached at the email address published on the Website or by writing to: Data Protection Officer, Brodar B.V., Wim Duisenbergplantsoen 31, 6221SE Maastricht, Netherlands.
14. Children’s data
The Service is not directed at, and is not intended to be used by, persons under the age of 18. Brodar does not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18. If Brodar becomes aware that it has collected Personal Data from a minor, it will take steps to delete such data as soon as possible. If you believe that a minor has provided Personal Data to Brodar, please contact us using the details in section 17.
15. Changes to this Privacy Statement
Brodar can update this Privacy Statement at any time. Brodar will publish the updated version of the Privacy Statement via the Service. Brodar encourages you to check this page from time to time to be aware of any changes to this Privacy Statement and to stay informed about how Brodar protects your Personal Data. It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Statement periodically and familiarize yourself with any updates.
Where changes to this Privacy Statement materially affect the way Brodar processes your Personal Data or your rights, Brodar will notify you by email and/or through a prominent notice in the App or on the Website prior to the changes taking effect. Where required by law, Brodar will obtain your consent to material changes.
16. Applicable law and competent court
This Privacy Statement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. All disputes resulting from or arising out of this Privacy Statement shall be dealt with in accordance with the Terms of Use.
17. What to do if you have any questions or remarks
If you have any questions or remarks about Brodar’s Privacy Statement or have any complaints in regard to our use of your Personal Data, please contact Brodar via the Website or by sending an email to the contact address published on the Website.
18. Supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of your Personal Data infringes the GDPR.
The lead supervisory authority for Brodar is the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens), which can be contacted at: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, PO Box 93374, 2509 AJ The Hague, Netherlands, or via their website at https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.