Privacy policy
Last updated 15 November 2026
Draft. Qattiya is not in the stores yet. This page describes how the app will work when it launches, and will be reviewed before then.
In short
We collect only what the app needs to work. We do not sell your information and we do not use it for advertising. Qattiya never sees your bank account, your cards or your money.
What we collect
Your account: your first and last name, your username, and the phone number or email address you sign in with. If you sign in with Apple or Google, they tell us it is you. We do not receive your password.
What you choose to add: an email address, and a profile picture.
Your age: we ask for your date of birth once, to check that you are 18 or older. The date is not kept. We keep only the fact that you were confirmed, and when.
Pools: their names, amounts and dates, and the payment details an organizer chooses to show, such as a WAMD number or a bank payment link.
People in a pool: the names and phone numbers an organizer enters.
Following and blocking: the people you choose to follow, and the people you choose to block.
Reports: when you report a person, we keep who you reported, the reason you chose and anything you wrote, together with that person's name, username and the place of their picture as they were at that moment.
Payments: who was marked as paid, when, and by whom. If you upload a screenshot of a transfer, it is read to find the amount, the date and the name, and is then deleted.
Your phone: the language and version of the app, and a code that lets us send you notifications if you allow them. Error reports do not include what you typed.
Why we collect it
To run the app: to show each person their pools, to link you to pools you were added to by phone number, to send reminders, to keep accounts secure, and to fix problems.
Who can see what
An organizer, and any helpers the organizer appoints, see the names, phone numbers and payment status of the people in their pool.
A member sees their own amount and status. They see other members only if the organizer turns that on.
People in the same pool as you see your name, your username and your picture. They do not see an email address you added.
Anyone who uses Qattiya can find you by your name or your username. They see your name, your username and your picture, the people you follow, and the people who follow you. They do not see your phone number, your email address, your pools or your package.
Someone you have blocked cannot find you in the app, see your name, username or picture there, or follow you, and you cannot find them. They are not told that you blocked them. You can see the people you blocked, and undo it, in Settings.
A report is seen only by the people who run Qattiya, and a copy of it reaches our support mailbox by email. The person you reported is not told that they were reported, or by whom.
If an account breaks the terms, we may remove its picture, or hide the account so that other people no longer find it or see its page.
Companies that run parts of the service for us receive only what they need for that job: storing the data, sending sign-in codes and the emails about reports, sending notifications, reading screenshots, and handling subscriptions.
We give information to the authorities only when the law requires it.
Where it is kept, and for how long
Your information is stored on servers in Germany, protected while it travels and while it is stored. Email is the exception: the sign-in codes we send you, and the copy of each report that reaches our mailbox, are handled by the companies that send and keep our email, on their own servers.
We keep it while your account is open. When you delete your account, your information is removed within 30 days, except what the law requires us to keep.
When you delete your account, the reports about you are removed with it. Reports you made are kept, with your name taken off them. The copy of a report that reached our mailbox stays there for as long as we need it to deal with the report.
Our web page
The page at qattiya.app tells people about the app. It asks you for nothing, shows no advertising, and does not use cookies or anything else to recognise or follow you.
A company keeps the page for us on its machines. Like any company that keeps a website, it receives the internet address of your device and the kind of browser you use each time you open the page, and it uses them to send you the page and to protect it. Your browser may also tell that company when the page could not be loaded.
That company shows us totals only, such as how many times the page was opened and from which countries. It does not tell us who you are.
Your choices
You can see and correct your details in the app, leave a pool, block or report a person, turn off notifications, and delete your account. You can also ask what we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, at privacy@qattiya.app
If someone added you
If an organizer entered your name or number and you want it removed, ask them, or write to us.
Under 18
Qattiya is not for anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly keep their information.
Changes
We will tell you in the app before this policy changes in a way that matters.
Contact
Privacy questions: privacy@qattiya.app