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"Your Global Positioning System (GPS) information, after you permit us to do so but you may change the access to your GPS information via the settings on your mobile device."

The app collects precise GPS location data. While it requires permission, the policy does not limit this to foreground use or explain what the location data is used for beyond general service purposes.

"Device identifiers, such as your operating system, browser type, brand, model and serial number of your mobile device, Internet Protocol (IP) address; Mobile advertising identifiers, which are used by mobile operating systems and made available to advertising providers to gather metrics on mobile apps (Apple's IDFA or Google's AAID or similar) to help us and advertisers provide ads that may be more relevant to your interests."

The app collects extensive device information including serial number, IP address, and mobile advertising identifiers, going beyond what a live social app's core functionality would require.

"Mobile advertising identifiers, which are used by mobile operating systems and made available to advertising providers to gather metrics on mobile apps (Apple's IDFA or Google's AAID or similar) to help us and advertisers provide ads that may be more relevant to your interests; Cookies, small pieces of data to enable us to provide certain features, which are collected by us or our business partners to measure and understand the web pages you click on and how you use Services, enhance your experience using Services, and provide you with targeted advertising on Services and elsewhere across your different devices."

The app uses advertising identifiers and cookies to track users across different devices and services for targeted advertising purposes.

"We may share your information with certain authorized third parties... to cloud storage providers to store the information you provide; to analytics and search engine providers that assist us in the optimization and improvement of the user experience on Services; to any member, subsidiary, parent, or affiliate of our corporate group."

User data is shared broadly with cloud providers, analytics services, search engine providers, and corporate affiliates, in addition to the numerous advertising partners listed separately.

"We may amend any of the terms of the privacy policy by posting the terms. We will also update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy, which reflects the effective date of such policy. Your continued access to or use of Services after the date of the updated policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy. If you do not agree to the updated policy, you must stop accessing or using Services."

The company can change the privacy policy at any time by simply posting updated terms, with no requirement to notify users directly. Continued use is treated as acceptance.

"We retain your information for as long as it is necessary to provide you with Services so that we can fulfil our contractual obligations and rights in relation to the information involved, or for other legitimate purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Where we do not need your information in order to provide Services to you, we retain it only for so long as we have a reasonable business purpose in keeping such data."

The retention policy uses vague language like "reasonable business purpose" without specifying concrete timelines, effectively allowing indefinite retention of user data.