Privacy Policy

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Roomly is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website, waitlist, app, and related services.

1. Information we collect

1.1 Information you provide

We may collect information you choose to give us, including:

  • Name and email address when you join the waitlist or contact us

  • Student email address for verification

  • Profile information such as age, nationality, interests, lifestyle preferences, study habits, and roommate preferences

  • Apartment, room, or listing details you choose to add

  • Photos, descriptions, and availability information for homes or rooms

  • Messages or communication sent through the app

  • Preferences and settings within Roomly

1.2 Verification information

To help keep Roomly safe and trusted, we may collect or process verification-related information, such as:

  • University email verification status

  • Student verification status

  • Home or listing verification status

  • ID verification status, where applicable

Where ID verification is used, this may be handled by a trusted third-party provider. Roomly will only process verification data where necessary for trust, safety, and fraud prevention.

1.3 Automatically collected data

We may collect basic technical and usage data to improve performance and reliability, including:

  • Device type

  • Browser or app version

  • Operating system

  • Interactions with listings, profiles, matches, and waitlist forms

  • Error logs and crash reports

  • Basic analytics about how users interact with Roomly

We do not intentionally collect special category personal data such as health information, religion, political opinions, or biometric data.

2. How we use your information

We use your information to:

  • Operate the Roomly website, waitlist, and app

  • Create and manage user profiles, apartments, rooms, and listings

  • Verify students, homes, and listings

  • Support matching between students, rooms, roommates, and homes

  • Enable mutual matches and in-app communication

  • Improve safety, trust, and fraud prevention

  • Personalize your experience and improve recommendations

  • Improve app performance, reliability, and usability

  • Provide customer support

  • Send important updates about Roomly, including launch updates and product changes

We never sell your personal data.

3. How your data is stored

We store your data securely using trusted cloud and database providers.

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including access controls, encryption where appropriate, and secure infrastructure.

Only authorized team members and service providers may access personal data where necessary to operate, maintain, or improve Roomly.

4. Sharing of information

We only share information in limited cases:

With service providers

We may share data with trusted providers that help us run Roomly, such as:

  • Cloud hosting providers

  • Database and authentication providers

  • Analytics tools

  • Crash reporting tools

  • Email and waitlist tools

  • Verification providers

These providers may only process data as needed to provide their services to Roomly.

For safety and legal reasons

We may share information if necessary to:

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Enforce our Terms & Conditions

  • Prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues

  • Protect the rights, safety, or property of Roomly, our users, or others

We do not share personal profile, matching, or verification data with advertisers.

5. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

  • Access your personal data

  • Request correction of inaccurate data

  • Request deletion of your data

  • Request a copy of your stored data

  • Object to or restrict certain processing

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Opt out of non-essential analytics or marketing communication

To make a request, contact us at:

support@roomly-app.nl

6. Data retention

We keep your information only for as long as necessary to provide Roomly, maintain safety, comply with legal obligations, and improve our services.

If you delete your account or request deletion, we will remove or anonymize your personal data unless we are required to keep certain information for legal, safety, or fraud-prevention reasons.

Waitlist data may be kept until launch communication is completed or until you request deletion.

7. Children's privacy

Roomly is intended for university students and is not designed for children under 16.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have collected data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete it.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

Any updates will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Continued use of Roomly after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.

9. Contact us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, contact us at:

support@roomly-app.nl