HackyChat Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 2, 2025

Overview

HackyChat is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information.

Information We Collect

We collect minimal information necessary for our service to function, especially for safety and abuse prevention:

• Anonymous user identifiers for chat functionality
• URLs of pages where you use the extension (for room matching)
• Messages you send in chat rooms
• Basic device and network signals (user agent, language, hashed IP, client hints, ASN, coarse geo)
• Session and usage signals to detect spam, abuse, and ban evasion

How We Use Information

Your information is used solely to:

• Enable real-time chat functionality
• Match you with relevant chat rooms
• Improve service reliability
• Protect the platform against abuse, spam, and ban evasion

Data Sharing

We do NOT sell, share, or rent your personal information to third parties. Data is only used for service operation.

Admin Access

Telemetry data is restricted to authorized administrators and is not shown to other users.

Security Disclosure

We use device and network signals to enforce community safety rules. The exact detection methods are not publicly disclosed to prevent abuse.

Opt-Out

You can opt out of telemetry collection in the browser extension settings at any time. Safety enforcement still relies on minimal signals to protect the platform.

Contact

For privacy questions: [email protected]