Privacy policy
What we collect, why we collect it, who else touches it, and how to get it deleted.
Last updated October 17, 2026
Who we are
Cedar Mingle is operated by HydrOxygen Labs, LLC, which is responsible for the data described here. In this policy, “we” and “us” mean HydrOxygen Labs, LLC.
What we collect
- Your school email address, used to sign you in and to send you emails you've turned on. It's never shown to other members.
- Your profile: first name, birthday (only your age is shown), gender and who you'd like to see, class year, major, and anything else you add.
- Your photos and the verification selfie. The selfie is only seen by our checks and our team, never by other members.
- What you do in the app: likes, passes, matches, messages, reports, and blocks.
- Technical details like the device you use for push notifications and when you last opened the app.
How we use it
- To show you picks and show your profile to people who match your preferences.
- To check that photos and selfies are real and appropriate, and to look into reports.
- To send the notifications and emails you've turned on.
- To pause profiles that haven't been used in a while.
We don't sell your data, and we don't show ads.
Who else handles it
We use a small number of services to run the app. Each only gets what it needs:
- Clerk handles sign-in and Cedar+ subscriptions. Payments are processed by Stripe, and we never see your card number.
- Railway hosts the app, the database, and photo storage.
- Resend sends our emails.
- Anthropic's Claude screens photos and compares verification selfies. Images sent for screening aren't used to train models.
Cedarville University doesn't have access to your data.
How long we keep it
- Your profile stays until you delete it. After 30 days without opening the app it's paused and hidden from others.
- When you delete your account, we remove your profile, photos, selfie, matches and messages. If your account has open reports or was suspended, we keep a minimal record of the account and those reports so the same person can't simply sign up again.
Your choices
- Change your profile and notification settings at any time in the app.
- Delete your account from Settings.
- Email [email protected] from your school address to ask for a copy of your data or for anything this page doesn't cover.