Location Safety & Permission Disclosure

Effective Date: June 26, 2026
Last Updated: June 26, 2026

At Weefou, location helps users discover relevant people, plans, communities, and activities nearby. This disclosure explains why Weefou requests location permission, how location may be used, how you can control it, and how to stay safe while using location-based features.

By allowing location permission, you agree that Weefou may use your location information as described in this disclosure and our Privacy Policy.

1. Why Weefou Requests Location Permission

Weefou is an intent-based social discovery app where users connect with nearby people for friendship, dating, events, travel, networking, communities, activities, and real-life plans.

We may request location permission to:

Show nearby users
Improve intent-based discovery
Suggest relevant plans and activities
Show nearby communities or events
Improve match relevance based on distance
Enable city-based or area-based discovery
Support Travel Mode or similar location-based features
Improve user safety, fraud prevention, and abuse review where required
Help users connect with people in their selected location range

2. Types of Location Data We May Use

Depending on your device settings and permission choice, Weefou may use:

Approximate location
Precise location
City-level location
Area-level location
GPS-based location
Network-based location
Location selected manually by the user
Travel Mode location, if enabled
Last known location, where supported by device settings

Weefou may not need exact location for every feature. Where possible, we may use approximate or limited location to improve privacy.

3. How Weefou Uses Location

Weefou may use location to:

Show users near your selected distance range
Help other users discover your profile based on approximate distance
Improve search and discovery results
Suggest nearby activities, events, or communities
Reduce irrelevant matches from far locations
Support location-based safety checks
Detect suspicious or abusive platform activity
Improve app performance and user experience

We do not use your location to guarantee matches, meetings, events, or real-life plans.

4. How Your Location May Appear to Other Users

Weefou may show limited location-related information to other users, such as:

Approximate distance
City or general area
Nearby status
Travel Mode city or selected location
Discovery range-based visibility

Weefou does not recommend showing your exact live location to other users.

Your exact GPS coordinates should not be publicly visible to other users unless a specific feature clearly says so and you choose to share it.

5. Precise Location Disclosure

Precise location may be used only when needed for location-based features such as nearby discovery, distance-based matching, local plans, or Travel Mode.

If you do not want to share precise location, you may:

Select approximate location, if your device supports it
Disable precise location from device settings
Use manual city/location selection, if available
Disable location permission entirely

Some features may not work properly without location access.

6. Background Location Disclosure

Weefou may request background location only if a feature clearly requires it and only with your permission.

Background location means the app may access location when the app is not actively open on your screen.

Weefou may use background location only for clearly disclosed user-facing features, such as:

Keeping nearby discovery updated
Supporting Travel Mode or location-based availability
Improving safety and fraud prevention where required
Updating location-based matching when enabled by the user

If background location is not required, Weefou should not request it.

You can disable background location anytime from your device settings.

7. Location Is Not Used For

Weefou does not use your location to:

Sell your precise location data
Publicly show your exact live location
Track you outside the app without permission
Share your exact GPS coordinates with other users
Allow unknown users to see your home address
Allow unknown users to see your workplace address
Guarantee the safety or identity of other users

8. User Control Over Location

You can control location access at any time.

On Android

Settings > Apps > Weefou > Permissions > Location

You may choose options such as:

Allow only while using the app
Allow all the time, if available and required
Ask every time
Deny
Approximate location
Precise location

On iPhone

Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > Weefou

You may choose options such as:

Never
Ask Next Time or When I Share
While Using the App
Always, if available and required
Precise Location On/Off

If you disable location, nearby discovery and distance-based features may be limited.

9. Location Safety Tips

To protect your safety:

Do not share your exact live location with strangers
Do not share your home address in chat
Do not share your workplace address too early
Avoid meeting at private or isolated locations
Meet in public places for first meetings
Tell a trusted person before meeting someone
Use your own transport when possible
Trust your instincts
Leave immediately if you feel unsafe
Report suspicious or unsafe behaviour

10. Meeting Safety

Weefou helps users connect, but users are responsible for their own offline safety.

Before meeting someone:

Choose a public location
Confirm basic details
Avoid sharing private documents
Do not send money
Do not share OTPs or passwords
Keep your phone charged
Inform a trusted person
Report or block anyone who pressures you

Weefou does not guarantee the identity, background, intention, safety, or offline behaviour of any user.

11. Location and Plan Requests

If you create or accept a plan on Weefou, location may be used to support plan relevance.

You should not create or accept plans at unsafe places.

Avoid:

Private homes for first meetings
Isolated areas
Unknown or suspicious locations
Locations shared by users who pressure you
Places that feel unsafe or uncomfortable

If a plan feels unsafe, decline it, block the user, and report the issue.

12. Travel Mode Location

If Weefou offers Travel Mode, you may be able to select or update a city/location where you want to discover people.

Travel Mode may be used to:

Show you to users in another city
Help you discover people before or during travel
Improve travel-related plan suggestions
Connect with users based on your selected travel location

Travel Mode does not mean you should share your live travel route or exact stay address with unknown users.

13. Location Data Retention

Weefou may retain location-related data only as long as necessary for:

Providing location-based features
Improving discovery
Safety and abuse review
Fraud prevention
Legal compliance
Dispute resolution
Platform security

Some technical logs or safety records may be retained for a limited period where required.

14. Location and Privacy

Your location data is handled according to our Privacy Policy.

You may contact us for:

Location privacy concerns
Consent withdrawal
Account deletion
Data correction
Privacy complaints
Location-related safety concerns

Privacy Email: founder@weefou.com
Support Email: founder@weefou.com

15. Report Location Misuse

Please report any user who:

Pressures you to share exact location
Asks for your home address too early
Tracks or stalks you
Shares your location without consent
Threatens you using location information
Creates unsafe plan locations
Uses location to harass or harm you

You can report the user from their profile, chat, plan request, or by contacting Weefou support.

16. Emergency Note

Weefou is not an emergency service.

If you are in immediate danger:

Move to a safe place
Contact local emergency services
Inform a trusted person
Preserve evidence if safe
Report the user on Weefou when you are safe

17. Changes to This Disclosure

We may update this Location Safety & Permission Disclosure from time to time.

If we make important changes, we may notify users through the app, website, email, or other reasonable method.

18. Contact Us

Company Name: WEEFOU WEBTECH LLP
App Name: Weefou
LLPIN: ACV-1997
Registered Office Address: House No. 127(1), Village Pansai, Kohdra, Una, Bangana, Himachal Pradesh, India, 174308
Support Email: founder@weefou.com
Privacy Email: founder@weefou.com
Safety Email: founder@weefou.com