VENZI

Privacy Policy

How Venzi collects, uses, shares and protects your information

Last updated November 11, 2026 · Effective November 11, 2026 · VenziApp LLC

The short version

Venzi is for adults 21 and older. You sign in with your phone number. Your home address is how we find Parties near you. The app doesn't show it to other members, unless you host a Party there: then that Party's approved guests and co-hosts see it (Section 4).
Other members see a small profile: your first name and last initial, photo, gender, Instagram, vibe answer, Venzi score and leaderboard rank, city, the month and year you joined, badges, tags and status markers (such as “verified”, “approved host”, “OG member” or “never late”), how many Parties you have attended and hosted, good vibes received, top party types and Party history (titles, dates and whether you hosted or attended, never venues or addresses, plus how many Parties you shared with them). The app does not show other members your phone number, date of birth, home address, email, or payout and bank details. Your Tribe (members you've partied with or who are going to the same Parties) also sees Parties you're going to and similar activity. Hosts of a Party you ask to join also see your request, and at the door your check-in code shows them your full name, gender and date of birth so they can compare them with your photo ID. A Party's exact address goes only to its approved guests and co-hosts (Section 4).
Public Party pages. If you're approved for a Party, your first name and photo can appear on that Party's public share page. You can turn this off (Section 4).
Parties may be photographed and filmed. Under the consent you give in our Terms, photos and video of you from Parties may appear in Venzi's marketing. You can opt out of new uses at any time (Section 5).
We use AI (mainly Anthropic's Claude) for support, Party messages, safety screening and photo checks. "Jenna" is our AI assistant, not a person. We choose provider settings that limit use of your data for training (Section 6).
Texts. Giving us your number means service texts about your account and your Parties. Jenna's Party messages come by text or WhatsApp only if you separately say yes. You can stop them any time (Section 7).
We never store your full card or bank numbers. Stripe handles them (Section 10).
We do not sell your personal information for money. Our website uses Meta's ad tools, and you can opt out of that (Section 12).
Chats. Automated tools help screen some chats and photos, but they miss things and nobody watches chats live. Anything you post in a chat can be seen and saved by others in it. Report problems in the app or at global@venzi.app, and call 911 in an emergency.
Every US member can see, correct, download or delete their data. Delete your account in the app or at venzi.app/delete-account. Questions: global@venzi.app (Section 16).

1. Who we are and what this covers

This Privacy Policy explains how VenziApp LLC ("Venzi", "we", "us") collects, uses, shares and protects personal information when you use the Venzi mobile apps, the websites at venzi.app and vz.tt, our messaging lines on text, WhatsApp and Instagram, our email addresses, and related services (together, the "Service").

Venzi is a members-only community. It helps members discover and apply to private social gatherings ("Parties") hosted by other members ("Hosts") in private homes and spaces, chat, check in and earn rewards. A member who attends is a "Guest". Capitalized words that are not defined here have the meanings given in our Terms of Service.

This policy is a notice, not a contract. It describes our practices and does not create contractual rights or obligations beyond those in our Terms of Service. To the extent you have agreed to our Terms, their dispute-resolution and arbitration section applies to any dispute about this policy or your information.

Hosts are independent. Hosts are independent members, not Venzi's employees, agents or service providers, and we are not theirs. This policy describes Venzi's own practices; it does not create duties for Hosts. Under our Terms, Hosts and co-hosts may use information they receive through Venzi only to decide on requests, run and follow up on their Party and keep people safe, and may not sell it, add it to other lists or use it to contact members outside Venzi for unrelated purposes. Beyond that, what any member does with information outside the Service is their own responsibility.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Information you give us

Sign-in: your mobile phone number. We sign you in with a one-time code sent by text.
Profile: first and last name; gender (shown on your profile and used to group leaderboards and, where a Host sets it, to show a different suggested Contribution); date of birth (you confirm you are 21 or older; we do not verify it); profile photo; and your home address (street, city, state, ZIP code, country and its map coordinates). You can also add an Instagram handle, an answer to a "vibe" ice-breaker question and an email address.
Parties you host: poster images or video, title, description, schedule, address, house rules, any cameras or recording devices you disclose, the suggested Contribution, promoter commission, co-hosts and other details.
Parties you join: your requests to join, the Contribution you choose, extra contributions and tips, approvals and declines, your check-in code (QR code), check-in time, "running late" updates and no-shows.
Content you share: chat messages, photos, videos, voice notes, GIFs and locations you choose to share in chats; reviews (including any images); good-vibes votes and other post-Party feedback, including private reports; and reports about other members.
Payouts (Hosts and promoters): to get paid you set up a payout account with Stripe. We pre-fill Stripe's forms with your name, email, phone and date of birth. Identity documents, ID photos, Social Security numbers and full bank or card numbers are entered on Stripe's own pages and are not stored by Venzi. See Section 10.
Merch: your shipping name, address, email, size and order details when you redeem points.
Messages with us: what you send our team or Jenna in the app, by text, WhatsApp, Instagram or email, including voice notes and photos.
Settings and choices: notification, messaging and marketing preferences, your replies to our requests (such as YES or STOP), and your opt-outs.

2.2 Information we collect automatically

Device: device model, operating system and version, app version, language, time zone and screen size. We store a device identifier (Android ID or Apple's identifier for vendor) to stop one person from running several accounts and to enforce bans. We also store push-notification tokens. We use Firebase App Check to help tell whether requests come from a genuine copy of our app, and we check whether a device is jailbroken or rooted to protect the app.
Usage: screens viewed, taps, sign-up steps, errors, checkout steps and payments (amount, method and transaction ID), and when you last opened the app. Our analytics use an internal account ID, not your name or phone number.
Crash and diagnostic data: crash reports and performance logs, linked to your account ID so we can fix problems.
Network: IP address and similar connection data.
Location: only while the app is open and only for the features in Section 8. Never in the background.
Referral signals: when you open a Venzi link, the Party and promoter code in it, and the details described in Section 9.
Website: cookies and similar technologies on venzi.app, including Meta's Pixel and Conversions API (see Section 12).

Device permissions. With your permission we use your camera (chat photos and video, scanning check-in codes, and photographing your ID for Stripe's payout setup), your microphone (voice notes and the sound on videos you record), the system photo picker (photos and video you choose) and your location (Section 8). We do not access your contacts. The app contains no advertising SDK and does not use your device's advertising identifier to target ads or to track you across other companies' apps or websites.

2.3 Information from others

Other members: for example when a Host approves, declines or removes you, a co-host checks you in, someone gives you good vibes, writes a review, reports you, or mentions you in a chat.
Payment providers: Stripe tells us whether payments, holds, refunds, disputes, identity checks and payouts succeeded. We see limited details such as payment method type, the last four digits and the bank name.
Meta: if you reach us by tapping an Instagram or Facebook ad that opens WhatsApp, Meta gives us the ad ID, source link and click ID, and we link them to your account if you then sign up. If you add an Instagram handle, we may look up the public information of that account through Instagram's official API to show your Instagram card.
Address lookup: Google Places turns the address you type into a confirmed address and map coordinates.
Promoters: the promoter code or link you arrived from.

2.4 If you are not a member

We may have information about you if you message us on WhatsApp, Instagram, text or email (your number or handle, your messages and any ad-referral details), visit venzi.app (Section 12), appear in photos or video from a Party, or are named by a member. We use it only to reply to you, run and protect the Service and, for Party Media, as described in Section 5. You can ask us to delete it at global@venzi.app.

3. How we use information

We use personal information to:

Run the Service: create and secure your account; show Parties near your home address; handle requests, approvals, Contributions, holds, refunds, tips, settled earnings you choose to apply to your own Contributions, and payouts; run chats, check-in, Tribe, the leaderboard, Venzi score, points and merch.
Help keep the community safe: check that profile photos appear to show a real adult (an automated check that can be wrong; it is not age or identity verification); use automated tools to help detect abusive photos and messages; prevent duplicate and fake accounts, fraud and chargeback abuse; review reports; and enforce our Terms. We may respond to emergencies when we learn of them and to lawful requests, but we do not monitor Parties and cannot provide emergency help. In an emergency, call 911.
Calculate scores: your Venzi score and leaderboard position come from your activity, such as attendance, punctuality, no-shows, how much you contribute and tip, chat, good vibes from other guests, and whether you completed your profile (Instagram, email, vibe answer). Our team may adjust scores for fairness or abuse. Hosts may look at scores when deciding on requests. Scores are not a statement of fact about anyone. You can see your score and the stats behind it on your profile. If something looks wrong, such as a no-show you didn't miss, tell us in the app or at global@venzi.app and a person will review it.
Communicate with you: sign-in codes, Party updates and reminders, safety notices, support, and, if you agree, messages from Jenna about Parties (Section 7).
Use AI tools as described in Section 6.
Credit and pay promoters (Section 9).
Market Venzi: use photos and video from Parties, Party posters and member content in our marketing, as described in Section 5; measure our ads; and send you Venzi news if you agree.
Improve the Service: analytics, testing, debugging and building new features.
Meet legal duties: tax, accounting, record keeping, and handling disputes and legal claims.

Where a law requires a legal basis, we rely on performing our contract with you, our legitimate interests in running a safe and useful Service (balanced against your rights), your consent (which you can withdraw), and legal obligations.

4. What other members and the public can see

Who	What they can see
Any member	Your profile card: first name and last initial, profile photo, gender, Instagram link or card, vibe question and answer, Venzi score and leaderboard rank, your city (not your neighbourhood or address), “on Venzi since” month and year, badges, tags and status markers (such as “verified”, “approved host”, “OG member”, “4× host” or “never late”), how many Parties you have attended and hosted, good vibes received, your top party types, and your Party history (Party titles, dates and whether you hosted or attended, never venues or addresses, plus how many Parties you have shared with that member). The app does not show other members your phone number, date of birth, home address, email, or payout and bank details. If you rank on the leaderboard: your first name, photo, gender (shown by which leaderboard you are on), city, number of Parties, score and rank.
Members you've partied with or who are going to the same Parties ("Tribe")	Your first name and photo, and activity such as Parties you're going to (with the Host's first name), Party milestones and streaks, your first time hosting, anniversaries, leaderboard rank and reviews of Hosts. If you don't want people going to a Party to see you there, don't request it.
Hosts and co-hosts of a Party you request	Your profile card, your request and Contribution, your Venzi score and your Party history on Venzi, and your check-in, running-late and no-show status. At the door they may check you in by scanning your QR code, which shows your full name, gender and date of birth so the Host can compare them with your photo ID, which our Terms require Hosts to check at the door, and confirm you are the member they approved and are 21 or older. Checking ID is the Host's own responsibility. Venzi does not check IDs and does not verify any member's age or identity. Hosts may use this information only to check you in and may not photograph, copy or keep it or your ID.
People in a chat with you	Your messages, photos, videos, voice notes, GIFs and any location you choose to share. Members can save media shared in chats to their own devices.
Other Hosts (the Hosts' chat, a group chat for Venzi Hosts)	Messages, photos and video you post in the Hosts' chat, with your first name and photo. The Hosts' chat is open to Hosts and co-hosts of current Parties and of Parties in the last 30 days.
Members who open a Party's page	The first names and photos of members who viewed that Party since it was posted (you count as a viewer when you open the Party's details or tap Request). The list does not include the Host, and you do not see yourself on it.
Approved guests and co-hosts of a Party	The Party's exact address (see "Party addresses" below).
Anyone on the internet	Public Party pages on venzi.app and vz.tt (the pages behind share links) show the Party poster and description, an approximate area, the Host's first name and photo, the first names and photos of approved guests, and reviews with the reviewer's first name and photo. They never show the exact address. Party posters may also be posted on Venzi's Instagram, tagging the Host and co-hosts.
Promoters	Only what their promoter earnings screen shows, such as how many people joined Parties through their link and the commission earned. Never your phone number or contact details.

Your choices about public pages and tagging

If you opt out of Venzi marketing (Section 5), we also remove your photo and name from public Party pages within a reasonable time, normally 30 days. Hosts can ask us not to tag them, or not to show their photo on public Party pages and Venzi's social media, by emailing global@venzi.app with the subject "Host privacy". Anyone can ask us to remove their photo from a public Party page at the same address, with the subject "Remove content".

Party addresses (often a Host's home)

The app shows a Party's exact address only to the Host, its co-hosts and the guests the Host has approved. Guests who withdraw, are declined or are removed lose access in the app. Everyone else, including visitors to public Party pages, sees only an approximate area; the map point is designed to be offset so it does not reveal the street address. No method is perfect, and a guest who receives an address could share it in breach of our Terms, which forbid that. We do not publish a Party's exact address, house number or street name, or a photo of the outside of the home, on public Party pages, posters we publish, our social media or our marketing. Jenna is designed to give a Party's exact address only to its approved guests and co-hosts. When we learn of reviews, chat messages or posts that reveal a Host's address, we remove them.

What we don't show

The app doesn't show other members your phone number, email, payment details, or the reports and flags you make (including a Host's reasons for removing a guest), except that if a Host reports damage or injury caused by a Guest, we may share that Guest's name and contact details as described in Section 11. If a Host declines your request, the app shows you the Host's reason (for example, the Party is full, the contribution was too low, or the profile is incomplete). The app doesn't show your home street address to other members unless you host a Party there, in which case that Party's approved guests and co-hosts see it as described above. Reviews you write may appear in the app and on public Party pages with your first name and photo.

Please share only what you are comfortable with. Anything you post in a chat can be seen, and saved, by the people in that chat.

5. Photos, video and Venzi marketing

Parties may be photographed and filmed by Hosts, guests and, with the Host's permission, photographers or creators working with Venzi. Under the "Photos, video and marketing" section of our Terms, when you accept our Terms you give Venzi your express written consent (including under Florida Statutes §540.08), and you give it again each time you request to join or attend a Party or upload content to Venzi. It lets Venzi use photos and video of you taken at Parties or shared on Venzi as described below, and audio in which you knowingly take part (for example, speaking to a camera), together with your first name or handle, image, likeness and voice, in Venzi's marketing, advertising, social media, website and app, worldwide, without further approval or payment.

You can opt out of new uses at any time, as explained below. This section describes that consent; the Terms are where it is given.

What we collect and use

Photos, videos and audio taken at Parties by Hosts, Guests or photographers working with Venzi, Party posters, content you post publicly on Venzi such as reviews, and photos or videos from Party chats only when the person who posted them gives permission and no one shown in them has opted out. We use them, with your first name or handle where relevant, to show what Venzi is like: on our website, in the app, on our social media accounts and in ads.

Sound. Venzi instructs photographers working with it not to record private conversations. Party video we use in our marketing has no original sound, or only general background sound, unless everyone whose words can be heard has agreed.

Photographers. Photographers or creators working with Venzi attend a Party only when the Host agrees. They are there to take pictures, not to run, supervise or secure the Party. Apart from photographers a Host has agreed to, Venzi does not attend, supervise or control Parties.

Your opt-out

Email global@venzi.app with the subject "Marketing opt-out".
Within a reasonable time, normally 30 days, we stop putting images of you in new posts and ads, stop running paid ads that feature you, and remove you from our website and app galleries and from public Party pages.
Posts already on our social media stay up unless you ask us to remove a specific one, which we will review. We cannot recall material already printed or distributed, or content that other people posted themselves.
Deleting your account also counts as opting out.
Opting out does not affect your account or your ability to attend Parties.

Limits we follow

We do not knowingly use images of anyone who appears to be under 21. If we learn that someone shown in our marketing was under 21 at the time, we remove the content within 48 hours of learning it.
We do not knowingly use images showing nudity, or images taken in bedrooms, bathrooms or other private rooms.
Hosts' homes. We use only images taken in the spaces the Host opened for the Party. We do not knowingly use images of areas a Host marked private or off-limits, images that show the outside of the home, a house number, a street or anything else that could reveal where a Host lives, or images of private items such as mail, documents, family photos, valuables or security systems. A Host can ask that their Party or home not be filmed by Venzi or featured in Venzi marketing by emailing global@venzi.app with the subject "Host privacy"; we honor it for new uses within a reasonable time, normally 30 days, as above.
We do not knowingly suggest in paid ads that a specific member endorses Venzi, or show a member's name next to their image in a paid ad, without that member's separate permission.
We do not knowingly use in any marketing the image of an identifiable person we cannot confirm is a member who has given this consent and has not opted out, unless that person signs a separate release. If you are not a member and appear in Venzi content, email global@venzi.app and we will remove it from new uses.
We do not knowingly use AI to alter or recreate a real member's face, body or voice without their consent. Some Venzi marketing shows AI-generated people; they are not Venzi members.
We do not use face recognition to identify or tag people in photos.
We never use your private messages with us (including with Jenna or support), your reports or your location in marketing.

Rules for everyone at a Party

Venzi does not supervise Parties and cannot enforce these rules in real time. Hosts and Guests are responsible for following them, and our Terms set them out in full.

Hosts may post signs at the Party. Your consent comes from accepting our Terms (and is repeated each time you request to join, attend or upload); it does not depend on whether a notice was posted or seen.
Hosts, co-hosts and Guests may photograph and film in the Party spaces and share those images on Venzi and in non-commercial posts about the Party. Any other commercial use by a Host or Guest needs the permission of the people shown.
Nobody may record in bathrooms, bedrooms or anywhere people change, record anyone undressed, or photograph or film any part of a Host's home outside the spaces open for the Party or any area the Host asks you not to record.
Do not record anyone's conversation without the permission of everyone in it.
Respect anyone who asks not to be filmed. If you post photos or video of other people, you must have their permission.
If you bring a plus-one who is not a member, tell them about this section before the Party.

Hosts' home devices. Some homes have security cameras, video doorbells or smart speakers that may record video or sound. Our Terms require Hosts to disclose them in their Party listing and with a sign at the door, to turn off audio recording during the Party unless every attendee has agreed in writing, and never to have recording devices in bathrooms, bedrooms or anywhere guests change. Venzi does not control or receive recordings made by a Host's devices; the Host is responsible for them.

Removing content that shows you

To ask us to remove content that shows you, email global@venzi.app with the subject "Remove content" and a link to or description of it.
Intimate images or deepfakes: email global@venzi.app with the subject "Removal request". Include a link to or description of the content, a statement that it shows you (or someone you represent) without consent, your contact details, and your physical or electronic signature. We remove valid requests within 48 hours and make reasonable efforts to remove known copies. Our Terms describe the full process.

6. AI and Jenna

Venzi uses artificial intelligence, mainly Claude by Anthropic. Our servers send the information needed for each task to our AI providers and receive the result; the AI does not run on your phone. We use it to:

Check profile photos. AI estimates whether a profile photo shows a real adult. It looks at a single photo, does not create, store or share a face template or any measurement of your face, does not compare your face with other photos and is not used to identify you. If the check gets it wrong, contact us and a person will review it.
Suggest your gender from your profile photo when you sign up. The suggestion is not stored, and you choose to accept or change it.
Help screen chats and photos. We use automated tools to help detect content that breaks our rules, such as harassment, hate, threats, sexual content, content involving minors, scams, violence and illegal trade, in some Party chats, the Hosts' chat and photos. Flagged content may be held until reviewed or removed, and a Venzi team member may review it. If screening is briefly unavailable, text may be posted unscreened and photos are held until checked. These tools miss things, chats are not monitored in real time, and Venzi does not have a duty to monitor chats and cannot prevent harmful messages. We do not use screening results to infer or keep information about anyone's health. If you feel unsafe, leave, report it in the app or to global@venzi.app, and call 911 in an emergency.
Power Jenna, Venzi's AI assistant. Jenna is not a person. She will always say she is an AI if you ask. Jenna answers support questions and sends Party messages in the app, by push and email and, if you agreed (Section 7), by text and on WhatsApp. She also replies on Instagram, and may appear in Party chats and the Hosts' chat. Messages from Jenna are written by AI. A Venzi team member may review a conversation.
Write some messages and create Party posters.

What the AI sees. To give useful answers, Jenna receives a summary of your account: your full name, gender, birthday, Instagram handle, vibe answer, home address and its map coordinates, how long you have been a member, the Parties you attended and their Hosts' names, your scores, who you gave good vibes to and received them from (including those members' names and Instagram handles), when you last opened the app, your tip jar and your earnings balance. For some planning chats, Jenna may receive your profile record as it is stored, including your home address and its coordinates. She also sees your conversation with us and, for Party questions, Party details, including the names of guests and reviews. Jenna may keep short notes and summaries of past conversations so she remembers context.

In Party chats, Jenna sees the chat, members' public profile information, and a few short, non-private notes (for example, the kinds of Parties someone likes) that she may keep from earlier conversations. Jenna is designed and instructed not to share or quote your private conversations with us in Party chats.

Your messages are recorded. Messages in chats, support and conversations with Jenna are recorded, stored and analyzed by Venzi and by the service providers named in Section 11 (including Anthropic, Google and Meta) for the purposes in this policy.

Voice. Jenna's voice notes are created with Google's Gemini text-to-speech. Voice notes you send us are not transcribed; we record only that one arrived.

No training on your data. Anthropic's API terms do not allow it to train its models on what we send by default. For our other AI providers (Google, and OpenRouter if it routes a request) we choose settings that limit use of your data for training where available. Creative tools we use to edit marketing video (Section 11) process that footage under their own terms. Messages you send through WhatsApp or Instagram are also handled by Meta under its own terms.

Limits. AI output can be wrong and is not professional advice. Automated tools may flag photos or messages and may hold content until it is reviewed. We do not permanently ban an account based only on an automated decision. Automated tools may temporarily hold content, payouts or sign-ups while a person reviews them, and you can ask for human review of any automated decision at global@venzi.app.

7. Texts, WhatsApp, push and email

Service messages. If you give us your phone number, you agree to get texts about your account and Parties you asked to join or host: sign-in codes, request and approval updates, reminders for Parties you are going to, and check-in and safety messages. We also send these by push notification.
Party updates from Jenna. We may send you Jenna's messages about Parties and Venzi in the app and by push notification. We send them by text or WhatsApp only with your separate permission, which you give by replying YES when we ask on text or WhatsApp. These may include promotional messages and may be sent automatically. You do not have to agree to this to use Venzi or join a Party. How often you hear from us varies. Urgent updates about a Party you are going to, such as a cancellation, may arrive at any time.
Jenna's suggestions. Unless you turn it off, Jenna may send you push notifications with suggestions, such as Parties you might like or friends' activity. You can turn this off any time in Edit Account > Jenna's suggestions. Texts and WhatsApp messages are sent only if you agree to them separately.
If you message us first on WhatsApp, text or Instagram, we may reply about what you asked, including with automated and AI replies. We may follow up in that conversation. On WhatsApp, WhatsApp only lets us send approved template messages once 24 hours have passed since you last wrote to us, and we send at most 3 of them in a conversation. You can end messages on any channel by telling us to stop in the conversation or by emailing global@venzi.app, by replying STOP to a text, or by blocking us on WhatsApp.
Quiet hours. For messages we start, we send free-form follow-ups only between 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. and approved WhatsApp templates only between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., Miami time. Replies to a message you just sent us can arrive at any hour.
Email. If you add an email address, we may use it for merch shipping updates and, if you agree, Venzi news. If you email us (for example at jenna@venzi.app), Jenna may reply by email. Every promotional email has an unsubscribe link. Please send formal requests (privacy, opt-outs, legal notices) to global@venzi.app.
Your choices. Reply STOP (or words like QUIT, END, CANCEL, UNSUBSCRIBE, REVOKE or "stop texting me") to any text message, block the number on WhatsApp, change your settings in the app, or tell Jenna or us in any other reasonable way, including by emailing global@venzi.app, to stop messages on that channel. After a text STOP we text you only sign-in codes you request, and messages about a Party you have been approved for that you ask to keep receiving. We honor requests promptly and always within 10 business days, and may send one message confirming your opt-out. Reply HELP for help. Turn off push notifications in your device settings. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Opting out never closes your account.

Your number stays with us. We do not sell, rent or share your mobile phone number or text-messaging consent with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes. Text-messaging opt-in data and consent are excluded from every category of sharing described in this policy, except with the service providers that send our messages for us (such as Twilio and Meta's WhatsApp service).

Messages on WhatsApp and Instagram are also processed by Meta under its own terms and privacy policy. We keep a record of messages and notifications we send and receive (the type, channel and time) for 18 months so we can honor your choices. We may learn what times you usually respond, and which days and hours you usually open the app, so we message you at better times. Mobile carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

8. Location

Your home address is your location on Venzi. We use it to show Parties near you and to tell you about nearby Parties. The app does not show other members your home street address unless you host a Party there (Section 4); your profile and the leaderboard show your city.
Device location (GPS) is used only while the app is open, only with your permission, and only to:
- check that you have arrived when you check in yourself at a Party (the distance check happens on your phone);
- where we ask for it, verify a Party address or your home address when you add or change it; and
- share your current location in a chat, only when you choose to.
We never track your location in the background. You can turn location access off in your device settings at any time; you will then check in by having the Host scan your QR code.
We may infer your approximate area from your IP address for security and fraud prevention.
Maps in the app are provided by Apple Maps, Google Maps and OpenFreeMap. They receive the map area you view and your IP address.

9. Promoter links and referral credit

Every member has a promoter code and link. When someone joins a Party through a member's link, that member (the promoter) may earn a commission set by the Host. To credit the right promoter we use, in this order:

The link or code itself, and references in messages you send us (for example a WhatsApp or text message that includes a Party code).
App-store install referral data (the referral details Apple or Google pass to the app on first install).
As a last resort, a short-lived match. When you tap a Venzi link on our website and then open the app for the first time, we may record your IP address, your screen size, your phone type (iPhone, iPad or Android, and the Android model when your browser shows it) and your operating system's main version number, with the Party and the promoter code, and compare them with what the app reports when you first open it, to carry the Party and promoter code into the app. We use this for up to 2 hours. Where we can, we store a scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address instead of the address itself. We do not use this to identify your device, to follow you across other companies' apps or websites, or for advertising.

We stop using the matching data after 2 hours and delete it automatically, usually within a day. If it credits a referral, only the result (which promoter was credited) is kept with your request. Venzi decides which promoter is credited, and its decision is final.

10. Payments and payouts

Paying. Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay and Link are processed by Stripe. If you pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay or Link, that provider also receives your payment information under its own privacy policy. Stripe may collect device and network information to prevent fraud (stripe.com/privacy). Venzi receives payment status, amount, method type and limited details such as the last four digits. We never store full card numbers. Hosts and promoters can also choose to apply their settled earnings to their own Contributions.
Holds. When you request to join, an authorization hold is usually placed and is captured only if the Host approves. Your bank may show it as pending.
Getting paid. Hosts and promoters are paid through Stripe Connect. Stripe verifies identity and may collect your Social Security number, ID photos and bank details on Stripe's own pages, which open from the app. These details go to Stripe and are not stored by Venzi. Venzi keeps only the payout account status, bank name, last four digits and payout records.
Records. We keep records of Contributions, tips, refunds, disputes, fees, commissions and payouts, and use them for accounting, taxes, fraud prevention and to answer disputes. We may share them with tax authorities and use them to issue tax forms where the law requires.
Chargebacks. If a payment is disputed, we share relevant records (for example, request and check-in history) with the payment provider and your bank.

11. How we share information

We do not sell your personal information for money. We share it only as described in this policy:

With other members and the public, as described in Section 4.
With service providers who process it for us under terms that limit their use of it to providing services to Venzi and require them to keep it secure (listed below).
With other third parties that receive information under their own terms when you use their features (listed below), and with Meta for advertising from our website (Section 12).
With our lawyers, accountants, auditors and insurers, under confidentiality duties.
For legal and safety reasons: to comply with law, subpoenas or court orders; to respond to emergencies; to protect the safety, rights or property of members, the public or Venzi; and to investigate fraud or abuse. We do not give a Host's address, Party details or guest lists to landlords, homeowners' or condo associations, neighbors or other private parties unless the law requires it (for example a valid subpoena or court order), in an emergency involving risk of death or serious injury, or with the Host's permission.
After a damage or injury report: if a Host reports damage or injury caused by a Guest, we may share that Guest's name and contact details with the Host, the Host's insurer or law enforcement so the matter can be resolved, where the law allows.
In a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, financing or sale of assets. The recipient must honor this policy for information it receives.
With your consent or at your direction, for example when you share a Party link.

Your mobile number and text-messaging consent are never shared for others' marketing (Section 7).

Service providers (process data for us under contract)

Provider	What they do for us
Google (Firebase, Google Cloud and Google Workspace)	Hosting (including our AI messaging service), database, file storage, sign-in, push notifications, analytics, crash reports, App Check, logging; Google Places for address lookup; Gemini text-to-speech for Jenna's voice notes; the global@venzi.app email inbox
Anthropic (Claude), directly or through OpenRouter, a service that routes AI requests	AI features in Section 6
Stripe	Payments, holds, refunds, disputes, identity verification, fraud prevention and payouts
Twilio	Text messages
Meta (WhatsApp Cloud API and Instagram Graph API)	Sending and receiving our WhatsApp and Instagram messages; public Instagram handle lookup
Postmark	Email
Tapstitch and its carriers	Making and shipping merch
Photographers, creators and contractors working for Venzi	Attending a Party with the Host's permission to take photos or video; they receive the Party's address and details and are bound by confidentiality
Creative, AI image and video tools (such as Higgsfield, Kling, Seedance by ByteDance, reAPI and Google's image tools)	Editing Venzi marketing videos, which may include Party footage (never to alter a real member's likeness without consent; see Section 5)

Other third parties (use data under their own privacy policies)

Third party	What they receive
Meta (Pixel and Conversions API on venzi.app)	Website activity for ad measurement and delivery (Section 12); ad-referral data when you reach us from an ad
Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay (Block) and Link	Payment information for wallet payments you choose
Giphy	Your GIF search words and IP address
Apple Maps, Google Maps, OpenFreeMap	The map area you view and your IP address
Apple App Store and Google Play	App distribution, purchases of the app and install referral data

12. Advertising, cookies and analytics

In the app, we use Google Analytics for Firebase (with an internal account ID, and with text that looks like personal information removed) and Crashlytics. There are no ad networks in the app. Learn how Google uses this data at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

On venzi.app, we use cookies and similar technologies for essential functions and for advertising. We use Meta's Pixel, which loads when you visit and tells Meta which pages and Parties you view (PageView and ViewContent events), along with your IP address, browser details and Meta's cookies. When you tap "Join" on a Party page, we also send Meta that event, your IP address, browser details, Meta's cookie identifiers (fbc and fbp), the page address and the Party code through Meta's Conversions API. Meta uses this to measure our ads and to deliver and improve ads, which may include showing you Venzi ads on Facebook and Instagram, and may combine it with information Meta has about you under Meta's own privacy policy (facebook.com/privacy/policy).

Your choice. We treat this website data sharing with Meta as "sharing" for targeted advertising under state privacy laws. You can opt out by emailing global@venzi.app with the subject "Do not share"; we will stop sending your information to Meta where we can identify you. Our website does not respond to the older "Do Not Track" signal, which has no common standard. You can also block cookies and use your browser's and Meta's own ad settings.

We do not upload members' phone numbers or emails to advertising platforms to target ads.

13. Sensitive information

Some information we process is "sensitive" under some state laws: precise location (your home address and its map coordinates, a Party's exact address, and your device location when you check in or share it), your account sign-in (phone number with a one-time code), and the contents of your messages. Stripe handles government ID numbers and financial account numbers.

We collect precise location from your device only with your permission, which you give through your phone's location setting and can withdraw at any time.
We use your home address and its coordinates only to show you nearby Parties, tell you about nearby Parties (including through Jenna), verify addresses and keep the Service safe.
A Party's exact address, which is often a Host's home, is treated as sensitive. The app shows it only to that Party's approved guests and co-hosts, at the Host's direction (Section 4).
We use sensitive information only to provide the Service, keep it safe, prevent fraud and meet legal duties. We do not use it to infer characteristics about you, except the gender suggestion from your profile photo described in Section 6, which is not stored and which you choose to accept or change.
We do not sell sensitive information or use it for targeted advertising.
Our photo check estimates whether a profile photo shows a real adult. It does not create, store or share a face template or any measurement of your face, and it is not used to identify you.

14. How long we keep information

Information	How long
Account and profile	While your account is active. Deleted 30 days after you ask us to delete your account (Section 15).
Party chat messages and media	Kept while the Party's chat exists. If you delete your account, your messages and media in Party chats are deleted 30 days later; some older chat messages are kept as from a "Deleted user" (Section 15).
Hosts' chat	Older messages are deleted on a rolling basis as new ones arrive. Messages held or removed by moderation are deleted after 7 days.
Support conversations and conversations with Jenna (including by text, WhatsApp, Instagram and email), and Jenna's notes	Kept until you delete your account.
Party records (who hosted, requested, attended and checked in)	While needed to run the Service, show history and handle disputes. Your name and photo are removed from guest lists when your account is deleted (30 days after you ask). A Host's first and last name stays on the records of the Parties they hosted.
Exact Party addresses	Hidden from guests in the app after the Party. Removed (keeping only the city or area) when the Host's account is deleted, except where needed for an open dispute, safety report or legal hold.
Referral matching data (IP address or a hashed version of it, screen size, phone type and operating system version)	Used for up to 2 hours, then deleted automatically, usually within a day (a credited referral is kept as part of your request record).
Ad-referral details from Meta ads (ad ID, source link, click ID)	Up to 18 months.
Record of notifications and messages we send you (type, channel, time, whether sent)	18 months, then deleted automatically.
Record of who viewed a Party	Until 2 days after the Party starts (30 days if it has no start time), then deleted automatically.
Points, scores, good vibes and reviews	While your account is active. Reviews you wrote stay without your name after deletion (Section 15).
Analytics data	Up to 14 months in our analytics tools, then deleted or kept only in aggregated or de-identified form.
App logs and diagnostics	Limited periods, typically 30 days to 13 months.
Payment, payout, merch-order and tax records	As long as the law requires, typically 7 years.
Records needed for disputes, chargebacks, fraud, safety reports or legal holds	Until the matter is resolved, and longer where the law requires.
Marketing material already published	As described in Section 5.
Backups	Overwritten on a rolling schedule by our cloud provider.

15. Deleting your account

Delete your account in the app (Edit Profile → Account Settings → Delete Venzi Account) or at venzi.app/delete-account.
Your account is deleted 30 days later. On the latest version of the app you are signed out everywhere and removed from the leaderboard as soon as you ask. During those 30 days other members can still see your name, photo and profile on Party cards, guest lists, chats and profile popups. They are removed or anonymised when the deletion runs.
You can't delete your account while you are hosting or going to a live or upcoming Party; cancel or leave it first. Deletion may also wait while you have an open dispute, an unpaid balance or a pending payout. If you have unpaid earnings, you may choose to give them up to delete sooner.
When your account is deleted we delete your profile, photos, media, support conversations and conversations with Jenna (on every channel), Jenna's notes about you, payment-provider accounts and login. Your messages and media in Party chats and in the Hosts' chat are deleted, and so is your public profile. Some older chat messages are kept without your name or photo (next point).
Some information stays without your name or photo, shown as "Deleted user", so other members' records still make sense: your place in other people's Party lists, some older chat messages and reviews you wrote. What those say may still identify you, so delete individual messages first if you want them gone. We keep payment and tax records as the law requires.
If you hosted Parties, their exact addresses are removed from our records, keeping only the city or area. Your first and last name stays on the record of each Party you hosted.
After deletion we keep only what the law or an open dispute requires. You can create a new account with the same number once deletion is complete (about 30 days).
To delete information we received from Instagram or WhatsApp (such as your public Instagram profile or your WhatsApp conversation with us), delete your Venzi account or email global@venzi.app with the subject "Delete my Meta data".

16. Your privacy rights

Wherever you live in the United States, you can ask us to:

Access the personal information we hold about you, and the categories of it we collect and share;
Correct inaccurate information (you can edit most of your profile in the app);
Delete your information (Section 15);
Get a copy in a portable format;
Get a list of the specific third parties we have disclosed your information to, where your state provides this right;
Opt out of "sharing" for targeted advertising, of any sale (we do not sell for money), and of profiling with legal or similarly significant effects;
Limit our use of your precise location to what is needed to provide the Service (for example, stopping nearby-Party suggestions), by turning off notifications for Venzi in your device settings or emailing global@venzi.app;
Question the result of profiling, such as your Venzi score, and ask how it was calculated;
Opt out of Venzi marketing that features you (Section 5); and
Remove specific content that shows you (Section 5).

How to ask. Email global@venzi.app or use the "Message Team Venzi" form in the app. We verify requests, usually through your account's phone number, and respond within 45 days (we may extend this once by 45 days where the law allows, and will tell you). You may use an authorized agent where the law allows; we may ask for proof of their authority. When you ask for a copy of your information, we may withhold information about other people, including who reported or flagged you and what they said, where sharing it would affect their privacy or safety or where the law allows.

Appeals. If we decline your request, you can appeal by emailing global@venzi.app with the subject "Privacy appeal". We will respond in writing within 60 days (45 days where your state requires), explaining what we did and why. If you are not satisfied, you may contact your state attorney general.

No discrimination. We will not treat you differently for using your privacy rights. The programs described in the notice below are not affected by exercising your rights, except that withdrawing from a program ends its rewards.

Notice of financial incentive

Some Venzi features reward activity that involves personal information: completing your profile (adding your Instagram handle, an email address and a vibe answer) gives your Venzi score a small boost; checking in to Parties earns points you can redeem for merch; and the promoter program pays commissions for referrals (Section 9). They involve the profile, check-in and referral information described in this policy. We estimate the value of that information to Venzi as reasonably related to the value of the rewards, based on the fees we earn from Parties that members find, attend and refer people to. You join a program by adding the information, checking in or sharing your promoter link, and you can withdraw at any time by removing the information, emailing global@venzi.app, or deleting your account.

California

California residents have the rights above under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended. Section 23 lists the categories of information we collect and share, and Section 14 explains how long we keep each one. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16 (Venzi is for people 21 and older). Opt-out requests do not require verification, and we honor them within 15 business days. Under California's "Shine the Light" law, we do not share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing.

17. Security and breach notice

We use safeguards designed to protect your information, such as encryption in transit, phone-code sign-in and limits on what the app shows to other members, and we never store full card numbers. We keep reviewing and strengthening these safeguards. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Keep your phone and sign-in codes safe and tell us at once if you think your account has been misused. When we no longer need records with personal information, we securely delete or destroy them.

If a breach of security affects your personal information, we will notify you and the authorities as the law requires. Under the Florida Information Protection Act (Fla. Stat. §501.171), that generally means within 30 days after we determine a breach occurred or have reason to believe one did, and notice to the Florida Department of Legal Affairs when 500 or more Floridians are affected. We will notify you by email if we have it, or in writing or by other means the law allows.

18. Age: 21 and older only

Venzi is only for people 21 and older, and nobody under 21 may attend a Party, including plus-ones who are not members. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 21. If we learn that someone under 21 has an account, we close it and delete their information promptly. If you believe someone under 21 is using Venzi, tell us at global@venzi.app.

19. Members outside the United States

Venzi is run from the United States for members in the United States. Our providers process information in the United States and may process it in other countries. If you use Venzi from elsewhere, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those where you live.

20. Third-party services and links

Venzi links to and works with services we do not control, such as Apple, Google, Stripe, Cash App, Instagram, WhatsApp, Giphy and map providers. Their own privacy policies govern how they handle your information. Hosts' and other members' own use of information they get from you outside Venzi is governed by their own practices (Section 1).

21. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as Venzi changes. We will tell you about material changes in the app or by text before they take effect and, where the law requires, ask for your agreement. The "Last updated" date at the top shows the current version. We keep earlier versions and will send you a copy on request at global@venzi.app. We will not use information already collected in a materially different way without notice and, where required, your consent.

22. Contact us

VenziApp LLC
3206 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 3241, Miami, FL 33137
Email: global@venzi.app
Website: venzi.app

23. Summary table for state privacy laws

This table summarizes the past 12 months. "Shared for ads" means website data sent to Meta as described in Section 12. We have not sold personal information for money. Section 14 explains how long we keep each category.

Category	Examples	Source	Main purposes	Disclosed to	Sold or shared for ads?
Identifiers	Name, phone, email, account ID, device ID, IP address, Instagram handle	You; your device; Meta (Instagram profile, ad referral)	Account, security, messages, fraud prevention, referrals	Service providers (including Anthropic); Hosts (full name at check-in); other members (first name and last initial); the public (first name); Meta (website IP, shared for ads); a Host, the Host's insurer or law enforcement (name and contact details, after a damage or injury report)	Shared (website only)
Personal records	Home address, photo, Party addresses you host	You	Discovery, profile, Party logistics, safety	Service providers (including Anthropic); other members and the public (photo); approved guests and co-hosts (Party address you host)	No
Characteristics of protected classifications	Age and date of birth, gender	You	Age rule, leaderboards, suggested amounts, profile, check-in	Service providers (including Anthropic); Hosts at check-in; other members (gender on profile and leaderboards)	No
Commercial information	Contributions, tips, refunds, payouts, promoter commissions, earnings applied to your own Contributions, merch orders, points	You; payment providers	Payments, rewards, taxes, disputes	Stripe, wallet providers, Tapstitch; tax authorities	No
Internet and app activity	App usage, crashes, website page views and ad clicks	Your device; Meta	Improving the Service, ad measurement and delivery	Google; Meta (shared for ads)	Shared (website only)
Geolocation	Home address coordinates; Party address and coordinates; device location at check-in or when shared	You; your device	Discovery, nearby-Party notices, check-in, chat sharing	Service providers (including Anthropic); approved guests and co-hosts (exact Party address, at the Host's direction); the public (approximate area only); chat members (only what you share)	No
Audio and visual information	Profile photos, chat photos, video and voice notes, Party photos and video	You; other members; photographers working with Venzi	Profiles, chats, safety screening, marketing (Section 5)	Other members; service providers; the public (public Party pages and marketing)	No
Inferences	Venzi score, leaderboard rank, best times to message you, Jenna's notes	Venzi, from activity	Scores, community features, messaging	Other members (score and rank); service providers (including Anthropic)	No
Sensitive personal information	Precise location (home address coordinates, Party addresses, check-in, shared location), account sign-in, contents of your messages and chats	You; your device	Discovery, check-in, security, chats, support	Service providers; approved guests and co-hosts (Party address); chat members (messages)	No

Government ID numbers, ID photos and bank details for payouts are collected by Stripe, including through its forms in our app; Venzi does not store them.