Funqtion’s Privacy Policy
Last Updated: April 8, 2026
Privacy Summary
In Plain English: We collect information to help you discover and attend LGBTQIA+ events. Here’s what you need to know:
- What we collect: Your name, email, location (if you allow it), and information about events you’re interested in (see Information You Provide Us With and Information We Collect Automatically for complete details)
- Why we collect it: To show you relevant events, connect you with friends, and keep your account secure
- Who sees it: Other users can see your public profile and RSVPs. We don’t sell your data to advertisers
- Your control: You can update or delete your information anytime, control location sharing, and opt out of notifications
- Security: We use encryption and security measures to protect your data
For the complete details, please read our full policy below.
Funqtion LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company doing business as Funqtion (hereinafter referred to as ”Funqtion,” “we,” or “us”) respects your privacy rights and is committed to being transparent with our use of your information. If you are a resident or access our Services from within the European Economic Area (”EEA”), we apply the privacy protection to your information required by the General Data Protection Regulation.
In connection with our Services, we provide a platform where Users can create an account and become Subscribers. Our Subscribers can publish content, confirm their participation, and connect. These interactions often involve the sharing of information and insights related to LGBTQIA+ social Events. Users who have not created an account may access some information and insights about the Events but they may not access the Subscribers’ Features (as defined in Funqtion’s Terms and Conditions of Use).
This Privacy Policy applies to our use of your information throughout the Services, unless a part of the Services is governed by its own privacy policy. Our Services currently include:
- Our website https://funqtion.app and its alternative addresses https://funqtion.co and https://fq.app (the ”Site“)
- Our web and native application (the ”App”, and together with the Site, the ”Platform“)
About
This Privacy Policy concerns the information that (i) you voluntarily provide to us, such as when you create an account and become a Subscriber; (ii) we automatically collect when you utilize our Services, whether you are a Subscriber or not; (iii) we obtain from third-party sources; and (iv) you make publicly available, for instance, by publishing Events content.
We protect and uphold your rights regarding information that can identify you as an individual (for example your name, age, gender, online username, political opinion, or religious belief) as well as information that may not identify you on its own, but could personally identify you when combined with other data we collect from you (for example your IP address, your activity on our Services, device type, or your browser type) (”Personal Information”).
Some of your information may be collected, stored, used, disclosed, or shared, and may be anonymized by isolating the information from any personal identifiers, thereby ensuring that neither we nor any third parties we share it with can trace it back to you.
We may store some of your information via local storage (for example cookies) temporarily or permanently on your internet enabled device, which allows us to retrieve information on your device about your use of the Services (e.g. your login credentials).
What We Collect and How We Use It
General Use Policy. We may use your information to provide, administer, maintain, and improve our Services; personalize your experience of the Services; analyze User activity of our Services; provide you with support regarding our Services; market our own Services to you; enforce our rights and the rights of other Users of the Services, comply with our legal obligations; or prevent imminent and serious bodily harm to a person.
Information You Provide Us With
Platform Access. To protect underage Users from content not suited for their age group, we require Users to specify their age before accessing our Platform. We do not share, distribute, or process this age information for purposes other than to confirm you have attained a minimum of eighteen (18) years.
Account Creation. When you create an account, we collect specific Personal Information. This collection is required to take advantage of our Subscribers’ Features. In order to set up your account, provide support, monitor compliance with our Code of Conduct, and notify you of updates, surveys or marketing offers, we collect the following Personal Information:
- Name
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Birth Date
Further, Subscribers may choose to enhance their profiles by adding the optional details, such as:
- Social URLs: Links to your social media profiles, such as your Instagram account.
- Website URLs: URLs of any personal websites.
- Profile Photo: A personal image to represent your profile.
- Bio: A short blurb to describe yourself.
- Address: Your public location, used for venue profiles.
- Home City: The city you live in, to get updates on local events.
- Current Location: Your current location, used for automatic trip creation.
- Trips: Upcoming trips you have planned.
- Aliases: Alternative names you may go by, used for artist profiles.
- Business Details: Your business details, for organizers selling tickets.
Use of Our Services. To access and use our Subscribers’ Features, Users must have an Account. Upon registration, Subscribers have the option to share Personal Information through published content, interactions, and insights about Events, and by RSVPing to Events. However, Personal Information shared about Events and attendance may be visible to all Subscribers as a fundamental part of our Services. We urge Subscribers to exercise caution when sharing Personal Information.
Through your use of our Services, you may also provide:
- Event Creation Data: When you create events, including event details, pricing, capacity, and venue information
- Social Connections: Friend requests, follows, blocks, and social graph data
- Messages and Comments: Direct messages to other users and comments on events
- Reviews and Ratings: Feedback on events and venues you’ve attended
- Search Queries: Terms you search for when looking for events, venues, or other users
- Order History: When purchasing tickets (processed securely through Stripe)
- Preferences: Notification settings, privacy settings, and content preferences
Reaching Out To Us. We collect information from you when you send us or one of our representatives an email or otherwise correspond with us directly (for example your name, email address, or statements that you make). We store this information, including Personal Information, for purposes of responding to your request and providing you with the necessary support regarding our Services. We only collect and process information that relates to our Services.
Information We Collect Automatically
Using Our Services. When you use our Services, we automatically collect the information listed below. This collection aids in managing, monitoring, and enhancing our Services; providing support to Users who face issues with our Services; furnishing Subscribers with more relevant insights and resources about the Events; and refining our marketing strategies for our Services.
- Device and Browser Information: Browser type and version, device name, operating system, locale, anonymized device identifiers, and IP address
- Usage Activity: Pages viewed, navigation paths, click patterns, session duration, login times, events viewed, search queries, and feature usage
- Performance Data: App crashes, errors, load times, and response times
- Location Information: Approximate location based on IP address
- Interaction Data: Email opens and clicks, push notification engagement, and in-app actions
Automatic Third-party Collection. We make use of various third-party analytic and reporting technologies and partner with third parties to record information automatically when you use our Services. You can find the list of these subprocessors and their privacy policies here.
Inferred and Derived Data. Based on your activity and the information we collect, we may infer certain information about you to improve our Services and provide better recommendations.
How We Share Your Information With Third Parties
Our Sharing Policy. We may share your Personal Information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy to our subsidiaries or successors and affiliated third parties. We will only share your Personal Information beyond that with your consent or in the following events: to prevent an emergency, to prevent harm to others, to respond to legal requirements, to protect or enforce our rights and policies, to protect or enforce the rights of a third party, or as required or permitted by law (including, without limitation, to comply with a subpoena or court order). We will treat your Personal Information as subject to the protections described in this Privacy Policy. We may transfer Personal Information for processing in countries in which the privacy laws may not be as comprehensive as those in the country where you reside or are a citizen. If you have accessed our Service from within the European Economic Area (“EEA”), additional rules apply to the transfer of your Personal Information (see below).
Sharing of Personal Information. When you populate your profile with information (e.g. adding a profile photo) other Subscribers of our Services have the ability to view your profile information upon accessing your profile. This includes seeing the content you share (e.g., posting an Event or responding to an Event) alongside your user’s name, and noting the date and time of your submissions.
Event Organizers. When you purchase a ticket or RSVP to an event, we provide Event Organizers with the necessary information to fulfill their obligations to you. This includes:
- Your name, email address, and phone number
- Order details and ticket information
- Any additional information required for the specific event
This information enables Event Organizers to:
- Redeem tickets and manage entry
- Issue refunds or handle order modifications
- Track sales and attendance
- Provide customer support
- Send event-specific communications (updates, changes, cancellations)
You may also be given the option to opt-in to receive marketing communications from Event Organizers. This opt-in is separate from your Funqtion communication preferences and is managed directly with the Event Organizer.
Third-Party Service Providers. We contract with third parties who help us with our Services. You can find a comprehensive list of these third parties here.
We take commercially reasonable precautions to prevent such third parties from disclosing your Personal Information and ensure that their use for our purpose conforms with this Privacy Policy. Their use of this information is contractually bound to the purposes of this Privacy Policy.
The third party service providers may use your information for their own purposes. When they do, their use is governed by their own privacy policies. You may also engage with third party websites or services (e.g. Instagram) when using our Services. Their use of your information is governed by their own privacy policies.
Cookies and Local Storage
In order for our Platform to work properly, our Platform uses local storage (”Cookie”). By default, we use several persistent cookies (permanent or stored cookies) as well as session cookies (transient cookies erased each session). Cookies are used for purposes of authentication, security, preferences, (e.g., regarding default language and settings), connection stability (e.g., for uploading media, using e-Commerce features, etc.), monitoring performance of our services and marketing campaigns, and generally providing and improving our Services. You can review the list of cookies below:
| Cookie | Description | Lifespan | Essential |
|---|---|---|---|
_fq_session | We use this cookie to enable the functionality necessary to run the Platform during the session. For example, this cookie helps us store short-lived preferences, such as timezone information, to display events in a user’s local time. | Duration of the browser session | Yes |
_fq_auth | We use this cookie to authenticate you and keep you logged in as you navigate between pages. | 365 days | Yes |
_fq_did | This is a unique identifier that, among other things, helps us identify malicious actors and to prevent cyber-security attacks. For example, rapidly guessing different sign-in codes. | 365 days | Yes |
Mobile App Privacy
Our mobile application may request access to certain device features to provide the best experience. We will always ask for your permission before accessing these features:
- Camera: For profile photos and QR code scanning at events
- Location Services: To discover nearby events and enable automatic trip creation
- Push Notifications: For event reminders, messages, and updates
- Contacts: To help you find friends on Funqtion (optional)
All permissions can be managed in your device settings. Our app syncs data in real-time when connected and caches essential data for offline viewing. We collect standard mobile analytics data (device identifiers, app version, crash reports) to improve performance, but we do not use advertising identifiers.
Location Data
We collect location information to provide location-based features:
Collection Methods
- GPS (when you grant permission) for precise location
- IP address for approximate city-level location
- Locations you manually enter (home city, trips, event addresses)
How We Use Location
- Show events near you and in cities you’re visiting
- Automatic trip creation when you travel (optional, requires “Always” permission)
- Connect you with friends attending nearby events
- Improve our event recommendations (aggregated and anonymized)
Your Control
- All location permissions can be managed in your device settings
- Trip detection can be disabled
- Location history is tied to your account
- Disabling location services stops collection immediately
How We Protect Your Personal Information
We take reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of your information. We have implemented physical, electronic, and managerial procedures in order to help safeguard and prevent unauthorized access, use, alteration, modification and/or disclosure of the information that could identify you.
Security Measures
We implement industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Information, including:
- Encryption of data in transit
- Access controls and authentication requirements
- Regular security assessments and updates
We continuously review and update our security practices to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your Personal Information.
Data Breach Notification
In the unlikely event of a data breach that affects your Personal Information:
- We will notify affected users within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach
- The notification will include: the nature of the breach, the categories of data affected, the potential consequences, and the measures we are taking to address the breach
- We will provide recommendations for steps you can take to protect yourself
- We will cooperate with relevant authorities as required by law
Limitations
We cannot ensure or warrant perfect security. Accordingly, we assume no liability for any disclosure of data due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third party access or other acts of third parties, or acts or omissions beyond our reasonable control.
Our Policy on Information from Children
Under Thirteen. Our Services are intended for Users ages 18 and older only. Accordingly, we will not knowingly collect or use any Personal Information from children that we know to be under the age of 13. In addition, we will delete any information in our possession that we discover originates from a child under the age of 13.
Parental Controls. If you believe that your child’s Personal Information was mistakenly collected through our services, please contact us immediately at legal@funqtion.app and we will work with you to determine if this is the case and remove such information if necessary.
Your Options Regarding Your Personal Information
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your Personal Information:
Right to Access. You have the right to request a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you, including details about how we use it and who we share it with.
Right to Rectification. You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete Personal Information we hold about you.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten). You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Right to Restriction of Processing. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Information in certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the data.
Right to Data Portability. You have the right to receive your Personal Information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another data controller where technically feasible.
Right to Object. You have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes or when processing is based on legitimate interests.
How to Exercise Your Rights
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at legal@funqtion.app. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request to ensure the security of your information.
Please note that in certain circumstances, and if permitted by law or necessary for a lawful purpose, we may not be able to fulfill your request. For example, we may retain your Personal Information if it is required to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
Cookies And Local Storage. You may delete local storage or cease our placement and use of local storage by setting your browser or internet enabled device to disable local storage. Please be aware that local storage is important for your access to our Services and if you disable local storage, your access to our Service may be restricted or impossible.
Opting-Out. You may opt-out from having your Personal Information used for certain purposes. If you no longer wish to receive our updates and promotional communications, you may opt-out of receiving them by following the instructions included in each communication or by emailing us at legal@funqtion.app.
Retention. Personal Information will be retained for the duration a Subscriber has an active account with us. However, we may continue to retain such information about you if it is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. In addition, we may retain your information for an additional period as is permitted or required to (for example to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or protect our users, us or our Services from your wrongful use of our Services in the future, and or enforce agreements). If required by applicable law, we shall delete your information when the information is no longer necessary or requested to do so.
California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):
- Right to Know: You can request information about the categories and specific pieces of Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
- Right to Delete: You can request deletion of your Personal Information, subject to certain exceptions
- Right to Correct: You can request correction of inaccurate Personal Information
- Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information
- Right to Limit Use: You can limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information
- Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights
To exercise these rights, please contact us at legal@funqtion.app. We will respond within 45 days and may extend this period once by an additional 45 days when necessary. We will require proof of identity before fulfilling requests regarding your Personal Information.
Rules When You Access the Services from Within the EEA
If you access our Service from within an EEA Member State, the following privacy rules apply to you.
The Purposes For Which We Collect Information From You. We only process your Personal Information if we have a lawful purpose pursuant to Article 6(1) GDPR. The following lawful purposes apply to such information that we collect from you:
- Necessary Collection To Perform Services (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). We require the Personal Information collected through our Platform to deliver our Services effectively. Our Services empower you to create and publicize Events, indicate your attendance plans, and engage with our community of Subscribers. The collection of this Personal Information is essential for us to meet our service obligations to you, ensuring that your data is handled confidentially and shared only when appropriate.
- Other Purposes. We may process your information when we are legally obliged to under GDPR Article 6(1)(c) (for example for tax purposes), it is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of you or someone else under GDPR Article 6(1)(d), it is necessary in public interest under GDPR(6)(e), or for security reasons, to better understand your and others interest and preferences for our Services and improve our Services, for internal purposes (for example for auditing), and to secure and enforce our rights under GDPR Article 6(1)(f).
Your Data Rights. Subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you have the right to correct, update and change (if the information we process is incorrect), or delete Personal Information or demand from us to release such information, as well as restrict how we use or entirely end the use such information, by sending an email to legal@funqtion.app. Your rights, however, may be limited, for example we will keep Personal Information if, at the time or foreseeable future, it is necessary for us to establish, exercise, or defend against a legal claim, and or protect our users, us or our Services from your wrongful use of our Services.
Withdrawing Consent. If we have received your information from you because of your explicit consent, you can withdraw this consent at any time by sending an email to legal@funqtion.app.
Transferring and Sharing Data. We only transfer your Personal Information to countries that provide adequate privacy protection standards as required by the GDPR. When we share your Personal Information with parties outside of the EEA, we ensure they are contractually bound to protect your rights pursuant to the GDPR. You can find a list of these subprocessors here.
Parental Control. Children Under Eighteen. We do not acquire Personal Information based on consent from children under the age of eighteen. If you believe that your child’s Personal Information was mistakenly collected through our Service, please contact us immediately at legal@funqtion.app and we will work with you to determine if this is the case and grant you the rights under this Section.
Complaint. If you believe that your rights described in this Privacy Policy are violated or you believe that we have not held ourselves to the standards described in this Privacy Policy or under the GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the respective supervisory authority in the country of your residence.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or amend this Privacy Policy periodically. Should we make any material changes, we will notify you by email and also post an announcement within our Services. Upon receiving notification of an update, we strongly advise you to review the revised Privacy Policy to ensure you are fully informed about our latest practices and procedures. Please note that if you have disabled cookies, there is a possibility you may not receive notices from us, including notifications about changes to the Privacy Policy.
Contact
For further information on our Privacy Policy, or for questions or requests on information that we may have collected from you, please contact us at legal@funqtion.app.
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