Reqs Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Reqs is a simple app for sharing recommendations with people you actually know. It is built to collect as little as possible. This policy explains exactly what we collect and why.

What we collect

• Your mobile phone number, verified by SMS when you sign up. It is used as your identity so the people who have your number can see your recommendations. We do not use it for marketing and we never sell it.
• Your first name, shown next to your recommendations.
• The contacts you choose to add. When you add someone (by hand or from your phone's contact book), we store the name and phone number of each person you selected with your account. We use this list to decide whose recommendations you can see, to send you a notification when someone in your list posts, and to restore your list when you sign in on a new device. Your phone's contact book is read on your device only, to show you a picker — we never upload your full address book, only the people you explicitly select. You can remove anyone from your list at any time in the app.
• A push notification token for your device, if you allow notifications.
• Content you post: your recommendations, optional details, disclosures, and anonymous "high fives."
• Reports you submit about content, so we can review it.

What stays on your device only

Your ratings of recommenders, your mute and block lists, and your feed preferences are stored only on your phone and are never uploaded.

What we do not do

• No advertising and no ad tracking.
• No sale or rental of personal information to anyone.
• No third-party analytics.

Who can see your content

Your recommendations are visible only to signed-in users of Reqs who have added your phone number to their contact list in the app. High fives are anonymous — people see how many, never who.

Service providers

Reqs runs on Google Firebase (authentication, database, and push notifications). Google processes data on our behalf under its Firebase privacy terms.

Data retention and deletion

You can delete your account at any time inside the app (People tab → Account → Delete account). This permanently removes your profile (name and phone number), your contact list, your push notification token, your recommendations, and your high fives from our servers. You can also remove any individual recommendation you posted, or any contact from your list, at any time. See how to delete your account.

Children

Reqs is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Where we operate

Reqs is operated from Canada and handles personal information in accordance with applicable Canadian privacy law (PIPEDA).

Contact

Questions or requests: hlalani@lalanirxconsulting.com

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.