FANYELLO

Privacy policy

Updated September 26, 2026. Private beta.

Fanyello is being tested by a small, invite-only group. People must be at least 13 to sign up. Other signed-in members can find profiles, and some videos and profile content can be shared more widely inside Fanyello. Location sharing is optional and controlled for each friend. The app does not upload your contacts or show ads.

Information Fanyello processes

Account and profile: first and last name, birthday, email address, username, account creation and last sign-in times, optional profile photo, avatar choices, password hash, recovery-code hash, and session identifiers. Fanyello does not store readable passwords or recovery codes.
Content and activity: direct and group messages, voice messages, photo captions and unopened photo payloads, short videos and captions, comments, reactions, follows, friendships, profile statuses, Pins, message timestamps, photo-open status, device-reported screenshot receipts, blocks, and reports you choose to submit.
Location: current latitude, longitude, approximate accuracy, sharing time, and expiration time only after you choose to share from the Map tab.
Device and service data: push notification tokens and choices, plus network information such as IP address that the hosting provider may process for service logs, rate limiting, and abuse prevention.

How information is used

We use this information to run accounts and profiles, confirm age eligibility, deliver messages and videos, show the content you choose to share, send requested notifications, prepare member analytics, share an optional location with specific friends, respond to reports, prevent abuse, and fix problems.

Who can see your content

Signed-in members can search for profiles and see basic profile details. Statuses and featured profile content have audience choices. Videos posted to Discover can be seen by other signed-in members; videos posted to Friends are limited to accepted friends. Direct messages and shared locations are available only to the people involved. You choose which friend can see each location share.

Owner access

The Fanyello owner can access an account dashboard containing member names, email addresses, usernames, birthdays, ages, account creation times, last sign-in times, account status, and activity totals. The dashboard does not provide passwords, recovery codes, ordinary private message contents, push tokens, or location history. Reported messages and videos are placed in a moderation queue with details needed for review. When a photo is reported, a copy of that photo is attached to the report so it can be reviewed. The copy is erased as soon as the report is resolved or dismissed, and in every case within 48 hours. Photos that are not reported are never shown in the dashboard. The owner can suspend or restore a member account and keeps a history of those actions.

Safety tools

Blocking removes the friendship and stops messages, friend requests, and location sharing between the two accounts. Unblocking does not restore the friendship. Fanyello also checks message text and photo captions for a small set of serious safety risks. When the filter rejects content, the service keeps the sender, time, content type, and reason code for moderation. It does not keep the rejected text.

Photo and message behavior

Photos that are not opened are removed from the active service after 24 hours. When a photo is opened, the server removes its active copy and sends it to the receiving phone. The photo stays open for 5, 10, or 15 seconds. Text messages remain until deleted or the beta data is cleared. Profile statuses expire after 24 hours. Videos remain until removed or the account is deleted. Device and provider backups may keep older copies for a limited time, so a disappearing photo cannot promise complete erasure.

Sharing and service providers

Fanyello uses Cloudflare to host and protect the beta service. Cloudflare may process data to provide its infrastructure and security services. Fanyello does not sell personal information, serve targeted advertising, or use cross-app tracking in this beta.

Security

The app uses HTTPS in transit, salted password hashing, limited sessions, rate limits, and encrypted message storage. The current beta is not end-to-end encrypted: the service can process message content to deliver it.

Location

Fanyello first requests foreground location access after you tap a sharing choice in the Map tab. Timed sharing sends one current position to the friend you choose for 15 minutes, 1 hour, or 8 hours. If you choose “Share live until I stop,” the TestFlight app separately asks for background location access and updates the position while the app is in the background. You can stop sharing with each friend from the Map tab. Live sharing also stops if iOS force closes the app, and the server removes a live position if updates stop for two hours. Shared positions are encrypted in storage.

Deleting an account

A signed-in user can open You → Settings and choose “Delete account and conversation.” After confirming the current password, Fanyello removes the active account credentials, profile photo, avatar, shared locations, posts and videos, and associated social connections. In the current pilot, deletion also removes the shared active conversation for both testers. The deleted pilot profile cannot be registered again. Hosting-provider recovery backups may take additional time to age out.

Age

Fanyello is for people age 13 and older. A birthday is required when an account is created, and the service rejects signup when the person is under 13. Age checks do not replace the additional privacy, safety, moderation, reporting, and parental-consent work that may apply as access expands.

Changes and contact

If the app changes, this page will change too. We will update the date at the top. For help or to report a concern, see Fanyello support or use the feedback contact listed in TestFlight.