Privacy Policy
Last Updated: June 14, 2026
Kami ("Kami," "we," "our," or "us") provides a location-aware social discovery application that helps users discover nearby people, places, events, conversations, and rewards.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have regarding your information.
By using Kami, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you create or use a Kami account, we may collect:
- Name or display name
- Username
- Profile photo
- Bio or profile information
- Instagram account information you choose to connect
- Messages or conversation content you send through Kami
- Posts, replies, reactions, photos, or other content you submit to Kami features such as place or event walls
- Points, reward, store, and redemption activity
- Reports, feedback, moderation requests, or support communications
- Communications you send to us
Instagram Authentication & Connected Content
If you choose to connect Instagram through Meta’s official authentication flow, we may import certain profile information you authorize us to access, such as:
- Username
- Profile picture
- Bio
- Basic account information permitted by Meta’s APIs
- Content or media you explicitly authorize us to access through Meta’s APIs
We may analyze authorized profile information and connected content in order to:
- Personalize user profiles
- Improve recommendations and nearby discovery
- Generate profile summaries, interests, or relevance signals
- Improve app functionality and user experience
We only access information you explicitly authorize through the official Meta authentication process.
Kami does not scrape Instagram profiles or access private Instagram content without authorization.
If you disconnect Instagram, we stop future access through that connection, but previously imported information may remain in your Kami account unless you edit it or request deletion.
Location Information
Kami is a location-aware application and may collect:
- Precise location data
- Background location data
- Approximate location data
- Venue, place, event, or proximity-related signals
We use location information to infer whether you appear to be at or near a place or event, power nearby discovery, show limited presence context to other users, award eligible points, trigger relevant notifications, prevent abuse, and improve app functionality. Kami may also use location and presence information to:
- Determine venue or event participation
- Enable venue-based and event-based experiences
- Facilitate rewards and points systems
- Generate venue and event analytics
- Support approved partner and ambassador features
Kami does not intend to publicly display your exact GPS coordinates to other users, but certain features may show that you are nearby, present at a place or event, or part of a nearby Kami user count. Kami is designed around participation and presence in the moment—not long-term tracking of your movement history for unrelated purposes.
Kami may offer controls such as Ghost Mode or Pause Mode. These controls may limit how your presence appears to other users or temporarily stop certain location-based features, but they may not remove all previously generated records or prevent processing needed for security, fraud prevention, debugging, or legal compliance.
You can control location permissions through your device settings.
Wall Posts, Photos, and Uploaded Images
When you upload a photo or wall post, we collect the content you submit and related information such as the place or event it was posted to, the time it was posted, and the account that posted it. If you include text or a caption, we collect that as well.
Uploaded images may be associated with your user account, the place or location page where posted, any post text or caption, a timestamp, and report or moderation status if the post is reported.
Photos and wall posts are intended to be shared within the app and may be visible to other users according to app functionality. We may process images to reduce file size and may remove certain metadata where feasible. We do not guarantee that all image metadata is removed.
Reports and Flagging
If you report or flag a post, we may collect information such as your user account or identifier, the reported post, a reason or category, any optional details you provide, and a timestamp.
Reports may be reviewed by trusted Kami administrators or service providers for safety, support, enforcement, and moderation. We do not review every report immediately, and reporting does not guarantee that content will be removed.
Messages, Posts, and Social Content
Kami may also collect and store messages, replies, reactions, and other content you create or send through the Services. Some content may be visible to other users depending on the feature, such as messages sent to another user or posts made on a place or event wall. We may review, remove, or restrict content when necessary to operate Kami, enforce our rules, investigate abuse, protect users, or comply with law. We do not proactively review every post.
Points, Store, Rewards, and Redemptions
If Kami offers points, rewards, store items, or redemptions, we may collect and process information about your point balance, point activity, reward eligibility, redemption requests, redemption status, and related support or fulfillment communications. We use this information to operate the points and rewards features, prevent fraud or abuse, fulfill eligible rewards, and improve the Services.
Device & Usage Information
We may automatically collect:
- Device type
- Operating system
- App version
- IP address
- Session activity
- Crash reports
- Analytics and usage data
- Push notification tokens and notification settings
- Notification delivery and interaction data
We may use device identifiers or push notification tokens to send service, presence, message, points, reward, wall activity, event, or safety-related notifications, depending on your settings and device permissions.
2. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Provide and improve Kami services
- Create and maintain user profiles
- Help users discover relevant nearby users, places, and events
- Enable messaging, walls, posts, replies, and other social features
- Operate place walls and display posts, including photos and captions
- Operate points, store, rewards, and redemption features
- Operate ambassador, partner, referral, and venue or event programs
- Provide approved partners with analytics, engagement metrics, and program-related information as described in this Policy
- Send push and in-app notifications
- Personalize app experiences
- Improve recommendations and notifications
- Authenticate users
- Analyze connected content to improve personalization and relevance
- Investigate abuse, enforce our Terms, and improve safety, support, and moderation
- Review and respond to reports and flagged content
- Prevent spam, abuse, or fraudulent activity
- Monitor app performance and reliability
- Comply with legal obligations
3. Location Services
Kami uses location information to enable core app functionality, including nearby social discovery, place and event presence, context-aware experiences, and related notifications.
Depending on your device permissions, Kami may collect location information while the app is open or running in the background.
You can disable location access at any time through your device settings, though some features may stop functioning properly.
4. How Information Is Shared
We may share limited information:
- With other Kami users as part of the app experience
- With service providers that help us operate the app
- When required by law or legal process
- To protect the safety, rights, or integrity of Kami and its users
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
Trusted Kami administrators and service providers may access uploaded content and report information when needed to operate, support, secure, moderate, or improve Kami.
Depending on how you use Kami, other users may see limited profile information, your username or display name, profile photo, nearby or shared-place presence context, messages you send to them, posts or replies you submit to shared surfaces, and point or reward-related activity if displayed as part of the app experience.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not sell user location histories, movement histories, or unrestricted user-level location data.
5. Venue, Event, Ambassador, and Partner Programs
Kami operates programs that allow approved ambassadors, venues, event organizers, and partners to participate in certain platform features.
Depending on the feature being used, Kami may provide approved partners with:
- Aggregate venue or event analytics
- Attendance and engagement statistics
- Repeat visitor metrics
- Referral and reward activity
- Information about users currently participating at a venue or event
- Information necessary to operate rewards, promotions, ambassador programs, referrals, or partner communications
Kami may limit, aggregate, anonymize, delay, or otherwise restrict information shared with partners at our discretion. Partners do not receive unrestricted access to Kami user data.
Partner Communications
Kami may allow approved ambassadors, venues, event organizers, or partners to communicate with users through Kami-controlled tools and interfaces. Kami may impose limits, moderation controls, eligibility requirements, or other restrictions on such communications.
Referral Programs
Kami may operate ambassador, partner, or user referral programs. Participation in these programs may require tracking referral links, referral activity, reward eligibility, and related program metrics.
Partner Data Restrictions
Approved ambassadors and partners may only access information made available through Kami-authorized tools. They may not:
- Scrape or export user information
- Build independent databases of Kami users
- Sell Kami user information
- Use Kami data for unrelated advertising purposes
- Attempt to circumvent Kami privacy controls
6. Data Retention
We retain different categories of information for different periods depending on the type of data, the feature involved, and operational, security, legal, or abuse-prevention needs. Account and profile information is generally retained while your account is active.
Uploaded wall posts, photos, and related content may be retained for as long as needed to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our rules, and maintain safety. Report and moderation records may be retained for similar purposes. Deleted or removed posts may remain in backups or moderation logs for a limited period if needed for security, recovery, or enforcement.
Other content such as messages, replies, and redemption records may remain until deleted, expired, moderated, or no longer needed. Location, presence, notification, analytics, and diagnostic logs may be retained for limited periods to operate, debug, secure, and improve Kami. Some information may be retained longer where required for legal, safety, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, tax or accounting, or compliance reasons.
Users may request account deletion at any time.
7. Your Choices
You may:
- Edit your profile information
- Report content you believe violates our rules
- Disconnect Instagram access
- Disable location permissions
- Manage push notification permissions through your device settings
- Use available in-app controls, such as Ghost Mode or Pause Mode, where offered
- Request account deletion or ask us about your data
- Contact us about account, content, location, reward, or redemption data
- Stop using Kami at any time
To request deletion of your account or data, contact: privacy@kamisocial.com
8. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect user information.
However, no system can be guaranteed completely secure.
9. Age Requirements
Kami is intended for users 16 years of age or older. Users under 16 may not use the Services.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16.
10. International Users
Kami may process and store information in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.
By using Kami, you consent to such transfers.
Beta Notice
Kami is an early-stage beta product. Limited trusted administrators and service providers may access operational, location, user content, uploaded photos, wall posts, reports, messaging, points, reward, and redemption data when necessary to develop, support, moderate, secure, fulfill, and improve the platform.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
If we make material changes, we may notify users through the app or by other means.
Continued use of Kami after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
12. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact:
Kami Social
privacy@kamisocial.com
For general questions, feedback, or partnership inquiries, contact hello@kamisocial.com.
Read our Terms of Service.