Privacy Policy

Opine UK Ltd (“Opine”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is a company registered in England and Wales. We operate the Opine platform at opine.xyz. We are the data controller for personal data collected through the platform.

Contact us: hello@opine.xyz

We collect the following categories of personal data:

• Account data: your name, username, email address and password (hashed).
• Profile data: your biography, avatar, social links and verification information.
• Content data: opines, comments, reactions and other content you publish.
• Usage data: pages visited, features used, timestamps and IP addresses.
• Communications: emails you send to us and support requests.
• Verification data: public profile links and statements submitted as part of verification applications.

We use your personal data to:

• Provide, maintain and improve the Opine platform.
• Process your account registration and authentication.
• Review and process verification applications.
• Send transactional emails (account confirmation, password reset, notifications).
• Comply with legal obligations.
• Protect the security and integrity of the platform.

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Contract: processing necessary to provide the service you have signed up for.
• Legitimate interests: improving our platform, preventing fraud and ensuring security.
• Legal obligation: where we are required to process data by law.
• Consent: where you have given explicit consent, which you may withdraw at any time.

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with:

• Supabase: our database and authentication provider.
• Vercel: our hosting provider.
• Resend: our transactional email provider.
• Law enforcement: where required by law or to protect rights and safety.

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it.

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate personal data.
• Request erasure of your personal data.
• Object to or restrict processing of your personal data.
• Data portability.
• Lodge a complaint with the ICO (ico.org.uk).

To exercise your rights, contact hello@opine.xyz.

We use cookies and similar technologies. See our Cookie Policy for full details.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by email or by a prominent notice on the platform. The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last updated.