Privacy Policy

The short version

• We collect what you give us (your profile, wishlists, Gift DNA™, posts, messages, events) plus basic app usage and crash data, so Youri works and gets better.
• Some of it is about other people you add, like a friend's sizes or tastes. Only add what they'd be comfortable with.
• When you use AI features (the Gift Interview and AI gift ideas), the answers and Gift DNA for that person are sent to OpenAI to generate suggestions. See Section 5.
• We do not sell your personal information, we don't run third-party ads in the app, and we don't track you across other companies' apps or websites.
• Some shopping links are affiliate links. If you buy something, we may earn a commission; the retailer handles your purchase and its own privacy policy applies.
• You can delete your account in the app at any time (Settings → Delete account). That erases your profile, content, and stored files.

1. Who we are

Youri LLC (“Youri,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a Texas limited liability company based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information when you use:

• the Youri iOS app (an Android app is coming soon and will be covered by this policy);
• the Youri web app and websites at myyouri.com (the web app is currently in private beta);
• Youri Business accounts, including catalogs, promotions, and Business Insights; and
• shared web pages we host, such as event invitations, RSVP pages, shared wishlists, and public profile links

(together, the “Service”). Youri LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, is the “controller” (the company responsible for your information) for the Service. You can reach us at support@myyouri.com. Our Terms of Use also apply.

2. Information we collect

2.1 Information you give us

• Account information: name, email address, username (handle), password (stored by our authentication provider in hashed form, never readable by us), and the sign-in method you choose.
• Profile information: profile photo, banner image, bio, birthday and other occasion dates, country, interests, and any other details you add.
• Your Gift DNA™: your tastes, loves and dislikes, favorite brands, style and “vibe” tags, shopping style, price comfort, things you already own, clothing and shoe sizes, allergies (only with your explicit consent; see Section 14), and free-form notes.
• Wishlists and gifts: items you save (titles, links, prices, photos, notes), named lists and who they're shared with, items you've claimed or marked as purchased, and gift plans for people you've added.
• Youri Fund: the payment apps you list (for example Venmo, PayPal, or Cash App) and the handle or payment link you enter for each. We store and display these so others can send you money directly. We do not collect your bank, card, or payment-app login details, and we never process those payments.
• Events and planning: events you create or join, dates, locations, guest lists, invitations, RSVPs, event notes, and event group chats.
• Social content (Connect): posts, photos, videos, comments, likes, reposts, polls and poll votes, mentions, follows, and link previews.
• Messages: direct messages and group chat messages, including photos, product cards, and links you share. Messages are stored on our servers so they sync across your devices. They are protected in transit and at rest but are not end-to-end encrypted.
• Gift Interview answers: your answers to the AI-assisted Gift Interview about yourself or someone else.
• Youri Business information: business name, category, website, logo, product catalogs and images, promotion settings, and the business email you verify.
• Purchases: when you buy a paid feature, we receive confirmation of the purchase (product, date, amount, and a transaction ID) from Apple or Stripe. We never receive your full card number.
• Support, reports, and appeals: messages you send us, reports you file about content or users, and moderation appeals.

2.2 Information collected automatically

• Device and app information: device model, operating system, app version, language and region settings, and identifiers that Firebase uses to run the app (such as an app instance ID and a push notification token).
• Usage and analytics events: actions such as adding a person, completing the Gift Interview, saving an idea, opening a product link, or viewing a public profile. We use Google Analytics for Firebase for this.
• Product searches and interactions: what you search for in the shopping tools, and which products you view, save, share, or click. We use this to personalize your Picks and to understand which products are popular.
• Profile views and post reach: when you view another member's profile, a business profile or catalog, or a post while signed in, we record that view so we can show the owner anonymous totals. Owners never see who viewed (see Section 6).
• Diagnostics: crash reports (stack traces, device model, OS and app version, and the state of the app when it crashed) through Firebase Crashlytics, and app performance data (startup time, screen rendering, and network request timing) through Firebase Performance Monitoring. These are linked to an app instance identifier, not used for advertising, and help us find and fix problems.
• Security signals: Firebase App Check verifies that requests come from the genuine Youri app, using Apple's App Attest / DeviceCheck.
• Server logs: IP address, request times, and error logs generated when the app or website talks to our servers.

2.3 Information from device permissions (only if you allow it)

iOS asks your permission before Youri can access any of the following. You can change these at any time in iOS Settings.

When you type an address for an event, iOS uses Apple's mapping services to convert it to a map location.

2.4 Information from third parties

• Sign in with Apple: your name and email (or an Apple private relay email, if you choose to hide yours).
• Google Sign-In: if you choose to sign in with Google, your name, email, and profile photo from your Google account.
• Apple and Stripe: purchase and subscription status (see 2.1).
• Affiliate networks: reports showing that a purchase or click came through a Youri link, usually without telling us who you are.
• Other users: information others add about you (see Section 3), event invitations, mentions, and messages they send you.

3. Information about other people

Youri is built around the people you care about, so you may add information about people who may not use Youri. That includes their name, relationship to you, birthday and occasion dates, photo, phone number (if imported from your contacts), interests, Gift DNA (tastes, sizes, allergies, things they own, notes), gift ideas, and Gift Interview answers about them.

• This information is stored in your account and is private to you unless you choose to share it. We use it only to provide the Service to you (for example reminders and gift ideas), including sending it to our AI provider when you use AI features for that person (see Section 5).
• Please only add information you have a right to share, keep it to what's useful for gifting, and avoid sensitive details (for example health conditions beyond simple allergies).
• If you think someone has added information about you and you'd like it removed, email support@myyouri.com. We'll help where we can identify the record.
• Guests who RSVP from a web link without an account give us their name and response, which is shared with the event host and other guests the host invites.

4. How we use information

• To provide the Service: create your account, sync your data, show wishlists and events, deliver messages, send reminders and notifications, and process paid features.
• To personalize: tailor gift ideas, Picks, search results, and recommendations using your Gift DNA, the Gift DNA of people you've added, your searches, and your product interactions.
• To show sponsored placements: some in-app placements are paid promotions from businesses and are always labeled “Sponsored.” We may choose which ones to show using interest categories we infer from your activity on Youri. This happens inside Youri only. We never use allergy details or other sensitive information for this. Sponsors receive aggregate statistics (for example how many members are interested in “coffee”), never your identity. Sponsored slots may appear in Picks, and you can turn off interest-based Sponsored items in Settings.
• Ranking: affiliate commissions never affect how products are ranked in your Picks or search results. Verified price and availability data is one of the signals we use to rank products.
• To keep Youri safe: detect spam, fraud, and abuse; review reports; enforce our Community Standards; and verify requests with App Check.
• To understand and improve: measure feature usage, diagnose crashes, and improve performance.
• To communicate with you: service and security messages, responses to support requests, and moderation notices. We send these by email using Zoho Mail.
• To meet legal obligations: tax and accounting records, responding to lawful requests, and enforcing our Terms.

We do not use your personal information for automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.

5. AI features and OpenAI

Some Youri features use artificial intelligence provided by OpenAI, L.L.C. (a third-party AI service in the United States). We use OpenAI only through its business API. Here is exactly what is sent and when:

• We do not send your email address, phone number, password, messages, or photos to OpenAI.
• Under OpenAI's API terms and our data processing agreement with OpenAI, data sent through the API is not used to train OpenAI's models, and OpenAI may keep it for up to 30 days to monitor for abuse before deleting it.
• Nothing is sent to OpenAI until you agree in the app. We ask for your permission before your information, or information about someone else, is first sent to OpenAI. You can use Youri without AI features, and you can withdraw permission at any time in Settings.
• AI output can be wrong or unsuitable. Always check suggestions yourself, especially when allergies or sizes matter.

6. What other users can see

• Your public profile: your name, username, photo, banner, bio, and the profile sections you choose to show are visible to other signed-in members and may appear in search and suggested-follow lists. If you turn on a public profile link, people can view it on the web.
• Wishlists follow each list's visibility setting (public, shared with specific people, or private). People you share with can see claims and purchases according to the list's settings.
• Youri Fund handles you add are shown on your profile and wishlists so people can pay you directly.
• Connect posts, comments, likes, reposts, and votes in polls that aren't marked anonymous are visible to other members.
• Events: hosts and invited guests can see the guest list, RSVPs, and event chat.
• Profile, wishlist, and catalog views are anonymous. We count views so owners can see totals, for example “12 people viewed your profile this week” or “5 items saved from your wishlist.” We never show your name, username, photo, or any other detail that identifies you as a viewer, to other members or to businesses, including people who pay for premium features. Counts are only shown as totals over a period of time, never as a list of individual visits. Views aren't recorded between people who have blocked each other.
• Wishlist saves and shared-link views are anonymous too. When someone saves an item from your wishlist, or opens your shared wishlist, profile, or event link on the web, we only add to a count. For web visitors, we keep a one-way hash of the IP address to avoid counting the same visit twice. We never store the IP address itself for this.
• Businesses see aggregate, anonymous insights only (for example profile views, link taps, and how many times a product was saved). They never see who viewed, tapped, or saved.
• Opting out of view counts: you can turn on “Don't count my profile views” on your profile activity screen, and your visits to other members' profiles won't be counted.

7. How we share information

We share personal information only as described here.

7.1 Service providers (processors)

These companies process information on our behalf, under contracts that limit how they can use it:

7.2 Other sharing

• Other users, as described in Section 6 and according to your settings.
• Retailers and affiliate networks: when you tap a shopping link, you leave Youri. See Section 9.
• Legal and safety: when we believe in good faith that it's necessary to comply with law or legal process, protect the safety of any person, prevent fraud or abuse, or protect Youri's rights.
• Business transfers: if Youri is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that deal, subject to this policy.
• With your consent or at your direction.
• Aggregated or de-identified data that can't reasonably identify you.

8. No selling, no cross-app tracking

• We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising (ads based on your activity across other companies' apps and websites), as those terms are defined under California and other U.S. state laws.
• The Youri app contains no third-party advertising SDKs and does not “track” you as Apple defines it, so it does not show Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt.
• Sponsored placements are chosen inside Youri using Youri data only (see Section 4). Under Texas law and similar laws, you can still ask us not to use your information for this; see Section 14. You can also turn off interest-based Sponsored items at any time with the toggle in Settings. You may still see Sponsored items, but they won't be chosen using your interests.

9. Affiliate links and retailers

Youri is not a store. Product links take you to third-party retailers. Some are affiliate links through networks such as Amazon Associates, Awin, Sovrn Commerce (VigLink), and Impact, among others listed in our Affiliate Disclosure. When you tap one:

• The link may carry a Youri tracking code, and the retailer or network may set cookies or similar technologies on their site so they can credit Youri if you buy something.
• Your purchase, payment, shipping, and any account you create are handled by the retailer under its own privacy policy and terms.
• Networks usually report commissions to us in aggregate, without your name. We record that a product link was opened so we can measure popularity and personalize Picks.
• Whether a link earns us a commission never affects how it's ranked. Sponsored slots are always labeled “Sponsored.”

10. Cookies and local storage

Our websites (myyouri.com and shared event, wishlist, and profile pages) do not use advertising or third-party analytics cookies. We use your browser's local storage and IndexedDB, which work like cookies, to:

• keep you signed in to the web app (Firebase Authentication);
• remember simple preferences, such as whether you dismissed the “Get the app” prompt or which messages you've read.

These are strictly necessary for the site to work, so we don't show a cookie banner. You can clear them in your browser settings, which will sign you out. Retailer sites you visit through our links set their own cookies (see Section 9). Our websites don't respond to “Do Not Track” signals because we don't track you across sites. We honor Global Privacy Control signals as a request to opt out of sale or sharing, though we don't do either.

11. How long we keep information

We keep personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes in this policy:

12. Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time in the iOS app under Settings → Delete account, or by emailing support@myyouri.com from the address on your account. Deletion is permanent and starts immediately. We delete:

• your account login, profile, public profile, and username;
• your Gift DNA, people you've added and their gift plans, wishlists, wishlist claims, and gifts you added;
• events you organized (including their chats), and your RSVPs and presence in other people's events;
• your Connect posts and their media, your comments, likes, reposts, and poll votes;
• direct messages you sent and their media;
• your follows and followers, network requests, notifications, and block lists that mention you;
• reports you filed and reports about you;
• your Youri Business profile, product catalog, and product images;
• shared wishlists you own, your interest-category record, and records of your visits to other members' profiles; and
• your profile images, banners, profile moments, message media, and link-preview images in storage.

We may keep limited records where the law requires or permits it, such as purchase and tax records, records of enforcement actions (to stop banned users from returning), and data in backups until they expire (see Section 11). Copies of content you shared that others saved or forwarded outside Youri are outside our control. Deleting the app from your phone does not delete your account. If you have a subscription through Apple, cancel it in your Apple ID settings.

13. Your choices and controls

• Edit or delete your profile, Gift DNA, people, wishlists, posts, and messages in the app.
• Visibility: set wishlists to public, shared, or private, and control what appears on your public profile.
• Profile views: turn on “Don't count my profile views” so your visits aren't included in other members' view counts.
• Sponsored items: turn off interest-based Sponsored items in Settings.
• Block and report any user or content (see our Community Standards).
• Notifications: manage them in Youri's notification settings or in iOS Settings.
• Permissions: turn Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Photos, Camera, and Location access on or off in iOS Settings.
• AI features: don't use them, or withdraw permission in Settings.

14. U.S. state privacy rights

Depending on where you live, laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (as amended by the CPRA), the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), and similar laws in Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Oregon, and other states give you rights over your personal information. We extend these rights to all U.S. users.

14.1 Your rights

• Know and access the personal information we hold about you, and get a portable copy.
• Correct inaccurate information.
• Delete your information.
• Opt out of the sale of personal information, sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, targeted advertising, and profiling that has legal or similarly significant effects. We don't sell, share for cross-context ads, or profile you that way, but you can still submit a request, including about in-app sponsored placements.
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information. We use sensitive information (such as your account login) only to provide the Service. We treat allergy details as sensitive data: we collect them only with your explicit consent, which we ask for in the app when you add allergies; we use them only to filter gift suggestions; and we never use them for advertising or sponsored placements.
• Non-discrimination: we won't treat you differently for using these rights.

14.2 How to make a request

Email support@myyouri.com with the subject “Privacy Request.” We're an online-only service, so email is how we accept requests. We'll confirm your identity, usually by checking your request against the email on your account, and respond within 45 days (we may extend this by another 45 days if needed and will tell you why). You may use an authorized agent; we'll ask for proof that you authorized them. If we deny your request, you can appeal by replying with “Appeal” in the subject. We'll respond within 60 days. If you're not satisfied, you can contact your state attorney general (in Texas: texasattorneygeneral.gov).

14.3 Categories (California notice at collection)

In the past 12 months we have collected the following categories of personal information. We disclose each one to service providers for business purposes only, never for sale or cross-context advertising.

We use these categories for the purposes in Section 4 and keep them for the periods in Section 11. California residents may also ask about disclosures to third parties for their direct marketing (“Shine the Light”). We make none.

15. EEA, UK, and Swiss rights

If you're in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the GDPR, UK GDPR, or Swiss law gives you the rights below.

15.1 Our legal bases

• Contract: to provide the Service you signed up for (account, wishlists, events, messages, purchases).
• Legitimate interests: keeping Youri safe and secure, moderation, analytics, crash diagnostics, improving features, personalizing recommendations, and first-party sponsored placements. We balance these against your rights, and you can object.
• Consent: device permissions, push notifications, location, sending information to OpenAI for AI features, allergy details, and processing information about other people you add where consent is needed. You can withdraw consent at any time.
• Legal obligation: tax, accounting, and responding to lawful requests.

When you add information about other people, you are responsible for having a lawful basis to share it with us, and we process it on our legitimate interest in providing the Service to you.

15.2 Your rights

You can ask to access, correct, delete, restrict, or receive a portable copy of your personal information, and object to processing based on legitimate interests (including personalization and sponsored placements). Email support@myyouri.com. We'll respond within one month. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office).

15.3 Representatives

Youri LLC is established in the United States. We have not appointed a representative in the EU or UK. Contact us directly at support@myyouri.com.

16. International transfers

Youri is based in the United States, and our servers and providers are mainly in the United States. If you use Youri from outside the U.S., your information will be transferred to and processed in the U.S., where privacy laws may differ from yours. When we transfer personal information from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we rely on safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (with the UK Addendum where relevant) or a provider's certification under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and its UK and Swiss extensions. These safeguards are part of the data processing agreements we have with our service providers.

17. Security

We protect your information with encryption in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest, access rules that limit who can read each record, App Check verification, hashed passwords managed by Firebase Authentication, and restricted staff access to moderation tools (protected by Face ID). No system is perfectly secure. Use a strong, unique password and tell us right away at support@myyouri.com if you suspect unauthorized access. If a breach affects your personal information, we'll notify you and the authorities as the law requires.

18. Children

Youri is not for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, consistent with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you're in the EEA or UK and under the age at which you can consent to data processing in your country (up to 16), you may use Youri only with the consent of a parent or guardian. If you're between 13 and 18, please review this policy with a parent or guardian. If we learn we've collected information from a child under 13, we'll delete it and the account. Parents can contact us at support@myyouri.com.

Adults may add their own children as people in Youri (for example to track a child's birthday or sizes). That information belongs to the adult's account and is treated as described in Section 3.

19. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as Youri changes. We'll change the “Last updated” date above, and for material changes we'll notify you in the app or by email before they take effect. Where the law requires, we'll ask for your consent.

20. Contact us

Questions, requests, or complaints about privacy:
Youri LLC
Email: support@myyouri.com
Website: www.myyouri.com
Fort Worth, Texas, USA

Please send written requests, including privacy rights requests, appeals, and notices, by email to support@myyouri.com.