Effective date: September 4, 2026
Coffee Chat (the "Service") is operated by FairCorp. If you have questions about this policy or your information, contact us at faircorp.info@gmail.com.
Account information. When you sign up, you provide an email address and password. We store a one-way encrypted (hashed) form of your password — never your plaintext password. Accounts are role-based: student or mentor.
Profile information. You may add your name, school, year in school, planned major or field of interest, goals, a short bio, interest tags, and an optional profile picture. Mentors may add a job title, company, industry, college, major, years of experience, career path, an optional LinkedIn URL, and availability. Profile information is shown to other users so students and mentors can find relevant conversations.
Messages. The text of messages you send and receive is stored on our servers with timestamps, and is visible to you and the people you message.
Usage counts. Each page load may increment an anonymous, aggregate visit counter for the Service. No personal information is included, and no cookie is set for it.
Technical information. To operate and secure the Service, we keep standard technical records in connection with sign-ins and sessions, such as IP address, user-agent, and timestamps.
Sign-in cookie (fc_auth). When you sign in, we set a session cookie that keeps you signed in. It is readable only by our servers, is sent over secure connections, and expires after a limited time (about 12 hours) or when you sign out.
Security cookie (fc_csrf). We also set a short-lived security cookie used to help protect you from cross-site request forgery.
Session mirror. While you are signed in, your browser stores a small session reference (your email and role) in session storage so pages know who you are. It is cleared when you close your browser tab or sign out.
Demo / preview mode. When the app is served as a static demo without a backend (for example, a local preview or a public prototype copy), sample and account data is stored in your browser's local storage on your device instead of on our servers. On the live Service, this data is stored on our servers.
Web fonts. Pages load font files from Google Fonts. When you view a page, your browser contacts Google's servers to fetch those fonts; Google's own privacy practices apply to those requests.
We use the information described above to operate the Service: create and manage accounts, show profiles and connect students with mentors, deliver messages, keep the Service safe (including automated screening of messages and reviewing reports), respond to you, and measure overall usage. We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not sell it.
Your profile is visible to other users of the Service, and messages are visible to the people you message. A limited number of site operators and administrators (admin accounts) can access account, profile, message, and report data to administer the Service — for example, to review reports, issue warnings, or suspend accounts that violate our Terms of Service. Administrative access is restricted to our operator console and is not available to the general public.
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We share it only as needed to provide the Service: with hosting and infrastructure providers that operate our servers on our behalf, with the font provider noted above, or where required by law or to protect the safety and rights of users and the Service.
Your information is stored on servers operated for the Service by us and our hosting provider. We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, including password hashing, encrypted (HTTPS) connections, restricted administrative access, and session protections. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We keep account and profile information while your account is active and for as long as needed to operate the Service, maintain safety, and meet legal obligations. Messages and related records are retained so conversations and safety reports remain meaningful. When you delete your account (see "Deleting your account" below), we permanently delete your profile, messages, matches, reports you filed, and the other data associated with your account. Deletion is immediate and irreversible — we do not keep any copy of your data that could be used to reactivate the account later. The only exception is a minimal record of the account (the name and email address you used), retained for legal documentation purposes; it cannot be used to sign in, restore, or reactivate anything.
You can delete your account and your data yourself at any time. On your profile page, open the Account section and choose Delete account. You will be asked to confirm by entering your password. Deleting your account permanently removes your profile and profile picture, your messages and conversations, your matches, reports you filed, and other account data. It cannot be undone. For legal documentation purposes, we retain only a minimal record of the account — your name and email address — which cannot be used to sign in or restore your account. You may also contact us at faircorp.info@gmail.com to request deletion of that record. If you are unable to delete your account for any reason, contact us at faircorp.info@gmail.com and we will delete it for you.
Coffee Chat is intended for people who are at least 16 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from people below this minimum age. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us at faircorp.info@gmail.com and we will take steps to delete it.
You can review and update your profile information from your profile page. You can sign out of the Service at any time. You can delete your account and your data at any time from the Account section of your profile page (see "Deleting your account" above). You may also contact us at faircorp.info@gmail.com to request access to, correction of, export of, or deletion of your personal information, and we will respond as required by applicable law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Effective date" at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we will take reasonable steps to bring them to your attention.
For privacy questions or requests, contact faircorp.info@gmail.com. The operator of the Service is FairCorp.