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This provision establishes the operational scope and data handling practice for the contact list feature. It clarifies that contact data collection occurs upon user selection of the friend-finding functionality and that such data is retained server-side rather than processed locally.
Users who activate the friend-finding feature authorize BeReal to access their stored contacts and retain that contact information on company servers. This data collection occurs as a condition of using the friend discovery function.
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"If you choose to find friends on BeReal, we may access and collect information from your device's contact list, including names and phone numbers, to help you find people you know who are also using BeReal. We store this information on our servers.— Excerpt from BeReal's BeReal Privacy Policy
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This provision establishes the operational scope and data handling practice for the contact list feature. It clarifies that contact data collection occurs upon user selection of the friend-finding functionality and that such data is retained server-side rather than processed locally.
Users who activate the friend-finding feature authorize BeReal to access their stored contacts and retain that contact information on company servers. This data collection occurs as a condition of using the friend discovery function.
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