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Friend suggestions from others' contact imports

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Medium Jul 8, 2026

The updated policy now requires email address in addition to phone number, full name, and date of birth to create an account. BeReal discloses that it derives likely gender from your username, first name, and biography using AI, and uses this classification for internal targeting purposes. The policy also reveals that a randomized sample of 0.001% of users will have their interface interactions (touches and swipes) recorded through an analytics partner for up to 90 days to understand how users navigate the app; this practice does not apply in all geographic regions. You can review your app settings or contact BeReal to inquire about your data collection status.

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Clause Stability Stable

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Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 3333 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Roblox Medium

Additionally, with your explicit and informed consent, we may use your phone number to recommend you as a friend to others using Roblox. You will be recommended with your contact name as stored on your ...

Microsoft Medium

We do not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files, to target advertising to you.

MyFitnessPal Medium

We use your personal information to send you newsletters and other promotional communications, including information about MyFitnessPal's new offerings, features, offers, events, webinars, and other information.

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Even if you don't agree to share your Address Book with us, we can still make personalized friends' suggestions to you based on your contact details that we received from your friends who use our App.

Excerpt from BeReal's Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union

Provision details

Document information
Document
BeReal Privacy Policy
Entity
BeReal
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-036160
Document ID
CA-D-00250
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
1bcaea508b2d4d3072f172a6021b5cb0ecb6214987a133d040c2ca03aa9f8663
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 06:54 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: BeReal
Document: BeReal Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-036160
Captured: 2026-07-09 06:54:13 UTC
SHA-256: 1bcaea508b2d4d30…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/bereal/bereal-privacy-policy/provision/CA-P-036160/friend-suggestions-from-others-contact-imports/
Accessed: Aug. 6, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does BeReal's Friend suggestions from others' contact imports clause do?

The clause states: “Even if you don't agree to share your Address Book with us, we can still make personalized friends' suggestions to you based on your contact details that we received from your friends who use our App.”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 278 platforms. See the full comparison.

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