TERMS OF SERVICE

Updated: February 2025

Welcome to Buddies! 

Buddies is a social network allowing its Users to share photos with friends and wait until every night at 8:00 PM to see the shared photos’ results (hereinafter the « Application »).

The Buddies Application is published by Evendia, a simplified joint-stock company headquartered at 270 Avenue de la République, 59110, La Madeleine, registered under the number 884 758 848 with the Lille Trade and Companies Register.

These General Terms of Use (hereinafter the « Terms » or « ToU ») define the conditions under which the User is authorized to use the Application and benefit from its Services.

Access to the Application and use of the Services are also subject to the Standards of Community of Buddies, that you can read here.

Note: When you check the box “I accept these Terms and Conditions of Use and Community Standards” or any other similar wording, when subscribing to the Services, you accept all these documents and you agree to comply with all the obligations set out therein.

To find out more about how we process personal data, you can read our Privacy Policy. 

We encourage you to read all these documents carefully and not to register on Buddies if you are not comfortable with our terms.

1. Definitions and Interpretation

In these ToU, the following terms have the following meanings:

• « User Account » or « User Profile »: The specific space for a User where they can provide personal information, view and comment on other Users’ Content, and publish their own Content. The User Account is necessarily public and viewable by anyone.
• « Content »: Photos, videos published on the Application and/or created through the Application’s Services.
• « Parties »: Refers to Evendia and the User.
• « Application »: The online solution accessible from the Buddies application available on GooglePlay or Apple Store.
• « Reveals »: A Service offered by the Application allowing Users to discover content shared by their friends before 8:00 PM.
• « Services »: All features offered to the User to create, modify, publish, share their content.
• « User »: Any individual using the Application and its Services.

2. Creating a User Account

2.1 Required Information

To use Buddies, you must create a unique User Account. When creating your User Account, we will ask you to authenticate using Google Auth or Apple Auth, then provide the following information:

• Your phone number;
• Your first and last name;
• Your age.

These elements are essential to use the Buddies Application.

You also agree to keep your User Account password confidential. If you believe someone is using your User Account illegitimately, you agree to notify us by contacting us at privacy@buddiesapp.fr.

2.2 Age Limit

Buddies is open to users aged 15 and over only.

3. Description of Services

You can use the Services on your phone via the Buddies mobile Application. The Services allow you to (i) create, publish, share Content, (ii) view other Users’ Content, (iii) interact with them, and (iv) delete your Content.

(i) Creating and Sharing Your Own Content

This feature allows you to:

• Take and share a photo or video;

(ii) Viewing Other Users’ Content

You can view other Users’ Content when you are friends with the User.

(iii) Interacting with Other Users

You can interact with other Users or with other Users’ Content through:

• The « Find Friends » feature that allows you to search your phone contacts for people using Buddies;
• A messaging feature that allows exchanges between Users;

(iv) Deleting Content

You can choose to delete your content once revealed. If you wish to delete content before it is revealed, please send a request to support@buddiesapp.fr.

4. Reporting Illegal or Inappropriate Content

 As a host, we are not subject to a general obligation to monitor the information we store. However, if you believe Content is illegal or inappropriate, you can report it or report the User who posted it by clicking the « report » tab in the Content settings or User Profile settings.

We particularly invite you to report any Content that is sexual and/or child pornographic, promotes hatred, terrorism, violence in general or against a specific group of people, incites others to endanger themselves, or provokes suicide.

 If you report Content to us and have provided us with your contact details, we will keep you informed of the follow-up to this report.

We remind you that we may decide to delete or suspend any Content or User Account following a report or the discovery that it is illegal or contrary to our Terms of Use. We will always notify you of the reasons for this deletion.

To learn more about moderation, see our Community Standards.

5. User Commitments

In using the Application, you agree to comply with the provisions described in these Terms of Use and applicable laws. In this regard, you agree not to:

• Use Buddies if you are under 15 years old.
• Use Buddies for advertising or commercial purposes to publish or facilitate the transmission of advertisements, commercial solicitations, spam, « chain letters, » « pyramid schemes, » or to collect information, data, or Content about other Users without their permission.
• Alter or attempt to alter the proper functioning of the Application, impede access to the Application, or circumvent measures we may use to block or limit access to the Services.
• Use the Buddies Application in a misleading, malicious, discriminatory, or more generally illegal manner, for example by impersonating someone else for personal or commercial purposes.
• Harm or attempt to harm others or a group, particularly through intimidation, harassment, promoting sexual content, violence, calls for hatred, spreading false information.
• Use the Services to upload, transmit, distribute, store, or intentionally make available, recklessly or negligently, any Content that may infringe third-party intellectual property rights, privacy rights, image rights, dignity, and honor of others, including deceased persons. In this regard, please note that you are solely responsible for the Content you choose to share on the Application, especially when this Content depicts other people. We recommend always ensuring others’ consent to the use of their image or creations on Buddies.

We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to remove or temporarily or permanently suspend access to any Content that is clearly illegal or does not comply with these Terms or our Standards of Community.

6. Deleting an Account

We reserve the right to suspend or delete your User Account upon simple notification from us and without prior notice, for any reason, including:

• Violation or attempted violation of the Terms and/or applicable law;
• Unexpected technical or security issues;
• Long periods of inactivity on your account.

In such a case, you are not allowed to create a new User Account.

7. Intellectual Property

7.1 Intellectual Property and Application Integrity

Excluding Content generated by Users, the Application is the exclusive property of Evendia, including its structure, design, interfaces, databases, texts, digital content, trademarks, and HTML tags. The Application is protected by the provisions of the Intellectual Property Code and any applicable national or international intellectual property laws.

You may use the Application under a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, revocable license, worldwide and valid until the deletion of your User Account, to share your Content and interact with other Users only.

As a result, you agree not to reproduce, distribute, reverse-engineer, disassemble, decompile, or use any part of the Application in any form, unless we have given you written permission. Any violation of this obligation constitutes counterfeiting, punishable notably by Articles L.335-2 and following of the Intellectual Property Code.

It is also forbidden to:

• Perform extractions by temporary or permanent transfer, or use the Application or its visible databases for commercial or other purposes by making them available to the public in whole or in substantial quantitative or qualitative parts.
• Extract or repeatedly and systematically use any part of the visible information from the Application when such an operation clearly exceeds normal private use of the Application.
• Exploit, commercialize, or distribute any element of the Application, including the visible information from the Application, databases, Services, programs, source codes, algorithms, methods incorporated into the Application.
• Use devices or software to disrupt or attempt to disrupt the proper functioning of the Application; or implement actions that would impose a disproportionate load on our infrastructures.

7.2 Intellectual Property and License

By using Buddies, you may create Content that you are the author and, where applicable, the holder of intellectual property rights.

When you share Content on the Application, you grant Evendia and all its Users a free, non-exclusive, worldwide license for thirty (30) years on any type of media to:

• Allow other Users to reproduce and share the Content on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, and Instagram, and more generally any social network or messaging application that may be interfaced with Buddies.
• Allow Evendia to host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, display, publish, edit, distribute, and sublicense all or part of the Content for providing the Application’s Services to its Users and conducting marketing, communication, or commercial promotion activities for Buddies.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties and Liability

The Application and its Services are provided « as is. » Consequently, to the extent permitted by law, we offer no warranties regarding them, particularly concerning:

• The conformity of our Services to your expectations.
• The absence of interruptions, errors, security breaches, or infringements of third-party rights in the operation of the Buddies Application.
• The accuracy and reliability of information obtained while using our Services.

More generally, you acknowledge that the Internet and any telecommunication network used for data transmission may involve risks related to the absence of protection for certain data against possible misuse and risks of contamination by viruses. Thus, Evendia cannot be held liable for any loss or alteration of data, or for any loss of opportunity or time.

In any event, our liability is limited to direct material damages, excluding any indirect damages of any kind.

We also reserve the right, within the limits permitted by law, to modify, suspend, delete, or limit the availability of all or part of our Application for commercial and operational reasons at any time and without notice.

9. Protection of Personal Data

Users are informed that the personal data collected is subject to computerized processing in accordance with Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, relating to data processing, files, and freedoms, as amended (known as the Data Protection Act) and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

For more details regarding the use of your personal data and your rights regarding it, we recommend that you read our Privacy Policy.

10. Modification of the Terms of Use

 Evendia may modify its ToU at any time. In such a case, Evendia will publish the new versions of the ToU on the Application’s pages and alert Users via a pop-up window that will appear when the Application is opened.

11. Miscellaneous

If any or part of the provisions of the ToU are considered illegal, unenforceable, or inapplicable by a court decision, the other provisions or agreements will remain applicable, provided that the overall economy of the contract is not disrupted, or a judge has not declared it null.

12. Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

For any complaint or dispute, the User is invited to contact Evendia at privacy@buddiesapp.fr as a priority to reach an amicable solution.

In accordance with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No. 524/2013, the European Commission has set up an online dispute resolution platform, facilitating independent out-of-court resolution of online disputes between consumers and professionals in the European Union. This platform is accessible at the following link: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/odr/

These Terms are subject to French law. Any dispute not resolved by the means indicated above will be submitted to the competent jurisdiction corresponding to the court of the User’s place of residence located in one of the Member States of the European Economic Area.

13. Fees and Purchase Conditions

13.1 Purchases

Within the Service, you can purchase, with real-world money, a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable right to use virtual currency, including but not limited to virtual money (called « reveals »), for use in Buddies. You are only allowed to purchase virtual items from us and not in any other way.

You expressly agree that we begin the execution of the contract for the purchase of Virtual Items or any other digital content before the expiration of any legal withdrawal period defined in applicable laws. You expressly consent in advance that the content you purchased is delivered to you before the end of the withdrawal period, thus waiving the legal right of withdrawal.

Evendia may manage, regulate, control, modify, or eliminate Virtual Items at any time, with or without notice. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Evendia disclaims all liability to you or any third party if Evendia exercises such rights.

The transfer of Virtual Items is prohibited unless expressly authorized in the Service. Except as expressly authorized in the Service, you may not sell, buy, redeem, or otherwise transfer Virtual Items to any person or entity or attempt any of the aforementioned actions, including, but not limited to, Evendia, another user, or a third party.

ALL PURCHASES AND REDEMPTIONS OF VIRTUAL ITEMS MADE VIA THE SERVICE ARE FINAL AND NON-REFUNDABLE, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

The provision of virtual items for use in the Buddies application is a service provided by Evendia that begins upon Evendia’s acceptance of your purchase.

13.2 Payment of Fees

You agree to pay all applicable fees and taxes incurred by you or anyone using an account registered to you. Evendia may revise the price of Virtual Items offered through the Service at any time.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVENDIA IS NOT OBLIGATED TO OFFER A REFUND FOR ANY REASON, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE MONEY OR OTHER COMPENSATION FOR UNUSED VIRTUAL ITEMS WHEN AN ACCOUNT IS CLOSED, WHETHER SUCH CLOSURE WAS VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY.

PRIVACY POLICY

Updated: February 2025

We are committed to preserving the confidentiality of the personal information you provide us when using Buddies and place great importance on protecting your privacy. This is why we have drafted this document (hereinafter the « Privacy Policy »). This document concerns all Users of the Application.

We invite you to read our Privacy Policy carefully and contact us with any questions you may have about the collection and processing of your Personal Data at the following email address: privacy@buddiesapp.fr

This Privacy Policy is an informational document and not a contractual one. It aims to inform you about the processing of personal data carried out by Evendia and to fulfill Evendia’s legal obligations regarding information.

Please note that the definitions contained in the General Terms of Use are applicable to this document. To find out more about moderation, you can also read our Standards of Community. 

1. Scope

The Privacy Policy details the Personal Data collected and processed when using our Application, the reasons for processing Users’ Personal Data, how Evendia uses it, and the features offered to allow Users to access and update their Personal Data.

Personal Data is defined as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Examples include: name, first name, email and postal address of a natural person, their image in a photograph or video, an IP address, location data, etc.

2. Availability and Updates of Our Privacy Policy

We strongly recommend that you read this privacy policy before subscribing to our Application.

This Privacy Policy may change based on the evolution of our data protection practices (modification of a process, new legal obligation, etc.). Evendia will publish new versions of the Privacy Policy on the Application and at the following address: https://buddiesapp.fr/cgu-en/ and will alert Users via a pop-up window that will appear when the Application is opened.

Generally, the Privacy Policy is always easily accessible at https://buddiesapp.fr/cgu-en/ or from the settings of your User Account.

3. Data Controller of Personal Data

The processing of your Personal Data is subject to French law, notably Law No. 78-17 of January 6, 1978, relating to data processing, files, and freedoms, as amended (known as the Data Protection Act), and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

According to current regulations, Evendia is the sole Data Controller of your Personal Data.

4. Categories of Personal Data Collected and Processed During Application Use

4.1 What Personal Data is collected and how is it processed?

To provide access to the Application and its Services, Evendia collects several categories of Personal Data concerning you for different purposes, legal bases, and retention periods. Below is a summary of all this information in the table.

If you want to know more about the Data collected and the processing purposes, you can also read the details below :

Purpose of the processing	Collected data	Legal basis	Storage time
Account creation and User identification – Account management	Mandatory profile data (first or last name, date of birth, telephone number, )	Contractual performance of the Terms and Conditions between you and Buddies.	Duration of use of Services or until deleted by User
	Optional profile data (profile photo)	Consent	Duration of use of Services or until withdrawal of consent
Purchase of paid features	Transaction data transmitted by the Store (purchase history, transaction amount, user’s first and last name)	Contractual performance of the Terms and Conditions between you and Buddies.	Length of time required to complete the transaction in active storage plus legal retention period for accounting purposes (10 years) in intermediate archiving
Proper operation of the Application and its Services – Enable Users to publish Content on the Application and exchange messages	Data relating to your activity on Buddies, Communications with Buddies, Data relating to devices and equipment used	Legitimate interest in providing a functional Application	2 years from collection date
	Data sent by your phone’s camera and photos stored on your phone	Contractual execution of the General Conditions between you and Buddies. Access to the device is granted through permission.	Duration of use of Services or until withdraws of the granted permission by the User
	Messaging data: Text messages. Photos sent via e-mail	Contractual execution of the General Conditions between you and Buddies..	Duration of use of Services or until suppression of the Content by the User
Administrative management of the Application, User complaints and reports, Moderation of content in accordance with our ToU, our Standards and the law	Content data, Communications with Evendia	Legitimate interest in responding to User requests and ensuring the security of the Application	Time needed to process your request (complaint or report) in the active database, which may be increased by the legal limitation period (5 years) in the event of a risk of litigation in intermediate archiving
Moderation of content in compliance with applicable law (prevention of illegal activities, fraud, cyberbullying, etc.)	Data relating to content, Data relating to your activity on Buddies	Meeting our legal obligations	1 year from collection date for metadata in active storage. 5 years (legal statute of limitations) for data retained for dispute prevention purposes in intermediate archiving.
Connecting with other Users	Data from your smartphone’s contact book	Consent	Duration of use of Services or until withdrawal of consent

Details on Collected Personal Data

Evendia collects two types of Data:

(i) Data You Provide

• Profile Data: This includes the mandatory information required when creating your account: your phone number, first and last name, date of birth, and username.
• Optional Data: You can also provide optional data such as a profile photo.
• Communications with Evendia: When you report an issue on the Application (inappropriate content, bugs, errors), respond to a survey on our Services’ quality, request assistance, or exercise your rights, we record the information you agree to provide or that we need to respond to your request.
• Content Data: We collect the content you create using our Services, such as photos and videos. Note that Users viewing your Content can always copy or screenshot it. Therefore, we strongly recommend not posting or sending Content you do not wish to be shared.
• Messaging Data: We collect your messages to route them to their recipients when using our messaging system.

(ii) Data Collected When You Use Our Services

• Activity Data on Buddies: This includes:
• Connection Data: IP address, registration date, last login date.
• Interaction Data: Number of friends and invitations, comments on friends’ shared Content, friends you interact with most.
• Usage Data: Use of Reveals, publication times, number of buds shared, etc.
• Phone Contacts: With your consent, Evendia can locally access your phone contacts to identify your contacts already registered on Buddies or to invite your friends to join the Application. We never access your contacts without your permission.
• Device and Equipment Data: We collect information about and from the devices and equipment you use to access Buddies, such as your IP address, device type, application crashes, operating system version, language used, user number.
• Camera and Photos: Most of our Services require you to allow us to collect data from your phone’s camera and photo library (sending and uploading photos). If you refuse to let us access your camera or photo library, you can still receive photos from other Users and contact them, but you cannot take, upload, and share your own photos.

Details on Legal Bases and Purposes of Processing

We process the above-described Data in compliance with GDPR requirements for different purposes based on:

• Contractual Execution to provide the Services described in the General Terms of Use. This includes:
• Allowing you to access the Application and related services (profile visibility, message and shared content transmission, friend suggestions).
• Providing you with a functional User account.
• Notifying you of changes to our services.
• Providing User support services.
• Administering the Application, repairing and fixing bugs, updating.
• Providing User Content sharing services and interaction with other Users.
• Legitimate Interests to provide you with an efficient and dynamic Application. This includes:
• Monitoring User content, messages, and associated metadata for administrative and compliance purposes with our General Terms of Use.
• Verifying content display compatibility with the type of device used.
• Understanding how Users use the Application to improve, develop, and commercially promote the Application.
• Ensuring the Application’s stability and security.
• Identifying criminal activities, fraudulent behavior, and misuse of the Application.
• Sending surveys and feedback requests to improve the Services offered.
• Legal Obligations when processing Data aims to prevent and combat abusive, fraudulent, and illegal activities.
• Your Consent for processing related to accessing your phone contacts to connect you with known Service Users.

Data Retention Details

Evendia commits to retaining Users’ Personal Data only for the duration strictly necessary for the declared processing according to the aforementioned purposes or for exercising and asserting its legal rights, and in any case within the legal limits.

Please note that you can delete your account at any time in your Buddies account settings. When you delete your account, you will no longer be able to use our Services, and your profile will no longer be accessible or visible to other users.

Evendia commits to deleting Personal Data from its databases at the end of these periods. In the case of an account deletion request, this will be effective within 30 (thirty) days. All our backups are automatically deleted after 90 (ninety) days.

However, Evendia retains certain information in intermediate archives to meet legal, accounting, and tax obligations, particularly to prevent illicit behavior after a User Account deletion (reuse of an old account by a third party). In this case, Personal Data will be deactivated and no longer accessible online.

4.2 Cookies

A « cookie » (or « tracker ») is a connection marker that designates a text file that may be stored in a dedicated space on your device’s hard drive (computer, tablet, or smartphone) during the consultation of an online service. A cookie allows its issuer to identify the terminal in which it is stored during the cookie’s validity or recording period. The cookie does not identify the User per se; it records your browsing information on the Application.

When you connect to the Application, information about your browsing may be recorded in « Cookies » files installed on your terminal, depending on your cookie preferences, which can be modified at any time. These cookies allow personalized navigation and are also used for analytical purposes (audience measurement).

The existence of cookies and their purpose(s) will be indicated to you upon your connection to the Application by an information banner at the bottom or top of the homepage.

The placement and reading of cookies on your terminal generally require your prior consent, which is collected by clicking « I accept. » The consent given for cookie use is valid for 13 months. After this period, we will ask you to renew your consent.

If the audience measurement cookies are refused, the User will not suffer any consequences in the use of the Application. On the other hand, if the functional cookies are refused or deleted,  the User is informed that he or she may experience malfunctions of the Application.

Finally, it is essential to distinguish cookies issued on the Application from those issued by third parties. In this regard, we inform you that cookies may be placed from time to time on certain Application pages by third parties (advertisers or others).

Buddies uses the following cookies and trackers:

• On the Application:
  • Cookies necessary for Service use, for example, allowing you to stay logged into your account.
  • Cookies analyzing your Application use to generate statistical reports without identifying you:
    • Google Analytics and Amplitude
  • Cookies necessary for the correct and efficient functioning of the Application, for example, saving your usage preferences.

5. Sharing  Information with Third Parties

5.1 Evendia Employees

Authorized Evendia employees have access to your information to ensure the Application’s proper functioning, provide Services, and respond to your requests.

5.2 Other Users

When you post Contents on the Application, these Contents are available to the friends you have selected. When you comment on another User’s Contents, these comments become available to that User. When you interact with your friends through your user account, Evendia will transmit the necessary data to the concerned user to facilitate the interaction.

5.3 Service Providers

Your Personal Data is transmitted to third-party subcontractors involved in providing Services (technical and hosting providers, notifications sending, content publishing and sharing, User tracking and satisfaction surveys, incident management or fraudulent activity, etc.).

5.4 Legal and Lawful Reasons

Information and Personal Data may also be disclosed to a third party if Evendia is compelled by law, a regulatory provision, or a court order, or if this disclosure is necessary for an investigation, injunction, or legal proceeding, domestically or abroad.

Similarly, Evendia may share information and Personal Data with companies, advisors, or third parties to:

• Enforce the Privacy Policy and the Application’s General Terms of Use in effect, including identifying potential breaches.
• Protect against any harm to the rights, property, or safety of its users, in compliance with and respecting the law.

5.5 Communication of Personal Data Outside the European Union

The processing of Personal Data as described in the Privacy Policy may sometimes involve transferring your Data to one or more other countries, inside or outside the European Economic Area, including the United States.

 If applicable, we use standard contractual clauses and/or other mechanisms approved by the European Commission to maintain a level of Personal Data protection equivalent to that guaranteed by the GDPR.

6. Respect for the Rights of Application Users

You have certain rights regarding your Personal Data, which are listed below :

1. Right of Access: You have the right to access your personal data and additional information under certain conditions. This right allows you to be aware of and verify the legality of the processing performed.

2. Right to Rectification and Modification: This allows you to update or correct the accuracy of your Data. You can exercise this right directly from your account settings.

3. Right to Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion or removal of your personal data. You can exercise this right when the processing of Personal Data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or, where applicable, when you withdraw your consent to the processing.

4. Right to Object: You have the right to object to the collection and processing of all or part of your Personal Data when the processing is based on our legitimate interest. When you choose to object to such processing, we ask you to indicate the reasons for your objection to allow us to balance our compelling reasons with your request, except when the data is processing for commercial prospection.

5. Right to Restriction of Processing: This right is not absolute and only applies when :

• A rectification request has been made under the right to rectification described above. You can then request the suspension of the processing of your Personal Data for the time necessary to verify the accuracy of the requested corrections.
• You oppose the deletion of your Personal Data, which was processed unlawfully.
• Evendia no longer needs the Personal Data for processing purposes but it is still necessary for you to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
• You wish to exercise your right to object as described above. You can then request the suspension of the processing of your Personal Data for the time necessary to balance our compelling reasons with your request.

6. Right to Data Portability: This means obtaining, in a structured and machine-readable format, the personal data you have provided to us directly based on your consent or a contract, provided that the processing is automated.

7. Right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. In this case, Evendia will no longer be able to carry out this data processing, but its lawfulness will not be called into question for the period prior to the withdrawal of your consent.

8. Right to Define the Treatment of Your Personal Data After Your Death: This includes giving instructions regarding the communication of this data (or not) by Evendia to a designated third party.

Before responding to a request to exercise one or more of your rights, we may ask you to confirm some Account information to verify your identity.

You can exercise these rights at any time by contacting us using our usual contact details.

Evendia is committed to responding to your requests regarding the Privacy Policy or the exercise of your rights as soon as possible and within one calendar month maximum of receiving the request, as provided in the GDPR.

If your request is complex or if you make multiple requests, the response time may be up to three calendar months from the day of receipt.

If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you infringes your rights or data protection regulations, you also have the right to file a complaint with:

• Evendia’s primary data supervisory authority: the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), or
• Your local supervisory authority.

7. Information About Children

Buddies is not intended for minors under 15 years of age. If you believe we have Personal Data about a child or collected from a child who does not meet the age requirement, you can notify us by reporting the content or User Account.

8. Information for American Users

This clause for American users, particularly California and Virginia residents, applies to personal information (as defined in applicable regulations) provided to Evendia by the User.

In light of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), we provide this information as a service provider processing your personal information (as defined in applicable law) to confirm that we have implemented appropriate contractual terms. The term « applicable law » refers to all laws, regulations, standards, regulatory guidelines, and self-regulatory guidelines that may apply to managing your Data. Applicable laws include, but are not limited to, the California Consumer Privacy Act (Cal. Civ. Code §1798.100 – 1798.199) and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (SB 1392).

As a service provider, we will collect, retain, use, disclose, and process your personal information solely to fulfill our obligations to you under our agreement, for the previously mentioned operational purposes in this Policy, and for no other purpose.

We will not sell your personal information or disclose your personal information for commercial purposes.

We certify that we understand and comply with the restrictions and obligations set forth in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.140(w)(2) and Va. SB 1392. In the event of inconsistency or conflict between the terms and conditions of this clause and those of the ToU or Privacy Policy, the latter shall prevail regarding Data of persons in the European Economic Area.

For any questions about the CCPA or other US regulations at Evendia or to exercise your rights, you can contact us as indicated in Article 11.

9. Contact

You can exercise these rights at any time by choosing one of the following methods:

• By mail at the following address: Evendia, 270 Avenue de la République, 59110, La Madeleine.
• By email at: privacy@buddiesapp.fr

Evendia is committed to responding to your requests regarding the Privacy Policy or the exercise of your rights as soon as possible.

COMMUNITY STANDARDS

Updated: February 2025

Welcome to Buddies!

Buddies is a social network allowing its Users to share photos with friends and wait everynight at 8.00 PM to see the shared photos’ results.

In order for everyone to fully enjoy the Services that we offer, we have written these Community Standards (the “Standards”). 

The Standards are part of the Terms of Use of Buddies (“ToU”). Thus, you must also review and agree to these Community Standards if you wish to use our Services and to be aware of all the rules and obligations that apply to you on our Application. The ToU and the Community Standards constitute the entire contractual agreement governing your use of the Services. 

Please note: When you check the box “I accept these ToU and these Standards” or any other similar wording, at the time of the subscription to the Services, you accept these Standards and agree to respect all the obligations set out in them. 

First, just a little clarification: all capitalized terms used in these Standards are defined within these Standards  and/or in the ToU.

1. Rules of community for the security of children

We’d like to remind you of our commitment to children’s safety. Our Application is reserved for people aged 15 and over, which means that there are minors and children.

This is why it is imperative that you respect the following rules against the exploitation and the child abuse on minors:

• You cannot publish any Content that could be considered as Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). Any CSAM means still images, videos, illustrated computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a child in a sexually explicit context or engaging in sexually explicit acts.

• Online grooming is strictly prohibited. This means you are not authorized to build trust and rapport with a child in order to gain access to the child for the purpose of sexual activity or exploitation. All the following behaviours are not authorized at all on our Application : any request to minors to take sexually explicit images or to meet IRL for sexual purposes or to engage in a sexual conversation online or any proposition to sell or trade any minors’ sexual images. If you see someone acting in this way, you must report it.

• We ban any form of sexualization of minors. Any creation or sharing of Content (photos, real-world art, digital content, verbal depictions) that sexualizes real ou non-real children is not tolerated on our Application.

• Sextortion is a criminal offense, especially when it concerns children. Our Application (and the world!) is not a place where children could be threatened or blackmailed for sexual content, sexual activity and money from the child. 

• Help us fight against child sex trafficking. Be alert to any behavior that might make you think someone is trying to advertise, solicit and exploit a child under 18 through a commercial sex act. 

• Protect kids. In general, if you think a child may be in danger, is being mistreated, or is being pressured into dangerous behavior, don’t hesitate to intervene, both by reporting it to us and by offering to help the child.

If you have any questions or concerns about child safety, or if you have detected any of the behaviors listed above, we are at your disposal and invite you to write to us at the following email address privacy@buddiesapp.fr or via the reporting tool available on our Application.

2. Others rules of community 

As we really want to offer our Services to everybody and to share a good mood, some uses aren’t allowed. The short version is in bold, and for more details, keep reading the rest of the paragraph.

• You may not have any offensive language other Users on our Application. No behavior no publish or upload Content that harasses, intimidates, defames or threatens a User or a third party is allowed on the Application or to the Users.
• Anyhateful speech is clearly prohibited. Any Content that promotes or tolerates hatred  or violence against people because of their race, ethnic origin, colour, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, state of health, or other forms of discriminatory intolerance, will not be accepted. You may not use the Application to promote or support organizations, individuals or third parties that: (i) encourage hateful or discriminatory behavior; or (ii) promote violence.

• Any behaviour that could be construed as sexual harassment contravenes our rules. You must respect the limits and consent of other Users, in particular by refraining from sending any unsolicited sexual Content. Buddies lets you chat and meet other Users, but all interactions must be respectful and agreed between the Users.

• Nudity is not the kind of content we want on the Application. We ask you not to publish content that indecently exposes the human body.  

• You can’t do any hidden and/or illegal and/ or dangerous activities. To be clear: you may not offer services, publish  or download Content that contravenes, or facilitates or encourages activities that contravene, the applicable legislation in France or in the country from which you operate, including gambling, illegal drug use, phishing, human trafficking, prostitution, doxing, swatting.
• In Intellectual Property matters: You can’t publish or upload Content that infringes the copyrights, trademarks, patents or any other intellectual property rights of any third party. You cannot use music, images, videos, logos, books, texts, codes, and slogan, that are protected by intellectual rights, if you do not have any authorization from their owners. 
• Obviously, any malicious practice from you is forbidden. We want to make very clear that it is strictly prohibited to corrupt or attempt to corrupt the Application with phishing techniques, viruses and other malware, scraping, or any other activity that may undermine the integrity and operation of the Application. No downloading or distribution of materials that interfere with or disrupt the operation of the Application or other services and our infrastructure or third parties is permitted. 
• You have to be cautious about personal, confidential or protected information that you publish on the Application. You must only publish information, images and Content about people if you have the right to do so. In particular, you must respect image rights, privacy rights and the right to protection of personal data. You will be liable if you publish Content about people without authorisation. 
• Ban on spam and aggressive or misleading commercial activities. You may not use the Application to transmit unsolicited commercial electronic messages, or more generally any advertising or solicitation message. The publication of repetitive or meaningless Content is prohibited to the extent that it downgrades the quality of the experience offered to Users. 

3. Users behaviours 

• Usernames. We want our Users to choose appropriate, non-offensive usernames. You don’t have to use your real name on the Application, but we do require Users to provide us with accurate and up-to-date information. Do not impersonate others and don’t create accounts for the purpose of violating our Standards or misleading others.
• Behaviour. Respect other Users of the Application including IRL. We want to foster positive behaviours and good vibes on the Application. We can remove Content that targets individuals in a negative way or exclude Users who behave unlawfully or inappropriately, for example emotional abuse, doxing, bullying. Please respect spaces of expression and environments of support. 
• Preventing conflicts and illegal Content. Each User is entitled to report Content that they think is not appropriate or illegal on the Application. It is really important for us that you take part to the building of our powerful community. We also encourage Users to amicably settle any dispute they might encounter. However, Buddies is at your disposal to react and support you if a User behaves in a way that violates the law or these Standards, including working with law enforcement.

4. Moderation by Buddies

As a platform, we can’t have eyes everywhere, and we prefer to respect your privacy rather than implement intrusive tools. This is why we have not implemented any automatic detection or moderation tools for illegal content on our Application. 

However, we are extremely attentive to any reports we receive, so that we can remove content that contravenes our rules or is illegal as quickly as possible.  

As soon as we become aware of any content that is illegal or in breach of our rules, we obviously take action against it.

All our moderation decisions are made directly by humans.

We may also report any CSAM or illegal content to the police or any competent authorities in the most serious cases.

We also cooperate with European law enforcement agencies to provide them with any evidence or information required for their ongoing investigations.

To ensure the security of our Application, we invite you to report any content that you consider to be contrary to our rules or illegal.

You can contact us at the following email address privacy@buddiesapp.fr or by using the reporting tool provided for this purpose.

In your reports, we ask you to provide us with all the information we need to identify the content in question, as well as your reasons for submitting it.

5. Sanctions by Buddies

Any conduct, activity or Content that we have objectively determined is contrary to these Standards and/or applicable law may be temporarily suspended or permanently removed at any time upon notice from us and even without prior delay. 

We always explain to you why we have made a particular moderation decision, whether you are the person who submitted the report or the person who is the subject of the report.

Depending on the severity of the infringing behavior, we reserve the right to suspend your access to the Application, or to the Buddies Services in general. 

We have the right to monitor or investigate the Content and the use made of the Services, at any time and at its discretion, to verify compliance with these Standards and the Terms of Use.

6. Single point of contact for the Users 

You can contact us at anytime at the following email address : privacy@buddiesapp.fr. 

7. Single point of contact for the authorities of the EU Member States

If you are an authority of a Member State of the European Union and you wish to contact us, you can do so at the following dedicated email address: sacha.lachere@buddiesapp.fr.