Last updated: April 26, 2026
YayOrNay is a social polling app that lets you ask friends yes/no or this-or-that questions and vote on theirs. Your privacy matters to us. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, who we share it with, and what choices you have.
Data controller: Cem Karabulut. Contact: cmkarabulut@gmail.com.
Account information. When you sign in with Apple, Google, or email/password, we receive your email address and (with Apple or Google) your display name. You choose a username and, optionally, a profile photo during onboarding. These are stored in Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore.
Questions, votes, and comments. Content you create — yes/no questions, this-or-that questions, attached photos, votes, comments, and @-mentions — is stored in Cloud Firestore and Cloud Storage. Private questions are visible only to the recipients you send them to. Public questions are visible to any signed-in YayOrNay user.
Friend connections. Your friend list, pending friend requests, blocked users, and friend groups are stored so you can organize who you interact with.
Push notification token. If you enable notifications, we store a device token issued by Apple Push Notification service and Firebase Cloud Messaging so we can deliver alerts. You can toggle individual notification categories (new question, new vote, new comment, mentions, friend requests, friend accepted) in Settings.
Vote timestamps. When you vote on a question, we record a timestamp alongside your vote. This lets us produce aggregated usage analytics (e.g. how many votes happen per day).
Analytics events. We log app interaction events — signups, posts, votes, skips, comments, friend actions, tab switches, and similar — along with your account ID. We use these events to measure feature adoption, identify bugs, and prioritize improvements. Events do not contain the text of your questions, your photos, or the contents of your posts — only the category of action and a small set of structured parameters (for example, the kind of question, whether it was public or to friends, and whether it had a photo). The data is processed via Firebase Analytics (linked to Google Analytics 4) and exported to BigQuery for our own analytical queries.
Moderation reports. If you report a question as inappropriate, we record which user reported which question so moderation doesn't double-count and the reported content can be reviewed.
We do not collect your location, contacts, health data, financial data, browsing history outside the app, or identifiers used for advertising.
We use your data to:
We do not use your data for advertising, cross-app tracking, or profiling.
We share data with the infrastructure providers we depend on to operate the app:
Other YayOrNay users see the public parts of your profile (username, display name, optional photo) and whatever content you share with them. We do not sell your data or share it with advertisers or any third party not listed above.
Data is stored on Google Cloud infrastructure in regions Google assigns to your Firebase project (typically the United States or European Union). Google operates standard contractual clauses and a Data Processing Addendum for international transfers.
You can:
If you live in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority. Our lawful basis for processing is consent (for optional features like notifications) and performance of contract (for core app features you signed up for).
If you live in California, the CCPA grants you the right to know what we collect, to delete it, to correct it, and to non-discrimination for exercising your rights. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, so no opt-out mechanism is required.
YayOrNay applies multiple layers of moderation to user content:
We aim to review every report within 24 hours of submission. Confirmed violations result in content removal and, for repeated or severe violations, account suspension or permanent ban. Full rules and enforcement details are in our Terms of Use.
YayOrNay is not intended for children under 13, or under 16 in the European Economic Area. We do not knowingly collect data from children under those ages. If you believe a child has created an account, email us and we will delete it.
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the app or in applicable law. The "Last updated" date above reflects the most recent change. Material changes will be announced in-app before they take effect.
If you have questions about this privacy policy or want to exercise any of the rights above, email us at: cmkarabulut@gmail.com
See also our Terms of Use and Support page.