Baham terms of use and privacy policy

Baham is a platform for people of every background around the world who are looking for their community, and it includes classifieds and listings, business listings, a dating section and a Q&A forum. Using any of these sections means you have read and fully accept the terms below. If you don't agree with these terms, please don't use Baham's services.The contractual terms of use (account, paid features, right of withdrawal and disputes) are on the Terms of Service page. See also: Cookie Policy, Child Safety Standards, Family terms, and Privacy Policy further down this page.Last updated: 5 November 2026

Who Baham is and how to contact us

• Baham, based in Stockholm, Sweden, is the "Data Controller" under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the information described on this page.
• Address: Stockholm, Sweden. Email: info@baham.me
• For any questions about these terms, privacy, deleting your data or exercising your legal rights, you can contact us through the"Contact us" page or by email atinfo@baham.me .
• This email is also our single point of contact for users and public authorities under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). You can write in Persian, English or Swedish.

Prohibition of human trafficking and sexual exploitation

Prohibition of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation

• Baham firmly prohibits all human trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, modern slavery and forced labor in all of its sections (classifieds, dating, business listings, chat and forum).
• Baham strictly prohibits human trafficking, sex trafficking, sexual exploitation, modern slavery, and forced labor across every part of the platform (classifieds, dating, business listings, chat, and the forum).
• Any listing, profile, message or content that directly or indirectly promotes, organizes, facilitates or profits from human trafficking or sexual exploitation is removed without notice.
• Any listing, profile, message, or content that directly or indirectly advertises, organizes, facilitates, or profits from human trafficking or sexual exploitation will be removed without notice.
• The account of the offending person or people is permanently banned, and where necessary the matter is reported to legal and law enforcement authorities.
• The offending account(s) will be permanently banned, and the matter will be reported to law enforcement authorities where required.
• If you come across anything on Baham suspected of human trafficking or sexual exploitation, report it immediately by email atinfo@baham.me or through the "Contact us" page.
• If you encounter suspected human trafficking or sexual exploitation on Baham, report it immediately via info@baham.me or the "Contact Us" page.

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

• This policy governs all sections of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls and forum). Violating any of the following leads to immediate removal of content, permanent banning of the account and, where necessary, reporting to legal authorities.
• This policy governs every part of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls, and the forum). Violating any of the following results in immediate content removal, a permanent account ban, and referral to law enforcement where required.
• ▪️ Aiding, abetting, encouraging or facilitating abuse and exploitation: Any aiding, abetting, encouraging or facilitating of abuse (physical, sexual, psychological or financial) or exploitation of any person, in any form and in any section of Baham, is prohibited. This prohibition isn't limited to specific human trafficking offences and covers all forms of abuse and exploitation.
• Aiding, abetting, encouraging, or facilitating abuse or exploitation: Aiding, abetting, encouraging, or facilitating the abuse (physical, sexual, psychological, or financial) or exploitation of any person, in any form and in any part of Baham, is prohibited. This prohibition is not limited to specific trafficking offenses and covers every form of abuse and exploitation.
• ▪️ Non-consensual intimate images (NCII / "revenge porn"): Publishing, sending, sharing or threatening to publish private or sexual photos, videos or any other media of a person without their explicit consent is strictly prohibited in every section of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls and forum). Details are in the "Prohibition of non-consensual intimate images" section below.
• Non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII / "revenge porn"): Distributing, sending, sharing, or threatening to distribute private or intimate images, videos, or other media of any person without their explicit consent is strictly prohibited across every part of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls, and the forum). See the "Prohibition of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery" section below for detail.
• ▪️ Child sexual exploitation or abuse (CSAM): Any content that shows children in a sexual or nude context, refers to it or facilitates access to it is completely prohibited without exception, and is removed immediately and reported to the competent legal authorities.
• Child sexual exploitation or abuse (CSAM): Any content that depicts, references, or facilitates access to the sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor is strictly and unconditionally prohibited, removed immediately, and reported to the relevant authorities.
• ▪️ Sexual violence: Threatening, encouraging, describing or depicting sexual violence, rape or any non-consensual sexual behavior is prohibited.
• Sexual violence: Threatening, promoting, describing, or depicting sexual violence, assault, or any non-consensual sexual activity is prohibited.
• ▪️ Facilitating human trafficking or sex trafficking: Using Baham to advertise, organize, recruit for or facilitate human trafficking or sex trafficking in any form (including forced prostitution) is prohibited.
• Facilitation of human or sex trafficking: Using Baham to advertise, organize, recruit for, or otherwise facilitate human trafficking or sex trafficking in any form (including forced prostitution) is prohibited.
• ▪️ Also prohibited: prostitution and soliciting sexual services, nudity or explicit sexual content, harassment and threats, violent or hateful content, and impersonation or fraud. (For details, see the rules of each section further down this page.)
• Also prohibited: soliciting or offering commercial sexual services, nudity or sexually explicit content, harassment or threats, violent or hateful content, and impersonation or fraud. (See each section's rules further down this page for detail.)
• To report a violation of this policy, contact us by email atinfo@baham.me or through the "Contact us" page.
• To report a violation of this policy, contact us at info@baham.me or via the "Contact Us" page.

Prohibition of non-consensual intimate images (NCII)

Prohibition of Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII)

• Publishing, sending, sharing, selling or threatening to publish private or sexual photos, videos or other media of a person without their explicit consent (also known as "revenge porn") is strictly prohibited in every section of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls and forum) - even if the media was originally taken or sent with consent.
• Distributing, sending, sharing, selling, or threatening to distribute private or intimate images, videos, or other media of any person without their explicit consent (also known as "revenge porn") is strictly prohibited across every part of Baham (classifieds, dating, businesses, chat, video calls, and the forum), even if the media was originally created or shared consensually.
• This includes secretly recording or screenshotting chats and video calls, fake or AI-generated sexual images (deepfakes) of real people, and extortion or threats using such images (sextortion).
• This includes secretly recording or screenshotting chats and video calls, fake or AI-generated sexual images (deepfakes) of real people, and extortion or threats using such images (sextortion).
• Such content is removed immediately, the offender's account is permanently banned, and where necessary the matter is reported to legal and law enforcement authorities.
• Such content is removed immediately, the offending account is permanently banned, and the matter is reported to law enforcement authorities where required.
• If a private photo or video of you has been published on Baham without your consent, report it by email at info@baham.me or through the "Contact us" page. These reports are reviewed with priority, and you don't need to provide the image itself to have it removed; a link or a description of where it was published is enough.
• If a private image or video of you has been shared on Baham without your consent, report it via info@baham.me or the "Contact Us" page. These reports are reviewed as a priority, and you do not need to send us the image itself; a link or a description of where it was posted is enough.

Rules for posting listings

• Baham launched in Stockholm in 2024 and today serves people of every background around the world who are looking for their community. Our goal is to provide a safe and convenient platform for transactions between people who share a language.
• Baham may slightly edit the text or title of your listing to bring it in line with the rules.
• Baham reserves the right to remove any message, listing or image posted, at any time and in any way it deems necessary.
• Posting a listing on Baham means you confirm you're over 18 and that it doesn't include any of the following:
• ▪️ Violating people's privacy
• ▪️ A price in the listing title
• ▪️ Insults to religions, customs, traditions or ethnic groups
• ▪️ Exploitative use of people's images without permission
• ▪️ Non-commercial political, social or religious content
• ▪️ Selling or advertising dangerous items (weapons, explosives, etc.)
• ▪️ Advertising or selling drugs
• ▪️ Bank account numbers in the listing text
• ▪️ Listings that look like possible scams
• ▪️ Misusing other people's phone numbers or emails (this will be prosecuted)

Warning: scams in home rental listings

• Home rentals are the most common area for scams on classifieds sites. Baham will never ask you to pay through the site or app to reserve a home, or for a deposit or rent.
• ▪️ Never transfer money, a deposit or any payment to an advertiser before seeing the property in person - even if they claim to be abroad and a viewing isn't possible.
• ▪️ Be suspicious of listings with unreasonably low prices, or advertisers who insist on online payment, urgent transfers or cryptocurrency.
• ▪️ Before agreeing to anything, check the advertiser's identity and the title deed or lease.
• ▪️ If you see a suspicious listing, report it through the "Contact us" page so it can be reviewed and removed if necessary.

Rules for listing photos

• Listing photos must be real, relevant and free of offensive content. Photos with any of the following won't be published:
• ▪️ Black borders or unusual colors in the image
• ▪️ Using people's images without permission
• ▪️ Using photos from other people's listings
• ▪️ Photos unrelated to the listing
• ▪️ Genitals or obscene images

Rules for viewing and using listings

• Any use of Baham means you accept these terms.
• Baham tries to publish genuine listings but doesn't guarantee their accuracy.
• Users are responsible for how they use listings.
• Baham isn't responsible for content posted by users.
• Baham may remove or edit any message or content.
• Responsibility for any content or link published in other media lies with its publisher.

Rules for registering and displaying businesses

• Registering a business on Baham means you confirm the information entered (name, address, phone number and description) belongs to your real business, or that you're authorized to list it.
• ▪️ Entering false information, impersonating other businesses or listing a non-existent business is prohibited.
• Reviews and ratings must be based on users' real experience; fake reviews (whether positive about your own business or negative about competitors) are prohibited and lead to removal of the review and possible suspension of the account.
• If you own a business and believe a review or information about it is false, offensive or defamatory, you can request a review and removal through "Contact us"; the Baham team reviews every case.
• Baham isn't an intermediary or guarantor of transactions between businesses and users, and isn't responsible for the quality of services provided by listed businesses.

Rules for using Baham chat

• Baham chat exists only for conversations about the goods and services in listings.
• Sending any offensive, promotional, threatening or irrelevant messages is prohibited.
• If abuse in chat is reported, the offender's account will be banned.
• Baham may review conversations to keep users safe.
• Chat shouldn't be used to share sensitive information or for financial transactions.

Rules for Baham Dating

• Baham Dating is only for people aged 18 and over . By turning on this section, you confirm you're at least 18 and accept its rules. Giving a false age, or use by minors, leads to permanent deletion of the account and, where necessary, legal action.
• Baham currently doesn't independently verify users' ages and relies on what users declare. If any profile belonging to someone under 18 is seen or reported, the account and all related data and photos are deleted immediately, without notice.
• Your dating profile is separate from your main Baham profile. The information, photos and conversations in this section are only used within Dating.
• Each person may only have one dating profile . Creating fake profiles, impersonation or using someone else's identity is prohibited.

Dating profile photos and content

• Profile photos must be real and of you , with your face recognizable.
• ▪️ Nudity, genitals or any sexual or pornographic content in photos is strictly prohibited.
• ▪️ Using other people's photos, photos downloaded from the internet, or photos of children and people under 18 is prohibited.
• ▪️ Including phone numbers, addresses, social media links or contact details in profile photos or text is prohibited.
• ▪️ Violent, hateful, promotional or commercial content isn't allowed in profiles.
• Baham may review profile photos and content and remove anything inappropriate without notice.

Safety tips and profile authenticity in Dating

• Profile photos are automatically checked only for nudity and for a face, and selfie verification is optional. The "verified" badge means our team reviewed and approved that user's selfie, not that everything in their profile is true. Baham does not run criminal-record checks; be careful about trusting other people's profile information.
• ▪️ Before meeting in person, get to know the other person better through chat or an in-app video call.
• ▪️ Never send bank details, passwords, identity documents or cash to someone you've recently met through Dating.
• ▪️ If a user's behavior seems unusual (for example, quickly asking for money or pushing to move the conversation outside the app), it may be a scam; block and report them.
• Your reports are confidential; the reported person isn't told who reported them.

Behavior in chat and video calls

• ▪️ Nudity, sexual behavior or showing pornographic content in video calls is strictly prohibited and leads to permanent deletion of the account.
• ▪️ Harassment, threats, insults, repeated unwanted messages or any abusive behavior is prohibited.
• ▪️ Asking for money, gifts or financial information, and any activity aimed at fraud, is prohibited.
• ▪️ Prostitution, offering or soliciting sexual services and any commercial use of this section is prohibited.
• ▪️ Sharing other people's private information without their consent, and recording or publishing photos/videos of chats and calls without the other person's permission, is prohibited. Publishing or threatening to publish private or sexual images of people without their consent (NCII) is strictly prohibited.
• ▪️ Political and religious debates, and any conversation unrelated to dating and getting to know each other, aren't allowed in this section.
• Voice and video calls on Baham are not recorded or stored by us; the call infrastructure is used only to connect two users live through a third-party service (Twilio). We only record a call's start time, duration and type, for allowances and coins. On iPhone, calls appear in the phone's recent calls list like a normal call.
• Treat each other with respect. The person you're talking to is a human being with feelings and the right to choose.

Safety and reporting in Dating

• You can block any user at any time or report inappropriate behavior. All reports are reviewed by the Baham team.
• When meeting in person, choose a busy public place and let friends or family know.
• Never send money, bank details or identity documents to people you've just met.
• Depending on severity, breaking the rules of this section can lead to a warning, temporary suspension, permanent deletion of the account and, in serious cases, reporting to legal authorities.
• If your account or dating profile was warned, suspended or removed and you believe the decision was wrong, you can request a review by email atinfo@baham.me or through the "Contact us" page. Your request is reviewed personally, and if the decision was a mistake, the restriction will be lifted.

Privacy of dating data

• The information you enter in your dating profile (such as age, city, interests and photos) is used to show you to compatible users and suggest suitable people.
• Some Dating profile information, such as sexual orientation, religion, nationality, languages and culture, is legally "special category" (sensitive) data. Entering it is optional (you can leave sexual orientation empty or choose "Prefer not to say"). Before your profile is created, in a separate step, your explicit consent to process this information - and the gender you're interested in, which can reveal your sexual orientation - is asked for and recorded; without it, these answers aren't shown to anyone. You can withdraw your consent at any time in the dating settings (see "Sensitive data" in the Privacy Policy).
• Your device's precise location is stored privately on our server to work out your city and find people near you. Other users are only shown your city and an approximate distance; that distance is measured, rounded, to a fixed point a few kilometres from your real location, so your exact location can't be found even by measuring from several points. The location is erased immediately when you delete your account.
• Compatible people are suggested in the dating deck automatically, based on your profile information and how you use the app; these suggestions only decide which dating cards are shown, and the final decision about getting in touch is always yours.
• Your conversations and matches are confidential, and Baham only accesses them when abuse is reported or the law requires it.
• Free members sometimes see ad cards from community businesses between profiles. They are chosen only by your country and city, never by sensitive data or your chats, and the advertiser never learns who saw their card. PRO members see no ads (see "Automated processing and recommendations").
• You can hide, pause or permanently delete your dating profile at any time. Deleting your profile erases your photos and dating information, and this can't be undone.

Baham Family

• Baham Family is for families to meet other families, not for dating. Using it to look for a romantic partner is not allowed; such profiles are pointed to Dating or removed.
• A family profile can be shared by two parents. By accepting an invite and confirming consent, the second parent gets access to the same profile, and both can edit it. The invitee's email is used only to send the invite and is deleted when the invite ends.
• Children's information: parents enter only each child's age group (0–7, 7–14, or 15 and over); you are never asked for a child's name, date of birth, school or photo. Other families see only that age group, before and after connecting. The parent enters it as parent or legal guardian, only to find families that suit theirs.
• Family profile photos must show adults only. "A child is in this photo" is a report reason, and such a photo is removed. Each photo is checked automatically on upload (with Google Cloud Vision) for explicit content and for at least one face; the check does not identify anyone and stores no face data.
• Your location is never shown exactly; other families see only your city and a distance band (for example 2-5 km).
• Family chats are group chats with every member of both families. There are no voice or video calls, and no voice or video messages, in this section.
• Verification, blocks and account suspensions are shared between Dating and Family: someone blocked or suspended in one section is blocked or suspended in the other too.
• If you leave a family profile or delete your account, your details are removed from that profile and your messages in family chats become "message deleted". If you were the last member, the whole profile, its photos and the children's details are deleted.
• The full rules, safety tips and privacy details for this section are on the page Baham Family terms, safety and privacy.

Rules for the Baham Q&A forum

• The Baham forum is a space for community members to ask questions, answer them and help each other. Questions and answers must be relevant, respectful and useful.
• ▪️ Posting offensive, hateful or threatening content, or personal attacks, is prohibited.
• ▪️ Spam, advertising, commercial links and repeatedly posting the same content are prohibited.
• ▪️ Posting sexual, pornographic or violent content is prohibited.
• ▪️ Publishing your own or others' private information (phone numbers, addresses, documents) and publishing false or misleading information is prohibited. Publishing private or sexual images of people without their consent (NCII) is also strictly prohibited.
• Baham may edit or remove any question, answer or comment that breaks these rules without notice, and restrict the accounts of offending users.
• If you believe forum content is illegal or breaks these rules, you can let us know with the report button on that post or through the "Contact us" page; reports are reviewed and content is removed if necessary.
• If your post or account was removed or restricted and you believe that was wrong, you can request a review of the decision through "Contact us".

Responsibilities of Baham and its users

• Baham provides a platform for users to connect, but isn't responsible for users' behavior, the accuracy of profile information, or the outcome of relationships and transactions.
• Each user is responsible for the content they publish.
• If the rules are broken, Baham may restrict a user's access to any section or the whole service, or delete their account.
• Baham may update these terms in the future; continuing to use the service means you accept the updated version.
• These terms are governed by the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden. To the extent permitted by law, Baham isn't liable for indirect damages arising from use of the service, and the service is provided "as is".
• Details of liability, appeals against moderation decisions, account deletion and dispute resolution are in the Terms of Service .

Payments, coins and subscriptions

• Some Baham features require payment. Baham PRO, coins and gift codes are bought only in the app, through the Apple App Store and Google Play (via RevenueCat). A business listing is paid through Stripe on the website and through the same stores in the app, and older PRO subscriptions bought on the website earlier still renew through Stripe. Baham doesn't store your card number or full payment details.
• ▪️ Prices of coins and subscriptions are clearly shown before purchase.
• ▪️ Subscriptions bought through the App Store or Google Play renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, in your account settings in that store (Apple/Google).
• ▪️ Purchased, unused coins are generally non-refundable, except under Apple/Google store rules, Swedish and EU legal requirements, or consumer protection laws that apply in your country of residence.
• If you have a problem with a payment or purchase, contact us through "Contact us" or the relevant store's support (Apple/Google).
• The full terms for Baham PRO, coins, Boost, gift codes, business listings and the right of withdrawal are in the Terms of Service .

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

• This section explains what information Baham collects about you, why, who it is shared with, how long it is kept and what rights you have. It applies to the baham.me website and the Baham iOS and Android apps. The data controller is Baham, Stockholm, Sweden: info@baham.me.

Information we collect

• Account: Mobile number, name, email, sign-in method (SMS, Google or Apple) and Google or Apple account ID, verified email, chosen language, and, to prevent abuse, an encrypted form of verification codes and the number of codes sent. If you hide your email when signing in with Apple, we only receive Apple's relay address.
• Listings, businesses and the forum: Listing content (including the property's address and map location, price, photos and contact number), business details (name, address, phone, email, website, social media, photos and discounts), saved listings, view counts, listing chats, and forum questions and answers.
• Dating profile: Name, date of birth, gender, the gender you're interested in, sexual orientation, city and location, "Explore" location (if you choose another city), height, education, occupation, languages, interests, pets, smoking, alcohol and exercise, wanting children, relationship goal, religion and religiosity, nationality, importance of traditions, home language, preferred culture of a partner, emigration plans, family involvement, bio and prompt answers, photos, search preferences (age, distance, countries and languages), privacy and notification settings, profile completion, and your consent for sensitive data (the wording version and when you gave or withdrew it). Apart from name, date of birth, gender, the gender you're interested in, city and location, all of these are optional; sexual orientation is optional too, and you can choose "Prefer not to say".
• Dating activity: Likes and passes, matches, messages (text, photos, voice and video messages, and reactions), call details (type, start time, duration and coins used; not the call content), date invites (place, time, note and status), "Baham Chemistry" answers, Boosts, reports and blocks, the verification selfie, and last active time and app version.
• Family: Explained in detail on the Family Rules page, including children's information (age band only).
• Purchases and payments: The product bought, price and currency, the store (App Store, Google Play or Stripe), transaction ID, subscription status (renewal, cancellation, grace period), coin balance and history, and gift codes you bought or redeemed. Your card number or full payment details never reach us.
• Ads in Dating: If you create an ad card for your business: the card's design (text, photo, colours and link), the countries and cities you chose, the start date, the result of the automatic check and of our team's review, the views packages you bought or the gift code you used for them, and the card's statistics. If you are a free Dating member who sees ad cards: which card you saw on which day, whether you liked or passed it or opened its link, the ads you reported, and a marker that you have been counted once in that ad's audience (with your country and city, only for overall statistics).
• Device and technical data: IP address (for security, limiting abuse and detecting your country; country detection runs on our own server), an ID the app creates for your device, browser type, operating system and app version, notification tokens (Firebase, Apple and VoIP calls), error and crash reports, and usage statistics (Google Analytics on the website and Firebase Analytics in the app, both only with your permission).
• Contacting us: "Contact us" messages, emails, appeals and copyright (DMCA) notices.
• From others: Reports other users make about you, a family profile invitation containing your email, information Google or Apple give us when you sign in (name, email and ID), and purchase status from the App Store, Google Play and RevenueCat.

Sensitive data

• Some Dating profile information is "special category data" under the law (Article 9 GDPR): sexual orientation, religion and religiosity, and information such as nationality or preferred culture that may reveal ethnic origin. Simply using Dating, and the gender you are looking for, can also say something about your sex life, and we treat that as sensitive data too.
• Entering sexual orientation, religion and religiosity, nationality, languages and the culture questions is optional (sexual orientation and religion also offer "Prefer not to say"). Before your dating profile is created, in a step separate from the age and terms confirmation, we ask for your explicit consent to process this data and record it with the wording version and time; the only purpose is showing this information on your profile and finding compatible people. Without this consent, no new sensitive answer is stored, and earlier answers are not shown to anyone or used in suggestions.
• You can withdraw your consent at any time in the dating settings ("Sensitive information and your consent"). Your sensitive answers are then erased and, because dating can't work without processing your gender and the gender you're interested in, dating mode is turned off too; you can also delete your dating profile completely.
• We never use sensitive data for advertising, never send it to outside analytics tools, and never sell it. Only Baham's admin sees internal statistics about it (for example, how many members are in each group) to improve suggestions. The profile activity log only records that these answers (and your exact location) changed, never the values themselves.
• Cultural background and communities (optional): if you use Dating or Family, you can tell us up to two countries you identify with and the communities you would like to meet. This can reveal your ethnic origin, so in Dating we only store it with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time in Dating settings - withdrawing deletes these answers. Your cultural background is shown on your profile; your community preferences are never shown to anyone. We use both only to decide whom to show you first (or, if you turn it on, only), never to decide who sees you. In Dating, your answers to questions about culture, family and traditions are compared with other members' answers and slightly change the order of suggestions; the result of that comparison is never shown to anyone. We never guess this information from your location, phone number, languages or device settings.

Why we use your information, and the legal basis

• Wherever the legal basis is "legitimate interest" you can object to it, and wherever it is "consent" you can withdraw your consent at any time.

Automated processing and suggestions

• Suggesting people and families: You are only shown people who match your preferences (and whose preferences you match). The order of these cards is set automatically based on age, distance, shared interests, lifestyle, relationship goal, language, religion, cultural fit, recent activity, profile completeness and having PRO; a profile that has used a Boost is shown higher for a while. To improve suggestions, we record and analyse likes and passes together with a summary of both profiles (without sensitive data) at the moment of the decision (including per person, by our team only); this analysis does not currently change anyone's card order. These suggestions have no legal or similarly significant effect on you, and the final decision is always yours.
• Automated photo checks: Profile photos and verification selfies are checked with Google Cloud Vision for nudity and the number of faces, and chat photos that are very likely sexually explicit are shown blurred. This check does not identify anyone (no facial recognition is done) and no biometric data or face template is stored. On some phones, the selfie is first checked on the device itself.
• Automatic hiding after reports: If several different users report a profile, it may be hidden temporarily until a person reviews it.
• Duplicate-account signals: To find someone who has created several accounts (for example with different genders from one phone), we put side by side accounts that signed in from the same device or with the same email. This is only shown to our team and no decision is made automatically from it.
• Automatic check of ads: Before payment, every ad card is checked against a few fixed rules (banned terms and domains, whether the link opens, photo size) and then by the AI model Claude (Anthropic). The AI can only stop a card for serious, predefined reasons (such as scams or banned goods and services); for anything else it only makes suggestions. No ad is shown unless a person on our team has approved that exact version. If you think the check got it wrong, write to info@baham.me.
• Choosing the ad card in the deck: Which ad card a free member is shown is decided automatically, using only the profile's country and the distance to the cities the advertiser chose; among the eligible cards, the one furthest behind its share of views goes first. The «Ad» button on the card shows who placed it and why you are seeing it. If three people report an ad, it is taken off until our team reviews it, and you never see an ad you reported again.
• Decisions such as permanently removing an account or rejecting a verification are always made by a person. We make no solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects on you (Article 22 GDPR).

Who can see your information

• Everyone (even without an account, and search engines): Listings, business pages and forum Q&A, together with any contact details you put in them.
• Dating users: Your dating profile, including name, age, city, approximate distance (you can hide age and distance with PRO), photos and the information you entered (sensitive answers only with your consent). Your exact location, mobile number and email are never shown. Distance is measured to a fixed point a few kilometres from your real location and rounded (under 5 km it only says "less than 5 km"), so your location can't be worked out even by measuring from several points. In "Private mode" only people you have liked can see you.
• Your matches: Messages, date invites and the result of the "Baham Chemistry" game. Your matches may get a notification on your birthday. A call is only possible if you allow calls and both of you have sent at least one message.
• Other families: The full table is on the Family Rules page. Nothing in Family shows whether you use Dating, and vice versa.
• Advertisers: A business that advertises never learns who saw, liked or reported its card. It only sees overall numbers: views, likes and link opens per day and, once its views package is used up, how many people saw the card by country and by city. Any country or city with fewer than 5 people is grouped under «other», so no number points at one person. If you advertise yourself, your card is shown with your business name to free Dating members in the countries and cities you chose.
• The Baham team: Baham's operator has access to accounts, profiles, photos and chats to review reports, verifications, safety, support and legal requirements. To fix a problem with an account, we may temporarily view the app as that account with a support tool; this is logged and done only for support and safety. We do not read chats for advertising.

Protocol for requests from legal and law enforcement authorities

Law Enforcement Request Protocol

• Baham cooperates with legal and law enforcement authorities in Sweden and the EU, strictly within the laws of those countries.
• Baham cooperates with law enforcement and judicial authorities in Sweden and the EU, strictly within the legal framework of those jurisdictions.
• ▪️ Official requests from legal authorities (such as the police, prosecutors or courts) must be made in writing, with valid legal documentation (such as a court order or legal ruling), by email to info@baham.me .
• ▪️ Legal process required: official requests from law enforcement (police, prosecutors, or courts) must be submitted in writing to info@baham.me, accompanied by valid legal documentation (e.g. a court order, search warrant, or other binding legal process recognized under Swedish/EU law). We do not disclose user data in response to informal or undocumented requests.
• ▪️ Before any user information is disclosed, the validity and scope of the request are checked, and information is only provided to the requesting authority to the extent required by Swedish and EU law.
• ▪️ Review workflow: every request is checked for authenticity and scope before any disclosure. Our team verifies the requesting authority, confirms the legal basis, and discloses only the data that Swedish/EU law actually requires — never more than the request's stated scope.
• ▪️ Information that may be provided in response to a valid legal request is limited to account registration details (name, mobile number), activity history on the service and related stored content; Baham never stores full payment details (such as card numbers) in the first place.
• ▪️ Scope of data held: data we can produce is limited to account registration details (name, mobile number), in-service activity history, and associated stored content. Baham never stores full payment card data in the first place — card details are processed and held only by our payment processors (Stripe, RevenueCat), so we cannot disclose card numbers even under legal process.
• ▪️ In urgent cases involving a risk to life or serious, imminent harm, Baham tries to respond to emergency requests from legal authorities as quickly as possible.
• ▪️ Emergency requests: for cases involving imminent danger to life or serious bodily harm, Baham expedites review and responds to emergency law enforcement requests as fast as possible, ahead of standard-priority requests.
• ▪️ At the official request of legal authorities, and pending completion of the legal process, Baham may preserve relevant information for a limited time.
• ▪️ Preservation requests: upon formal request from law enforcement, and pending completion of the legal process (e.g. a forthcoming court order), Baham may preserve relevant account data for a limited period rather than deleting it on the normal schedule.
• ▪️ Unless the law or the issuing authority's order prevents it, Baham tries to inform the user concerned that such a request was received.
• ▪️ User notice: unless prohibited by law or by the order of the issuing authority (e.g. a gag order/non-disclosure requirement), Baham makes reasonable efforts to notify the affected user that their data was the subject of a law enforcement request.

Service providers we work with

• These providers only access data as far as their job needs and work with us under data processing agreements (except Apple, Google Play and Stripe, which are also data controllers in their own right for payments).
• When data is transferred outside the EU/EEA (mainly to the US), we rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework for companies certified under it, or on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).
• We do not sell your data or give it to anyone for advertising. We show the ads in Dating ourselves and give advertisers only overall statistics (see "Who can see your information"). Data is only shared with the providers above and, where the law requires, with the competent authorities (see "Law Enforcement Request Protocol").

How long we keep information

• Safety exception in Dating: If an account being deleted was banned from Dating, or other users had blocked it, an encoded form of that account's mobile number, email and Google or Apple account ID (a one-way hash with a secret key) is kept for one year. Its only purpose is to stop that ban or those blocks being undone by deleting the account and signing up again with the same number, email or Google/Apple account (even if you hid your email with Sign in with Apple): if you create a dating profile again during that time, the ban continues until the end of that year and the blocks are restored. This doesn't affect other parts of Baham. This data doesn't include a name, photos or account content; the number, email or account ID can't be read back from it; and it's deleted automatically and completely after one year. The legal basis for this processing is our and other users' legitimate interest in safety (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)); you can object to it through "Contact us".
• Safety cases, their evidence and reports preserved in a case for the authorities are not erased when an account is deleted, so that deleting an account cannot be used to destroy evidence; they are deleted per the table above once their period ends.

Data security

• We use technical and organisational security measures: encrypted connections (HTTPS), storing verification and invite codes in encrypted form, short-lived links for viewing selfies, limiting access to data, and rate limits to prevent abuse.
• If a security breach affects your information, we will notify the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) within 72 hours as the law requires, and tell you directly if there is a high risk to you.

Notifications, emails and marketing messages

• You can turn off activity notifications (new message, like, match, call, date invite, matches' birthdays, profile completion reminders and reminders when you haven't visited for a while) in Dating settings or your phone's settings.
• We may email you about new messages, likes and matches, listing approvals, forum answers and purchase receipts. Advertisers also get a notification and an email with the result of their ad's review and a report when a views package is used up.
• Now and then we send news or offer notifications to all app users. To stop them, turn off Baham notifications in your phone's settings. We do not send marketing SMS.

Your rights over your information

• Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have these rights over your information:
• ▪️ The right to access the information we hold about you
• ▪️ The right to correct inaccurate information
• ▪️ The right to complete erasure ("the right to be forgotten")
• ▪️ The right to restrict or object to processing
• ▪️ The right to receive a copy of your information in a portable format
• ▪️ The right to withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting earlier processing
• You can do much of this yourself: edit or clear profile information, delete photos, hide your profile, turn off notifications and delete your account from the app settings or the Delete account page. For website cookies, go to the Cookie Policy .
• To exercise any of these rights, contact us via the "Contact us" page or at info@baham.me; we will reply as quickly as possible (within one month at most). To keep your account safe, we may verify your identity before replying (for example by asking you to send the request from inside your account).
• If you think your privacy has been violated, besides contacting us you can file a complaint with the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (Integritetsskyddsmyndigheten – IMY) at imy.se, or with the data protection authority in your country of residence.

About cookies

• Without your permission the Baham website only uses necessary cookies (such as signing in). Statistics cookies (Google Analytics and Sentry session replay) are only loaded after you allow them, and the site sets no advertising cookies. The app likewise only collects usage statistics (Firebase Analytics) with your permission, and you can change that choice in your profile settings. The full list of cookies and their settings are in the Cookie Policy .
• A sign-in on the website lasts at most 180 days, after which you need to sign in again.

Children and minors

• Baham is only for people aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 18.
• If you find out your child has used Baham without permission, please let us know through "Contact us" so the account and related information can be deleted.
• In Family, parents can enter their children's age groups (see "Baham Family" above). Children themselves cannot have an account.
• Our standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation are on the Child Safety Standards .

Changes to this policy

• We may update this policy. The date at the top of the page shows the latest version. If we make an important change to how we use your information, we will tell you before it takes effect, in the app, by notification or by email.