Privacy Policy

The short version

• You don’t need an account, and we never ask for your name, phone number or address.
• We don’t record or store your video calls, and we don’t keep a history of your conversations.
• We collect only what we need to connect you, match you and keep the chat safe.
• We don’t sell personal information, and we don’t build advertising profiles.

What we collect

• Connection and device data: your IP address, the approximate country or region it points to, your browser and basic characteristics of your device. We use it to connect calls, set sensible defaults and prevent abuse.
• Device identifiers: technical identifiers derived from your browser, device and connection, so that people who were removed for breaking the rules can’t simply come back.
• Reports: when another user reports you, or you report someone, we receive that report.
• Your settings: preferences such as who you’d like to meet and your interests are stored in your browser, on your device.

Your video and messages

Calls connect directly between the two devices whenever the network allows it. When it doesn’t, the call passes through a relay server that forwards the encrypted stream without being able to watch it. Either way, we don’t record or store your video calls, and we don’t keep a history of your conversations.

To keep the chat safe, our automated moderation looks at occasional still images from the camera during use. They are used only to enforce our rules and are deleted automatically after a short period. If your device flags a message you received as spam, that message is sent to us so we can stop spam campaigns.

Checks that stay on your device

Before you’re matched, your browser checks that your camera shows you clearly: enough light, nothing covering the lens, a face in the frame. These checks run entirely on your device, and nothing from them is sent to us.

Sign in with Google

RandomVideoChat doesn’t require an account. In some cases we ask you to sign in with your Google account before you can chat. When you do, Google shares your account identifier, name, email address and profile picture with us. We keep only the account identifier, which we use to confirm the sign-in and to enforce our rules. We don’t store your name, email address or picture, we never post to your Google account, and we never sell or share this information. RandomVideoChat’s use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

How we use information

To run the service (connecting calls, matching you with people and remembering your settings), to keep it safe (enforcing our rules, stopping spam and abuse, and applying temporary or permanent restrictions), and to understand how the site is used in aggregate, such as how many people visit a page, so we can improve it.

Cookies and browser storage

We store a few things in your browser so the site works: your age confirmation, your chat settings, a device identifier and, if you signed in, a sign-in token. We also use Google Analytics cookies to measure visits in aggregate. You can clear all of this at any time by clearing your browser’s data for this site.

Service providers

We rely on a small number of providers: Cloudflare, which serves the website, protects it from attacks and runs the human-verification check, and Google, for aggregate analytics and the optional sign-in described above. They process technical data on our behalf and may not use it for anything else.

How long we keep it

Connection data and technical logs are kept only as long as they’re useful for the purposes above, then deleted automatically. Records needed to enforce a restriction are kept for as long as the restriction applies.

Your choices and rights

You can use RandomVideoChat without an account and clear your stored settings whenever you like. Depending on where you live (for example, in California), you may have the right to know what personal information we hold about you, to have it deleted and to opt out of its sale (we don’t sell it). To make a request or ask anything about privacy, email hello@randomvideochat.cc.

Adults only

RandomVideoChat is for people 18 and older. We don’t knowingly collect information from anyone under 18, and if we learn that someone under 18 is using the service, we remove their access permanently.

Changes

When we make meaningful changes to this policy, we update the date at the top of this page. Using RandomVideoChat after a change means you accept the updated policy.