Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 17, 2026

HiyoTalk is a website where adults practice English by chatting with other people by text or voice. This page explains what information we use, why, and the choices you have. We collect as little as possible.

If you chat as a guest

• Your IP address is used to detect your country, which is shown to the people you chat with. It is also used to protect the service (for example, counting reports from different people).
• A random ID stored in your browser lets us apply temporary bans to people who break the rules.
• Your English level and chat mode are saved only in your browser, to remember your choices.

If you sign in with Google

When you sign in, Google tells us a unique account ID. We use it only to recognize you next time. We do not store your email address, your real name or your Google profile picture.

We store the profile you create: your nickname, your avatar, your English level, your interests, and your preferred and blocked countries. The people you chat with can see your nickname, avatar, level, interests and country.

Recent people and friends (signed-in users)

• We keep a short list of the last people you chatted with (their account, the chat mode, how long it lasted and when), so you can find them again. Only the last 30 chats are kept.
• We store your friends, your friend requests, the people you blocked, your ratings, and whether "Do not disturb" is on.
• Your friends can see when you are online. Nobody can ask you to talk again unless you chatted with them before, and you can turn this off with "Do not disturb".

Messages and voice

• Text messages are not saved. They pass through our server to reach the other person. Before that, an automatic filter hides phone numbers, links, some social media accounts and offensive words.
• Voice calls are not recorded. Audio travels directly between the two people when possible. On some networks it passes through a relay server (Cloudflare or Metered) that does not store it.

Reports and safety

When someone reports another user, we keep a record of the report (the reason, the time, the IP addresses and account or browser IDs involved) so we can stop abuse. People reported by 5 different people are banned for 24 hours. The site's moderators can also see reports, ratings and basic chat statistics (how many chats and how long), and can ban or remove accounts that break the rules.

Feedback

If you send feedback, we store your message with your nickname (if you're signed in) and your country.

Services we use

• Render: hosts the website and server.
• Neon: stores profiles, friends, ratings, reports and feedback in a database.
• Google: sign-in, and the fonts used on the site.
• Cloudflare or Metered: help connect voice calls on some networks.
• ip-location-db and country.is: turn IP addresses into countries.

We do not sell your information and we do not show ads.

Your choices

• You can edit your profile at any time.
• You can delete your account from your profile ("Delete my account"). This deletes your profile right away. Feedback you sent stays, but without your nickname.
• You can use HiyoTalk without an account.

Age

HiyoTalk is only for people aged 18 or older.

Changes

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions? Email hiyotalk.app@gmail.com, or use "Send feedback" on the home page.