Last updated: September 19, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how BoomOut, Inc. ("BoomOut", "we", "us") collects, uses, and protects information when you use the BoomOut website at boomout.net and the BoomOut mobile application (together, the "Service"). By using the Service, you agree to the practices described here.
1. Information we collect
Information you provide
- Account information: your name, email address, and a profile photo when you register.
- Content: posts, photos, comments, and tags you publish, and your interactions such as likes and shares.
- Communications: messages you send us through support or feedback channels.
Information collected automatically
- Device and usage data: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, and referring URLs.
- Cookies and similar technologies: used to keep you signed in, remember preferences, and measure performance.
2. How we use information
- To operate the Service: authentication, feed rendering, publishing, and notifications.
- To personalise content recommendations within the Boom Circle, Discover, and Following feeds.
- To serve, measure, and improve advertising that supports the free Service.
- To protect safety: detecting spam, abuse, and violations of our Terms of Service.
- To communicate service updates, subject to your notification settings.
3. Advertising and third-party ad networks
The Service is supported by third-party advertising partners (for example, Google AdSense). Advertising partners may use cookies and similar technologies to serve and measure ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to the BoomOut website and elsewhere on the internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to BoomOut and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices.
- Where required by law (including the EU/EEA and UK), we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential advertising cookies, and you can withdraw consent at any time through your settings.
We do not sell your personal information to advertisers. Ad partners receive aggregated or pseudonymised identifiers only.
4. How we share information
We share information only with: service providers hosting and operating the Service (under contract); advertising and analytics partners as described in Section 3; and, where legally required, with authorities in response to a valid request. We never share your private messages with any of the above.
5. Data retention
We retain account data for as long as your account is active. Content you publish remains until you delete it or we remove it for a Terms violation. Aggregated analytics are retained indefinitely in de-identified form.
6. Your rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (including under the GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA), you may request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a portable copy of your personal information, restrict or object to certain processing, and withdraw consent. To exercise these rights, contact [email protected]. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.
7. Security
We use transport-layer encryption (HTTPS/TLS), hashed credentials, and least-privilege access controls. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; we work continuously to protect your information and will notify affected users of a material breach as required by law.
8. Children's privacy
The Service is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.
9. International transfers
Your information may be processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we rely on standard contractual clauses or equivalent transfer mechanisms.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy; material changes will be announced in the Service and the "last updated" date above will change.
11. Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Reach us at [email protected] or through our contact page.