Privacy Policy

When you use YallaSawa, we collect limited information necessary to provide the service:

• Display Names — The name you choose when joining a room.
• Room Codes — Unique identifiers generated when rooms are created.
• Chat Messages — Temporarily held in memory for real-time delivery, not permanently stored.
• Connection Data — IP addresses and WebSocket connection metadata.
• Basic Analytics — Anonymous usage patterns such as room creation frequency.

We use collected information solely to operate and improve YallaSawa:

• Real-time synchronization — Coordinating video playback state.
• Room management — Creating, joining, and managing rooms.
• Chat delivery — Routing messages in real time.
• Latency compensation — Measuring network latency for sync.

We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties for advertising.

YallaSawa minimizes data retention:

• Chat messages — held in memory only during active sessions.
• Room data — cleaned up on room closure.
• Connection logs — retained up to 30 days for debugging.

Server infrastructure is hosted on Railway (railway.app).

• Firebase (Google) — Authentication.
• Railway — Server hosting.
• Widevine CDM (Google) — DRM module, operates locally.
• Metered.ca — TURN server for WebRTC voice chat.

You have the right to: access, deletion, correction, and portability of your data.

Contact us at legal@yalla-sawa.com.

YallaSawa is not intended for children under 13. Contact legal@yalla-sawa.com if you believe a child has provided personal data.

• General: support@yalla-sawa.com
• Legal: legal@yalla-sawa.com