Privacy Policy

Who we are

Vibe is an independently operated social media service available through rtube.site/vibe and the Vibe Android application. In this policy, “Vibe,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to the operator of the Vibe service.

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to ronaldvalencia0430@gmail.com.

Information we collect

Account and profile information

We collect information you provide when registering or maintaining an account, such as your name, username, email address, password in hashed form, profile photo, cover photo, biography, profile location, interests, account settings, and privacy preferences.

Content and social activity

We process posts, photos, videos, Reels, Stories, drafts, scheduled content, captions, hashtags, mentions, tags, comments, reactions, likes, saves, shares, follows, friend connections, reports, and other activity you choose to create. Audience settings determine whether content is public, restricted to connections, or private.

Messages and group chats

We store private messages, shared media, group-chat content, membership information, delivery status, and read status so that messaging features work. Message content is not used to personalize advertisements. It may be processed when needed to deliver the service, investigate a report, prevent abuse, protect users, or comply with law.

Usage, device, and diagnostic information

We may collect device type, operating system, app version, browser information, IP address, language, approximate region inferred from network information, session and security events, crash or error information, content impressions, searches, viewing history, watch time, completion activity, and interactions. We do not request continuous precise GPS location for the core social experience.

For invite and wallet rewards, Vibe may use privacy-preserving keyed hashes of IP and network ranges, an app-specific device signal, signup speed, account activity, and Google Play Integrity verdicts to detect duplicate, automated, or manipulated claims. Suspicious invites may be held for administrator review. Raw IP addresses and device identifiers are not displayed in the referral review portal.

Camera, microphone, photos, and videos

With your device permission, Vibe can access the camera, microphone, or media library when you record or select content. Vibe receives media you choose to upload. You can change these permissions in Android settings.

Notifications

If you enable push notifications, we collect a device push token and notification preferences. We also process delivery results so we can send account, social, message, safety, and creator notifications.

Creator earnings and GCash payouts

Creator features process eligible likes, video views, watch time, wallet entries, security signals, redemption requests, payout history, receipts, and support disputes. When you apply for GCash payouts, we may collect your legal name, birth date, GCash account name and mobile number, ID type, the last four characters of the ID number, a photo of the ID, a verification selfie, acceptance records, and a securely hashed payout PIN. Payout verification is limited to users who meet the applicable age requirement.

How we use information

We use information to:

• Register, authenticate, secure, and maintain Vibe accounts and sessions.
• Publish, store, deliver, and display content according to selected privacy settings.
• Operate feeds, search, Reels, Stories, profiles, messaging, notifications, creator tools, and other requested features.
• Personalize the “For You” feed, recommendations, onboarding, search results, and notification summaries.
• Calculate creator analytics, eligible monetization activity, wallet balances, and payout requests.
• Verify payout identities and GCash details, prevent duplicate or fraudulent claims, review transactions, and resolve disputes.
• Detect spam, fake engagement, security threats, policy violations, and harmful or illegal activity.
• Review reports, enforce rules, provide support, and improve performance and reliability.
• Serve and measure advertising where allowed by your region, settings, and consent choices.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations and protect the rights and safety of Vibe, users, and others.

Personalization and automated processing

Vibe may use your interests, follows, connections, searches, viewing history, watch time, and engagement to rank or recommend content. Automated signals may also identify suspected spam, unsafe activity, fake monetization events, or payout risk. These signals may affect ranking, temporarily hold an earning event, or send an item for administrator review.

You can reduce personalization by changing your interests, unfollowing accounts, clearing available history, changing notification settings, or contacting us about your privacy rights.

Advertising and consent

Vibe uses Google AdMob to display advertisements in the Android app. Depending on your location and consent choices, Google and its advertising partners may process device identifiers, IP address, app interactions, diagnostic data, and advertising information to deliver, limit, personalize, measure, and protect ads against fraud.

Where required, Vibe uses Google’s User Messaging Platform to request or manage advertising consent before requesting ads. Eligible users can revisit available advertising privacy choices from Vibe settings. If consent is declined, limited or non-personalized advertising may apply where supported.

We do not provide private messages, payout identity documents, payout PINs, or full GCash verification details to AdMob for advertising.

When information is shared

Information may be shared in the following circumstances:

• With other users: profile information and content are shared according to your audience and interaction settings. Public content can be viewed, copied, or reshared by others.
• With service providers: hosting, database, storage, security, Firebase services such as Cloud Messaging and Crashlytics, and advertising providers process limited information needed to provide their services.
• For payouts: information needed to process a payout may be used for administrator review and shared with payment-related providers as needed to complete or investigate a transaction.
• For safety and legal reasons: information may be preserved or disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, investigate fraud or abuse, enforce policies, or protect people and the service.
• With your direction: information may be shared when you ask us to share it or give valid consent.

Storage and retention

Vibe stores service data on hosting infrastructure and databases used to operate the platform. We keep information while your account is active and for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.

Content you delete may be removed from active display but remain temporarily in restricted backups, security logs, reports, or records needed for fraud prevention, dispute resolution, payouts, or legal compliance. Financial, payout, and safety records may be retained longer when required to protect users, resolve claims, or meet applicable obligations.

Push tokens may be removed or disabled when they become invalid, notifications are disabled, the device is unregistered, or the account session is ended.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards such as HTTPS transport, hashed passwords and payout PINs, access controls, session management, private storage for payout documents, file validation, security records, and administrator review. However, no internet service can guarantee absolute security.

Keep your password and payout PIN confidential, use a secure device, and notify us if you believe your account or information has been compromised.

Your choices and rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access or receive information about personal data associated with you.
• Correct inaccurate profile, account, or payout information.
• Delete content or request account deletion, subject to permitted retention.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent without affecting processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
• Manage profile, content, message, comment, mention, notification, and advertising privacy choices.
• Request a portable copy of eligible information where applicable.
• Complain to the Philippine National Privacy Commission or another competent data-protection authority.

Many controls are available directly in Vibe Settings. For other requests, email ronaldvalencia0430@gmail.com. We may need to verify that you own the account before completing a request.

Children

Vibe is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Creator payout verification is available only to eligible account holders aged 18 or older. If you believe a child has provided personal information in violation of this policy, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.

International access

Although Vibe currently focuses on users in the Philippines, the website or app may be accessed from other countries. Service providers may process information in locations outside your country. Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to use appropriate safeguards for such processing.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when Vibe features, data practices, service providers, or legal requirements change. We will update the date at the top of this page and may provide an in-app or account notification when a change is material.

Contact us

Contact us if you have questions, privacy concerns, or a request involving your personal information.