Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how strangerchatnow.com, operated by Horizon Forge Media, handles information when you use Stranger Chat Now. The current service is anonymous browser-based text chat.

By using Stranger Chat Now, you agree to the collection and use of information described in this policy.

Information We Collect

Stranger Chat Now does not require an account, username, email address, password, social login, payment method, or public profile to start a text chat.

We may process limited technical and operational information, including:

• Backend-observed IP address and related lower-risk hashes used for operations, abuse prevention, and security.
• Hashed user-agent information, browser type, device type, locale, approximate country, and timestamps.
• Queue, match, session, disconnect, and error events needed to operate and improve text chat.
• Messages you send during an active text chat so they can be delivered to the connected stranger.
• Information you choose to include when contacting us by email.

How We Use Information

We use information to:

• Connect users for anonymous text chat and maintain active chat sessions.
• Measure service health, including online users, queue size, matches, wait time, disconnects, and errors.
• Detect, prevent, and respond to abuse, spam, automated use, safety reports, and technical attacks.
• Debug problems, improve reliability, and understand aggregate product usage.
• Respond to support, privacy, legal, and safety messages sent to us.

Chat Messages

Text messages are processed to deliver them to the stranger connected with you. Do not share private, sensitive, illegal, or identifying information in chat.

We do not use chat messages to create public profiles, and we do not provide a way to retrieve a past chat or reconnect with a previous stranger after a session ends.

Analytics And Logs

We use operational analytics and logs to understand whether the service is working. These events are intended to be low volume and low cardinality. We do not intentionally send raw IP addresses, IP hashes, message text, or raw interests to analytics events.

Sharing Information

We do not sell personal information. We may share information with service providers that help us host, monitor, secure, and operate Stranger Chat Now. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or to investigate abuse of the service.

Retention

We keep operational records only as long as reasonably needed for service operation, debugging, security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, and business records. Active chat state expires when it is no longer needed to operate the session.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the service. No internet service can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure, so you should avoid sharing sensitive information in anonymous chat.

Children

Stranger Chat Now is for users who are at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in their location if that age is higher. We do not knowingly provide the service to minors.

Your Choices

You can stop using Stranger Chat Now at any time. You can also contact us about privacy questions or requests at [email protected].

Changes To This Policy

We may update this policy as the service changes. The current version will be posted on this page.