Your profile. Your privacy. Your choice.
Being part of Chat Buddy does not mean everything on your profile has to be visible to everybody. Registered members can choose who sees supported profile information, helping you enjoy the social side of Chat Buddy while keeping control over what you share.
Profile privacy controls are available to registered members for supported profile information.
A profile without giving up control
Share enough to be part of the community — without sharing everything
Profiles help make Chat Buddy feel like a community rather than a room full of anonymous names. They let people recognise you, remember who they have spoken to and learn a little about the people around them. But not every piece of profile information needs the same audience.
Have a real profile
Add the details that make your Chat Buddy profile feel like yours, including supported profile information, photos and social features.
Choose the audience
Supported profile information can use privacy choices such as Everyone, Friends or No One, depending on what you are comfortable sharing.
Use different settings
You do not have to treat every part of your profile the same way. One item can be public while another is limited to friends or hidden.
Three straightforward choices
Everyone, Friends or No One
Chat Buddy keeps profile privacy simple. For supported profile information, you can choose the audience that makes sense to you rather than having to make your whole profile either public or private.
Different information, different choices
Your whole profile does not need one privacy setting
You may be happy for everybody to see some information but prefer to keep other parts for friends. That is exactly why Chat Buddy uses individual privacy choices for supported profile information.
A useful middle ground
Some things are fine for friends — but not the whole room
Chat Buddy is social by design. As you get to know people, you may want friends to see more of your profile without opening the same information to everybody who happens to visit it.
Build friendships naturally
Add people you enjoy talking to and use friends-only privacy options for supported profile information when you want a smaller audience.
Friends are still your choice
Adding somebody as a friend is a social connection. It does not mean you need to share every detail about yourself with them.
Change your mind later
Privacy preferences can change. Review supported profile settings whenever you want and choose a different audience if something no longer feels right.
Two different kinds of control
Profile privacy is not the same as blocking someone
Privacy settings decide who can see supported information on your profile. Ignore, Block and Complete Block are separate Chat Buddy tools designed for situations where you want to reduce or stop interaction with another user.
An important distinction
Privacy controls apply to other members — not site administration
Profile privacy settings control what other Chat Buddy users can see. They do not prevent authorised Chat Buddy administrators from accessing profile information when necessary for moderation, account management, safety or the operation of the service.
Authorised administrators may still need access to account and profile information for moderation, support, safety, abuse prevention and account management.
Good privacy goes beyond a setting
Think before putting personal information into any chat profile
Privacy controls are useful, but the safest information is still information you never share unnecessarily in the first place.
Never share passwords or codes
Nobody you meet in Chat Buddy needs your password, authenticator code, recovery code or login details.
Avoid precise identifying details
Think carefully before sharing information that could reveal your exact home address, workplace, school or daily routine.
You can always share less
You do not owe another member personal information simply because you have been talking for a while or because they ask for it.
Frequently asked questions
Questions about Chat Buddy profile privacy
Straightforward answers about who can see your profile and how the privacy controls work.
Can I make my whole Chat Buddy profile private?
Chat Buddy provides privacy choices for supported profile information. Rather than relying on one setting for everything, individual supported items can use options such as Everyone, Friends or No One.
What does Everyone mean?
Everyone means the supported profile information can be visible to other users who are able to view your Chat Buddy profile.
What does Friends mean?
Friends limits the supported information to people connected with you as friends on Chat Buddy.
What does No One mean?
No One hides the supported profile information from other Chat Buddy members.
Can different parts of my profile have different privacy settings?
Yes, where individual privacy controls are supported. For example, you may choose to make one item visible to Everyone while keeping another limited to Friends or set to No One.
Can I change a privacy setting later?
Yes. Supported profile privacy settings can be changed as your preferences change.
If I choose No One, can Chat Buddy administrators still see the information?
Yes. Profile privacy settings control visibility to other members. Authorised Chat Buddy administrators can still access necessary profile and account information for moderation, account management, safety and operation of the service.
Is Profile Privacy the same as blocking someone?
No. Profile Privacy controls who can see supported profile information. Blocking tools are designed to reduce or stop interaction with another user.
Does Friends mean I should share private information with those people?
No. A Chat Buddy friendship is still an online connection. You should continue to protect sensitive information such as passwords, security codes, banking details and precise identifying information.
Can privacy settings protect information I post in the public chat room?
Profile privacy settings apply to supported profile information. They do not turn messages posted in a public chat room into private content. Always think carefully about what you post publicly.
Build a profile without giving up control
Chat Buddy is about meeting people and being part of a community. Profile Privacy gives registered members more choice over what they share while still enjoying friends, galleries, gifts, games and live conversation.