Responsible AI

Built for trust, not for harvest.

Most AI products bolt on a privacy policy at the end. Piaar designed the matching engine around privacy in the first place. Here's what that means in practice.

EU AI Act

Explainable matching

The EU AI Act requires that high-impact AI systems are transparent about how they work. Piaar operates as a transparency-focused AI system, providing explainable matching logic and user-controlled discovery.

  • Every match score traces back to the skills that generated it
  • No hidden weights, no shadow profiling
  • You can request the breakdown of any score, any time
  • Algorithm changes are documented and versioned
GDPR-first

Consent over collection

GDPR isn't a checkbox for us — it's home turf. The platform is built and hosted in Sweden, with EU region pinning for all user data and a strict consent-based processing model.

  • We collect the minimum needed to match well — nothing else
  • Full user control over visibility and interactions
  • Discoverable-off in one tap, location obfuscation optional
  • Your data leaves with you when you delete your account
Architecture

Privacy by design

Privacy-by-architecture means privacy isn't enforced by policy alone. It's enforced by how the system is built — at the query layer, at the storage layer, at the deployment layer.

  • No public scraping of profiles from other platforms
  • No hidden profiling — what you see is what we have
  • No cross-event exposure without your explicit consent
  • Non-discoverable users are filtered at the query layer, not the UI
Our commitments

Eight things we promise to do — or not do.

A short list because we want it to be checkable. If you ever find us violating one of these, write to us — we'll publish the fix or explain why we can't.

We will explain any match score.

Request it through the in-app support flow, get a plain-language breakdown within 30 days, as required by the AI Act for affected users.

We will never sell your data.

Not to advertisers, not to recruiters, not to data brokers. Not as part of any acquisition without explicit user re-consent.

We will never scrape public profiles.

Your Piaar profile is what you put in Piaar. We don't import from LinkedIn, GitHub, or anywhere else without your direct action.

We will publish algorithm changes.

Significant changes to how matching works get a changelog entry. If a score on your profile would change materially, you'll know why.

We will delete on request, fully.

Profile deletion removes your row within 24 hours and downstream matches within 7 days. We retain only the minimum needed for legal compliance, and only as long as needed.

We will host in the EU.

Data lives in EU-region Firebase. No transfers to jurisdictions without adequate protection. Schrems II compliance is the baseline, not the ceiling.

We will not show ads.

No banner ads, no sponsored matches, no native ads dressed as content. The business model isn't your attention.

We will report incidents publicly.

If we experience a data incident affecting users, you'll hear from us within 72 hours, and a public post-mortem follows once we understand the scope.

No, thanks

Six things you'll never see on Piaar.

The features we said no to are as much a part of the product as the ones we said yes to.

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Streaks and counters

"You've been on a 7-day streak" is a gambling mechanic with a friendlier name. We don't use them.

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Re-engagement notifications

If we haven't heard from you in a week, we won't ping you with a manufactured reason. We trust you to come back when it's useful.

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Algorithmic feeds

No infinite scroll, no engagement-optimized timeline. Matches are ranked by mutual fit, and that's it.

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Sponsored matches

You'll never see a higher-ranked profile because someone paid for it. The ranking is the ranking.

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Dark patterns at sign-up

No pre-checked consent boxes, no "remind me later" buttons hidden in grey. Decline is as easy as accept.

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Cross-platform tracking

No pixel on partner sites, no shared advertising ID, no cohort analysis sold to third parties.

Reporting concerns

See something off?

If a match score looks wrong, a feature feels off-mission, or a privacy commitment looks like it's been broken — write to us. We answer everything.

Get in touch

Privacy you can verify.

The whole product is open about how it works. Try it for yourself.

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