Terms of Service

Varsity Dating · Last updated 2026-10-11

1. About these terms

Varsity Dating ("the app", "we", "us") is a South African service. By creating an account you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the app.

2. Who can use Varsity Dating

• You must be at least 18 years old.
• The app is meant for students at South African universities and colleges. Some features (such as Blind Date) are only available once we have verified that you are a student.
• You may only have one account, and it must be about you. Do not pretend to be someone else.
• You may not use the app if we have previously suspended or removed you.

3. Your account

You are responsible for keeping your login details safe and for everything that happens on your account. Tell us at varsitydating@gmail.com if you think someone else has accessed it.

4. Student verification

To get the Verified student badge you either confirm a code sent to your university or college email address, or upload proof of enrolment for our team to check. You confirm that the email account or document is genuine and belongs to you. Using someone else's email or documents, or false documents, is a serious breach of these Terms and may be unlawful. We may approve or reject verification at our discretion.

Verification lasts one year from the date you were verified. To keep the badge (and features such as Blind Date) you must verify again before it runs out. We remind you beforehand; if you do not renew, the badge is removed until you verify again.

5. What users tell us, and what the badge means

Profiles are created by users. Apart from the age check at registration and the student check behind the Verified badge (both explained below), we are not responsible for the truth of what users say about themselves, including their name, gender, photos, intentions or anything else on their profile or in chats.

• Age (18+ only): everyone must enter their date of birth before they can register, and the app only lets people continue if they are 18 or older. The date of birth cannot be changed afterwards, and the age on a profile is worked out from it, so it is always current. We do not ask for ID documents, so we rely on users giving their real date of birth. Giving a false date of birth breaks these Terms, and we remove any account we find belongs to someone under 18.
• Gender and other profile details: these come from users themselves. We show what users tell us and do not verify it.
• Student status: the Verified student badge only means that, on the date shown, the user confirmed a university email address or a proof-of-enrolment document passed our check. It does not prove who the person is, and someone may stop being a student after being verified. Users without the badge have not been checked at all.

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or harm caused by a user who gives false information, including about their age, gender or student status. Use your own judgement, follow the safety tips in the app, and report anyone you think is lying about who they are.

6. Rules for everyone

You agree not to:

• harass, threaten, bully, stalk or intimidate anyone;
• post nudity, sexual content, or anything violent, hateful or discriminatory;
• post photos that are not of you, or share other people's personal information;
• ask anyone for money, promote products or services, or run scams;
• use the app if you are under 18, or try to contact anyone under 18;
• try to get around our security, copy data from the app, or use bots or automation.

7. Blind Date

Blind Date photos must not show your face (not even partly), must not contain nudity, underwear or sexual content, and must not identify you. Every photo is checked by our team before you can be matched. Faces are only revealed when both people choose to reveal. Do not try to identify your Blind Date partner by other means.

8. Safety when meeting people

We cannot check the identity, background or behaviour of other users, and verification only confirms enrolment. Be careful when you meet someone: meet in a public place, tell a friend where you are going, and arrange your own transport. If you are in danger, contact SAPS on 10111 or your campus security. Report anyone who breaks these rules using the Report option in the app.

9. Your content

You keep ownership of the photos and text you post. You give us a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to store, display and process them only to run the app. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except where we must keep information as described in our Privacy Policy.

10. Moderation, suspension and removal

We may review reported content and conversations, remove content, and suspend or close accounts that break these Terms or put others at risk. Where reasonable, we will tell you why.

11. Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time in Settings > Delete account. What is deleted, and what we keep for safety reasons, is explained in our Privacy Policy.

12. Subscriptions, free swipes and ads

• Without a subscription you get a number of free swipes each day, and we show ads between profiles.
• You can earn extra free swipes by watching rewarded video ads, up to a daily limit.
• Unlimited subscriptions (weekly or monthly) remove the swipe limit and the ads. They are sold through Google Play or the Apple App Store, renew automatically at the price shown until you cancel, and are charged to your store account.
• Cancel any time in your Google Play or Apple subscription settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Cancelling stops future payments; the period you already paid for is not refunded, except where the store's refund policy or the law requires it.
• Refunds are handled by Google or Apple under their policies. Subscriptions do not move between Android and iPhone.
• We may change prices for future periods. The store will tell you before a new price applies, and you can cancel.

13. The service

We provide the app "as is" and may change, pause or stop features. We do not promise you will find a match. Nothing in these Terms limits rights you have under the Consumer Protection Act or other laws that cannot be excluded. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for the conduct of other users, on or off the app.

14. Changes to these terms

If we make important changes we will tell you in the app before they apply. If you keep using the app after that, the new Terms apply.

15. Law and contact

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. Questions: varsitydating@gmail.com.