SDNXT PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: 31 October 2026
SDNXT ("we", "us" or "our") is operated by SD EDU PTY LTD (ACN 689 705 075, ABN 81 689 705 075), based in Western Australia, Australia.
SDNXT operates sdnxt.app and the SDNXT applications for iPhone, iPad and Android. SDNXT is a social networking and professional consultation platform that enables users to connect with friends and communities, follow other users, join groups, publish content, exchange messages, make voice and video calls, participate in live streams, and access professional services from education agents, migration agents, counsellors and institutions.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use and protect it, when we share it, and the rights and choices available to you.
For questions, requests or concerns regarding this policy, please contact us at admin@sdnxt.app.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect the following categories of information when you use SDNXT.
1.1 Account Information
When you register, we collect your name, email address, phone number, country, date of birth and password. Passwords are securely hashed and are never stored in plain text.
1.2 Profile Information
We collect the information you choose to include in your profile, such as your profile photograph, cover photograph, biography and other profile details.
1.3 User-Generated Content
We collect content you create, upload or share through SDNXT, including posts, comments, messages, voice notes, group conversations, Stories, live streams, photographs, videos and other attachments.
Uploaded content is processed through our infrastructure where necessary. This may include video compression, thumbnail and preview generation, and extracting text from PDF documents for the content safety checks described in Section 2.
1.4 Social Connections
We collect information about your social interactions, including the users you follow, your friends, and the groups you join or create.
1.5 Messages, Calls and Live Streams
We collect the content of messages you send through individual and group conversations, together with relevant metadata relating to voice calls, video calls and live streams, including participants, timestamps and duration.
Real-time audio and video communications are processed through our video infrastructure provider, Agora. SDNXT does not routinely record voice calls, video calls or live streams.
An exception applies when a user reports a live stream. In such cases, still images of the reported live stream may be attached to the report for moderation purposes. Further details are provided in Section 1.13.
On iPhone, incoming and outgoing calls made through SDNXT may appear in the iOS Phone application's Recents list. Apple may synchronise this information across your Apple devices, depending on your device settings. You can manage or delete this information through the Phone application.
1.6 Payments and Payouts
If you purchase coins, send gifts or receive payouts as a counsellor, agent or institution, we or our payment providers collect the information necessary to process these transactions.
This may include payment details, bank account information, payout details and transaction history.
SDNXT does not directly store complete payment card numbers. Card payments made through sdnxt.app are processed by Stripe, while local banking transactions and payouts in Bhutan are handled through our banking payment partner.
1.7 In-App Purchases
Coins purchased through the SDNXT mobile applications are processed by Apple App Store or Google Play. Apple and Google handle the payment transactions, and SDNXT does not receive your card or payment account details.
We receive the transaction information required to verify purchases and credit the correct number of coins to your account. This includes:
- Store transaction or order ID.
- Purchased product.
- Purchase price and currency.
- Purchase date.
- Refund status, where applicable.
Each SDNXT account is assigned a randomly generated purchase identifier, which is passed to the relevant app store when a purchase is made. This identifier does not contain personally identifiable information.
1.8 Identity Verification for Cash-Outs
Before processing your first cash-out, we require identity verification. You may be asked to provide a photograph of one of the following documents:
- Citizenship Card.
- Passport.
- Driving Licence.
We also collect the corresponding identification document number.
An authorised member of our team compares the submitted document with the name and date of birth registered on your SDNXT account.
Identity document photographs are stored securely and are accessible only to authorised staff responsible for identity verification. Document numbers are stored in a protected format, with only the last four digits visible.
We do not require a selfie as part of this verification process.
Identity document photographs are retained while your account remains active and are deleted when your account is permanently deleted. We may retain the verification decision and associated records where necessary for legal, financial, security or compliance purposes.
1.9 Professional Account Verification
Counsellor, education agent, migration agent and institution accounts must complete verification before accepting paid services through SDNXT.
Education agents, migration agents and institutions may be required to provide:
- Registered business name.
- Business address.
- Website.
- Business registration number.
- Supporting business registration documentation.
Counsellors may be required to provide:
- Professional specialisation.
- Years of experience.
- Languages spoken.
- Government-issued identification.
- Relevant professional certification or supporting documentation.
This information is used to verify professional accounts and maintain the integrity of the platform.
1.10 Security and Login Information
We collect technical and security information associated with your account, including IP addresses, device and browser information, and login timestamps.
This information allows you to review your login activity and helps us identify suspicious access or potential security threats.
If you enable two-factor authentication or a passkey, we store the relevant security credentials required to support these features. Biometric information, such as fingerprints or facial recognition data, remains on your device and is not received or stored by SDNXT.
We also maintain records of your acceptance of our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, including the document version, acceptance timestamp, IP address, device information and application version.
1.11 Communications and Reports
When you contact our support team, submit feedback or report content or another user, we retain the information you provide, together with relevant correspondence and records relating to the matter.
1.12 Live Stream Reports
When you report a live stream, the SDNXT application or website captures a still image of the live stream as displayed on your screen at the time of reporting.
Where multiple people are broadcasting in the same live session, one still image may be captured for each broadcaster, up to a maximum of four images.
Your own camera feed is not included in these images.
These images are securely stored on our servers and are accessible only to authorised SDNXT moderation personnel. They are deleted 90 days after the relevant report has been closed.
If an image cannot be captured, your report will still be submitted and reviewed without the image.
1.13 Blocked Users
We maintain a record of users you have blocked so that we can enforce your blocking preferences and prevent those users from contacting or interacting with you in ways restricted by our platform.
Further details are available in our Community Guidelines.
1.14 Platform Activity and Engagement
We collect information about how you interact with SDNXT, including:
- Posts and content you view.
- Approximate time spent viewing individual posts.
- Likes, comments and shares.
- Gifts sent and received.
- Users, groups and topics you interact with.
We use this information to personalise and rank content in your feed and improve your overall experience.
Depending on your settings and the features you use, other users may also be able to see your online status and whether you have read their messages.
1.15 Device Permissions
SDNXT may request access to certain device features when you use the application. These permissions support the platform's functionality and may include notifications, camera, microphone, photos and location.
You can decline these permissions or change them at any time through your device settings. Some features may not work without the relevant permissions.
We use these permissions as follows:
- Camera: To take photographs and videos for posts and Stories, participate in video calls and broadcast live streams.
- Microphone: To record voice messages, participate in calls and broadcast live streams.
- Photos: To select and upload photographs and videos, and save images such as your profile QR code when requested.
- Location: Used only when you access Live Now or broadcast a live stream. This helps display the country associated with a live stream and identify nearby live streams. Your device determines the country through its location services provided by Apple or Google. SDNXT receives and stores only the country information, not your precise location coordinates. Live streaming remains available without location permission.
- Face ID and Fingerprint: If you enable quick sign-in, biometric authentication is performed directly on your device. SDNXT does not receive or store your biometric information.
1.16 Push Notifications
If you enable notifications, we store a device notification token to deliver alerts relating to your account and activity.
These notifications may include new messages, incoming calls, comments, gifts and live streams.
Notifications are delivered through Google Firebase Cloud Messaging and Apple's Push Notification service. Notification content, such as information about who sent you a message, may pass through these services to reach your device.
You can disable notifications through the SDNXT application or your device settings.
1.17 Crash and Error Reports
If the SDNXT application experiences a crash or technical error, diagnostic information may be sent to our crash-reporting provider, Sentry, to help us identify and resolve technical issues.
This information may include the error details, application version, device model, operating system and recent application activity preceding the error.
These reports are not linked to your name or email address. Passwords, authentication tokens, payment information and bank details are removed before diagnostic reports are transmitted.
1.18 Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to support platform functionality, security and advertising. Further details are provided in Section 4.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect for the following purposes.
2.1 Providing and Operating SDNXT
To create and manage accounts, display personalised feeds, publish and distribute content, deliver messages, facilitate voice and video calls, operate live streams, manage groups and process payments and payouts.
2.2 Platform Safety and Security
To verify accounts, investigate reports, detect fraudulent activities, prevent abuse, protect users and enforce our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
For the purpose of reviewing reports involving live streams, authorised members of our moderation team may observe a live stream without appearing in its viewer list. Where necessary, moderators may intervene or terminate a live stream that violates our platform rules.
2.3 Automated Content Safety Checks
New posts and Stories are automatically checked for potentially prohibited or harmful content before they become visible to other users.
For these checks, the following information may be submitted to OpenAI's moderation service:
- Captions and associated text.
- Photographs and images.
- Link previews.
- Selected frames extracted from videos.
- Text extracted from PDF documents.
The moderation service provides a safety assessment based on the submitted content.
Content assessed as clearly acceptable may be published automatically. Content requiring further assessment is held for review by an authorised member of our moderation team.
Automated moderation assessments do not independently determine account suspensions, restrictions or other account-level enforcement decisions.
2.4 Personalising Your Experience
To organise and rank content in your feed based on your interests, engagement and activity on SDNXT.
2.5 Communications and Notifications
To send account-related notifications, security alerts, service announcements and important updates.
We may also send product-related or promotional emails where permitted by applicable law and subject to your communication preferences.
2.6 Service Improvement
To analyse platform usage, identify technical issues, improve performance and develop new features and services.
2.7 Advertising
To support the operation of SDNXT through advertising displayed on sdnxt.app, including advertising delivered through Google AdSense.
Further information is available in Section 4.
3. WHO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH
We do not sell your personal information.
We share personal information only where necessary for the operation of SDNXT, the delivery of services, legal compliance or the protection of users.
3.1 Other SDNXT Users
Certain information is visible to other users depending on your account settings, privacy choices and the nature of the feature you use.
For example, public posts, profile information and content you choose to share may be visible to other users.
During live streams, other participants may see your comments, gifts and position among the top gifters.
If you subscribe to a creator's Space, a Member badge may appear alongside your comments on that creator's posts and live streams.
3.2 Service Providers
We work with trusted third-party providers that process information on our behalf to deliver and maintain SDNXT services.
These providers are permitted to process information only for the purposes for which they are engaged and subject to applicable contractual and legal obligations.
Our service providers include:
- Stripe: Processing card payments on sdnxt.app.
- RMA: Supporting local banking transactions and payouts in Bhutan.
- Agora: Providing real-time voice and video calling and live-streaming infrastructure.
- Mailgun: Delivering transactional emails.
- Linode Object Storage: Storing uploaded photographs, videos and files.
- Bunny.net: Delivering photographs and videos through its content delivery network.
- OpenAI: Providing automated content safety and moderation assessments for new posts and Stories.
- Sentry: Collecting crash reports and technical diagnostics from our applications.
- Google Firebase Cloud Messaging: Delivering push notifications to Android and supported devices.
- Apple Push Notification service: Delivering push notifications to Apple devices.
- Google AdSense: Displaying and measuring advertisements on sdnxt.app.
3.3 Apple and Google
When you purchase coins through our mobile applications, Apple App Store or Google Play processes the transaction under its own terms and privacy policy.
SDNXT receives the transaction information necessary to verify the purchase and credit your account.
3.4 Legal and Regulatory Authorities
We may disclose information to law enforcement agencies, regulators, courts or other authorised parties where required by applicable law, legal process or a legitimate need to protect the rights, safety or property of SDNXT, our users or the public.
4. COOKIES AND ADVERTISING
SDNXT uses cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality: Maintaining login sessions and remembering authentication information.
- Security: Protecting the platform against security threats, including cross-site request forgery.
- Advertising: Displaying and measuring advertisements through Google AdSense, which may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver and measure advertising, including advertisements based on your previous visits to this or other websites.
If you access SDNXT from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we request your consent before using cookies for personalised advertising, where required by applicable law.
You may withdraw or change your advertising consent through the cookie consent banner.
You can also manage cookies through your browser settings and manage personalised advertising preferences directly through Google:
https://adssettings.google.com
5. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfil the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Where appropriate, information may be retained for additional periods to comply with legal, tax and accounting obligations, particularly in relation to payment and payout records, resolve disputes, investigate security incidents and enforce our agreements.
Stories and other temporary content are removed from normal display after their applicable expiry period. However, copies may be retained temporarily where necessary for safety, moderation or operational purposes.
Still images attached to live stream reports are deleted 90 days after the relevant report has been closed.
Account Deletion
When you request account deletion, your account enters a scheduled deletion period of 30 days. During this period, you may restore your account by signing in again.
After the 30-day period, your account is permanently deleted, subject to any information we are legally required or otherwise permitted to retain.
Further details about the deletion process and information retained are available on our Account Deletion page.
6. YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Request deletion of your account and associated personal information.
- Object to or request restrictions on certain types of information processing, including personalised advertising.
- Request a copy of your personal information in a portable format.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent.
You can update much of your personal information directly through your SDNXT profile and account settings.
Deleting Your Account
You can request account deletion directly through the application:
Settings → Security → Delete Account
Please refer to our Account Deletion page for further information.
Submitting Privacy Requests
For requests relating to access, correction, deletion or other privacy rights, contact us at:
admin@sdnxt.app
We will review and respond to your request within a reasonable period, in accordance with applicable privacy laws. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
Privacy Complaints
If you have concerns about how we collect, use or handle your personal information, please contact us first at admin@sdnxt.app.
If you are located in Australia and are dissatisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC):
https://www.oaic.gov.au
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you may also lodge a complaint with your relevant local data protection authority.
7. SECURITY
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or misuse.
Our security measures include:
- Secure password hashing and protected credential storage.
- Optional two-factor authentication.
- Passkey authentication using WebAuthn.
- Monitoring of account login activity for suspicious access.
- Restricted access to sensitive identity verification documents.
- Appropriate security controls for stored information and platform infrastructure.
Access to personal information is limited to authorised personnel and service providers who require it to perform their responsibilities.
Although we take reasonable steps to protect your information, no electronic storage system or internet transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
SDNXT is not intended for children under the age of 16.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 16. Users must provide their date of birth during registration, and accounts belonging to individuals under 16 cannot be created.
Users aged 16 and 17 are subject to additional restrictions. They cannot:
- Start or broadcast live streams.
- Send or receive live stream gifts.
- Transfer coins.
- Request cash-outs.
- Purchase or sell subscriptions.
These restrictions are intended to provide additional safeguards for younger users.
For further information, please refer to our Child Safety Standards.
If you believe that a child under 16 has provided personal information to SDNXT, please contact us at admin@sdnxt.app so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
9. INTERNATIONAL USERS AND DATA TRANSFERS
SDNXT is a global platform that connects users across different countries. As a result, your personal information may be transferred to, stored in or processed in countries outside your country of residence.
Our primary infrastructure and data storage arrangements include:
- Linode: Our servers, database and object storage are hosted in Singapore.
- Bunny.net: Photographs and videos are delivered through an international content delivery network with servers in multiple countries.
- Sentry: Crash and diagnostic reports are stored within the European Union.
Other service providers, including OpenAI, Google Firebase, Apple and Agora, may process information in the United States and other countries, depending on their infrastructure and service arrangements.
Where required by applicable privacy laws, we take appropriate measures and rely on recognised safeguards to protect personal information transferred internationally.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, technology, business operations or legal obligations.
Where material changes are made, we will notify users and, where required, request renewed acceptance of the updated policy.
SDNXT maintains records of accepted legal document versions and their corresponding acceptance dates.
The Last updated date displayed at the beginning of this policy indicates the date of the most recent revision.
We encourage users to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how their information is handled.
11. CONTACT US
If you have any questions, privacy requests, complaints or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:
SD EDU PTY LTD
Operating SDNXT
Email: admin@sdnxt.app
Website: https://sdnxt.app
Australia