Organizers have the option to ask members questions when they request to join a group or respond to an event.
Organizers and members should not ask for or provide sensitive or private personal information in profile and event questions and answers.
What are profile and event questions?
Profile questions are a set of questions that members are prompted to answer when they join or request to join a group.
Event questions are questions that members are prompted to answer when they respond to an event.
What is sensitive or private personal information?
Sensitive or private personal information includes but is not limited to:
Full name
Address or email address
Phone number
Social Security number
Financial information
Race or ethnic origin
Political opinions
Religious or philosophical beliefs
Trade union membership
Health data
Sexual orientation
Who can see members’ responses to profile and event questions?
Profile questions
Responses to profile questions (member application answers) are only visible to the organizer and the group's leadership team who receives them at the time of submission. They are not visible to all group members.
If a group changes organizers, earlier answers do not transfer to the new organizer and cannot be recovered. New applications submitted after the change will be visible to the current organizer.
Event questions
Responses to event questions are visible to the group’s leadership team, the event host, and the network administrator if it’s a Meetup Pro group. All responses to event questions are optional.
Related policies and terms for using Meetup
To learn more about user privacy, guidelines, and what’s acceptable on Meetup, view our Privacy policy, Terms of service, and Usage and content policies.