Privacy Policy

1. The short version

• What you write is for you and your partner. Your answer stays sealed until you've both answered.
• We don't sell your data, show ads, or use what you write to build advertising profiles.
• We don't use what you write to train AI models.
• You can download your data or delete your account at any time from You → Account & data.

2. What we collect

Your account

Your email address and, if you add them, a display name and profile photo. If you sign up with a password, we store only a salted one-way hash of it, never the password itself. If you sign in with Apple, we receive the email address Apple shares with us (which may be a private relay address) and an identifier for your Apple account.

Your relationship

Who you're paired with, when you paired, and the invite codes used to pair you.

What you create

Your daily answers, reactions, reflections, weekly check-in notes, and dare photos you choose to take. These are shown to you and to your partner, and are used to produce features built from them, such as your weekly magazine and streaks.

Photos

When you set a profile photo or complete a photo dare, the image you pick or take is uploaded. We never browse your photo library. Photos are stored at long, unguessable web addresses, so anyone who is given a photo's address could open it; we never publish those addresses anywhere.

Voice answers

If you tap “Speak answer,” your device's own speech recognition turns your words into text. We receive only the text you choose to submit, never the audio.

Notifications

If you allow notifications, we store a token for that device or browser so we can tell you when your partner answers, when a reveal is ready, and when the day's question is waiting. Signing out removes that device's token; turning notifications off in your device settings stops them.

Purchases

If you subscribe, we keep a record of the subscription: its status, plan, and renewal dates. Apple or Stripe processes the payment; we never see or store your card details.

Usage and security

We record product events (for example “answered today's question” or “paired with a partner”) tied to your account so we can understand what is working. We also use Vercel Web Analytics, which counts page views without cookies and without identifying you. To stop abuse we briefly keep your IP address and the email used in sign-in attempts, and delete those records within a few days. A sign-in cookie keeps you signed in.

3. How we use it

• To run Aligned: sign you in, pair you with your partner, show each of you what the other shared, and send the reminders you've allowed
• To send emails you need, such as sign-in links
• To manage your subscription
• To understand and improve the product, using the events described above
• To keep the service secure and prevent abuse
• To meet legal obligations

4. Who else processes it

We share data only with your partner, as the product is designed to do, and with the providers below, who process it on our behalf to run the service:

• Vercel: hosting, photo storage, and cookieless page analytics
• Neon: our database
• Resend: sending email
• Apple: Sign in with Apple, push notifications on iPhone, and App Store purchases
• RevenueCat: keeping App Store subscription status in sync
• Stripe: payments made on our website

We may also disclose information when required by law, or when we believe in good faith that it is necessary to protect someone's safety. If Aligned is ever sold or merged, your information would transfer under the protections of this policy, and we would tell you first.

5. Deleting your account

Go to You → Account & data → Delete my account. Deletion takes effect immediately:

• Your name, email, password, and sign-in connections are removed, and you're signed out on every device.
• Your profile photo and dare photos are deleted.
• Your notification tokens are deleted.
• A subscription bought on our website is canceled.
• Answers you already shared with your partner stay in their history, with nothing identifying you attached, because that history is theirs too.

Apple doesn't let apps cancel App Store subscriptions. If you subscribed through the App Store, cancel in your iPhone's Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions.

Otherwise we keep your data while your account is open. Database backups held by our providers roll off within 30 days.

6. Your rights

You can download a copy of your data (as a JSON file) or delete your account yourself from You → Account & data. Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to correct your data, restrict or object to how we use it, or appeal a decision we make about a request. Email us at the address below and we'll respond within 30 days. If you're in the EEA or UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority. We don't sell or “share” personal information as California law defines those terms.

7. Security

Data is encrypted in transit, passwords are hashed, and access to production systems is restricted. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach affects your personal information, we'll notify you as the law requires.

8. Age

Aligned is for adults. You must be 18 or older to use it, and we don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you believe someone under 18 has an account, tell us and we'll delete it.

9. Where your data is processed

Aligned runs in the United States. If you use it from elsewhere, your information is transferred to and processed in the US.

10. Changes

If we change this policy we'll update the date above, and for significant changes we'll tell you in the app or by email before they take effect.

Contact

Questions, requests, or concerns: support@alignedconnectingcouples.com. See also our Terms of Service.