Effective date: July 4, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Aletheia Companion (“Aletheia”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use our app, website, and related services.
This policy is written for the current Aletheia product and should be reviewed by counsel before publishing as a legal notice.
Summary
We designed Aletheia to be privacy-conscious. In general:
– We use your account and app content to provide the service.
– We do not sell your personal data.
– We do not use your content for third-party advertising.
– You can export or delete your account data from inside the app.
– Some features, like AI responses, email support, analytics, and push notifications, rely on service providers.
Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you use Aletheia.
Information you provide
We may collect:
– Name
– Email address
– Profile image or avatar, if you choose to add one
– Account and sign-in information
– Chat prompts and responses
– Journal entries
– Decision notes and reflections
– Counsel and shared-decision content
– Manual context you choose to save
– Feedback, support requests, and bug reports
– Language, region, Bible translation, voice, and notification preferences
Information collected automatically
We may collect:
– Device and app identifiers
– Session identifiers
– Push notification subscription tokens
– App activity and feature usage
– Screen and view transitions
– Notification opt-in state and notification interactions
– Diagnostic data such as crash logs, error logs, and performance data
Information from service providers
Depending on the features you use, we may receive information from:
– Authentication providers
– Hosting and database providers
– Email delivery providers
– Analytics providers
– Push notification providers
– OpenAI, when you use AI-powered features
How We Use Information
We use information to:
– Provide the app and its features
– Create and manage accounts
– Sync decisions, journal entries, reflections, preferences, and notifications across devices
– Generate AI responses and related summaries
– Send push notifications you opt into
– Deliver support messages and account emails
– Improve the app, debug issues, and measure usage
– Detect abuse, fraud, and security issues
– Comply with legal obligations
AI Features
Aletheia includes AI-powered features such as chat and speech. When you use those features:
– Your request is sent to our server first.
– Our server may retrieve relevant app content and biblical wisdom sources.
– If enabled, our server may send the request to OpenAI to generate a response.
– We aim to avoid sending unnecessary private content, but your prompt and relevant context may be processed to answer your request.
We do not use your private journal content unless the app feature explicitly needs it and the product logic allows it.
Analytics
We use first-party analytics to understand app performance and feature usage.
Our analytics are intended to avoid private content. For example, we do not intentionally store:
– full private chat text in analytics events
– full journal text in analytics events
– private rule text in analytics events
– private decision pressure content in analytics events
We may store aggregate or operational events such as sign-in activity, feature usage, notification opt-in state, or export/delete activity.
Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share information with:
– Service providers that help us run the app
– Cloud infrastructure, database, email, analytics, and push notification providers
– Law enforcement or other parties when required by law
– Other users only when you intentionally share content through app features such as shared decisions or counsel circles
User Controls
You can manage your data in the app through features such as:
– Exporting your account data
– Deleting your account
– Changing preferences
– Managing notifications
– Updating your profile
– Removing shared content you no longer want to keep active
If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize data associated with your account subject to legal, security, and operational backup requirements.
Data Retention
We keep information only as long as needed to:
– provide the app
– support your account
– maintain backups and security
– comply with legal obligations
– resolve disputes
Retention periods may vary depending on the data type and the service provider involved.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, but no system can be guaranteed completely secure.
International Transfers
Your information may be processed in countries other than where you live, including by our hosting and service providers.
Children’s Privacy
Aletheia is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it where appropriate.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:
– access your personal information
– correct inaccurate information
– delete your personal information
– object to or restrict certain processing
– withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
You can exercise some of these rights directly in the app, including export and deletion. You can also contact us using the support details below.
Third-Party Services
Aletheia may use third-party services for:
– authentication
– hosting
– databases
– email delivery
– push notifications
– analytics
– AI responses
Those providers process information on our behalf under their own terms and privacy practices.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and may notify you in the app or by other reasonable means.
Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, contact us at:
– Support: use the in-app support flow or the public support contact listed for Aletheia Companion
– Email: the support email associated with the app’s App Store Connect and Google Play listings