Privacy Policy

Plain about what we keep, why, and how to have it removed.

Effective 17 September 2026

hAIve Chi is a daily collective experience: one question, one word from you, and a shared reveal built from the whole crowd. This policy explains what personal information we handle and the choices you have. It is written to be read, not to be survived.

Who is responsible

hAIve Chi is operated by GeoffMedia LLC (“GeoffMedia,” “we,” “us”), the party responsible for the information described here. For anything in this policy — questions, access, or deletion — contact us at [email protected].

The short version

There is no account and no password. You can take part without telling us who you are.
We keep your words and the dates you gave them (roughly the last two months), tied to an anonymous id for your browser — not to your name.
We collect an email address only if you type one in, a phone number only if you choose to add one, and a device notification subscription only if you switch it on — each purely so we can send you a daily reminder to play.
The system that makes each day’s reveal only ever sees totals, never individuals.
You can ask us to delete everything at any time.

What we collect

Your one-word answers, with their dates — kept for about the last two months so we can show you your own month back.
An anonymous device id stored in your browser. It is a random identifier, not a name, email, or profile.
Coarse, automatic signals that arrive with any web request: your country and region, a rough time of day, and your browser’s language. We count these; we do not build a profile from them.
An email address — only if you provide one, to send you a daily reminder that the question is live.
A phone number — only if you choose to provide one, for the same purpose: a way to reach you about the daily question (for example, a future text reminder). It is optional, and leaving it blank changes nothing about taking part.
Feedback — only if you send it. The “Ideas & Bugs” button sends us your message, the page you were on, your browser type and screen size, and — only if you add them — an email address for a reply and a screenshot. It is not linked to your answers or your device id.
A device notification subscription — only if you turn it on. If you tick “Receive notifications on this device” and allow it in your browser, we store the technical address your browser gives us for delivering notifications (a push endpoint and its keys). It is not your name, email, or location, and it is used only to send the daily reminder. Turning notifications off in the app, or in your browser settings, ends it.

Any age or decade you may share in a question stays in your own browser and is not sent to our servers.

How we use it

To run the daily loop: record your submission, keep your streak, and build the shared reveal from the crowd’s totals.
To show you where your word landed and your personal monthly recap.
To send a daily reminder that the question is live — and, only if you ask for it, a note when the reveal lands — to the email, phone, or device notification you chose.
To keep the service working and to understand overall usage in aggregate.

An email or phone here is somewhere to send something, not a way to log in. There is no password attached and nothing to sign in to. One link in the first email confirms the address is really yours.

The crowd never sees you

The models that write each day’s reveal are shown totals only — how many people said each word — never a list of people and never a word tied to a person. When we describe a slice of the crowd (a region, a time of day), we only do so when the slice is large enough that no single person can be picked out of it; smaller slices are dropped rather than shown.

Who processes data for us

We use a small number of service providers to run hAIve Chi, under their own security and privacy terms and only to provide the service:

Cloudflare — hosting, application logic, image storage, and email delivery.
Supabase — the database that stores submissions and contact details.
Privacy-respecting analytics and error monitoring — to keep the site healthy, using aggregate and technical data.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising.

How long we keep it

Your words: about the most recent two months on the device record; the day’s totals (never individuals) remain in the public archive.
Email or phone: until you ask us to remove it, or you unsubscribe.
Device notification subscription: until you turn notifications off, or your browser retires it — a subscription that stops accepting deliveries is removed automatically.
Clearing your browser data removes the anonymous id and history from that browser. If that happens and you mind, get in touch — it can usually be put back.

Your choices and rights

Take part anonymously — giving an email, phone, or device notification is always optional.
Access or delete what we hold, including your contact details and your words.
Unsubscribe from any message using its link, or by writing to us.
Turn off device notifications at any time from your browser or device settings.

To exercise any of these, email [email protected] and we will take care of it.

Children

hAIve Chi is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us contact information, write to [email protected] and we will remove it.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date above and, for material changes, note it on the site. Continuing to use hAIve Chi after a change means the updated policy applies.