Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide:

• Account information (name, email address, display name, profile photo)
• Sobriety start date and tracking preferences
• Daily check-in status (sobriety, meeting attendance, connection, journaling — timestamps and completion status)
• Journal entries, mood selections, and entry type
• Messages sent to other members and posts in community channels
• Meeting RSVPs and attendance confirmations
• Profile information (bio, location, timezone)
• Coaching application details, session bookings, and reviews (if applicable)

Information Collected Automatically:

• Device information (browser type, operating system, user agent)
• IP address
• Pages visited within the app, time on page, and session duration
• Activity log (feature usage events such as posting, messaging, joining meetings, completing vitals)
• Login timestamps and session data
• Podcast listening behavior (episodes started, playback position, completion percentage)
• Push notification subscription data (browser endpoint, device identifier)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and improve the Service
• Track your sobriety progress, streaks, and daily vitals
• Provide AI-powered journal insights (see Section 4 for details)
• Connect you with other community members
• Send notifications, reminders, and email digests
• Facilitate video meetings and coaching sessions
• Respond to support requests
• Analyze usage patterns to improve features and fix issues

3. How We Share Your Information

With Other Members:

• Your display name, profile photo, and bio are visible to other members
• Posts in community channels are visible to members with access
• Direct messages are only visible to you and the recipient

With Coaches:

• If you engage with a coach, they may see relevant profile information

With Third-Party Service Providers:

We use the following services to operate Sober Motivation. Each receives only the data necessary for its function:

• Brevo (email delivery) — Your email address and name are shared with Brevo to send transactional emails such as welcome messages, password resets, and journal digest summaries.
• Jitsi by 8x8 (video meetings) — When you join a video meeting, your name, user ID, and avatar are shared with 8x8's Jitsi service to connect you to the meeting room.
• Klipy (GIF search) — When you search for GIFs in the app, your search queries are sent to Klipy's API.
• Neon (database hosting) — All user data is stored on Neon's PostgreSQL cloud infrastructure.
• Google Cloud Storage — Profile photos and uploaded images are stored on Google Cloud Storage.
• Google Fonts — We load fonts from Google Fonts, which may receive your IP address and browser information when the app loads.
• Web Push (notifications) — If you enable push notifications, your browser's push endpoint is used to deliver notifications.

We never sell your personal information.

4. Your Journal & AI Analysis

Your journal entries are private. Only you can see your journal content. We do not share journal entries with other members, coaches, or third parties.

Our AI analyzes your journal entries to provide emotional insights. The resulting sentiment scores (positive, negative, or neutral) and topic classifications (such as gratitude, anxiety, or cravings) are stored in your account to power your emotional trends dashboard. The AI processing runs entirely on our own servers using open-source models — your journal text is never sent to external AI services like OpenAI or ChatGPT.

5. Health-Related Data

Sober Motivation collects data related to your recovery journey, including your sobriety date, daily check-in status, meeting attendance, and AI-derived emotional trends. We treat this as sensitive personal information. This data is never sold, shared with advertisers, or used for purposes other than providing you with your personal recovery dashboard.

We are not a healthcare provider and this app is not a medical device. Your data is not subject to HIPAA. However, we apply security practices consistent with protecting sensitive health-related information.

6. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your information, including encryption in transit and at rest. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

7. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain your information for as long as your account is active.

If you delete your account, we immediately and permanently delete your profile, journal entries, daily goals, activity logs, session data, and notification preferences. Community messages and feed posts you sent are anonymized (your name is removed and the content is replaced with "[This message was removed]") so that conversation threads remain readable for other members. Coaching session records are also anonymized.

We may retain anonymized, aggregated data that cannot be linked back to you for analytics purposes. Data required by law may be retained as legally required.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your account and data (via Settings)
• Export your data (via Settings > "Download My Data")
• Opt out of marketing communications

You can exercise your data export and deletion rights directly in the app under Settings. For other requests, contact us at admin@sobermotivation.net.

9. Children's Privacy

Sober Motivation is not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes via email or in-app notification.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

Email: admin@sobermotivation.net