Privacy First, Always
Your journal entries are sacred. We've built SAJ with privacy as our foundation, ensuring your most personal thoughts remain completely private and secure.
Privacy Summary
Your journal entries are stored locally on your device and never sent to our servers.We only track your progress through challenges (not the content) to provide a seamless experience. You have complete control over your data and can export or delete it anytime.
Local Storage Only
Your Journal Entries Stay on Your Device
All your journal responses are stored locally in your browser's storage. They never leave your device and are never transmitted to our servers. This means only you have access to your personal reflections and insights.
Real-Time Writing Protection
As you type your responses, they are automatically saved to your device's local storage. This ensures your thoughts are preserved even if you accidentally close your browser or lose internet connection.
Complete Control
You have full control over your data. You can clear your local journal data at any time through your profile settings, and no copies exist anywhere else.
No Server Storage of Personal Content
What We Don't Store
We do not store, process, or have access to any of your journal entries, responses, or personal reflections. Your writing remains completely private and inaccessible to us or anyone else.
What We Do Store
We only store essential account information (email, encrypted password) and your challenge progress (which challenges you've started, which day you're on, completion status) to provide you with a seamless experience across devices.
Progress Tracking Only
Our servers track your progress through challenges (e.g., "Day 3 of Self-Talk Challenge completed") but never the actual content of your responses or what you wrote.
Data Export & Portability
PDF Export
You can export your journal entries as beautifully formatted PDF documents. This export happens entirely in your browser - your content is never sent to our servers for processing.
Take Your Data With You
Your journal entries belong to you. The PDF export feature ensures you can keep your insights and reflections even if you decide to stop using SAJ.
No Vendor Lock-in
We believe your personal growth journey shouldn't be tied to any single platform. Our export features ensure you always have access to your own words and insights.
Third-Party Services
Authentication
We use Supabase for secure user authentication. Only your email and encrypted password are stored - no personal journal content is ever shared with Supabase or any third party.
Analytics
We use privacy-focused analytics to understand how people use SAJ (like which challenges are most popular) but we never track or analyze your personal journal content.
No Data Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with any third parties. Your privacy is not a commodity to us.
Security Measures
Encryption
All data transmission between your device and our servers is encrypted using industry-standard HTTPS/TLS protocols. Your account information is stored with strong encryption.
Local Storage Security
Your journal entries are stored in your browser's local storage, which is isolated per website and not accessible to other websites or applications.
Regular Security Updates
We regularly update our security practices and infrastructure to protect against emerging threats, though remember - your journal content never reaches our servers anyway.
Your Rights & Control
Right to Access
You have complete access to all your data at all times. Your journal entries are always available to you locally, and you can view your account information in your profile.
Right to Delete
You can delete your account and all associated data at any time. You can also clear your local journal data independently through your browser or our profile settings.
Right to Portability
Export your journal entries as PDFs anytime. Your personal growth insights belong to you, and you should be able to take them anywhere.
Cookies & Tracking
Essential Cookies Only
We only use essential cookies required for the website to function properly, such as keeping you logged in and remembering your preferences.
No Tracking Cookies
We do not use tracking cookies, advertising cookies, or any cookies that monitor your behavior across other websites.
Local Storage vs Cookies
Your journal entries are stored in local storage (not cookies), which provides better privacy and security for your personal content.
Legal Compliance
GDPR Compliance
We comply with GDPR requirements. Since your journal content never reaches our servers, there's minimal personal data for us to process, making your privacy protection even stronger.
Data Minimization
We follow the principle of data minimization - we only collect and store the absolute minimum information necessary to provide our service.
Transparency
This privacy policy explains exactly what we do and don't do with your data. We believe in complete transparency about our privacy practices.
Important: Browser Data Considerations
Since your journal entries are stored locally in your browser, please be aware:
- Clearing your browser data will delete your journal entries
- Your entries are tied to the specific browser and device you use
- We recommend regularly exporting your entries as PDFs for backup
- Incognito/private browsing mode will not save your entries
Questions About Privacy?
We're committed to transparency about our privacy practices. If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle your data, we're here to help.
Contact Us
For privacy questions, data concerns, and general support
We will never sell your data, never share your journal entries, and will always be transparent about any changes to our privacy practices. Your trust is the foundation of everything we do.