Privacy Policy

When you register for Ziren, we collect:

• Email address — used to create your account, verify your identity, send a welcome email, and deliver password reset links.
• Password — stored in hashed form by our authentication provider; we never see or store it in plaintext.
• OAuth profile data — if you sign up or log in with Google, Apple, or Microsoft, we receive the name and email address that the provider shares with us. We do not access or store your provider passwords.

Ziren does not collect your date of birth or age during registration or onboarding. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. See Section 11 for details.

Information you may add to your profile includes:

• Display name, username, and a short bio
• Profile photo (uploaded by you)
• Interests and motivations selected during onboarding
• A current goal, stage of life, and self-selected preferences
• Notification preferences and privacy settings you configure

When you create content in Ziren, that content is stored in our database and associated with your account. This includes:

• Community content: posts, questions, answers, replies, and recommended resources you publish, including any text, photos, and videos you attach.
• Goals and habits: goal titles, descriptions, target dates, progress, milestones, and habit tracking data.
• Journal entries: the title, text, mood, tags, and images you record. Journal entries are private by default and visible only to you.
• Vision boards: board names, descriptions, cover images, and individual vision items (photos, videos, and reflections) you create.
• Messages: the text, images, videos, and shared content you send to other users through direct messages, along with conversation metadata.
• Financial tracking data: transaction titles, amounts, categories, dates, and optional notes you enter in the Money Tracker feature. This is self-entered personal financial data; we do not connect to your bank or financial institutions.
• Saved insights and supporter relationships: content you save and the users you choose to support or who support you.
• Reports and feedback: the details you submit when reporting content or sending feedback to our team.

Ziren includes an AI assistant called Polaris. When you interact with Polaris, we process:

• The questions and messages you send to Polaris.
• For journal AI reflections, the text of your journal entry and your selected mood.
• Your focus area and relevant entries from the Ziren Knowledge Library and community answers, which are included in the prompt to make responses more useful.
• The AI-generated responses, which are stored so you can revisit your conversations and reflections.

Polaris conversations are stored privately and are visible only to you. AI processing is performed through our platform's AI integration provider. Polaris provides general educational guidance and is not a substitute for professional advice.

Photos and videos you upload (for posts, journal entries, vision boards, messages, and your profile photo) are stored on our platform's file storage. Videos created in Ziren must be between 30 seconds and 5 minutes in length.

When you use Ziren, our platform automatically collects certain technical information, including:

• IP address and network information, processed by our hosting infrastructure to deliver the Service and maintain security.
• Device type, operating system, and browser information transmitted in standard network requests.
• Authentication tokens and session identifiers stored on your device to keep you signed in.
• Platform-level service logs used to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the Service.

Ziren does not currently use third-party analytics SDKs, advertising trackers, or cross-app advertising identifiers. We do not track you across other websites or applications.

Ziren uses local storage and a limited cookie to operate the Service:

• Authentication token stored in your browser's local storage to keep you signed in.
• Preference data (such as notification preferences, theme, and draft content) stored in local storage so your settings persist.
• UI state cookie to remember your sidebar preference on larger screens.

These are functional storage mechanisms required to operate Ziren. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

Content you choose to publish publicly — such as community posts, questions, answers, replies, and public profile information — is visible to other Ziren users. Your direct messages are visible only to the participants of that conversation. Journal entries are private by default. You can control the visibility of your profile, goals, vision boards, and other content through your privacy settings.

We use the Base44 platform and its service providers to operate Ziren. These providers process information on our behalf to deliver hosting, database storage, authentication, email, file storage, and AI processing. Categories of third parties that may receive or process data include:

• Cloud hosting and database provider — stores your account, content, and application data.
• Authentication provider — manages account credentials, tokens, and (where you choose) sign-in with Google, Apple, or Microsoft.
• AI processing provider — processes Polaris prompts and journal reflections to generate responses.
• File storage provider — stores photos, videos, and other files you upload.
• Email delivery provider — sends transactional emails such as welcome and password reset messages.

We may disclose information when required by law, legal process, or government request, or to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Ziren, our users, or others. This includes investigating and acting on reports of violations of our Community Guidelines and Child Safety Standards.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We do not share your personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not use third-party advertising or analytics networks that track you across other apps or websites.