Draft
Privacy
This is a draft written for the private alpha, in plain words. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer yet, and the full privacy policy will replace it before the beta. If anything here is unclear, write to [email protected] and we will answer in person.
The short version
Kinsort is a private place for a family and its closest friends. We do not run ads, we do not sell anything about you, and we have no one to sell it to. You pay for Kinsort, so you are the customer.
What we hold
- Your account. Your name and email address, and the devices you have signed in on.
- What you post. Photos, posts and comments, which are encrypted before they are stored.
- Who is kin to whom. We have to know who can see what, so we keep the list of people you invited and who invited you. That structure is not hidden from us.
- Invitations. When you invite a relative, we keep their email address so we can send the invitation and the weekly letter. If an invitation expires unaccepted, we delete the address.
What we can and cannot see
Your family’s photos are encrypted with a key that is unique to you. We can unlock them to make your book and send grandma’s email. We will not for anything else, we have no advertisers who would want us to, and there is a button that gives you everything back.
To be plain about the limit: we hold the keys, so Kinsort is not end-to-end encrypted. Your trust rests on how we run the business, on the encryption of each person’s data, on erasure, and on your ability to leave with everything.
Leaving, and taking everything
- Export gives you all of your posts and photos in one file, from the Settings screen.
- Erase destroys your key, which makes your data unreadable everywhere, including in backups. It is a button in the app, not a request form.
Who else touches your data
We use a small number of services to run Kinsort: storage and delivery of files, a database host, a server host, an email service, and Apple’s and Google’s push notification services. Payments, when they start, go through Apple and Stripe. A full list with the reason for each will be published as the subprocessors page before the beta.
Who can use Kinsort
Account holders must be 18 or older. Kinsort has no accounts for children. During the alpha and beta, Kinsort is available in the United States only.
This website
This site sets no cookies and runs no tracking scripts. Our host counts page visits on the server, without identifying anyone, and we ask for nothing else.