Privacy Policy

Who is responsible

Kindred Compass is provided by me, Jason Koomoshan. I am the data controller for the small amount of technical information described below. You can reach me at hello@kindredcompass.co.uk.

What the app stores on your device

When you write a note, add a routine, save a phone number, or make a wellbeing check-in, that information is saved inside your own web browser, on your own device. It stays there. It is not sent to me, and I cannot see it. There is no login and no account.

Anything you type into the Guide Finder or the Scam Checker is also worked out on your device and is not sent to me. (I do count that those features were used — see “Anonymous usage counting” below — but never the words themselves.)

What my hosting provider records

Like every website, Kindred Compass has to be delivered to your device over the internet. I use a hosting company (Vercel Inc.) to do this. To run and protect the service, my hosting provider automatically keeps basic technical records for a short time — for example, your device’s internet (IP) address and which pages were requested.

This is standard for any website and is the only personal information involved. It never includes the notes, answers, or other things you save in the app. You can read how my hosting provider handles this in their own privacy policy at vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Cookies and tracking

I do not use tracking or advertising cookies, and no outside company (such as Google) watches what you do here. The app uses your browser’s own storage only to remember the things you choose to save. There is no cookie banner because there is nothing to consent to.

One exception, always in your hands: the welcome video on the home page plays from YouTube. Nothing loads from YouTube unless you press play — if you do, YouTube (part of Google) will know the video was watched, and their own privacy policy applies to that.

Anonymous usage counting

To improve the service, I count — anonymously — which pages are opened and which features are used. For example: “the Scam Checker was used 14 times this week.”

• Never collected: your name, anything you type or save, your internet address, or anything that identifies you.
• If you ask the Guide Finder a question, I count that a question was asked and which of my help topics it matched — never the words you wrote.
• Counting uses a temporary random number that disappears when you close your browser — I cannot recognise you when you return.
• The counts are stored privately with my hosting provider, only I can see them, and they are never shared or sold.
• If your browser is set to ask not to be tracked (the “Do Not Track” or “Global Privacy Control” setting), I don’t count you at all.

If I add an assistant in future

A future version of Kindred Compass may include a live assistant that can answer questions freely. If that happens, your questions would be sent to an outside service to be answered, and that service would have its own privacy terms. I would explain this clearly, and ask you before it is switched on. As always, please don’t include passwords, PINs, bank details, or medical records.

How long information is kept

The things you save stay on your device until you remove them, or until you clear your browser’s data. My hosting provider keeps its technical records only for a short period, as set out in their privacy policy.

Your choices and your rights

Because your information stays on your own device, you are always in control of it. You can remove all of it at any time using Clear my information.

Under UK data protection law you have rights over any personal information — including the right to ask what is held, to have it corrected, or to have it deleted. As I hold no information that identifies you, there is usually nothing for me to look up. For the technical records my hosting provider keeps, please contact me at hello@kindredcompass.co.uk and I will help.

Keeping the app secure

The app is delivered to your device over a secure, encrypted connection (HTTPS). Because I don’t keep your information on any server — there’s no account and no database — there is no central store of personal data for anyone to break into. That absence is itself one of the strongest protections.

No app or website can promise it’s impossible to hack, and I won’t pretend otherwise. What matters most for you is your own device: keeping it locked with a PIN, fingerprint, or face, and not sharing it, is the best safeguard for anything you save here — which is why I ask you to keep passwords, PINs, and bank details out of it.

Children

Kindred Compass is designed for adults — particularly older adults, carers, and family helpers. It is not intended for use by children.

Changes to this policy

If I change how the app handles information, I will update this page and the date at the top. Please look back from time to time.

Contact and complaints

If you have any question about your privacy here, please contact me at hello@kindredcompass.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.