Welcome to MindfulFlow Journal ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our application.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:

Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name and email address, that you voluntarily give to us when you register for an account.
Journal and Mood Data: The content of your journal entries, mood logs, goals, and any other information you provide while using the core features of the app. This information is your private data.
AI Analysis Data: To provide our AI-powered features, the text from your journal entries or mood logs is sent to our third-party AI service provider (e.g., Google AI with Gemini models) for processing. The results of this analysis may be stored to be displayed to you within the app. We do not permit our AI provider to use your data to train their models.
Payment Data: We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make a purchase, such as a subscription. All payment data is stored by our payment processor, Stripe. You should review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
Usage Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Service, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Service.

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Service to:

Create and manage your account.
Provide the AI-powered journaling features, including generating insights, summaries, and suggestions.
Process payments and subscriptions.
Communicate with you about your account or our services.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience.
Protect the security and integrity of our Service.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including AI processing (Google AI), payment processing (Stripe), data storage (Firebase), and email delivery. We only share the minimum information necessary for them to perform their designated functions.
Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to help customize the Service and improve your experience. When you access the Service, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default.

We use cookies for essential functions such as:

Authentication: To keep you logged in to your account.
Security: We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our forms from spam and abuse, which itself uses cookies to function.
User Preferences: To remember your choices, such as whether you have accepted our cookie policy.

Because these cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they do not require prior consent under GDPR. By using our Service, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your computer or device.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. We leverage secure cloud infrastructure provided by Google Firebase to store your data. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Your Rights and Choices

You have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Account Information: You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by logging into your account settings.
Data Deletion: You can delete your journal entries, mood logs, and analysis history directly within the application. Upon account termination, your data will be deleted in accordance with our data retention policies.

7. Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: admin@mindfulflowjournal.com.