Privacy

Hearthside is designed to keep presence light. We aim to collect only what is needed to run quiet rooms: a display name, optional profile details you choose to share, session history on your account, and technical data required to keep seats and audio working.

Your camera and microphone are never used by the product. We do not build a social graph of followers, and we do not sell your focus history as advertising fuel.

In Demo Mode (when Supabase is not configured), data stays on your device in local storage. With Supabase connected, account data is stored in your project’s database under the policies described in our schema.

Hearthside is an 18+ service. We record the date you confirmed you are 18 or over, and nothing else about your age.

Profile photos are re-encoded in your browser before they are stored, which removes the metadata cameras attach — including the GPS location a phone records by default. We keep the resulting image, never the original file.

People you share a room with are listed on your own device for a few hours so you can report someone after they have left. That list stays in your browser and is only sent to us if you actually file a report.

You can edit your profile, erase session history, block other users and request account deletion from Settings. Two things deliberately outlive deletion: reports filed about behaviour, and the record of a suspension. Otherwise a suspended account could be cleared by deleting it and starting again. Exact retention periods and subprocessors will be documented after legal review.