Privacy

Short version: we collect the least we can get away with, we don't sell any of it, there are no ads and no trackers, and you can delete everything yourself at any time.

Last updated 18 August 2026

What we store

Only what you type in, plus what the app needs to work:

• Your email address — to sign you in and reset your password. It is never shown to another member. Ever.
• Your handle, and a display name and picture if you add them.
• Your sober date, if you enter one, and whatever you choose to fill in — a line about yourself, your town, your programs, what you're into, whether you're sponsoring.
• What you post — your words, and any photo or video you attach.
• Your messages to other members.
• Housekeeping — who you've blocked, what you've reported, which posts you liked, when you last read a thread.

What we never collect

• Your location. The app never asks for it, and if a photo or video you upload has GPS coordinates buried inside it, our server strips them out before the file is stored anywhere. The original is destroyed.
• Your contacts, your calendar, your other apps.
• Anything from advertisers or analytics companies.There are no third-party trackers in this app. Not one.

Who can see what

Posts and profiles are visible to other signed-in members. Nothing here is public on the open internet, and search engines are asked not to index it.

Anonymous posts are anonymous to everyone, including us in practice. The name on an anonymous post is a one-way code. Even a moderator reviewing a reported anonymous post is not shown who wrote it — the tool they use has no column for it.

Your day count can be hidden. Your town is hidden by default. If you set yourself as looking for a sponsor, only members with a year or more can see that.

We do not sell your information

Not to advertisers, not to insurers, not to treatment providers, not to anyone. There is no arrangement under which your data leaves this app in exchange for money, and there never will be — it would destroy the only reason this place works.

Leaving

Go to You → the pencil → Account → Delete your account. It removes your account, your posts, your replies, your messages, your photos and videos, and nobody can sign in as you again.

You'll be asked one question first: whether to also delete anything you posted anonymously. Those have no name on them and other people may have replied underneath, so it's your call, not ours.

Who we share with

We use two companies to run the app, and no others:

• Supabase — stores the database and files.
• Vercel — serves the app itself.

Both are infrastructure providers acting on our instructions. Neither is given permission to use anything for their own purposes.

Young people

Sober Book is for people 18 and over.

Asking us something

Write to hello@soberbook.app. A real person reads it.

If this policy ever changes in a way that matters, the app will say so rather than quietly updating this page.

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