Privacy & Terms

Short, plain-language version. Last updated: November 2026.

What Hinga collects

• Your username and a password (stored only as a salted hash, so nobody can read it).
• The reasons you pick when you sign up (used only to choose Bible verses for you).
• What you write: diary entries, letters, wall posts, prayer requests, reactions, reports, and messages you send to the admin.
• A sign-in cookie so you stay signed in, and small settings saved in your own browser (like music on/off).

Hinga does not ask for your real name, email address, phone number, or location. Because there is no email, the recovery code shown when you sign up is the only way back into your account if you forget your password. Keep it somewhere safe.

Who can see what

• Diary and letters are private. They are never shown to other users, and the admin tools do not display them. Sealed letters stay locked until their date.
• They are, however, stored on the server without end-to-end encryption. Someone with direct access to the server could technically read them. Please don't write anything in Hinga that you would be unsafe if it were ever exposed.
• Wall and prayer-wall posts are public to anyone who visits. You choose, post by post, whether it shows as Anonymous or under your username. “Anonymous” hides your name from other readers; the server still knows which account wrote it, which is needed to keep the community safe.
• The admin can see wall posts, reports, and the messages you send through “Contact admin”. If you send a message while signed in and not anonymously, the admin can reply to you.

Safety checks and AI

Anything you choose to share publicly (and anything a reader reports) is checked for safety by automatic rules and by an AI service provided by Anthropic. The text of that post is sent to Anthropic for the check. Your private diary entries and letters are not sent for AI checks. If a post looks like it may be from someone in danger, it is never removed silently: you will see a caring message with support information instead. Unclear cases are held for a person to review. Automated checks can be wrong; you can contact the admin if you think a decision was a mistake.

Other services

• Page fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, so your browser contacts Google when the page loads.
• Our hosting provider processes the site's traffic and stores its data on our behalf.

Your choices

• You can delete any post, letter, or diary entry at any time.
• You can delete your whole account from Profile → Account options. This removes your diary, letters, and posts. Copies in backups may remain for a short time before they are overwritten.
• To ask about your data, use the Contact admin button on the site.

Community rules

• Be kind. The wall allows reactions only, no comments, to keep it gentle.
• No harassment, hate, threats, sexual content, ads or scams, or sharing anyone's personal details (including your own phone number or email).
• The admin can remove posts or accounts that break these rules.

Who can use Hinga

Hinga is meant for people 13 and older. If you are younger, please talk to a trusted adult instead.

Changes

If these terms change in a meaningful way, the date at the top will be updated.