Privacy Policy

The short version

8os is a personal life operating system. To work, it needs some genuinely personal information — your birth details, what you write in your journal, and (only if you connect one) your calendar. This page explains, in plain language, exactly what we collect, what it is used for, and how to get rid of it. We do not sell your data, and we never use your personal content to train AI models.

1. Account information

When you create an account we collect your email address (and phone number if you provide one). Authentication is handled by Clerk, our sign-in provider. We use this only to operate your account, secure it, and send you transactional messages about your 8os.

2. Birth data

Your birth date, time, and location are the seed of your 8os chart. They are:

• Encrypted at rest — stored only in encrypted form in our database.
• Used only to compute your chart — your archetype, elements, and phase guidance. They are not shared with anyone and are not used for anything else.

3. Journal entries and chat

What you write in your journal and say to the 8os assistant is analyzed on your account only by our AI to power features like goal alignment, the daily brief, and the shutdown ritual. Specifically:

• Your journal and chat content is never used to train AI models — ours or anyone else's.
• Analysis results (e.g. "this entry relates to your fitness goal") stay scoped to your account.
• Entries and conversations are user-deletable: you can delete them individually in the app, and deleting your account removes all of them.

4. External calendar (what happens when you connect one)

Connecting an external calendar (for example Google Calendar) is entirely optional. If you choose to connect one, here is exactly what we will read and why:

• What we read: event titles, start/end times, and attendees. We do not read event descriptions, attachments, or files.
• Why: so 8os can schedule around your real commitments and measure how your time actually aligns with your stated goals.
• Retention: synced calendar data is retained for a maximum of 180 days, after which it is deleted automatically.
• Disconnect any time: you can disconnect a calendar in Settings at any moment. Disconnecting stops all reading immediately, and the data we synced is removed.

8os's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

5. Analytics

We use PostHog to understand how the product is used and to catch errors: page views, feature usage, error reports, and session replays (with all text inputs masked). This helps us fix bugs and improve 8os. Analytics data is about how you use the app — it does not include your journal content, chat messages, or birth data.

6. Payments

Payments are processed by Stripe. Your card details go directly to Stripe and never touch our servers — we store only your subscription status and a Stripe customer reference.

7. Data sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share information only with the service providers needed to run 8os (cloud hosting, Clerk for sign-in, Stripe for payments, PostHog for analytics), and with law enforcement or regulators when required by law. All providers are contractually required to protect your data.

8. Retention and deletion

We keep your data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, everything is removed: your birth data, chart, journal entries, chat history, goals, tasks, synced calendar data, and settings. You can request deletion in the app or by emailing [email protected].

9. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: [email protected]. If we change this policy, we will update this page and the date at the top.