Privacy and data handling

Compass Habits is being designed to collect only the minimum data required to deliver the service, such as your account email, habit selections, practice records, and signup consent timestamps (for example, when you affirmed your age and agreed to the participation notice). By default it does not collect diagnoses, symptoms, medication logs, intimate-behaviour logs, biometric data, or psychological profiles, and it is not designed to produce information used for clinical assessment.

Free-text reflection notes are stored only in the current browser on the current device using browser local storage. Compass application servers do not receive the reflection text through this feature. Reflection notes are not synchronised between devices; they exist only in the browser where they were written. Clearing browser data or site data may remove the notes. You can clear your local reflections at any time from Settings → Privacy.

Compass Habits is being built to use your information only to provide and improve the service, not to build advertising or data-brokerage profiles. Like most online products, it will rely on infrastructure and service providers that process data on its behalf to operate. The specific providers involved, how data is handled, retention periods, and your privacy rights will be detailed in a formal privacy policy published before public launch.

Compass Habits can send account-security emails, such as the message you receive when you request a password reset. These are sent through email infrastructure hosted by Abacus.AI, the platform Compass Habits is built on. To deliver such an email, your email address along with the message subject and body are processed by that infrastructure. These messages contain only security-related content, for example a reset link. They never include your reflection notes, habit selections, or practice records. Compass Habits does not send marketing or newsletter emails.

Habit reminder emails are optional and are turned off unless you enable them. You can enable or disable them at any time from Settings → Notifications. When enabled, delivering a reminder requires processing your account email address together with the message subject and body through the same Abacus-hosted application email infrastructure. Reminder emails use discreet, generic wording by default; your habit name is included only if you explicitly choose that setting. They never include your reflection notes, progress figures, or practice history. Habit reminders are not marketing emails.

The Habit Guide AI feature is planned for a future release and is not currently active. When it launches, we will clearly disclose: what data the AI accesses, how it generates suggestions, what it cannot do (it will not diagnose, treat, or assess any condition), and how you can opt out. AI-generated guidance will always be clearly labelled as such.

From Settings you can download a copy of your account data (your account details, signup consent timestamps, habit selections, practice records, and derived progress figures), and you can separately download the reflection notes saved in your current browser. You can also delete your account from Settings: deleting your account permanently removes your account and practice data from Compass Habits, and reflection notes saved in the browser you delete from are cleared afterwards where the browser allows it. These controls are available now; the specific timelines and any additional legal rights will be described in the final privacy policy before public launch.