Privacy
How we handle accounts, saved stories and optional usage statistics.
If you have no account
Stories you save stay in your browser, on your device. Only if you accept measurement do we load Google Analytics 4, which measures page views, interactions, referral sources and general device information. We do not send emails, phone numbers, account identifiers or search terms. Personal pages and the newsroom are excluded. We do not use advertising features.
If you have an account
We keep your email address and the stories you saved. We do not ask for your name, age or anything else: there is no form to fill in and there is no password — you sign in with a code we email you. Until 19 August 2026 this line also said «phone number», and it changed when the Friday WhatsApp list was born: if you leave us your number we keep it, separate from the rest, and you leave it only if you want to. You never need it to have an account. Since 21 August 2026 you can also leave the list whenever you want — from your own page, or from the link every message carries — and the number is deleted, not set aside: we keep no list of people who left.
Who we share it with
Nobody, for commercial purposes. The data sits on Supabase (European infrastructure) and email delivery goes through a transactional mail provider. We sell nothing to anyone and there is no advertising.
Gimbo in the app
Only after your consent, Gimbo streams microphone audio, news context and the previous exchange to OpenAI for GPT-Live voice conversation. The microphone starts only when tapped and stops when you end the conversation, close the screen or leave the app. Google also reads answers and personalized briefs. Typed questions and deeper research send the question, topics and context to OpenAI to consult public sources. Solarpunk does not retain conversation audio; answer text remains for up to 30 days unless saved to your library. Providers may process data outside the EU under their terms, including retention, security and possible service improvement on Google’s free tier. OpenAI calls use store:false; this does not exclude provider security logs. Do not submit sensitive data. You can withdraw consent in Profile to stop new requests; this does not automatically erase past transmissions.
Gimbo retention
Unsaved answers are removed after 30 days; conversation audio is not stored on the server. Personal briefing audio may be stored privately for 7 days. Library documents remain until you remove them or delete your account. Individual usage records are retained for 90 days; a cost total without personal identifiers remains for spending control. Periodic deletions run at the next maintenance cycle.
Optional measurement
If you consent, Google processes usage data for Google Analytics under its terms and privacy policy. We disable Google Signals and advertising personalisation. Analytics uses browser identifiers: we do not link these statistics to your Solar Punk account. You can withdraw consent on the Cookies page; withdrawal stops further collection but does not automatically erase data already collected by Google.
For how long
For as long as you keep the account. When you ask us to delete it, we delete everything within thirty days — genuinely, we do not file it away somewhere else.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete your data, and you can export your saved stories at any time from the Saved page, without asking anyone.
— This text describes faithfully how the product works, but it is a technical draft: before publication it has to be reviewed by someone qualified, and the company details have to be added.