Privacy Policy

Everything you put into Sovenn (your contacts, their birthdays, your notes, your templates) is stored only in your own web browser (its local storage) on the device you're using. It is never uploaded to us: there is no Sovenn server, no Sovenn account, and no Sovenn database. We literally cannot see your data. The one place your data can go (only if you switch it on yourself) is your own Google Drive, described just below.

If you want your circle on more than one device, you can turn on Google Drive sync in Settings. When you do, Sovenn signs you in with Google and keeps a copy of your data, sent over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, in a private, app-only folder of your own Google Drive (its "appDataFolder"), which only Sovenn on your devices can read: not other apps, and not us. It is your Drive and your Google account; Sovenn has no server in the middle and never sees the file. Sync stays off until you switch it on, and you can disconnect at any time in Settings.

If you choose to import from Google Contacts, Sovenn asks Google for read-only, one-time access to your contacts (the contacts.readonly scope) so you can pick who to bring into Sovenn. Sovenn asks Google only for names, phone numbers, email addresses and birthdays. You choose exactly which contacts to add from the list Sovenn shows you; nothing is imported automatically. Sovenn does not keep or reuse the Google access token after the import screen closes, does not read your contacts again in the background, and never sends your Google Contacts data anywhere but your own device. This is separate from, and does not require, Google Drive sync above.

Sovenn contains no advertising, no third-party trackers, and no tracking cookies. The one measurement tool we use is Cloudflare Web Analytics, and it runs on the sovenn.app landing page only. It is cookieless, does not fingerprint visitors, does not track people across sites, and stores no personal information. It is not part of the app itself, so it never sees your contacts, your notes, or anything from your data. Inside the app we do not collect, sell, or share any personal information.

To learn which features help and whether people keep using Sovenn, the app sends at most one small message a day to our own server on sovenn.app. It contains only: the app version, the week you installed Sovenn, whether you use the Play Store app or the browser, a rough contact count range (0, 1-5, 6-20 or 21+), and how many times you used each feature since the last message (adding someone, sending a message, syncing, importing, restoring). It contains no names, no contact details, no notes, no account, and no identifier of you or your device, and we do not store your IP address with it. The counts are kept by Cloudflare Workers Analytics Engine, are never sold or shared, and are not used for advertising. This is on by default; turn it off anytime in Settings > About and data > Share anonymous usage counts, and the app then sends nothing at all and clears any counts it was holding.

The speech-bubble button at the top of the app lets you send feedback. Only when you tap Send, it delivers the mood you picked, the note you typed, the app version and the name of the screen you were on to the founder by email, and keeps a copy so nothing gets lost. It never includes your contacts. Don't include anything in the note you would not want read.

Two small, honest exceptions: the site is hosted on Cloudflare, which serves the files and (like most web hosts) may log standard request metadata and automatic network-error reports; the app loads its typeface from Google Fonts. Neither ever receives your contacts or your notes. They only see what a normal web request reveals.

When you tap to message someone, Sovenn opens WhatsApp with a draft pre-filled. You review and send it yourself, from your own number. When you add a date to Google Calendar, Sovenn opens Google Calendar with the event pre-filled for you to confirm. In both cases, Sovenn only hands you a link; it does not send anything on your behalf and does not transmit your data to WhatsApp, Meta, or Google. Once you're in those apps, their own privacy policies apply.

You can export a backup of your data. The encrypted backup option protects the file with a passphrase only you know (we cannot recover it). Backup files are saved by you, to wherever you choose, and are never sent to us.

You can edit or delete any contact at any time, and you can erase everything from your device in Settings → "Erase everything on this device." Because the data is local, clearing your browser's site data will also remove it.

Sovenn is an independent personal tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WhatsApp, Meta, or Google. WhatsApp and Google Calendar are trademarks of their respective owners.

Questions about privacy? Email hello@karthikonteddu.com.