Privacy Policy

This policy explains what The KU/NO Circle collects, why, who it is shared with, how long it is kept and how to have it deleted.

App: The KU/NO Circle (Android package com.kuno.circle)
Website: https://ku-no.com
Developer: Yohami Zerpa
Contact: hello@ku-no.com
Effective: 23 September 2026

In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” mean Yohami Zerpa, the developer of The KU/NO Circle and the operator of ku-no.com. “You” means the person using the app or the website. The app is a member community: courses, a daily feed, group and direct messages, quests, a mood tracker and an AI coach. It is intended for adults and is not directed at children.

1. What we collect

What	When	Why
Email address, display name, handle, password (stored only as a cryptographic hash)	When you create an account	To create and secure your account, and to sign you in
Profile details you choose to add — avatar, bio, location	Optional, when you add them	To show you to other members
What you write: posts, replies, reactions, group and direct messages	When you write it	To deliver it to the people you wrote it to
Photos and files you attach	When you attach them	To show them in the post or message
Voice and video during a call	Only while a call is running	To carry the call. Calls are not recorded by us
Your progress: lessons completed, quests, goals, streaks, mood check-ins	As you use the app	To show your progress and personalise what comes next
Conversations with KUNOBOT, the AI coach	When you use it	To answer you, and to keep your conversation history
Purchases: what you bought, when, and the payment status	When you buy something	To give you what you paid for and to support you afterwards. We never see or store your full card number
Delivery address	Only if you order a physical book	To ship it
A push notification token and its installation identifier	If you allow notifications	To send the notifications you asked for
Basic technical data: IP address, device and browser type, and timestamps of requests	Automatically, as with any website	Security, abuse prevention, and keeping the service running

What we do not collect

The app contains no advertising software and no analytics or crash-reporting software. We do not collect your contacts, your calendar, your precise location, your SMS messages, or the files on your device outside what you choose to attach. We do not track you across other apps or websites, and we do not sell personal data.

2. How we use it

To run the service: your account, your content, your messages, your courses and your progress.
To deliver what you bought, and to support you afterwards.
To send notifications and service emails you have asked for. You can turn these off.
To keep the community safe: preventing abuse, spam and fraud, and enforcing our rules.
To meet legal obligations, such as keeping records of transactions.

We do not use your personal data to train AI models, and we do not use it for advertising.

3. KUNOBOT, the AI coach

When you send a message to KUNOBOT, the text of that message is sent to our AI provider, DeepSeek, which generates the reply and returns it to us. Your name, email address and account identifiers are not sent with it. Your conversation history is stored in your account so you can return to it, and you can delete a conversation at any time from inside the app. Please do not send information to the coach that you would not want processed by a third-party AI service.

4. Who we share it with

We share personal data only with the service providers that make the product work, and only with what they need to do their job. Each is bound to use it for that purpose alone.

Provider	What they receive	Why
Supabase	Your account and everything you store in the app	Database, file storage and authentication hosting
Railway	Traffic to our servers	Application hosting
Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging)	Your push token and the notification text	To deliver push notifications
Stripe	Your payment details and email address	To take payment. Stripe holds the card details; we do not
DeepSeek	The text of messages you send to KUNOBOT	To generate the coach's reply
Cloudflare	Video and media you upload or watch	Media storage and delivery
Resend	Your email address and the message	To send service and notification emails
BookVault	Your name and delivery address	Only if you order a physical book, to print and ship it

We may also disclose data if the law requires it, or to protect the rights, safety and property of our members or of us. If the business is ever sold or transferred, personal data may be part of what transfers, and this policy continues to apply until you are told otherwise.

5. Where your data is held

Our providers operate servers in the European Union and the United States, so your data may be processed outside the country you live in. Where personal data leaves the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, it is transferred under the safeguards those laws require, such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.

6. Cookies and local storage

We use cookies and your browser's local storage to keep you signed in, to remember preferences such as your theme, and to keep the service secure. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Clearing them signs you out.

7. How long we keep it

Your account and content — while your account exists.
Messages and posts — until you or the other party deletes them, or the account is deleted.
Purchase records — for as long as tax and accounting law requires, which is normally several years, even after an account is deleted.
Technical logs — a short period, then discarded or anonymised.

8. Deleting your account and your data

You can request deletion at any time at https://ku-no.com/delete-account, or from Account → Request deletion inside the app. You will be asked to sign in and to confirm your handle. We remove your profile, your content, your messages and your progress. Records we are legally required to keep, such as proof of a purchase, are retained for the period the law requires and are not used for anything else. You can also write to hello@ku-no.com and we will action the request.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, to object to or restrict how we use it, to receive a copy in a portable form, and to withdraw consent you have given. Write to hello@ku-no.com and we will answer within 30 days. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom you also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. We do not sell personal information and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising, as those terms are used in California law.

10. Security

All traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted with HTTPS, and the app is configured to refuse unencrypted connections. Passwords are stored only as cryptographic hashes. Access to production data is limited to the people who need it. No service can promise perfect security, but if a breach ever affects your personal data we will tell you and the relevant regulator as the law requires.

11. Children

The KU/NO Circle is for adults and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has given us personal data, write to hello@ku-no.com and we will delete it.

12. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date. If a change materially affects how we use your personal data, we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect.

13. Contact

Yohami Zerpa — developer of The KU/NO Circle
hello@ku-no.com
https://ku-no.com