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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Antonin Baudelot ("Kin," "we," "us," or "our"), collects, uses, discloses, and protects information when you use the Kin website, mobile application, invite pages, and related services (collectively, the "Service").

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you:

  • visit https://kin-app.app;
  • create or use a Kin account;
  • interact with invite links or landing pages;
  • use Kin features, including mood sharing, notifications, and optional image uploads; or
  • contact us for support or privacy requests.

2. Information We Collect

A. Information you provide directly

We may collect:

  • your name or display name;
  • your email address, if provided through Sign in with Apple or support communications;
  • account identifiers;
  • profile information;
  • mood check-ins and related timestamps;
  • optional photos or images you upload;
  • invite-related information, including invite tokens and inviter names;
  • support messages and other communications you send us.

B. Information collected automatically

We may collect:

  • device type, operating system, app version, and language settings;
  • log data, diagnostics, crash data, and security events;
  • app usage information, such as feature interactions and session events;
  • push notification token data needed to deliver notifications;
  • website request data such as IP address, browser type, referring pages, and basic server logs.

C. Information from third parties

We may receive information from:

  • Apple, when you sign in or subscribe through Apple services;
  • service providers that host or process data on our behalf; and
  • other users, for example when someone invites you to join Kin.

D. Sensitive data / consumer health data

Mood check-ins, emotional-state information, and related patterns or summaries may be considered sensitive personal data or consumer health data under some laws. We treat this information with heightened care.

3. How We Use Information

We use information to:

  • create and manage your account;
  • authenticate you and keep the Service secure;
  • provide core features, including mood sharing, private connections, and invite flows;
  • deliver notifications you request;
  • host, display, and sync User Content you choose to share;
  • operate subscriptions and premium features;
  • troubleshoot, debug, monitor performance, and improve the Service;
  • detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
  • respond to support requests and privacy rights requests;
  • comply with law, enforce our Terms, and protect rights, safety, and property.

Where required by applicable law, we obtain your consent before processing sensitive data or before using data for purposes that require consent.

4. How We Share Information

A. With the people you choose

Your mood check-ins, profile name, optional photos, and related updates may be shared with the connections you choose inside the Service.

B. With service providers

We may share information with vendors and processors that provide services on our behalf, such as:

  • authentication providers;
  • cloud hosting and database providers;
  • content delivery or web hosting providers;
  • customer support tools;
  • analytics, security, and diagnostics tools; and
  • payment and subscription infrastructure providers.

These parties are authorized to process information only as needed to provide services to us, subject to contractual and legal restrictions.

C. For legal and safety reasons

We may disclose information if we reasonably believe it is necessary to:

  • comply with law, regulation, legal process, or government request;
  • enforce our Terms or other agreements;
  • detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues; or
  • protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Kin, our users, or others.

D. Business transfers

We may disclose information in connection with an actual or proposed merger, financing, acquisition, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction, subject to applicable confidentiality and legal requirements.

E. With your direction or consent

We may share information when you ask us to or otherwise consent.

5. No Sale or Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising

We do not sell personal information.

We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

We do not build public profiles, sell data broker lists, or provide user mood data to advertising networks for targeted advertising.

6. Cookies, Similar Technologies, and Website Signals

We may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies on our website or invite pages for:

  • site functionality;
  • security;
  • load balancing;
  • fraud prevention; and
  • limited measurement or diagnostics, if enabled.

We do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals as a separate mechanism. Because we do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, we do not treat those signals as a separate opt-out for those activities at this time.

If we later enable non-essential analytics, adtech, or other tracking technologies, we will update this Privacy Policy and implement any additional disclosures or choices required by law.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide the Service, comply with law, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

In general:

  • account information is retained while your account is active and for a limited period afterward as needed for legal, security, and operational reasons;
  • mood history is retained until you delete it, delete your account, or we no longer need it for the Service;
  • invite link records are typically short-lived and may expire automatically;
  • logs and diagnostics may be retained for a limited period for security and troubleshooting.

We may delete or de-identify data earlier where appropriate.

8. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under applicable law, including the right to:

  • know whether we process your personal information;
  • access personal information we hold about you;
  • correct inaccurate personal information;
  • delete personal information;
  • obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
  • withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
  • appeal certain privacy-rights decisions, where applicable; and
  • opt out of the sale of personal information, targeted advertising, or certain profiling, if those activities apply.

Because Kin does not sell personal information or use cross-context behavioral advertising, those opt-out rights may not apply to our current practices.

To exercise rights, contact us at jolted.eu@gmail.com or use any in-app or website tools we make available. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We will not discriminate against you for exercising rights protected by law.

If we deny your request, you may appeal by replying to our decision email or contacting jolted.eu@gmail.com with the subject line Privacy Appeal.

10. California Privacy Notice

This section applies to California residents to the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, applies.

A. Categories of personal information collected in the last 12 months

Depending on how you use Kin, we may collect the following categories:

  • identifiers, such as name, email address, account ID, device identifiers, and IP address;
  • customer records information, such as account and subscription-related details;
  • commercial information, such as subscription status and transaction metadata;
  • Internet or electronic network activity information, such as app events, log data, and website activity;
  • geolocation data in a limited sense, such as approximate IP-based location inferred from website requests, if available through server logs;
  • audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as uploaded profile or mood images;
  • inferences drawn from personal information, such as mood history summaries or trend outputs;
  • sensitive personal information, including account credentials and mood or emotional-state information that may reflect mental or emotional condition.

B. Sources

We collect personal information:

  • directly from you;
  • automatically from your device or browser;
  • from Apple and other service providers you use to access the Service; and
  • from other users, such as inviters.

C. Business or commercial purposes

We collect and use personal information for the purposes described in Section 3 above.

D. Disclosure for business purposes

We may disclose the categories above to service providers, contractors, infrastructure vendors, Apple, security providers, customer support tools, and other recipients described in Section 4.

E. Sale or sharing

We have not sold personal information in the preceding 12 months.

We have not shared personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising in the preceding 12 months.

F. Sensitive personal information

We use sensitive personal information only as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, maintain security, comply with law, and for other purposes permitted by applicable law, unless we separately request and obtain additional consent where required.

11. Consumer Health Data Disclosures

This section is intended to help satisfy consumer health data disclosure requirements under laws such as Washington's My Health My Data Act and similar laws, to the extent they apply.

A. Categories of consumer health data collected

We may collect:

  • mood check-ins;
  • emotional-state information;
  • mental or emotional wellness-related inferences, summaries, or patterns generated from your mood history;
  • photos or images you choose to attach to a mood or profile when they are linked to your account;
  • support communications that include health-related or emotional information you choose to share.

B. Purposes for collection and use

We collect and use consumer health data to:

  • provide the Service you request;
  • display your mood updates to the connections you choose;
  • maintain mood history and trend views;
  • support premium summaries or related features;
  • secure, maintain, and improve the Service; and
  • comply with law and enforce our agreements.

C. Sources

We collect consumer health data:

  • directly from you;
  • from your use of the Service; and
  • from content you choose to upload or share.

D. Categories of consumer health data shared

We may share:

  • current mood updates;
  • mood history or related visualizations;
  • optional mood or profile photos; and
  • related account context needed to display this information inside the Service.

E. Categories of third parties and specific recipients

We may share consumer health data with:

  • the connections you choose inside Kin;
  • cloud hosting, database, storage, and security providers;
  • authentication and notification providers;
  • customer support providers if needed to resolve your request; and
  • legal or regulatory authorities when required by law.

Current or expected categories of providers include:

  • Apple;
  • Supabase; and
  • Netlify (website hosting) and Apple App Store (app distribution).

F. Consent and withdrawal

Where required by applicable law, we obtain affirmative consent before collecting or sharing consumer health data beyond what is necessary to provide the Service you request.

You may withdraw consent where applicable by contacting us, deleting specific content, disconnecting features, or deleting your account, subject to legal and operational limits.

12. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without legally valid authorization, we will delete it as required by law.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, contact jolted.eu@gmail.com.

13. International Processing

Kin is intended for users in the United States, but our service providers may process information in other jurisdictions. By using the Service, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, subject to applicable safeguards and legal requirements.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will post the updated policy, revise the "Last updated" date, and provide any additional notice required by law.

15. Contact Us

For questions, support, or privacy requests, contact:

Antonin Baudelot
2 boulevard Carabacel, 06000 Nice, France
jolted.eu@gmail.com
jolted.eu@gmail.com