Privacy Policy

The short version

Bandhu doesn't ask for your name, email, or a sign-up. Everything is tied to an anonymous identifier stored in a cookie on your device — not to you personally. What you share is kept for 14 days of inactivity and then automatically deleted. Bandhu is a companion, not a treatment tool, and is not monitored by a mental health professional in real time.

What we collect

• An anonymous session ID (a random code, not your identity), set as a cookie the first time you use the app.
• What you type or say during a check-in, and Bandhu's replies — stored against that session ID, not against you by name.
• Simple check-in facts — a mood tag, a theme, whether something was offered and whether you said it helped.
• A short rolling summary of how you've been doing over time, written by the app itself in plain sentences — never a copy of what you actually said.

We do not ask for or store your name, email, phone number, or any account credentials. There is no login.

How long we keep it

14 days from your last visit — not 14 days from your first visit. If you come back before then, the clock resets; if you don't, everything tied to your session is automatically and permanently deleted, with nothing left over to clean up by hand.

There isn't yet a button to delete your data immediately, on demand — right now, automatic deletion after 14 days of inactivity is the only mechanism. That's a real gap, not a design choice, and it's on the list to fix.

Who else sees this

Bandhu is one person's project, built on top of a few outside services that process data on our behalf — none of them can identify you by name, because we never give them one:

• NVIDIA NIM — generates Bandhu's replies and processes your message text to do so.
• Supabase — hosts the database everything above is stored in.
• Langfuse — helps us see whether the app is working correctly (errors, response times). The raw text of your messages is not sent here by default; only technical metadata (timing, which step ran, whether it errored) is, unless we've deliberately turned raw-content logging on for debugging.

We don't sell data, and we don't use it for advertising. There's no ad network integrated into this app.

Crisis situations

If something you write matches language associated with real risk of harm, Bandhu will show you real, dial-confirmed helpline numbers (in India) instead of continuing the conversation normally. This is an automated pattern match, not a professional monitoring your messages — Bandhu cannot call anyone on your behalf, and no human reviews your messages in real time.

Age

Bandhu asks you to confirm you're 13 or older before using it. This is a self-declaration — we don't verify age, and there's no ID check. We also don't yet have a distinct safety mode for younger users (a separate crisis-resource list, stricter limits) — that's a genuinely open decision in how this app is built, not something already handled behind the scenes. If you're under 18, it's worth a parent or guardian knowing you're using this.

Not a substitute for care

Bandhu is a companion for everyday check-ins, not a diagnostic tool, not therapy, and not a replacement for a mental health professional. Nothing it says should be read as a diagnosis or medical advice.

Questions

Reach out at raivaibhav08@gmail.com.