Privacy

The “describe your situation” box

When you press “Find relevant stories”, your browser sends what you typed (and any theme chips you picked) to our server once. The server matches it against each story's themes, life situations and emotions using simple keyword rules, sends back the matching stories, and forgets the text. It is not saved to a database or file, not written to our logs, and not sent to any AI service or other company.

We also don't put your text in the page address, so it doesn't end up in your browser history or in the page addresses our analytics see. The one exception: if you open a link that already contains ?q= text, that text is part of the address like any other link.

If your text contains words that suggest a crisis, the site shows a helpline note instead of stories.

Analytics

Every page loads Google Tag Manager (container GTM-MQDG9KVT), which we use to run analytics such as Google Analytics. These tools can set cookies and collect the pages you visit, the referring site, your device and browser, and your approximate location. Google processes this data under its own privacy policy. We use it to understand how the site is used. We don't send the text you type in the matching box to these tools.

Hosting

The site is hosted on Vercel. Like any web host, Vercel handles your IP address and browser details to serve pages and keeps short-lived request logs (address, time, status) for security and operations. These logs do not include what you type in the matching box.

Reading settings

Your reader choices (text size, spacing and white, sepia or dark theme) are saved only in your own browser's local storage. They are never sent to us.

What we don't do

There are no accounts, sign-ups or email lists on Being Mindful Stories, and we don't sell or share personal data. Links to YouTube, Patreon and other sites take you to services with their own privacy policies.

Contact

Questions, corrections or removal requests: email avinashmkb78 (at) gmail.com, or message us on Patreon. See also About.