Jour

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 12, 2026

Jour is a private daily journal. This policy describes what data the app handles, where it lives, and what control you have over it. The short version: your journal belongs to you, we don't track you, and we don't sell or share data with anyone.

What we collect

• Account information — your email address and name, provided by Sign in with Apple or Google when you create an account, and a user identifier we generate.
• Journal content — your daily ratings, notes, and photos you choose to upload, along with the calendar date and time zone of each entry.
• Profile — an optional username you choose if you use the friends feature, an optional display name, and your app settings (week start, reminder time, share mode).

What we don't collect

• No analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs — the app contains none.
• No location data. Photo location metadata (EXIF/GPS) is stripped on your device before any photo is uploaded.
• No contacts. Friends are added only by exact username.

Private mode

Jour starts in Private mode. In Private mode, photos you attach to a day are stored as links to your device's photo library — they are never copied or uploaded. Your ratings and notes sync to your account so you don't lose them.

Share mode and friends

If you turn on Share mode, photos and notes you explicitly mark as shared become visible to friends you have accepted. Everything else stays private. Private notes are stored separately and are never visible to anyone but you, under any circumstances.

Switching back to Private mode immediately revokes all friend visibility — including content you shared in the past. This is enforced on our servers, not just in the app.

Where your data lives

Journal data is stored with Supabase (hosted on AWS in the United States). Photos are stored in private storage buckets and served only through short-lived signed URLs. All access is governed by row-level security policies — the same rules apply to every app and client.

Data retention and deletion

Your data is kept until you delete it. You can delete individual entries at any time, or delete your entire account in Settings → Delete account. Account deletion permanently removes your entries, notes, photos, profile, and friendships, and unlinks your Apple or Google sign-in. This is irreversible.

Your rights

You can access everything you've stored simply by using the app. For data export requests, questions, or anything this policy doesn't answer, email support@dearjour.com.

Children

Jour is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, we'll note it here with a new date. We won't weaken your privacy retroactively.