Privacy Policy

We keep data collection to the minimum needed to run the app.

• Information you choose to send us — for example, an email asking a question, reporting incorrect information, or submitting a meeting, sober living home, church, employer, or community resource.
• Resource submissions you enter in forms inside the app, which may include a business or organization name, address, phone number, and website.
• Basic technical information your device sends automatically when loading any website, such as browser type and general region, used only to keep the app running and secure.
• Administrator accounts (used only by White Owl Rising staff to maintain the directory) store an email address and login credentials handled by our authentication provider.

We do not require you to create an account to browse meetings, housing, treatment, jobs, food, transportation, or any other directory in the app.

We may use privacy-respecting, aggregate analytics to understand which pages are used most so we can improve them. Analytics data is aggregated and is not used to identify you, build an advertising profile, or track you across other websites and apps. We do not sell, rent, or trade any information.

White Owl Rising does not require location access to work. If a feature ever offers to show resources near you, your device will ask for permission first, the location is used only in that moment to sort or filter results, and it is not stored on our servers or shared with anyone. You can decline and continue using every part of the app.

Directory content and submissions are stored with our hosting and database provider using encrypted connections and access controls that limit database access to authorized White Owl Rising administrators. Conversations with the "Ask the Owl" assistant are stored locally in your own browser so you can return to them; clearing your browser storage removes them permanently.

No online service can promise perfect security, but we retain as little information as possible so there is very little to expose.

• To answer your emails and requests.
• To verify, correct, and publish community resource listings.
• To keep the app secure, functional, and up to date.

We never use your information for advertising, and we never share recovery-related information about an individual with employers, insurers, or third parties.

This app links to outside organizations — meetings, churches, treatment centers, sober living homes, employers, food banks, transportation services, and crisis lines. Those websites and phone services are operated independently and have their own privacy practices. We are not responsible for their content or how they handle your information. Review their policies before sharing personal details.

White Owl Rising is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, email us and we will delete it promptly.

• Ask what information we hold about you.
• Ask us to correct information that is wrong.
• Ask us to delete information you sent us, including a resource submission.
• Opt out of any future communication from us at any time.

Email us and we will honor these requests as quickly as we can.

If we update this policy, we will change the date at the top of this page. Continued use of the app after an update means you accept the revised policy.

Questions about privacy? Email whiteowlrisingofficial@gmail.com.