Privacy Policy

What we collect, and where it actually lives

Account & profile data — email, display name, birth year, and your learning profile (native/learning language, self-assessed level, interests, goal). In the current preview this is stored only in signed cookies in your browser; we do not keep a server database of user accounts. The session cookie lasts 2 days.

Launch waitlist — if you ask to be notified at launch, we store that email address on our server (a leads list). This is the only profile-like data we keep server-side.

Usage analytics — we log basic usage events (screen views and button clicks) to our server logs to understand how the demo is used. Identifiers are kept to a minimum, and we do not build advertising profiles.

What we don't collect — we do not record audio or video. There is no live video in the preview, and not recording sessions is a locked product decision for launch as well.

Why we collect it (purposes)

To run the demo and remember your setup between visits (cookies).

To email you once when live matching opens (waitlist).

To improve the product by seeing which parts of the demo people actually use (analytics).

How long we keep it (retention)

Cookies: expire automatically after 2 days, or immediately when you delete them.

Waitlist email: kept until launch notifications are sent, or until you ask us to remove it.

Analytics logs: kept only as long as needed for product improvement during the preview, then deleted or anonymized.

Deleting your data

The “Delete my data” button on the home screen removes all Griing Talk cookies from the device you're using and, when you're logged in, also deletes your email from the launch waitlist on our server.

To be removed from the launch waitlist, email hello@griing.com and we'll delete your address.

Sharing

We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it with third parties for their marketing. Data passes through our hosting/infrastructure providers to serve the site, and we may disclose information where the law requires it.

Your rights

You can ask to access, correct, or delete your data, or object to processing, at any time: hello@griing.com. We apply these rights — drawn from Korea's Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) and the EU GDPR — to all users, wherever you are.

18+ only

Griing Talk is for adults (18+). We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18; if we learn that we have, we delete it.

What changes at launch

At launch we will add real accounts (a server-side database), live 1:1 video, and safety tooling (panic button, reporting). That means this policy will change materially — we will publish the updated version before those features go live.

Who to contact

Operator: Griing Talk (preview). Formal operator details — company name, address, privacy officer — will be added here before launch.

Privacy questions & requests: hello@griing.com