Talk with a Philosopher is run by the operator (the company name will be published here before launch). The contact address for privacy questions will be published on this page before launch.
Without an account the app runs in guest mode: the name you enter, the topics you pick, the date you accepted the disclaimer and your conversations are stored in your browser's local storage on your device only. With an account we store your profile, your consents, your conversations and basic usage counts on our servers in the United States. The text of your conversations is encrypted at rest with a key that only our servers hold. Safety checks are recorded as a category and a time, never as text.
When you send a message, the recent conversation and your first name are sent to our AI provider, Anthropic, so that a reply can be generated. The provider processes that text to produce the reply and runs a safety check on it, and does not use it to train its models.
We do not sell your data, we do not share it with advertisers, and we do not build a profile of you from what you write. The app contains no advertising and no third-party trackers. It uses only strictly necessary cookies: the one that keeps you signed in.
You can delete everything the app holds about you at any time. Open the You tab and choose Delete my data. Without an account that clears this device; with an account it deletes your account and everything stored under it.
The app is for adults in the United States. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If a conversation suggests the person writing may be younger, the philosopher will gently suggest talking with a trusted adult.
When payments launch, this policy will be updated to describe what our payment provider receives. This draft will be replaced by the reviewed version before the public launch.
Dictation. If you use the microphone button, your browser's own speech recognition turns your voice into text: Apple's service in Safari and on the iPhone, Google's in Chrome and on Android. The audio may be sent to that company and is handled under its privacy terms, not ours. We do not record audio and we never receive it; only the recognised text enters the conversation, like a typed message. Your keyboard's own dictation key works the same way and is not part of the app.
Voice. If you turn voice on, the text of each reply is sent to ElevenLabs, which turns it into speech in an original voice made for this app; ElevenLabs receives the reply text and nothing about you. In the home-screen app, where the browser's own dictation is not available, your spoken message is sent to Deepgram to be turned into text; it is handled under Deepgram's privacy terms and we do not store it. Voice is part of Premium and has a monthly allowance.