Privacy
Policy.

01

What Skeyne is

Skeyne is a private messaging app for exactly two people. It is invite-only. There are no public profiles, no social feeds, and no network of users your data is part of. The app exists for one relationship, and everything about how it handles your data reflects that.

Skeyne is developed and operated by a solo founder based in India. We are a small product, and we take the responsibility of holding your data accordingly seriously.

02

What stays on your phone

The app reads your messages on-device to build features like Memories and Together. This processing happens locally, using AI models that run directly on your phone. The results — your memories, your wishes, your Together canvas — live on your device.

When you enable encrypted backup, your data is sent to your own Google Drive account, encrypted before it leaves your phone. Skeyne cannot read your backup. We do not have the key.

03

What we collect

We collect the minimum necessary to run the service.

• Account information — your email address and display name, used for authentication via Firebase.
• Authentication tokens — session tokens that identify you to the server, so messages can be delivered to your device. These expire regularly.
• Message relay metadata — timestamps and delivery status of messages. We relay messages between devices; we do not store message content on our servers beyond the brief moment of delivery.
• Push notification tokens — a device token provided by Firebase, used only to send you notifications when your partner sends a message. Not used for advertising.
• Access request information — if you requested access through our website, we hold your name, email, and what you shared with us, until access is granted or declined.

We do not collect your location. We do not collect device identifiers beyond what Firebase requires for push notifications. We do not build a profile of you for any purpose beyond making the app work.

04

What we don't do with your data

• We do not sell your data to anyone.
• We do not share your data with advertisers.
• We do not use your conversation content to train AI models — ours or anyone else's.
• We do not read your messages. Our server relays them; it does not store or analyse them.
• We do not share your data with third parties except as described in this policy (Firebase for auth and push notifications).
• We do not show you advertising of any kind.

05

Third-party services

Skeyne uses a small number of third-party services to function.

• Firebase (Google) — authentication and push notifications. Firebase collects data as described in Google's privacy policy. We use Firebase only for auth and delivery; your conversation content does not pass through Firebase.
• Google Drive — if you enable backup, your encrypted data is stored in your own Google Drive account under your Google account's terms. We have no access to this.
• Claude (Anthropic) — when you use the Pursue feature to act on a wish, your chosen wish is sent to Anthropic's API to generate options. Only the specific wish you tap is sent — not your conversation, not your other wishes. Anthropic's privacy policy governs this interaction.

We do not use analytics tools, tracking pixels, or third-party advertising SDKs of any kind.

06

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete the data we hold about you. Since most of your data lives on your device, you can delete it at any time by uninstalling the app or clearing app data.

For account data (email, name, authentication records), you can request deletion by emailing us at the address below, or by using our data deletion page. We will delete your account and associated server-side data within 30 days.

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the UK, or California, you have additional rights under GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA respectively. We honour all of these. Email us to exercise them.

07

Data retention

We retain account data for as long as your account is active. Message relay data (delivery timestamps) is retained for 30 days, then deleted. Push notification tokens are retained until you log out or uninstall the app.

If you delete your account, we delete all server-side data associated with it within 30 days. Your on-device data and Google Drive backup are yours to manage.

08

Children

Skeyne is not intended for anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has created an account, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

09

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you inside the app before the changes take effect. The current version and effective date are always shown at the top of this page. Continuing to use Skeyne after a change takes effect means you accept the updated policy.

We don't anticipate frequent changes — this policy reflects the way Skeyne is designed to work, not just a legal formality.