Effective Date: August 5, 2026
Buddy (“Buddy,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and handled when you use the Buddy mobile application.
Buddy is a wellness and self-reflection application designed to help users talk, reflect, journal, manifest, reset, use guided meditation and calming tools, and connect with people in their support network.
Buddy is intended for general wellness and self-reflection purposes. It is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, psychiatric, or emergency services.
Depending on how you use Buddy, we may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
Account information used to create and manage your Buddy account.
Journal entries and other reflections you choose to save.
Manifestation and personal reflection content.
Information you voluntarily enter while using Buddy's features.
Information necessary to maintain your account and app functionality.
We only collect information reasonably necessary to provide and improve Buddy's features and services.
Certain Buddy features may use artificial intelligence to generate responses or support reflective conversations.
When you use an AI-powered feature, information you submit may be securely transmitted to service providers that help Buddy process and generate responses.
Users should avoid entering highly sensitive personal information that is unnecessary for using Buddy's reflection features.
AI-generated responses are provided for general wellness, reflection, and informational purposes and should not be considered professional medical or mental health advice.
Information collected through Buddy may be used to:
Provide and operate Buddy's features.
Authenticate and maintain user accounts.
Save content that users choose to store.
Generate responses for AI-powered features.
Maintain the security and reliability of the service.
Diagnose technical problems.
Improve Buddy's functionality and user experience.
Respond to support requests.
We do not sell users' personal information.
Buddy may offer paid subscription features through the Apple App Store.
Subscription purchases and payment processing are handled by Apple. Buddy does not directly collect or store your complete credit card or other App Store payment information.
Apple's handling of payment information is governed by Apple's own privacy policies and terms.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information associated with Buddy accounts.
However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their account credentials and protecting access to their devices.
Buddy provides an option within the app for users to request deletion of their account.
When an account is deleted, associated account information and user content maintained by Buddy will be deleted or removed in accordance with applicable legal, security, and operational requirements.
If you experience difficulty deleting your account through the app, you may contact Buddy Support at:
buddywellnesssupport@gmail.com
Buddy may rely on third-party service providers to operate certain functionality, including infrastructure, artificial intelligence processing, application distribution, and payment processing.
These providers may process limited information as necessary to provide their services and are subject to their respective privacy policies and terms.
Buddy is not intended for children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that personal information from a child under 13 has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or when necessary to protect the rights, safety, and security of Buddy, our users, or others.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Buddy, our practices, or applicable requirements.
When material changes are made, the updated Privacy Policy will be published with a revised effective date.
Continued use of Buddy after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the updated policy where permitted by law.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Buddy's privacy practices, contact:
Buddy Support
Email: buddywellnesssupport@gmail.com
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