Your writing stays yours.

Start without an account. Anonymous responses are held in session storage in your browser tab. They are not transmitted to our server. Closing the tab clears that draft. A shared or compromised device can expose local writing; avoid details you would not want kept there.

A local copy of the free reflection

At the anonymous free reflection summary, you can download the three questions and your responses as a readable text file without an account. The file is created entirely in your browser. Your writing is not sent to our server, analytics, page addresses or public share links. If downloading is unavailable, you can select the text and copy it into a private note. Neither action changes your draft or saves it to an account. Keep your copy private on your device; discarding a draft or deleting an account cannot delete downloaded files or copied notes.

Optional reflection feedback

At the end of the free reflection, you can choose Useful, Not sure or Not useful. Nothing is sent unless you choose. This sends only the selected feedback, not your writing. We keep a total for each choice, not individual feedback records, dates or account links. The request does not include your sign-in cookie or the address of your reflection page. Because there is no personal feedback record, we cannot identify or remove your choice later. Leaving it unanswered does not change saving or any other action.

When you choose to save

Signing in does not upload a draft. Each Save action requires your permission. We store your responses, exercise, question position and save dates against your account so you can return. We do not automatically save changes to the server. Optional follow-ups are stored separately with their responses and save dates. Adding or editing a follow-up does not change your original reflection.

Your email, a salted password hash and account creation date are stored to run your account. A secure, HTTP-only cookie keeps you signed in for up to 14 days. Email verification and emailed password recovery are not available.

Storage and access

The service runs on Brainer and Cloudflare. Saved writing is stored in the service database, protected by account checks and HTTPS in transit. It is not end-to-end encrypted. Authorized service operators may access stored data to run or troubleshoot the service. Do not store information you need to keep secret from the service.

Your controls

Download your saved reflections and follow-ups as a readable text file from Account & privacy. The file includes topics, questions, responses and dates. It does not include unsaved writing or private review drafts. Downloading leaves your saved entries unchanged. Keep the file private; deleting entries or your account does not remove downloaded copies.

Delete individual reflections, or your account and saved writing, from Account & privacy. You can also delete a follow-up on its reflection page without removing the original. Deleting a reflection removes all its follow-ups. Deletion removes records from the active service. Infrastructure backup retention is controlled by the hosting providers; we cannot promise immediate erasure of backup copies. An open tab may still contain an unsaved copy: exit and discard it there.

Payments and usage

Paid checkout is not open. When enabled, Stripe and Brainer handle payment and subscription records. Deleting this account does not erase required payment records or cancel billing.

Brainer measures page views. We do not include reflection responses in analytics or send them to advertising platforms. No advertising pixel is loaded on these pages. Limited hashed identifiers are kept for up to 15 minutes to reduce repeated sign-in attempts.

Questions

For privacy questions, email richardbutler-coach@brainer.one. Account deletion is available without contacting anyone.