Privacy

What we keep when you make a card

The names you type, your message and P.S., which card and color you chose, and when you made it. That is what the card shows, so we have to keep it to show it.

If a word in your message is a slur in some uses and ordinary in others, the card is quietly marked, so that a report about it is read first. Nothing else changes.

We never ask for your email address, your phone number or an account.

Who can see a card

Anyone with its link. A card's link is long and random, so it cannot be guessed, but anyone you forward it to can open it. Cards are never listed anywhere and never shown to search engines.

We look at a card only when someone reports it.

Your address on the internet

To stop anyone making cards by the thousand, we count the cards made, and the deletes tried, from each address, network and network provider, by the hour and the day. Each count is scrambled with a secret key, so the address itself is never written down, and it is deleted soon after its hour or day is over. We never store the address itself.

HeatedOne runs on Cloudflare, which delivers the site and, like any host, sees your IP address when you visit.

Counts

We count how many cards are made, opened and deleted each day, and which designs are used. These are totals: nothing in them identifies anyone.

How long we keep a card

About a year after it was last opened, or after it was made if it never was. Then it stops opening, and it is deleted soon after. You can delete it sooner yourself.

Deleting a card

When you make a card, you get a second link that deletes it. Open it and press Delete this card: the card and everything you typed are gone, and its link stops working.

If you have lost that link, email us the card's link from the address you would like an answer at, and we will delete it.

Tracking

We do not track you across sites, use cookies, or share or sell anything you type. There is no tracking to opt out of, so Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control signals have nothing to stop here.

One thing is kept in your own browser: whether you switched on Show scorching in the catalog, for that visit only (its session storage, never a cookie). It is never sent to us.

Children

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has used HeatedOne, email hello@webhatchdesigns.com and we will delete the data.

Changes and questions

If this page changes, its date changes, and anything that matters is said at the top. Questions go to hello@webhatchdesigns.com.