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Privacy Policy

Last updated April 25, 2026

honestly helps early-stage founders collect honest, anonymous feedback from their peer network through short AI-led voice interviews. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and what your rights are.

What we collect

Founders (people who create asks):

  • Email address (for sign-in via magic link)
  • Text and files you submit as ask context
  • LinkedIn URL if you provide it
  • Display name if you provide it

Peers (people who answer asks):

  • Voice during the interview, recorded by our voice provider
  • Transcript of what you said
  • Verdict (double down / pivot / rethink) and optional one-sentence note
  • A coarse fingerprint of IP and browser, used only to prevent the same person submitting twice to the same ask. We do not link this to identity.

How we use it

We produce one founder-facing aggregate per ask. The aggregate combines five or more peer responses, paraphrased, into themes and a verdict breakdown. The founder never sees individual transcripts and never hears any peer’s voice.

Third parties we share with

  • Supabase — database and authentication
  • Retell AI — voice interview infrastructure (records and transcribes peer audio)
  • OpenAI — text aggregation (peer transcripts into founder-facing summary)
  • Vercel — hosting

We do not sell data to advertisers. We do not run ads.

How long we keep it

  • Voice recordings: deleted from our voice provider on their default schedule (currently 30 days)
  • Transcripts and aggregates: retained while the founder’s account is active
  • Account data: deleted on request

Anonymity model

Peer voice clips are never released to founders or to anyone outside our voice processing stack. Aggregates only render after five or more peer responses arrive on a single ask, so no founder can map text back to a specific peer.

Your rights

Use our contact form at any time to:

  • Get a copy of your data
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Delete your account and all associated asks/responses

We aim to respond within 7 days.

Children

honestly is for adults (18+). Do not use this service if you are under 18.

Changes

If we change this policy, we update the date above. Material changes get an in-app notice.

Contact

Reach the honestly team through our contact form.