Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 9 2026
Being is operated by Techly Marketing Limited, Lagos, Nigeria (“we”, “us”).
This policy explains what happens to your information when you use Being. We have written it plainly, because a policy you cannot read is not consent.
The short version
Being keeps almost nothing. Your daily reading, your saved pieces and your journal entries are stored on your own device and never sent to us. We cannot read your journal. Nobody at Being can.
What we store on your device
The following is held in your browser or app’s local storage, on your phone or computer, and does not reach our servers:
- Your journal entries. Private, unencrypted on your device, never transmitted.
- Your saved motivations, summaries and insights.
- Your visit history — the dates you opened Being, which is what produces your streak.
Clearing your browser data or uninstalling the app deletes all of this permanently. We hold no copy, so we cannot restore it.
What we collect
Anonymous usage analytics. We use Vercel Web Analytics to count page views and understand which content people read. It does not use cookies, does not build a profile of you, and does not track you across other websites. It records the page visited, approximate country, device type and referring site.
Anonymous product analytics. We use PostHog, hosted in the European Union, to understand which pieces people read and whether they come back. It sets no cookies, keeps what it needs in your browser’s local storage, and builds no profile of you. It never records your screen, and it never sees your journal.
Your email address, and your WhatsApp number if you offer one. When you subscribe we store the address you enter, how often you asked to hear from us, and which page you subscribed from. Subscribing takes two steps: you enter your address, then you confirm it from a link we email you. Nothing is sent until you confirm, and that confirmation is our record that you agreed.
A WhatsApp number is optional and empty unless you type one. If you give it, we use it only to send you the same pieces by WhatsApp. Leaving it blank changes nothing else about your subscription.
Our email goes out through Brevo, whose servers are in the European Union, so your details are held there as well as processed here. Every email carries a one-click unsubscribe. When you unsubscribe we keep a note that you did and nothing else — that note is what stops us mailing you again by mistake. Otherwise we hold your details for as long as you are subscribed, and delete them within 30 days of your asking. We do not sell, rent or share email addresses or phone numbers.
Technical logs. Our hosting provider records standard server logs including IP addresses, retained briefly for security and abuse prevention.
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What we do not do
- We do not sell your data. There is no circumstance in which we would.
- We do not run advertising, and we do not share data with advertisers.
- We do not read, analyse or train anything on your journal entries.
- We do not use tracking cookies.
Children
Being is written for adults. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your rights
Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, and under GDPR if you are in the UK or EU, you may ask us to:
- tell you what personal data we hold about you
- correct it
- delete it
- stop sending you email
For journal entries and saved content, you do not need to ask — that data is yours, on your device, and you can delete it yourself at any time.
For anything we hold, email hello@techlymarketing.com and we will respond within 30 days.
Third parties we use
| Service | What it does | What it sees |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Hosts the app | Server logs, anonymous analytics |
| PostHog | Product analytics, hosted in the EU | Pages visited, anonymous. Never journal content. |
| Brevo | Sends our emails, hosted in the EU | Your email address, your WhatsApp number if you gave one, and how often you asked to hear from us |
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Changes
If we change this policy we will update the date above. Material changes — a new category of data, a new third party — will be announced in the app before they take effect.
Contact
hello@techlymarketing.com
Techly Marketing Limited, Lagos, Nigeria.