Privacy in plain language.

1. Who we are

LifeTLDR is owned and operated by Kindred Forge, LLC, a limited liability company registered in Texas, with offices in Austin, Texas ("we," "us," "our"). This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have.

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2. Scope

This policy applies to the LifeTLDR website, application, and related services. LifeTLDR is currently in limited release; if you are only visiting this marketing site, the information we collect is limited to what is described in Section 3(d).

3. Information we collect

a) Information you give us directly

• Account information: your name, email address, and authentication credentials. Sign-in is handled by our identity provider, Clerk.
• Mobile phone number, if you choose to provide one. This is optional. You can create and use a LifeTLDR account without giving us a phone number.
• Household profile information: during setup you tell us about the people in your household — for example first names, ages or grades, schools, teams, activities, healthcare providers, and allergies — so we know what matters to you. Every field is optional. You decide what to share.
• Support and correspondence: messages you send us by email or through the app.
• Waitlist and invitation signups: your email address, if you ask to be notified when a spot opens.

b) Information from services you connect

If you connect an email account, calendar, or other service, we access:

• The content of messages in the connected mailbox, including attachments and the content of pages those messages link to
• Message metadata such as sender, recipient, subject, and date
• Calendar events you have given us permission to read or write

We access this information only to produce your summaries, extract dates and action items, write events to your calendar, apply organizing labels in your mailbox, and send the household invitations you explicitly ask us to send. We do not read connected accounts for any other purpose. Promotional and social mail is skipped automatically.

c) Information about your mobile messaging

If you enroll in text messages, we record your mobile number, your opt-in and opt-out status, the date and method of your consent, and delivery status for messages we send you. See our SMS Terms.

d) Information collected automatically

Device and browser type, IP address, pages viewed, and similar usage and diagnostic data, collected through cookies and standard server logging. We use this to operate and improve the service and to detect abuse.

Because access is currently invitation-based, we also store irreversible hashes of your IP address and a browser fingerprint when an invitation is redeemed. These are used solely to stop one person from claiming many invitations. We do not use them to track you across other websites, and they cannot be reversed back into an IP address.

4. How we use information

We use the information described above to:

• Read, summarize, and prioritize the messages in accounts you connect
• Create calendar events, reminders, and action items
• Share summaries and plans with the household members you have chosen to include
• Send the household invitations you ask us to send
• Notify you in the app and — only if you have opted in — by text message
• Provide customer support and respond to your requests
• Secure the service, prevent fraud and abuse, and meet legal obligations
• Improve LifeTLDR's accuracy and reliability

LifeTLDR deliberately does not email you your summaries. An app that exists to reduce your email should not add to it.

5. Automated processing and AI

LifeTLDR uses automated systems, including large language models, to read and summarize your messages. Content from your connected accounts is processed by our AI provider — currently Google Cloud Vertex AI — acting as our service provider under contract. That provider is prohibited from using your content to train its models or for any purpose other than delivering the processing we request.

What we send for processing is the message content together with the household profile you provided, so the summary knows who "Mrs. Alvarez" or "the away game" refers to. That household context can include children's first names, schools, grades, and medical details when you have chosen to provide them.

6. Google user data

If you connect a Google account, LifeTLDR's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

These are the permissions we request and exactly what each one is for:

Specifically:

• We use Google user data only to provide and improve user-facing features that are visible in LifeTLDR.
• We do not transfer Google user data to third parties except as necessary to provide those features, to comply with applicable law, or as part of a merger or acquisition, and never for advertising.
• We do not use Google user data to develop, improve, or train generalized AI or machine learning models.
• Humans do not read your Google user data except with your explicit permission for a specific support request, for security purposes such as investigating abuse, to comply with applicable law, or where the data has been aggregated and de-identified.

You can revoke LifeTLDR's access at any time from the permissions page of your Google account, or by disconnecting the account in LifeTLDR. Revoking access stops all further reading of your mailbox immediately.

7. Household sharing

LifeTLDR is designed for shared use. If you add another person to your household, they can see the information you choose to share with them — summaries, events, and action items — at the permission level you set. They cannot see your inbox. No one in your household can read the raw contents of a mailbox they have not personally connected.

Household invitations are sent from your own email address, using the permission you granted at sign-in, and only when you ask us to send one. Invitation links expire after 14 days, and you can revoke a pending invitation at any time.

Adding someone to your household does not enroll them in text messages. They must provide their own mobile number and their own consent before we send them any texts.

8. Information about children

LifeTLDR is designed for parents and caregivers and is intended for use by adults only. We do not knowingly collect information directly from children, and children do not create LifeTLDR accounts.

Parents and caregivers may choose to tell us about children in their household — for example a first name, a school, a team, or an appointment. That information is provided by the adult account holder, is used only to produce that household's summaries and reminders, is never sold and never used for advertising, and can be deleted at any time by the account holder.

9. How we share information

We share personal information only in these circumstances:

• Service providers. Vendors who host our infrastructure, authenticate accounts, deliver text messages, and provide AI processing — each under contract, only for the purpose of delivering LifeTLDR, and prohibited from using your information for their own purposes. Today these include Google Cloud (hosting and Vertex AI processing), Google (Gmail and Calendar access you authorize), and Clerk (identity and sign-in).
• Household members you invite, at the permission level you set.
• Legal requirements. When required by law, subpoena, or valid legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, or property of our users or the public.
• Business transfer. If Kindred Forge, LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may transfer as part of that transaction. We will notify you, and this policy will continue to apply until you are given notice of a replacement.

10. Mobile information and SMS consent

We will not share your opt-in to an SMS campaign with any third party for purposes unrelated to providing you with the services of that campaign. We may share your Personal Data, including your SMS opt-in or consent status, with third parties that help us provide our messaging services, including but not limited to platform providers, phone companies, and any other vendors who assist us in the delivery of text messages.

All of the categories of sharing described elsewhere in this policy exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties for their own purposes, and will not be sold, rented, or licensed to anyone.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP to any message, by changing your notification settings in the app, or by emailing howdy@lifetldr.com. See our SMS Terms for full program details.

11. Retention and deletion

We keep your information for as long as your account is active. You can disconnect a mailbox or calendar at any time — in LifeTLDR where that control is available, and always from your Google account permissions page — which stops all further access immediately.

To delete your account, email howdy@lifetldr.com from the address on your account, or use the in-app deletion control where it is available. We will delete your personal information and the content we derived from your connected accounts within 30 days, except where we are required to keep records to comply with law, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements. Backups are purged on our normal rotation schedule.

Records of SMS consent and opt-out are retained after opt-out as required to demonstrate compliance with telecommunications regulations.

12. Security

We use encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and least-privilege practices to protect your information. Credentials for your connected accounts are stored encrypted and are never exposed to other users. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we will notify you and any required authority of a breach affecting your personal information as required by applicable law.

13. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live — including under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and similar state laws — you may have the right to:

• Know what personal information we hold about you and how we use it
• Obtain a copy of that information in a portable format
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your information
• Opt out of any sale of personal information or targeted advertising (we do neither)
• Appeal a decision we make about one of these requests

To exercise any of these rights, email howdy@lifetldr.com. We will verify your identity before acting and will respond within the time required by applicable law. If we deny your request, you may appeal by replying to our response; if your appeal is denied, you may contact the Texas Attorney General or your state's equivalent authority.

You can also opt out of any marketing email using the unsubscribe link in the message, and out of text messages by replying STOP.

14. Cookies

We use cookies and similar technologies for authentication, preferences, security, and basic analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings; disabling them may break parts of the service. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party ad trackers.

15. International users

LifeTLDR is operated from the United States and intended for users in the United States. If you use it from elsewhere, your information will be processed in the United States.

16. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The current version and its effective date will always be posted at this URL. If we make material changes, we will notify account holders by email or in-app notice before the changes take effect.

17. Contact us

Questions about this policy or about your information: