Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 13, 2026
Confessional.info is designed as a space for anonymous spiritual confessions. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.
1. Core Principles
- We do not require your name, email address, or an account to submit a confession.
- We encourage you to avoid sharing any identifying details about yourself or others.
- We collect only the minimum information necessary to operate, secure, and moderate the platform.
2. Information You Provide
Confession Text
- When you submit a confession, we store the text you provide in our database.
- We ask you not to include real names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, or other personal identifiers.
- Submissions may be reviewed by a human moderator to ensure they comply with our community guidelines.
Category and Flags
- You may optionally select a category (for example guilt, regret, relationships, faith, family, secret, or other).
- Internal flags, such as moderation status (pending, approved, rejected), are stored with your submission.
3. Technical and Security Data
To protect Confessional.info from abuse and ensure reliable operation, we may process limited technical data:
- IP information: We do not store raw IP addresses together with confessions. Instead, we may store a hashed representation of your IP address using a secret salt. This helps us detect abuse patterns (for example, spam or attacks) without directly identifying you.
- User agent: We may store a truncated version of your browser’s user agent string (for example, browser type and version) for security and debugging.
- Session cookies: A short-lived session cookie is used to remember that you have confirmed you are 18+ and to protect form submissions (CSRF protection). We do not use tracking cookies or advertising cookies.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
- Essential cookies: Required to operate the site (for example, age confirmation and CSRF tokens).
- No marketing cookies: We do not use cookies for advertising, cross-site tracking, or user profiling.
5. Google reCAPTCHA
We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect this site from bots and automated abuse. reCAPTCHA may collect hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and send it to Google for analysis. Use of reCAPTCHA is governed by Google’s own policies:
We use reCAPTCHA solely to protect Confessional.info from spam and abuse. We do not use reCAPTCHA data to build profiles of individual users.
6. How We Use Your Information
- To store and display your confession within the platform where applicable.
- To moderate submissions and enforce our community guidelines.
- To protect the site from spam, abuse, and technical attacks.
- To improve the stability, security, and user experience of Confessional.info.
7. Data Retention
- Confessions may be stored for as long as the platform operates, unless removed for moderation or technical reasons.
- Technical and security data (such as IP hashes and user agent snippets) may be retained for a reasonable period to monitor abuse and maintain security.
8. Sharing and Disclosure
- We do not sell or rent your data.
- We may share data with trusted service providers who help us operate the site (for example, hosting providers), under appropriate confidentiality and data protection obligations.
- We may disclose information if required by law or in response to valid legal requests (for example, court orders or law enforcement inquiries).
9. Public or Social-Media Sharing
By default, confessions are stored privately in our system. If we introduce an explicit opt-in for anonymous sharing (for example on social media or on a public page), then:
- Only submissions where you have clearly given consent will be considered.
- Confessions will be reviewed and may be edited to remove identifying details and ensure safety.
- No names, contact details, or specific identifying information will be shared.
10. Security
- We use technical and organizational measures to protect our systems and data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.
- No online service can be 100% secure, but we strive to apply reasonable protections appropriate for an anonymous confession platform.
11. Your Choices
- You can choose whether or not to submit a confession at all.
- You control what you write; we strongly recommend not including any information that could identify you or others.
12. Not a Replacement for Professional Help
Confessional.info is not a substitute for professional counseling, therapy, medical care, or legal advice. If you are in crisis or at risk of harm, please contact local emergency services or a crisis hotline in your country.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page shows when the latest changes were made. Your continued use of the site after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.
14. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle data, please use the contact details provided on the Contact page.