Peony is built for private conversations between two people. We collect only the data needed to create your account, run game sessions, store your answers, manage subscriptions, send the notifications you ask for, and keep the service safe. We do not sell your personal data and we do not show third-party advertising.

Who We Are

Peony is a two-player conversation game. This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. It applies to the Peony app and website.

Information You Provide

Account details: your email address, display name, and optional username.
Waitlist and newsletter email: if you join our launch waitlist or newsletter on the website, the email address you submit so we can email you about availability and updates.
Your answers: the text you write in response to questions.
Photos in answers: if you have Peony+, the images you attach to an answer, stored as private files.
Reactions and saves: how you react to answers and which questions you save to your Garden.
Game and account settings: deck choices, pacing, sound and haptics preferences, content-intensity preference, and timezone.
Support and safety reports: messages, reports, and any details you send when you contact support or report content.

Information Collected Automatically

Subscription and purchase status: your Peony+ tier, plan, renewal status, and store/processor identifiers.
Push notification details: if you enable notifications, the device push subscription needed to deliver them.
Technical and security data: IP address and request metadata used transiently to enforce rate limits and protect the service, plus basic error and activity logs.

Peony does not collect your precise or coarse location, your contacts, or advertising identifiers. Peony does not record audio. Some very old sessions may contain a legacy audio answer created before Peony moved to text; no new audio is collected.

How We Use Your Data

We use your data to operate Peony, sync gameplay between you and your partner, store your answers and Garden, process and manage subscriptions, send the notifications and emails you request, provide support, prevent abuse and fraud, comply with legal obligations, and keep the service reliable.

Subscriptions (Peony+)

Peony+ is purchased inside the app through Apple In-App Purchase or Google Play Billing, managed for us by RevenueCat, which receives a purchase identifier tied to your account to keep your access in sync. Payment is handled entirely by Apple or Google — we never receive or store your card number or payment details. We do not process subscription payments on the website.

Service Providers We Share With

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with providers that help us run Peony, under contracts that limit their use of it:

Supabase: database, authentication, and private file storage for your account, answers, and media.
Vercel: application hosting and delivery.
RevenueCat: managing in-app subscription entitlements for App Store and Google Play.
Resend: sending transactional, account, and waitlist/newsletter emails you opt into.
Apple and Google: processing in-app purchases and delivering platform push notifications.

We may also disclose data if required by law or to protect the rights, safety, and security of our users and the service.

Your Partner

Peony is a shared game. Answers, reactions, and saves you create in a session are visible to the partner you are playing with after the reveal step. Only share what you are comfortable showing that person.

Data Retention

We keep your data while your account is active. Private answer media is served only through signed links that expire. When you delete your account, we remove or anonymize your Peony-held account, answers, media, reactions, push subscriptions, and session participation. Limited records we are required to keep, such as billing, safety or abuse reports, and basic transactional email logs, may be retained as needed for legal, accounting, and safety purposes.

Your Choices and Rights

From Settings you can export your data or delete your account at any time. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or port your data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. You can turn notifications on or off at any time. To exercise a right, email hi@playpeony.com from your account email address.

Children

Peony is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.

International Transfers

Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, where our providers operate. We rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers where required.

Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected by updating the date and, where appropriate, by notice in the app.

Contact

For privacy, support, deletion, or safety requests, email hi@playpeony.com.

This policy should be reviewed by counsel before a public launch.