privacy policy

last updated · september 9, 2026

the short version

we collect what you text us, so your pet can text like them. we don't sell it, we don't advertise with it, and we don't train the world's ai models on it. want it gone? text reset to wipe your pet's memory, or email us and we delete everything, permanently.

what we collect

your phone number — so your pet knows which human to talk to.

what you tell us about your pet — their name, species, age, quirks, grudges, the snack they'd commit a crime for, and any photos you send.

your conversation — the messages between you and your pet, so they remember yesterday.

that's the whole list. no contacts, no location, no address book, no other apps.

how it's used

one job only: writing your pet's texts so they sound like the creature you know and tolerate. your messages are processed by our ai provider (google's gemini) to generate the replies — that's the machinery doing the talking.

we don't sell your data. we don't share it. we don't run ads on it. we don't train the world's models on it. your pet's profile exists to make their texts feel like them, and for nothing else.

and one promise we like a lot: your pet only ever texts back — nothing is ever sent to you unless you texted first. no pings at 3am from a marketing department. (that's also just… not how pets work. they ignore you until you engage.)

photos

photos you send are used to understand the moment — the breed, the vibe, what exactly he's doing behind the couch — so the reply fits. they're never published, never shown to anyone else, and never used for anything besides your own conversation.

where it lives

on encrypted cloud storage that we control. this is a small, independent product built by two humans — the same two humans on the invite card — and the only people with access are us.

deleting things

text "reset" — wipes your pet's memory and starts the introduction over, fresh.

email us — we delete everything: profile, messages, photos, all of it. gone means gone.

"cancel anytime, keep the memories" is about not holding your setup hostage over a bill. your data is never a hostage — you can have it deleted whenever you want, paying or not.

the website itself

this site uses cookie-free, privacy-friendly analytics (vercel analytics) that counts visits without building a profile of you. no ad trackers, no pixels following you around the internet.

kids

this service isn't for humans under 13. if you're younger, hand the phone to a grown-up — they'll probably cry at the first text anyway.

changes to this policy

if anything about how we handle data changes, we'll update this page — the "last updated" date up top is the truth. we'll never quietly change the deal.

talk to a human

questions, worries, or "wait, where is my dog's data right now?" — email pras@hellogoddo.com. a human reads it, usually within a day.