Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 28, 2026

NoChaser helps you change your relationship with alcohol. Because of what NoChaser is, the data you put into it is deeply personal — and we treat it that way. This policy explains, in plain language, what NoChaser collects, how it's used, and the control you have over it. NoChaser does not sell your personal data.

What we collect

Account information — your name and email address, handled by our sign-in provider (Clerk).
Check-ins and tracking data — daily check-ins, drink logs, moods, cravings, triggers, streaks, and milestones you record.
Journal entries — private reflections you write in the app. These are private by default and are only ever visible to a support person if you explicitly share a specific entry.
Recovery plan and calendar data — coping plans, support contacts you add, and optional events you mark (for example, higher-risk occasions).
Optional health data — metrics you choose to record, like sleep or energy. NoChaser only stores what you enter.
Support circle information — names and roles of people you invite, and the sharing permissions you set for each.
Notification and app-installation information — if you enable notifications, NoChaser may store technical notification and app-installation identifiers needed to deliver notifications and keep them associated with the correct signed-in account.
Billing information — Premium purchases on the NoChaser website are processed by Stripe. NoChaser does not receive or store your full card number. NoChaser receives limited subscription, transaction, reconciliation, refund/dispute, and accounting information needed to operate Premium and meet legitimate financial obligations.
Usage analytics — Umami may measure website traffic and navigation on signed-out public pages. NoChaser does not send authenticated identity or sensitive NoChaser product content to Umami. In the authenticated product, limited first-party product-usage measurement occurs only according to NoChaser's approved consent architecture and is not used for advertising.

How we use your data

To run the core features: streaks, progress insights, reminders, and your recovery plan.
To personalize the experience — for example, pattern insights and weekly summaries.
To maintain notification integrity — to deliver notifications you request, keep notification delivery associated with the correct account, and prevent stale account associations after sign-out or account changes.
To understand signed-out public-site traffic through Umami and consented authenticated product usage through NoChaser's limited first-party analytics. These analytics are not used for advertising.
To operate Premium billing — to determine subscription status, reconcile billing, handle refunds or disputes, and maintain minimized accounting records required for legitimate financial obligations. NoChaser does not receive or store your full card number.
To power optional AI features — NoChaser uses OpenAI's API to generate optional AI-powered responses. Content needed for the requested AI feature is sent to OpenAI for processing. When an AI feature is allowed to use selected NoChaser history, relevant information may be included in the request so the response can use that context. OpenAI handles API data under its applicable API data controls and retention practices.
To share updates with your support circle only according to the permissions you set. Your journal is shared only when you explicitly share an individual entry. Risk Radar and Future Me are not exposed to supporters. You can pause or revoke sharing at any time, and an access log shows you when someone viewed your shared page.

NoChaser does not sell your personal data, show you third-party ads, or share your personal information with data brokers.

Third-party services

Clerk — sign-in and account security. Sees your email and login credentials.
Notification delivery services — when notifications are enabled, platform notification services process the technical identifiers needed to deliver them.
Stripe — processes payment details for website Premium purchases. Stripe receives your payment information. NoChaser does not receive or store your full card number, but receives limited subscription, transaction, reconciliation, refund/dispute, and accounting information needed to operate Premium and meet legitimate financial obligations.
OpenAI — NoChaser uses OpenAI's API to generate optional AI-powered responses. Content needed for the requested AI feature is sent to OpenAI for processing. OpenAI handles API data under its applicable API data controls and retention practices.
HeyCatch — legacy analytics provider. Authenticated collection is disabled, and HeyCatch no longer receives new authenticated NoChaser activity. Historical authenticated analytics data may temporarily remain with HeyCatch while NoChaser completes and verifies its documented deletion process.
Replit — application hosting and database infrastructure.

Data retention & deletion

NoChaser keeps your product data while your account is active, subject to the controls and retention practices described in this policy.

When you delete your NoChaser account, NoChaser deletes or permanently disassociates the user-scoped product and health-adjacent information covered by the deletion process, including applicable alcohol-use records, check-ins, journal entries, craving information, Risk Radar information, progress data, supporter relationships, Future Me content, profile and preference information, and similar NoChaser product data.

NoChaser may retain strictly limited operational records for bounded periods when necessary to complete deletion, prevent deleted-account recreation, protect the service, prevent fraud, or satisfy legal or regulatory obligations.

NoChaser may also retain strictly minimized financial or accounting records when necessary to substantiate revenue, processor fees, taxes, refunds, disputes, chargebacks, payouts, or other legitimate accounting or legal obligations. Retained information is limited to what is necessary for those purposes.

Those retained financial or operational records are not used to reconstruct your deleted NoChaser product or wellness history.

Deleted information may remain temporarily in restricted disaster-recovery backups or with service providers under their applicable retention and deletion processes. Those residual copies are not used as active NoChaser product records.

If a Premium subscription is billed through Apple, deleting your NoChaser account does not cancel that Apple subscription. Manage or cancel Apple billing through Apple. Other externally billed subscriptions may require cancellation through the applicable billing provider.

How sensitive data is protected

NoChaser uses technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect your information and limit access to the systems, personnel, and service providers that need it to operate NoChaser. We use secure connections when information is transmitted between NoChaser and our services.

No security measure can guarantee absolute protection, but NoChaser designs its systems to limit unnecessary access to sensitive information.

Children's privacy

NoChaser is not directed at children and is intended for adults 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.

Your rights

You can access, correct, or delete your NoChaser account data using the controls available in NoChaser. For anything else, email support@nochaserapp.com and we'll respond within 30 days.

NoChaser includes a data export feature that provides a portable copy of supported user-facing NoChaser data.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we'll notify you inside the app before they take effect. The date at the top reflects the latest revision.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email support@nochaserapp.com or visit our Support page.