Privacy notice
The family stays in control of the family record.
Version privacy-2026-07-30. Last reviewed 5 August 2026. This notice describes the current private beta. It is intentionally specific about what exists today, but it is not a substitute for the jurisdiction-reviewed policy required before a public commercial launch.
Account setup
The public setup journey is an interactive explanation and does not collect archive details. Account sign-in uses a verified email code inside the private application. After verification, an account holder may create one isolated family space or accept an invitation to an existing one. A GEDCOM, photograph or information about living people should be added only after entering that authenticated family space.
Information in a family space
A family record may contain names, relationships, dates, places, notes, stories, photographs, GEDCOM source files, import provenance, contribution history and member-access history. Sign-in records include a verified email address and security events needed to operate the service.
Why information is used
Information is used to provide the private family-tree experience, calculate relationships, review suggested changes, manage member access, maintain security and create steward-requested exports.
Where information is handled
The beta uses Supabase-managed authentication and PostgreSQL in Singapore, with Cloudflare handling protected application delivery, private object storage and network controls. Family records are not placed in public search pages.
Optional public-site analytics
On the public kinonicle.com website, optional Google Analytics pageviews are delivered through Cloudflare Zaraz only after Analytics consent. The private application hostname is excluded. Query strings and external referrers are removed, IP addresses are trimmed, user-agent details are reduced, and analytics is not joined to an account or family record. Kinonicle does not use these pageviews for advertising or send family-space activity to Google Analytics.
Who can see it
Members see only the family space allowed by their active database membership, whether they created it or joined by invitation. Stewards have additional review, export and access-management permissions. Kinonicle does not sell family data or use it for advertising.
Security and history
Email codes establish individual accounts, sensitive steward actions require an authenticator, and changes such as invitations, imports, exports and approvals are recorded in an append-only family audit history.
Your choices during beta
Members can propose corrections and ask a steward to suspend their access. Stewards can export the family record. Photograph removal is available now; complete family-space deletion remains a managed operation until a reviewed self-service workflow is released.
Retention and international use
The public setup journey stores no submitted archive information. Authentication and family-space records follow the retention controls described for the private beta. Exact production retention periods, subprocessors, cross-border safeguards and regional request procedures are not yet final. They must be published and jurisdiction-reviewed before public commercial availability.