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Terms & Privacy
Clear information about using Ahaia and how your data is handled.
Effective 27 September 2026 · Terms version 1.7
Terms and Conditions
These terms apply when you use Ahaia at ahaia.se. Ahaia is a free, source-linked discovery service with short stories, an optional account, interests, likes, friends, points and a leaderboard. The service is operated by Daniel Parry. For questions, contact daniel@parry.nu.
1. Stories and sources
Ahaia offers AI-assisted, edited summaries and links to original sources. Stories may contain mistakes or become outdated. Check linked sources before relying on a claim, especially for health, legal, financial or other important decisions. Ahaia does not provide professional advice. External sites and video providers have their own terms and privacy practices.
2. Accounts and participation
You can explore a limited number of stories before registration is required for continued use. If you create an account, provide accurate information, protect your sign-in method and do not impersonate another person. You are responsible for activities under your account. Google sign-in is optional; email and password sign-in is also available. You must be at least 13 years old to use Ahaia. If local law requires parental consent for a minor, obtain it before registering.
3. Friends, likes and points
Likes, friends, kudos, badges, points and rankings are features for discovery and enjoyment. They have no monetary value and may be corrected or adjusted if activity is duplicated or abused. Your display name, score and rank can appear on the leaderboard; friends may see your username, display name, country and progress. Choose a display name you are comfortable sharing.
Comments are public under the relevant story. Only approved friends can be mentioned using @username. Friend requests and mentions create notifications in the recipient’s Ahaia inbox. Do not post private information or abusive material; comments may be removed when they violate these terms.
4. Intellectual property
Ahaia's design and original summaries are protected by applicable rights. You may view and share stories through the service for personal, lawful use. Source material, linked pages, images and embedded videos may belong to others and retain their own licences and attribution requirements. Ahaia aims to use appropriately licensed images with credits where applicable; if you believe material infringes your rights, contact us with the story URL and details.
5. Acceptable use
Do not interfere with the service or other users, attempt unauthorized access, use automated tools to collect content at scale, manipulate points or rankings, or use the service unlawfully. We may restrict access or remove content when needed to protect the service, users or rights holders.
6. Availability and responsibility
We may update, suspend or discontinue features. We work to keep the service useful and accurate, but cannot promise uninterrupted access or error-free content. Nothing in these terms limits rights that cannot legally be excluded, including mandatory consumer or data-protection rights.
7. Changes and contact
We may update these terms and show the effective date here. Material changes that require renewed acceptance will be presented in the app. Questions or requests can be sent to daniel@parry.nu. These terms are governed by Swedish law, subject to any mandatory protections that apply where you live.
Privacy Statement
Ahaia uses your Google account only to sign you in. Through Google sign-in, Ahaia receives the account identifier and basic profile information you permit, such as name, profile picture and email address. It does not request access to your Gmail, Google Drive or contacts.
1. Who is responsible?
Daniel Parry, operator of Ahaia (ahaia.se), is responsible for Ahaia's processing of personal data described here. For privacy questions and requests, email daniel@parry.nu. Third-party providers may also process information under their own policies when you use their services.
2. What we collect and why
| Information | Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Account email, authentication ID and verification status; if you register, username, display name, country, preferred language and interests. | Create and secure your account, provide sign-in and personalize your feed. | Performance of the service you request. |
| Random device identifier, platform and app mode; visits, stories viewed or opened, source clicks, likes and active time. | Operate the feed and registration limit, measure engagement, improve stories and detect misuse. The owner can review device-level activity; it may be linked to your account after you sign in. | Legitimate interests in operating, protecting and improving Ahaia, balanced against your privacy rights. |
| Interest choices, point events, badges, friendships and kudos. | Provide progress, friend features and the leaderboard. A registered user's display name, score and rank may be public in the app; a guest receives an automatically generated alias. | Performance of the requested features and legitimate interests in preventing manipulation. |
| Comments, account display names and usernames; mentions, friend requests and notification read status. | Show conversations under stories, suggest approved friends for mentions and deliver in-app notifications. Comments are public to readers of the story, including people without accounts. Notifications are visible only to their recipient. | Performance of the interactive features you request and legitimate interests in providing a safe community. |
| Post reports, your explanation, a device identifier and, if signed in, your account ID. | Let the owner investigate and resolve reported information. Reports are visible to the owner, not published with the post. | Legitimate interests in correcting mistakes and protecting readers. |
| Technical request and security information handled by hosting and authentication providers. | Deliver pages, protect the service and troubleshoot errors. | Legitimate interests in security and reliable operation. |
Some preferences, likes, progress, viewed-story history, accepted terms and sign-in tokens are also stored in your browser's local storage. When you sign in, selected interests, likes and dated discovery and source-opening events from devices linked to your account are restored to the app. The weekly progress, points and achievement badges are calculated from those events. Signing out clears the locally stored Ahaia sign-in session; your browser settings can clear other local data. Clearing local storage does not by itself delete server-side records. The device identifier is pseudonymous, not a guarantee of anonymity, and one device can be used by more than one person.
3. Advertising, videos and external links
Ahaia loads Google AdSense advertising code. Google or advertising partners may receive technical information and use cookies or similar technology for ad delivery, measurement and personalization according to their settings and applicable choices. When a YouTube post enters view, Ahaia automatically loads a muted, short preview through YouTube's privacy-enhanced player. The preview stops when you scroll away or leave the app; the full video loads only if you choose to play it. Loading a preview connects your browser to YouTube, which may receive technical information and use cookies or similar technology under its own policies. Following a source, image-credit or other external link takes you to a third-party website. Review Google's Privacy Policy for its processing. Your browser can also manage cookies and site storage.
4. Providers and transfers
Ahaia uses Supabase for authentication, Cloudflare for hosting and application data, and Google for sign-in, ads and optional YouTube videos. Source images may be served by external publishers. These providers may process data in countries outside the EU/EEA under their own terms and applicable transfer safeguards. Ahaia does not sell your account details. The app's owner can access account and activity information to administer the service.
5. How long data is kept
Account and linked activity data are generally retained while your account is active. Device-level analytics and leaderboard events are retained while needed to operate and evaluate Ahaia; the service currently has no automatic deletion schedule for these records. You can delete your account from Profile. This removes the linked profile, social and activity records from the live app and deletes the Supabase sign-in account. An anonymous count of closed accounts remains in admin statistics. Some data may remain temporarily in provider backups or security logs under their retention schedules. You can contact us if deletion fails or you need assistance.
6. Your choices and rights
You may request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a portable copy of your personal data. You can object to processing based on legitimate interests and request restriction where applicable. You can change profile details and permanently delete your account and linked data under Profile. For other requests or assistance, email daniel@parry.nu. We may need to verify your identity before acting. You can withdraw a consent where consent is used, without affecting earlier lawful processing. You may complain to the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) or your local supervisory authority.
7. Updates
We update this statement when how Ahaia handles data changes. The current version and effective date appear at the top of this page. Material changes will be communicated in the service when appropriate.