THE WOMEN BEFORE ME

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 23, 2026

Last Updated: June 23, 2026

Privacy Policy

Welcome to The Women Before Me ("The Women Before Me," "TWBM," "we," "our," or "us").

The Women Before Me is a digital community designed to help women connect through meaningful conversations, preserve intergenerational wisdom, build intentional friendships, participate in educational experiences, practice daily wellness, and access curated lifestyle resources.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, process, disclose, and protect your information when you access or use:

• The Women Before Me mobile applications
• The Tea Room community
• The Healing Room
• The Atelier
• Self Care Rituals
• Our website
• Digital products
• Membership services
• Events
• Communications
• Customer support
• Any related services (collectively, the "Services").

By creating an account or using our Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. WHO WE ARE

The Women Before Me is a private women's community that combines social networking, education, wellness, storytelling, and lifestyle experiences.

Our mission is to preserve women's wisdom while creating safe, intentional spaces where women can learn, heal, create, and build meaningful relationships.

2. ELIGIBILITY

Our Services are intended only for individuals who are 18 years of age or older.

You represent that you are at least 18 years old when creating an account.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.

If we learn that a minor has created an account, we may immediately remove the account and associated information.

3. INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Depending on how you use our Services, we may collect the following categories of information.

A. Account Information

When you register, we may collect:

• Full name
• Display name
• Username
• Email address
• Phone number
• Date of birth (if provided)
• Profile photo
• Biography
• Interests
• Password (encrypted)

B. Contact Information

Including:

• Email
• Phone number
• Mailing address (if provided)
• Emergency contact information (if voluntarily submitted)

C. Community Content

Information you choose to share, including:

• Posts
• Comments
• Messages
• Journal entries
• Wellness logs
• Recipes
• Legacy stories
• Letters
• Workshop submissions
• Images
• Videos
• Audio
• Documents
• Community discussions

D. Sensitive Information

Certain community spaces—including the Healing Room—may involve discussions regarding:

• Trauma
• Abuse
• Mental health
• Recovery
• Violence
• Personal relationships
• Health experiences
• Emotional wellbeing

Sharing this information is entirely voluntary.

You control what you choose to post.

Although we employ reasonable safeguards, no online platform can guarantee complete confidentiality.

E. Payment Information

Membership purchases may be processed through:

• Apple In-App Purchase
• Google Play Billing
• Stripe
• Other authorized payment providers

We do not store complete payment card numbers.

Payment information is processed by our authorized payment processors in accordance with their privacy policies.

F. Device Information

We may collect:

• Device model
• Device identifiers
• Operating system
• Browser
• Screen resolution
• Language
• App version
• Network information
• Time zone

G. Usage Information

Including:

• Pages viewed
• Community participation
• Feature usage
• Search history
• Session duration
• Navigation
• Clicks
• Impact Point activity
• Workshop attendance
• Journal activity
• Wellness tracking

H. Diagnostics

To improve reliability, we may collect:

• Crash reports
• Performance metrics
• Error logs
• Diagnostic reports

I. Location Information

Where permitted by you:

• Approximate location
• Precise location (only when required for a feature)

You may disable location permissions at any time through your device settings.

J. Contacts

If you grant permission, we may access your contacts solely to help you:

• Find friends
• Invite contacts
• Build your community

We do not access your contacts without permission.

K. Photos, Camera, and Media

If permission is granted, we may access:

• Camera
• Photo library
• Videos
• Uploaded images

These permissions are used only for features you initiate, such as updating your profile or sharing community content.

4. AI FEATURES

The Women Before Me incorporates artificial intelligence ("AI") to improve the user experience.

AI may assist with:

• Journal prompts
• Writing assistance
• Community recommendations
• Search
• Content summaries
• Moderation assistance
• Educational suggestions
• Wellness reflections
• Resource discovery

AI-generated content may contain inaccuracies or incomplete information.

It is provided for informational purposes only.

It is not medical, psychological, therapeutic, legal, financial, or professional advice.

Users remain responsible for evaluating AI-generated content before relying upon it.

5. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

We may use information to:

• Create accounts
• Authenticate users
• Provide community features
• Personalize recommendations
• Deliver workshops
• Award Impact Points
• Improve safety
• Moderate content
• Detect abuse
• Respond to support requests
• Improve platform performance
• Analyze trends
• Send newsletters
• Deliver service notifications
• Process subscriptions
• Prevent fraud
• Comply with legal obligations

6. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

By creating an account, you agree to receive essential service communications necessary to operate your account, including security alerts, account notices, receipts, subscription updates, and policy changes.

Subject to applicable law and your communication preferences, you may also receive newsletters, product updates, event invitations, educational content, community announcements, surveys, and promotional communications from The Women Before Me.

You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications or by updating your account settings. Opting out of marketing messages does not affect our ability to send essential service-related communications.

7. USER-GENERATED CONTENT

You retain ownership of the content you create and share.

By submitting content through the Services, you grant The Women Before Me a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable license to host, store, reproduce, distribute, display, format, adapt as necessary for technical purposes, and otherwise use your content solely to operate, maintain, improve, promote, and provide the Services, subject to your selected privacy settings.

This license ends when your content is permanently deleted from our systems, except where retention is required by law, necessary for backup or security purposes, or where the content has already been shared with other users in accordance with your privacy settings.

8. HOW WE SHARE INFORMATION

We do not sell your personal information.

We may disclose information to:

• Cloud hosting providers
• Analytics providers
• Customer support providers
• Email service providers
• Payment processors
• Security providers
• Legal authorities when required by law
• Successors in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets

We do not sell personal information or knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under applicable privacy laws.

9. DATA SECURITY

We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

Despite these efforts, no internet-connected service or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security or uninterrupted availability of the Services.

In the event of a security incident involving personal information, we will investigate the matter and provide notifications required by applicable law.

Users are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of their passwords and account credentials and for promptly notifying us of any suspected unauthorized access.

10. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your personal information
• Obtain a portable copy of your data
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Object to or restrict certain processing activities
• Appeal certain privacy decisions where required by law

To exercise these rights, contact us using the information at the end of this Privacy Policy. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

11. DATA RETENTION

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to:

• Provide the Services
• Maintain your account
• Fulfill legal and contractual obligations
• Resolve disputes
• Enforce our agreements
• Protect the safety and integrity of our community

Inactive accounts may be reviewed or removed in accordance with our Terms of Service and community policies.

12. INTERNATIONAL USERS

If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries where privacy laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Where required, we will implement appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

13. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, legal requirements, or business practices.

If we make material changes, we will provide notice through the Services or by other appropriate means. The updated version will include a revised "Last Updated" date.

Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acknowledgment of the updated policy.

14. CONTACT US

The Women Before Me, LLC

Email: hello@thewomenbeforeme.org

Website: https://thewomenbeforeme.org

For privacy-related questions, requests, or concerns, please contact us using the information above.