Privacy Policy
Last updated: 19 May 2026
We keep this short and in plain language, on purpose. If anything below doesn’t make sense, please tell us — that’s our problem, not yours.
The short version
YourHerd keeps the smallest amount of your information that lets the app work — your email and your handle, your profile, your messages — and a bit more (for about 30 days) so we can look into things if someone is being harmful. Direct messages between two people stay for both of you, until you delete the conversation. We don’t sell anything to anyone, we don’t use your data for advertising, and there are no ads.
If you have questions about your data, write to Davin at privacy@yourherd.net.
Who runs YourHerd
YourHerd is run by James Davin Dillon, an individual in Ohio, USA. There is no team and there are no investors — one person trying to make a kinder place to talk.
What we collect, and why
When you sign up
- Your email address — so you can log in and so we can confirm it’s really you.
- A handle you choose — your public display name. Fictional handles are encouraged.
- Your date of birth — so we can confirm you’re 18 or older. YourHerd is for adults.
Your password
Stored only in a hashed (one-way scrambled) form. Not even we can read it. If you forget it, we can send a reset link to your email.
Your profile
The interest “bubbles” you choose to make public, the ones you keep private (used to help match you with similar people but never shown on your profile), and any custom interests you add. You can change or empty any of these at any time.
Your optional location
You can enter a city and/or state. You decide whether it’s shown on your profile or kept private for nearby matching only. Leaving it blank is completely fine.
Your messages
Messages you post in a room, and messages you send in a one-to-one conversation. See “How long we keep things” below — room messages and direct messages are not the same.
Your reports and the controls you set
When you report someone, we keep the report (privately, so we can act on it). When you mute, block, or hard-block someone, we keep that choice — and the other person is never told.
How long we keep things
Messages in rooms
A room only shows you about the last hour of conversation — anything older fades from view. We keep the underlying messages for 30 days in case we need to look into a slow pattern of harm, and then they are deleted. If a message has been reported, we keep it past 30 days until the report is resolved.
Direct messages between two people
These persist — they belong to the two of you. You can clear a conversation from your own view at any time, from the conversation page; the other person still has their copy, and if either of you sends a new message later, the conversation comes back for both. To erase a conversation for both people permanently, delete your account (which removes all your conversations and the messages in them).
Your account
Until you ask us to delete it. When you delete your account, your account information and your messages are removed. We may keep a minimal record (an account identifier) if it is needed to enforce a ban.
Reports
Kept while a report is open. After it’s resolved, we keep a record of what happened in case a pattern emerges later.
How we use your information
Mostly: to run the app. To show your messages to the people in your room. To send you the verification email when you sign up, and a password reset email if you ask for one. To confirm that you’re 18 or older. To act on reports when someone tells us something felt off.
We do not sell your data. We do not share it for advertising.
Who else sees your information
Running an app means involving a few other services. Each one sees only what it needs to do its narrow job:
- The host (Render). Stores YourHerd’s database — including your account and your messages — on its servers. Bound by its own privacy commitments.
- The voice service (Cloudflare RealtimeKit). When you join a voice session or a one-to-one voice call, your audio passes through Cloudflare’s network. Voice is live only — nothing is recorded by us or on our behalf.
- The email service. Sends the verification, password-reset, and any other transactional emails — it sees your email address.
- Cloudflare may sit in front of yourherd.net for DNS, TLS, and basic protection.
We don’t share your data with anyone else, and we won’t sell it.
What you can do
- See your own data. Most of it is in your profile and your message history. For anything else, ask us.
- Change or delete your profile information at any time, from your profile page.
- Delete your account from your profile page. This removes your account information and your messages, including any one-to-one conversations you were in.
- Block, mute, or hard-block anyone, with no notice to them.
- Report a message or a person — gently framed, always anonymous to the person you reported.
Security
YourHerd uses HTTPS for everything. Passwords are stored hashed. We never see your password in plain text. We try to keep things safe, but no service can promise perfect security — if you become aware of something concerning, please tell us.
18 and older only
YourHerd is for adults. We collect your birthdate at signup to enforce this. If we learn that someone under 18 has an account, we will remove it.
Changes to this policy
If we change something important about how we handle your data, we will send you an email and post the new version with the date of the change.
Contact
For anything privacy-related, write to privacy@yourherd.net.
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