Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 28, 2026 Last updated: July 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Tea, Myself & I ("we," "us," "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use our app, website, and SMS service (collectively, the "Service").

If you do not agree with this policy, do not use the Service.

1. Who we are

Tea, Myself & I is a private AI companion app for adult women. You interact with an AI persona (the "bestie") through a web app, and optionally by text message sent to and from a text-messaging number. The Service is for users 18 and older. We also operate AstroTea, a service under Tea, Myself & I that provides daily AI-generated astrology readings, journaling prompts, and chat with an AI astrologer persona, through the app and optionally by SMS.

Contact: privacy@teamyselfandi.com

2. Information we collect

We collect only what we need to operate the Service.

Information you provide:

• Mobile phone number (used as your account identifier and for SMS delivery)
• Onboarding answers: first name or chosen name, age range, relationship status, the "what's loudest in your life" free-text response, your bestie selection, and any custom name you give your bestie
• Birth information you provide for AstroTea: birth date, birth time (optional), and birth place, used to generate your astrological chart and daily readings
• Journaling entries and replies you send in response to AstroTea prompts
• Conversation content: every message you send to your bestie inside the app or by SMS, and every reply she sends back
• Screenshots and images you upload to the Read, Pre-Date Prep, and Post-Date Debrief features
• AI consent confirmation (the screen acknowledging your conversations are processed by a third-party AI provider)
• Payment information collected by Stripe (we do not store full card numbers)

Information collected automatically:

• Basic device and browser information (type, operating system, language)
• Approximate location derived from your IP address, used to set your local time zone
• Usage data: message counts, feature usage, login timestamps, errors
• Cookies and similar technologies for session management

Information we do not collect:

• We do not collect your contacts, photo library, microphone, or precise GPS location.
• We do not buy data about you from third parties.
• We do not run third-party advertising trackers inside the app.

3. How we use your information

We use the information above to:

• Create your account and verify your phone number via one-time passcode
• Provide the chat, SMS, Read, Pre-Date Prep, and Post-Date Debrief features
• Generate your astrological chart and produce daily AstroTea readings and journaling prompts
• Maintain conversation memory so your bestie can reference past conversations
• Process subscription payments and manage your billing through Stripe
• Send and receive SMS messages through Twilio
• Apply usage limits and prevent abuse
• Respond to support requests
• Comply with legal obligations
• Improve the Service (using aggregated, de-identified data only)

We do not use your conversations to train AI models. We do not sell your personal information.

4. How AI processing works

When you send a message, the content of your message and a rolling summary of your recent conversation history are sent to Anthropic, our AI provider, so that Claude can generate a reply. Anthropic processes this data on our behalf as a subprocessor under their commercial terms.

Per Anthropic's commercial API terms, your conversations are not used to train Anthropic's models. You can read Anthropic's privacy commitments at https://www.anthropic.com/legal.

If you use the Read feature, the image you upload is also sent to Anthropic's vision API for analysis.

By using the Service, you consent to this AI processing. You confirmed this consent during onboarding.

5. How we share information

We share information only as needed to run the Service:

• Anthropic — receives your message content and conversation summary to generate AI replies, and images you upload to the Read feature
• Twilio — handles phone number verification (one-time passcodes) and sends and receives SMS messages for the Service
• Stripe — processes payments and manages your subscription
• Replit — hosts our application infrastructure and database
• Resend — sends transactional and account-related email on our behalf

We may also disclose information if required by law (subpoena, court order, valid legal request) or to protect the rights, safety, or property of users, the public, or us. We do not sell your personal information to anyone.

6. Data retention

We retain your information for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we delete your personal information and conversation content within 30 days, except where we are required to retain limited records for tax, accounting, fraud prevention, or other legal obligations.

You can request export or deletion of your data at any time by emailing privacy@teamyselfandi.com.

7. Security

We use industry-standard safeguards including encryption in transit (HTTPS/TLS), encryption at rest provided by our hosting infrastructure, restricted access to production systems, and regular security review. No system is perfectly secure. You are responsible for keeping your phone and SMS access protected, since SMS messages on your phone are outside our control once delivered.

8. Your choices and rights

You can:

• Update your account information from the Settings screen
• Opt out of SMS at any time by replying STOP to any message from your bestie
• Turn text messaging on or off at any time in Settings (it is off by default)
• Export your conversation history from the Privacy section of Settings
• Delete your account from the Privacy section of Settings
• Email privacy@teamyselfandi.com for any of the above

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under your local privacy laws, including the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or the right to opt out of certain types of processing. Residents of California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other US states with comprehensive privacy laws can exercise these rights by emailing privacy@teamyselfandi.com. We will respond within the timeframe required by your local law.

We do not knowingly process the personal information of EU or UK residents. The Service is intended for use by adults in the United States.

9. Children

The Service is not intended for anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided information to us, email privacy@teamyselfandi.com and we will delete it.

10. SMS terms

The Service includes optional SMS messaging through a text-messaging number. Text messaging is off by default and is never required to use the Service. We send a one-time verification code by text when you request a sign-in code (a transactional message you asked for). Recurring text messages — such as conversational replies from your bestie and account or billing notifications — are sent only if you separately turn on text messaging from within your account after signing in. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies based on your usage. Reply STOP to opt out, HELP for help.

Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

Mobile information and SMS

We do not share, sell, or rent your mobile phone number or SMS opt-in data with third parties or affiliates for their marketing or promotional purposes. Mobile information collected for the SMS program — including your phone number and consent records — is used only to operate the messaging service (sending verification codes, conversational replies, and account notifications) and is shared only with the service providers that make the messaging work, such as our SMS carrier (Twilio). No mobile opt-in data is shared with any third parties for their own marketing. You can opt out of SMS at any time by replying STOP.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, notify you in-app or by email. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated policy.

12. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data:

privacy@teamyselfandi.com

For general support: support@teamyselfandi.com

Tea, Myself & I is a service of JZLAP, LLC.