Published operational policy. This page describes how Y Network is currently designed to handle information. It is not a statement that qualified legal counsel has reviewed or approved the policy.

Privacy Policy

Effective August 26, 2026

Who we are

Y Network is an early-stage, founder-led, member-gated connection, learning, and participation network for people exploring intentional ways of living. It is not currently presented as a registered nonprofit, residential community, broker, landlord, employer, or professional-advice service.

Information Y receives

Depending on how you use Y, the platform may receive your account name and email, authentication information handled by the platform's sign-in system, optional profile or listing information, uploaded images or files, private contact-request messages, contact/feedback messages, and reports submitted for moderation.

Do not submit passwords, government identification, medical records, children's private information, or other sensitive documents unless a specific Y process clearly requires them. Current report and contact forms do not require those documents.

Member-visible profiles and contributions

A Y account does not automatically create a public profile. If you choose to submit a profile, community or project, need or offer, or resource, the information you intentionally place in that contribution may become visible to other approved members after review. Exact residential addresses are not intended for public display. Contact emails attached to listings are used to route private contact requests rather than being shown openly.

Contact requests

Signed-in members can send private contact requests about eligible listings. Y stores the sender's account identity, reply email, message, the listing involved, and delivery status so the request can be delivered and, when necessary, followed up by an administrator. These records are not published in the directory.

Reports, moderation, and appeals

Reports are private moderation records. They may include the reported item, reason, supporting text or URLs, reporter identity, status, assignment, administrator notes, and resolution information. Authorized administrators may review these records to investigate concerns and document actions.

Moderation appeals are submitted through the private appeals pathway and Contact form. Appeals are stored with the contact workflow and may be connected to the underlying moderation record.

Administrator access and editing

Authorized administrators can access information needed to run the platform, review contributions, respond to contact messages, and handle reports. Administrators may correct administrative or safety-related fields, restrict or remove content, or return a contribution for revision. They should not silently rewrite a member's identity, beliefs, biography, opinions, or substantive contribution merely to make it preferable to the administrator. See Founder & Stewardship for the current boundary.

Data retention

Routine contact and feedback messages: scheduled for deletion 12 months after submission.
Moderation appeals and account/privacy requests: scheduled for deletion 24 months after submission.
Private listing contact requests: scheduled for deletion 12 months after submission.
Reports and safety/moderation records: scheduled for deletion 24 months after submission; when a report is formally closed, its retention date may be reset to 24 months after closure so the completed record remains available for accountability.

A retention date is stored with new records so these periods can be enforced. Records may need to be preserved longer when reasonably necessary for an active safety issue, fraud or abuse prevention, legal obligation, dispute, or protection of the network. Y should periodically review and delete records whose retention purpose has ended.

Analytics, cookies, and local storage

Y Network does not currently configure a third-party advertising or behavioral-analytics provider in the application code. Y therefore does not intentionally set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

The hosting, authentication, and security services used to operate the application may use essential cookies, tokens, or browser storage for sign-in, sessions, fraud prevention, security, and basic platform operation. Google sign-in, when used, is also subject to Google's own privacy practices. If Y later adds an analytics provider or non-essential tracking, this policy should be updated before that change is treated as part of normal operation.

Third-party links and services

Y may link to external websites, resources, meeting tools, or communication services. Those services control their own privacy practices. A Y link is not an endorsement of a third party's privacy, safety, or accuracy.

Spiritual orientation and family-related information

A community may optionally describe its spiritual orientation. Y does not use spiritual identity as an eligibility, ranking, recommendation, or matching filter. A family-related field, where present, is treated only as a contributor's statement that families are welcome; it is not a child-safety certification or background check and is not used as a matching filter at this stage.

Your choices and requests

Members can edit or remove their own contributions through Y's account tools, subject to moderation workflows. You may request account deletion or contact Y about access, correction, privacy, or a moderation appeal through the Contact page. Deleting an account does not necessarily erase a moderation record immediately when Y still has a legitimate safety, dispute, or legal reason to retain it within the periods described above.

Children

Y accounts and public-profile ownership are intended for adults age 18 and older. Adults should not post children's full names, schools, schedules, exact locations, medical information, private identifying details, or other information that could put a child at risk.

Changes to this policy

Y may update this policy as the network, technology, or legal obligations change. Material operational changes should be reflected here rather than being applied through an undisclosed practice. The effective date above identifies the current published version.

Questions

For a privacy, account, correction, or policy question, use the Contact form. The form is not monitored continuously and is not an emergency service.