Built for trust

Every piece of sensitive data — journal entries, check-ins, conversations, craving logs — is encrypted before it is stored. This is the same encryption standard used by banks and governments. Even if someone gained access to the database, your data would be unreadable without the encryption key.

When PathClear uses AI to generate insights, reflections, or risk predictions, your personal identifiers are stripped first. Names, locations, and other identifying information are removed before any data reaches the AI model. The AI never knows who you are.

You are in control. During onboarding and at any time in Settings, you can toggle data processing and AI analysis on or off. If you turn them off, we stop processing immediately — no exceptions. Every AI-powered route checks your consent before doing anything.

Want to leave? Delete your account and every piece of data is permanently removed from our servers — check-ins, journals, conversations, activities, everything. No hidden archives, no retention tricks. Your data is yours, and you can take it all with you or erase it completely.

Request a complete export of all your data at any time. You will receive a structured file containing everything PathClear knows about you. This is your data — you should always be able to access it, regardless of whether you continue using the app.

Data does not live forever on our servers. Configurable retention policies automatically clean up old records — check-ins after 1 year, conversations after 6 months, dismissed alerts after 90 days. This minimizes the data footprint and reduces risk.