Privacy
Private beta ยท last updated 2026-06-15
This is a working draft of what Expressive does with your data during private beta. A full legal policy will replace this page before public launch.
Your genetic data
- Encrypted at rest with a key derived from your wallet signature. We never see the key in plaintext on the server side.
- Stored in a HIPAA-isolated database, separate from your account profile.
- The raw file you upload is parsed, then discarded immediately. Only the extracted variants are kept.
- Never sold, never shared with third parties, never used to train models we don't run.
Account data
- Email, password hash (Argon2id), wallet address, and basic profile fields you fill in (height, weight, etc.) are stored with PII-grade encryption.
- Used only for sign-in, generating your reports, and contacting you about your account.
Analytics & cookies
- Session JWT for sign-in. Stored in localStorage, not a cookie. Cleared when you sign out or delete your account.
- Google Analytics 4 + Google Tag Manager load on public pages (landing, about, /snp/, /gene/) and throughout the app once you sign in. We use them to understand which pages get read and how new visitors arrive , not to build advertising profiles. Google sets its own first-party cookies (_ga, _ga_*) for visitor identification; you can block them in your browser with no loss of functionality.
- No third-party advertising cookies. No Facebook pixel, no Twitter conversion tracker, no programmatic ad partners.
- IP addresses appear in transient nginx and Cloudflare logs (standard for any web server). They don't get joined to your account record.
- Consent banner status: not currently shown. We're operating under the legitimate-interest basis while in private beta with a small invited audience; a full consent flow lands before public launch. EU/UK visitors who prefer to opt out today can do so via browser-level Do Not Track or by blocking the GA4 loader.
Email & mailing list
- Transactional email (verification, password reset, report- ready notifications) goes through Resend. Resend logs delivery success/failure for spam-prevention purposes; we keep the same record in our own database and never share your address with anyone outside of Resend's processing.
- The mailing-list opt-in on the bottom of public pages is separate from your account email. You can unsubscribe with one click from any newsletter we send.
- We don't auto-subscribe you to anything when you create an account.
Deletion
You can delete your account from /app/settings. Deletion is immediate and removes both your account row and every derived report. There's no recovery window , if you change your mind, you have to re-upload and re-generate.
Contact
Questions, corrections, or data requests: contact@expressive.fit.
Stay in the loop
Policy changes go out here first , plus any major updates to how we handle your data. Same address as the research newsletter; one-click unsubscribe in every email.
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