Privacy Policy
Effective date: [EFFECTIVE DATE]
App: Havara (havara.app)
Provider: [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] ("we", "us", "our")
Havara is a private community platform for homeowner / residential communities
("Communities"). This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it
with, and the choices you have. Questions: support@havara.app.
1. Who controls your data
Each Community (typically its HOA, board, or management company) decides who may
join and what is posted. For most member data, the Community is the controller
and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] is the processor acting on its behalf; we are the
controller for account-level and device data we need to run the service. If you
have a request about Community content, contact your Community's administrators;
for everything else contact us at support@havara.app.
2. Information we collect
You provide:
- Account & profile — name, email address, phone number (optional), profile
initials/avatar, and an optional short "About" line you choose to share with
your neighbours.
- Community membership — the Community you join, your unit/address within it
as recorded by the Community, and your role (resident, board, admin).
- Content you post — chat messages, direct messages, board notices, event
RSVPs, amenity bookings, reactions, and any photos or documents you upload.
Collected automatically:
- Device push token — an anonymous Expo/Apple identifier for your most
recent device, used solely to deliver notifications. It is not your phone
number and cannot be used to message you outside the app.
- Usage & diagnostics — basic, content-free product events (e.g., that a
message was sent) and crash/error reports to keep the app working. These do
not include the content of your messages.
We do not collect precise location, contacts, or biometric data, and we do
not use third-party advertising trackers.
3. How we use information
- Operate core features: communities, chat and direct messages, board notices,
events, amenities, and document sharing.
- Answer questions you ask the AI "Ask" feature using your Community's own
documents. Retrieval is permission-filtered first: the AI can only read
document content your membership already lets you see, and your questions
and the generated answers are stored with your Community's records. See
§4 for the AI providers involved.
- Deliver push notifications you've enabled (new messages, DMs, notices).
- Authenticate you and keep your account secure.
- Diagnose crashes and improve reliability and usability.
- Comply with law and enforce our Terms of Service.
We rely on these legal bases where applicable: performance of our agreement with
you, your consent (e.g., notifications), and our legitimate interests in
operating and securing the service.
4. How information is shared
- Within your Community — content you post is visible to the audience you
post it to (a community channel, a group, a direct message, or the board).
Access is enforced by per-row database security so members only see what their
Community membership permits.
- Service providers (processors) we use to run Havara:
- Supabase — database, authentication, file storage, and serverless
functions (data hosting). [Supabase hosting region / sub-processor: [REGION]]
- Expo (Expo Application Services) — delivery of push notifications via
Apple Push Notification service and, on Android, Firebase Cloud Messaging.
- Apple — App Store distribution and push delivery.
- OpenAI — when your Community's documents are indexed for the "Ask"
feature, document text is sent to OpenAI to generate search embeddings.
OpenAI processes this content as our processor and does not use it to
train its models under our API terms.
- Anthropic — when you ask a question in the "Ask" tab, your question
and short excerpts of your Community's documents that you are already
permitted to see are sent to Anthropic to generate the answer. Anthropic
processes this content as our processor and does not use it to train its
models under our API terms.
- [Sentry / analytics provider, if enabled] — crash and diagnostics
reporting. Remove this line if not used at launch.
- Legal — when required by law, or to protect rights, safety, or the
integrity of the service.
- We do not sell your personal information.
5. Data retention
We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to
provide the service. Community content may persist for the Community's records
even after you leave, subject to the Community's own practices. Specifically:
messages you delete are hidden from all members but retained in the Community's
records (this supports moderation review and the integrity of past
conversations); messages hidden by a moderator are likewise retained. When you
delete your account, your profile and personal records are removed and content
you authored is de-identified (it remains in its threads with no link to you)
— this happens immediately; residual copies in backups expire within [N] days.
Except where we must retain information to comply with law.
6. Your choices and rights
- Notifications — turn push on/off anytime in your device settings.
- Profile — edit your name, phone, and avatar in the app.
- Access / correction / deletion — email support@havara.app to request a copy
of your data, a correction, or deletion of your account. Depending on where
you live (e.g., California/CCPA, EEA/UK GDPR), you may have additional rights,
including to object to or restrict certain processing and to lodge a complaint
with a supervisory authority.
7. Security
Access to data is restricted by row-level security and least-privilege service
credentials; transport is encrypted (HTTPS/TLS). No system is perfectly secure,
but we work to protect your information and to limit who can see it.
8. Children
Havara is intended for residents [18+ / 13+ — confirm]. It is not directed to
children under [13], and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
9. International users
Your information may be processed in [COUNTRY/REGION] where we and our providers
operate. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for cross-border
transfers.
10. Changes
We may update this policy; we'll revise the "Effective date" above and, for
material changes, notify you in the app or by email.
11. Contact
[LEGAL ENTITY NAME], [MAILING ADDRESS]
Email: support@havara.app