Privacy Policy — Thonest

Thonest is operated by Flocksy LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and who processes it. Thonest is a public registry of public statements; most of what it holds is, by design, public.

1. Information we collect

Account information. Name, email address, handle, and a password (stored only as a cryptographic hash — we never store or see the password itself).

Submissions. URLs, statements, and related content you submit to the registry, together with the account that submitted them.

Public records. Statements made publicly by named people, with their source, dates, verification status, and outcome. These concern public figures and public statements, are published in the public interest, and form the registry itself.

Technical data. IP addresses and request metadata in server logs, used for security and rate limiting. We do not run advertising trackers and we do not sell personal data.

Local storage. A session token is stored in your browser to keep you signed in. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

2. How we use information

To operate the registry: verifying submissions against their sources, creating and displaying records, resolving locked tests, sending account emails (such as password resets), preventing abuse, and improving the Service.

3. Artificial intelligence

Thonest uses third-party AI models to read submitted sources, extract candidate statements, transcribe audio and video, propose resolution tests, and check quotes against sources. Content you submit — including URLs and the text or media they contain — may be processed by AI providers including Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), and OpenAI, under their respective data terms. AI output is machine-checked against sources before anything is published; no record is published solely on an AI’s authority.

4. Service providers

We use third parties to run the Service: Vercel (hosting), Prisma (database), Postmark (transactional email), the Internet Archive (independent archival of sources), and the AI providers listed above. Each receives only what it needs to perform its function.

5. Blockchain anchoring

Cryptographic fingerprints (hashes) of records are published to the Base public blockchain. No personal information, names, or statement text is written to the blockchain — only fingerprints that allow anyone to verify a record has not been altered. Blockchain entries are permanent and outside anyone’s control, including ours.

6. Permanence and your rights

The registry is append-only: published records are corrected by appending public correction events, not by editing or deleting. If a record about you is inaccurate, use the dispute process — corrections are public and fast. For account data (your email, name, and credentials), you may request access, correction, or deletion at any time by emailing support@thonest.com. Deleting an account does not remove public records of public statements, which remain in the registry with their provenance.

7. Legal bases and regional rights

Where GDPR or similar laws apply, we process account data to perform our contract with you, and public records under legitimate interest in maintaining an accurate public record of public statements, and journalistic/archival purposes in the public interest. Where such laws apply, you may have rights to access, rectify, port, restrict, or object; contact us to exercise them. California residents: we do not sell or share personal information as defined by the CCPA/CPRA.

8. Retention and security

Account data is kept while your account exists. Registry records are kept indefinitely — permanence is the product. Passwords are hashed with a memory-hard algorithm; access to production systems is restricted; transport is encrypted.

9. Children

The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

10. Changes and contact

Material changes will be posted here with a new effective date. Questions: support@thonest.com · Flocksy LLC, d/b/a Thonest.