Privacy Policy

Effective November 11, 2026

BeginFrom.com ("we", "us") is a small, invite-only website for friends and family. It is free and has no advertising. This policy covers what we collect and what we do with it.

What we collect

Account information: your username, email address, mobile phone number and password. The password is stored only as a salted hash. We also record who invited you.
Content you add: photos, videos, files, messages to other users, and your conversations with the AI assistant.
Text message consent: whether you opted in to text notifications, plus when and how you did. We also keep delivery records for the messages we send you.
Technical data: IP address, browser type and request times in server logs, plus one cookie that keeps you signed in. We use no analytics or advertising trackers.

How we use it

To run the site: signing you in, storing your content, and showing it to you and to the people you share it with.
To send the emails and texts you asked for: verification codes, and notifications if you turned them on.
To keep the site secure, for example by limiting repeated sign-in attempts.

We do not sell your information, use it for advertising, or send you marketing.

Mobile information

No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties. Your phone number is used only to send the BeginFrom.com messages described in our Terms.

Service providers

We use the following companies to operate the site. They handle your data only to provide their service to us:

DigitalOcean: hosts the server where all site data is stored.
Amazon Web Services: sends our email.
Twilio: sends our text messages.

The AI assistant runs on computers that we operate ourselves. Your conversations with it, and the files it looks at, are not sent to any outside AI company.

Apart from these providers, we share your information only with other users, when you choose to share something, or when the law requires it.

Who can see your content

You can see your content, and so can anyone you share it with. As the site's administrator, the operator has technical access to the server, but will look at your content only to fix a problem or when legally required.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your information for as long as you have an account. To delete your account, email support@beginfrom.com. We will delete your account and content within 30 days.

Age requirement

BeginFrom.com is only for people 18 and older, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger.

Security

The site is served only over HTTPS and passwords are stored as hashes. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a password that you don't use on any other site.

Changes

If we change this policy, we will post the new version here and update the date above. We will also email you about any significant change.

Contact

support@beginfrom.com