Salt & Sovereignty
Privacy Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
This policy explains what information the Salt & Sovereignty website (saltandsovereignty.com) and the Salt & Sovereignty app for iPhone, iPad and Android collect, why, and the choices you have. Salt & Sovereignty is run by Ashley P. Questions are always welcome at ashley.p@saltandsovereignty.com.
The short version
Your practice is yours. We keep what you write so it can follow you between the website and the app. We do not sell your information, show you ads, or use advertising trackers.
Using it without an account
You can use much of Salt & Sovereignty as a guest. Guest altars, grimoire pages, rituals and settings are kept only on your device or in your browser and are never sent to us. Clearing your browser data or deleting the app removes them.
Information you give us
- Your account. Your email address and a password (stored only in protected, scrambled form), or the identity Google or Apple shares when you choose “Continue with Google” or “Sign in with Apple”. If you use Sign in with Apple, you can choose to hide your email; Apple may share your name the first time you sign in.
- Your profile and settings. Optional details such as a preferred name, magical name and pronouns, and how you like the Sanctuary, Living Library and altar to look.
- Your practice. What you create while signed in: Book of Shadows pages, My Practice notes in the Living Library, altars and the objects on them, your own cabinet items and apothecary workings (including any photos you choose for them), rituals you plan or record, and journal entries. These are saved to your account so they sync between devices.
- Community offerings. Anything you submit to the Community Grimoire, Field Notes, and messages with us about a submission. Offerings are reviewed before anything is published. If you publish under a name, that name appears with it; if you choose Anonymous, we will not intentionally publish identifying information. The Submission Terms explain how published work is used.
- Emails you send us, including reports about community posts.
Information collected automatically
- Website visits. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits and see which pages are read. It does not use cookies or build a profile of you.
- App updates. The app checks Expo's update service for improvements, which receives basic technical details such as the app version and device platform.
- Service logs. Our hosting and database providers keep short-lived technical logs (such as IP addresses and error messages) to keep the service secure and working.
On your device, with your permission
- Calendar. If you allow it, the app adds your planned rituals, moon phases and sabbats to a calendar on your device. We don't read your other events, and calendar contents are not sent to us.
- Notifications. Moon and ritual reminders are scheduled on your device.
- Location. If you choose to share your location, or type it in, the app uses it to work out sunrise, sunset, moonrise and planetary hours where you are. It is rounded to about a kilometre, kept only on your device, and never sent to us or anyone else. You can forget it at any time on the Sky screen.
- Photos. When you add a picture for your own altar item or apothecary working, the app reads only the photo you choose. Signed in, it is stored with your account so it appears on the website too; as a guest it stays on your device.
- Files. Backups you make are saved where you choose, and restores read only the file you pick.
How we use it
To run your account and keep your practice in sync; to review, publish and reply to community offerings; to answer you when you write to us; to keep the service secure; and to understand, in aggregate, which parts of Salt & Sovereignty are useful. We do not sell or rent your information, and we do not use it for advertising.
Who helps us run it
We rely on a few service providers, who handle information only to provide their service to us: Supabase (accounts and database), Netlify and Cloudflare (website hosting, delivery and analytics), Expo (app builds and updates), Google and Apple (only if you choose to sign in with them), and Apple's App Store and Google Play (app distribution and purchases). The website also loads fonts from Google Fonts and the podcast player from RSS.com, which receive your browser's request when those parts of a page load.
We may share information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of people using Salt & Sovereignty.
Keeping and deleting your information
We keep your account information until you delete your account. You can delete it yourself in the app (More → Account) or ask us to delete it (see Delete your account). Deleting your account removes your account, settings, practice, private drafts and unpublished submissions. Work that was already published in the Community Grimoire stays only in anonymized form, with your name and account removed, as described in the Submission Terms.
You can download a backup of your Sanctuary at any time from the app or website.
Your choices and rights
You can view and change your information in the app or on the website, download a backup, and delete your account. Depending on where you live, you may have further rights, such as asking for a copy of your data or asking us to correct or delete it. Email ashley.p@saltandsovereignty.com and we'll respond within 30 days.
Security
Information travels over encrypted connections, and the database only lets each person reach their own private information. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.
Children
Salt & Sovereignty is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, please contact us and we'll delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above, and for significant changes we'll let you know in the app or on the website.