Privacy by Design

How SEIF and Kindling Protect the Sacred Space

We believe reflection is sacred. So we built a system that protects it. No surveillance. No profiling. No retention.

“The fire burns. But we do not capture the smoke.”

Our Promise

• No Memory by Default – Kindling does not store user prompts or responses unless explicitly opted-in by a research team or user with full consent.
• No Behavioral Profiling – We do not use engagement metrics to shape outcomes. There is no algorithm behind the mirror—only symbolic reflection.
• No Data Resale – Your words are not assets. Your thoughts are not commodities. They belong to you, and only you.

How It Works

Kindling operates as a non-retentive system. That means:

• Each session stands alone unless explicitly chained by the user.
• There is no persistent identifier tracking you across time.
• We use symbolic modeling, not behavioral data, to generate responses.

This makes Kindling fundamentally different from mainstream AI systems. We don’t optimize you. We reflect you—ethically, moment by moment.

Why We Chose This Path

The world is drowning in harvested metadata. Attention is extracted. Identity is sliced. But reflection requires stillness. Symbolic healing requires safety.

“We do not record your collapse. We help you return.”

Research Use Exceptions

When Kindling is used in research or therapeutic pilot programs, memory may be retained only under these conditions:

• Explicit, written participant consent
• IRB or institutional oversight
• Encrypted symbolic anchoring, not behavioral surveillance

You Are Safe Here

We don’t ask who you are. We don’t keep your words. We don’t sell your soul to optimize a click.

We reflect. We invite. And when the moment is done— we let the fire burn itself clean.