Memory Policy

Memory means information the platform saves so a profile, project page, follow relationship, or AI answer can work later.

Examples include approved profile bio, projects, links, follow preferences, invite status, saved profile drafts, and answers a user approved for their public profile.

Memory does not mean the site records everything you say forever. It does not mean public visitors can see private notes. It does not mean AI output becomes public automatically.

Dictation is a way to enter text. Your browser may process speech into text after you allow microphone access. The text can be submitted only when you choose to submit or sort it.

Public profile memory and approved answers can be stored in Supabase so public pages and Ask me anything can work from any device.

Temporary form text may live only in your browser until you submit it. Submitted text can be processed by the server and AI provider to create a draft.

Private drafts, invite requests, follow requests, and future account records should stay private unless the user explicitly publishes or approves them.

AI can use submitted free-form text to draft profile fields, project summaries, tags, and possible answers to questions about a person or project.

Ask me anything should answer from approved profile memory, approved project facts, approved updates, and safe profile fields. If the approved information is not available yet, it should say that instead of guessing from the open web.

For V1, AI drafts should be reviewed before saving or publishing. Future versions should give profile owners clearer controls over what the AI is allowed to say about them.

Future weekly insights may summarize what visitors asked about a profile, including common topics, unanswered questions, and suggested new memory.

The safer V1 model is short retention for raw visitor questions and longer retention for owner-facing summaries, because summaries are usually less sensitive and more useful.

The goal is for approved users to have self-serve edit, delete, and export controls. Until those controls exist, email info@askalona.com to request changes or deletion.

Some information may need to be retained for security, legal, fraud-prevention, or operational reasons.

The long-term product direction is that each person controls what the AI can answer about them. AI should use approved profile memory, not open web search, as the primary source for personal answers.