What is kept, and where¶

In short. Almost everything stays with you: in your browser, or in files on your computer. A few things reach our server, and they are all listed here.

In your browser¶

Kept in this browser only. Another browser or computer doesn't see it, and clearing the browser's site data removes it.

what	which desk
your drafts, one per text, with their readings and notes	Words
your saves and gems, exactly as written	Words
your list of traces and their results	Record
your signing key (the private half can't be read out, even by the page)	both
small settings: drawer widths, whether the eye is open, where Save goes	both
which file on your computer Save writes over (the browser's pointer to it, never its contents)	Words
the Google Drive folder and the two Drive files Save writes over (their IDs, never their contents)	Words
Google's one-hour sign-in for Drive, in that tab only; gone when the tab closes	Words

On your computer¶

Only the files you choose to save: traces (Record), saves and gems (Words). They are yours. Desk can open them again.

In your Google Drive¶

Only if you choose Drive on Words: your save (.json) and your draft (.md), in the folder you choose. Your browser writes them to Google directly; Habitat's server never sees them. Desk can see only the files it makes in your Drive, nothing else there.

Sent to the server, and not kept¶

Nothing below leaves your browser before you log in to Desk, except your browser's DID when Record checks it.

what	when
a paragraph's text	when you read it on Words; the server reads it, answers, and keeps nothing
your search words, and the positions of your recent reads (never their words)	when you search a text in the drawer
your browser's DID	when Desk checks whether your browser's key belongs to a member

Sent to the server, and kept¶

what	when	who can see it
a remark, your name and DID, where in the paragraph it was made, a fingerprint (SHA-256) of the words it was made on (never the words), and the server's reading of the remark (its positions, not more words)	when you post in a room	the room's writer and the members they invited
your paragraphs as they stand, shared with your room	when you click Invite	you and the members who joined with your link, until you remove them or end the share; an ended share is kept, sealed, and never served again
who joined your share, whom you removed, and whom you let back in	when a member opens your link; when you remove one or let one back in	you
the room's list of who may post	when the writer sets it	the room's writer and the members they invited
a gem: the shape of your reading, signed, with no words	when you give it to a room's Gem-Space	names and DIDs to the room's members; totals to anyone
your membership grant and the DIDs bound to it	when the Foundation grants membership	used to check signatures
an older Desk identity's ID and key, once	when a member's browser links its earlier Desk identity	used to keep earlier remarks yours

Sent to us by form¶

what	when
your name, an email if you give one, and your browser's DID	when you request membership
your email and message	when you use "Contact us" on the password page
your email and the kit you asked for, with a record of the link sent	when you request a kit

These arrive with us, and we answer by hand.

Page views¶

habitat.ooo and these pages count page views with their own analytics on our web host: country, region and city as the host estimates them, and the page. No cookies, no third-party tracker, and never the IP address.

Never sent¶

The files you check on Record. Your notes. Your draft, apart from each paragraph you read (which is read and not kept) and the paragraphs you share by inviting. The contents of your saves and gems, unless you hand them to someone yourself.

Good to know. Habitat serves no one's words except by the writer's own act, and only to the people that act names. A room's link opens it only for members, and the writer can remove a reader at any time. Remarks are kept for good: there is no delete in a room. That is deliberate, and it is why the words your remark is on are shown to you before you post.