Privacy policy

What Corkboard keeps about you, why, and how to get it or delete it. Last updated 13 November 2026.

Who runs Corkboard

Corkboard is run by the Corkboard team in Ireland, who is the "data controller" for your information. Questions or requests: use Settings › Your reports to contact the Corkboard team.

What we keep, and why

• Your account: first and last name, username, email and password. The password is stored scrambled (hashed), so nobody can read it. Your email is used for password resets and alerts you turn on, and is never shown to anyone.
• What you share: photos, captions, comments, stories, postcards, guestbook notes, profile details and who you follow. Location data hidden inside photos is removed when you upload them.
• Messages: kept so you and the people you talk to can see them. Nobody else reads them. The only exception is a message someone reports to us, which the Corkboard team checks.
• Security records: when you sign in, we note the IP address, browser and rough location (from the IP address). This is used to warn you about new devices and to stop password guessing and abuse. It's kept for 180 days.
• Settings and preferences: theme, notification choices and similar.

The legal reason for using this information is to provide the service you signed up for (contract), and to keep Corkboard safe (legitimate interest). Phone notifications are only sent if you switch them on (consent).

What we don't do

• No ads, and no selling or renting your information to anyone.
• No tracking you around other websites.

Who else handles it

• Our server host stores everything (Akamai/Linode, in the EU or US).
• Email delivery, for password resets and alerts you turn on.
• Phone notification services (Google, Apple, Mozilla) deliver notifications if you switch them on. They only receive a short notice, never your photos.
• An IP-location service (ip-api.com) is asked roughly where a sign-in came from, for security checks.

Cookies

One cookie keeps you signed in. Your look and feel choices (theme, corners, feed style) are saved in your own browser. No advertising or analytics cookies.

How long we keep it

Everything is kept while you have an account. When you delete your account, it is hidden straight away and erased for good after 30 days. Signing back in during that time cancels the delete. Backups roll over within 14 days after that.

Your rights

• Get a copy: Settings › Your data › Download your data.
• Fix it: edit your profile and posts at any time.
• Delete it: Settings › Your data › Delete your account.
• Object, restrict or ask a question: contact us as above. We reply within one month.
• Complain: you can complain to Ireland's Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.

Age

You must be 16 or older to use Corkboard. If we learn an account belongs to someone younger, we delete it.