Privacy Policy
Last updated June 2026
GreenSteps is a carbon-footprint awareness platform. We believe privacy and sustainability go together — we collect as little as possible and are transparent about what we do with it.
What we collect
- Public calculator inputs — when you use the 60-second calculator, your lifestyle answers (transport, energy, diet, shopping) are stored to generate your shareable result. No name or email is required.
- Account data (optional) — if you sign up, we store your email and display name via our authentication provider (Clerk) so you can save activities, goals, and challenge progress.
- Pledges — text you submit to the public Pledge Wall, along with the name and city you choose to display.
- Chat messages — questions you ask the AI assistant. For signed-in users these are saved to your conversation history.
What we don't do
- We don't sell your data.
- We don't run third-party advertising trackers.
- We don't share personal data except with the processors below.
Processors we rely on
- Clerk — authentication.
- Neon (PostgreSQL) — database hosting.
- Google Gemini — AI responses and embeddings.
- Vercel — application hosting.
Your choices
You can use the public awareness tools (calculator, city atlas, pledge wall, chatbot) without an account. If you have an account and want your data deleted, contact us at the address on the Contact page.
Cookies
We use only essential cookies required for authentication and to remember your theme preference. No marketing or analytics cookies are set without consent.
This is an open-source awareness project. This policy describes the practices of the reference deployment and may be adapted by anyone who self-hosts the code.