Privacy
What Sighing stores, and how to take it back.
Sighing is meant to feel like a focused reading environment, not a data-hungry platform. This page describes what the Sighing website and the Sighing iPhone app actually collect, who it is shared with, and how to delete your Sighing account.
Last updated April 10, 2026
Who runs Sighing
Sighing is a small reading platform for serialized Christian fiction. Stories are published on the Sighing website and carried into the Sighing iPhone app. Both are operated by the Sighing team. Reader questions, takedown requests, and data requests can be sent to the contact address at the bottom of this page.
What you can do without an account
You can read every published chapter on the Sighing website and in the Sighing iPhone app without creating an account. When you read without an account, your reading place and any reflections you save are kept locally on the device you are using and do not leave it.
Why you might create an account
A Sighing account lets your reading progress, reflections, and bookmarks follow you across your devices. When you sign in on a second device, the same shelf, reflections, and last-open chapter appear there. Accounts are optional and free.
What information a Sighing account holds
When you create a Sighing account, we store your email address, a Sighing user identifier, the last chapter you opened, your chapter progress percentages, any reflections you save, any bookmarks you save, reviews you post on curated stories, comments you post on chapter pages, and any community stories you submit along with reviews or comments you write on other community stories. If you purchase anything on the website, a record of that purchase is kept alongside your account so the access you purchased is recognized when you sign in.
Who we share data with
Sighing uses a small number of operational services to run the site and the app. Clerk provides authentication and account management and receives your email and Sighing user identifier so we can sign you in. Stripe is used for payments on the website only and receives the transaction information needed to process and record purchases on the website. Cloudflare hosts the site and its data store and processes standard request data such as IP address, browser details, timestamps, and requested URLs so the site can be served reliably. These services process your data only to perform the function described here. The Sighing iPhone app does not offer in-app purchases in this version; any payment processing happens only on the website.
What the Sighing iPhone app itself uses
The Sighing iPhone app keeps your reading progress, reflections, and bookmarks on your device and, when you are signed in, syncs them with your Sighing account over HTTPS. The app stores your sign-in session in the iOS keychain so you stay signed in between launches. The app does not use third-party analytics SDKs, does not use advertising SDKs, and does not request access to your contacts, photos, camera, microphone, location, or health data.
Community content is public
Reviews you post on curated stories, comments you post on chapter pages, and any community stories, reviews, or comments you submit on the community shelf are visible to other Sighing readers. Treat anything you post through these community features as public. Moderators may remove community content that violates community guidelines. The moderation history of removed content is kept as an audit record; your identifying details are removed from that record if you delete your account.
How to delete your Sighing account
You can permanently delete your Sighing account at any time from your account page on the website at /account/delete, or from the Account tab in the Sighing iPhone app. When you confirm the deletion, Sighing permanently removes your account, reading progress, reflections, bookmarks, purchase and subscription history on this account, community stories you submitted, reviews you wrote, and comments you left. The deletion happens immediately. Moderation actions you performed as an admin are preserved as audit records but your identifying details are removed from those records.
How long Sighing holds data after deletion
When you delete your account, the records described above are removed from the Sighing account database immediately. Standard infrastructure logs held by our hosting provider (such as request timestamps and IP addresses) may persist in those systems for a short retention window according to that provider's retention policy. Those logs are not indexed by account and are not used to reconstruct deleted accounts.
Children
Sighing is intended for readers old enough to follow a serialized novel. It is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child under 13 has created a Sighing account, contact us using the address below and we will remove the account.
Changes to this page
If Sighing changes the data it stores, the services it uses, or the way it handles your account, this page will be updated first. The date at the top of this page shows the most recent update.
Contact
For privacy questions, deletion help, or any other data request, email support@sighing.ai. You can also delete your account at any time from /account/delete while signed in, or from the Account tab in the Sighing iPhone app.