Last updated: September 27, 2026
The short version
- If you connect Gmail, we read only the recipient names and email addresses (the To and Cc lines) of mail you sent. We never request or read subject lines, message content, attachments, or mail you received.
- We use that list only to suggest introductions to you. Nothing is sent to anyone until you press send, and every person is asked privately before any details are shared.
- We don't sell your data, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.
- You can disconnect Gmail at any time, and everything we learned from it is deleted immediately.
Who we are
Introholic (introholic.com, "we", "us") is a social experiment that began at the Mr. 6 Foundation, a non-profit in Vancouver, Canada, and is now being built as a startup. Questions about this policy or your data: hello@introholic.com.
Information we collect
Your account. Your email address; your name and "what I'm looking for", if you add them; and the short-lived sign-in codes we email you (stored only in scrambled form, valid for 15 minutes). If you sign in with Google, we receive your Google account's email address and name.
Introductions. When you introduce two people, we store their names and email addresses, the note you wrote, and whether each has said yes or no. People who receive an introduction can reply without creating an account, and may introduce someone back to you through the same process.
Gmail, only if you connect it. With your permission, we use Google's read-only metadata access to look at up to 1,500 of your most recent sent messages, and from each we request only the To and Cc headers. From these we keep:
- the names and email addresses of people you've written to, how many times, and the date you last did;
- which of those people appeared on the same email (so we never suggest introducing people who already know each other);
- the introduction suggestions we generate for you.
We skip automated addresses (such as no-reply and notification senders) and messages sent to more than ten people. We store the access tokens Google gives us encrypted.
Technical. A session cookie that keeps you signed in. Pages load fonts from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address as part of serving them.
How we use it
Only to run Introholic: to sign you in, send and track your introductions, suggest people you might introduce, and email the people involved (invitations, confirmations and sign-in codes). We don't use your information for advertising, we don't sell it, and we don't build profiles of the people in your address book beyond what's listed above.
Google user data
Introholic's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. In particular:
- We use Gmail data only to provide the introduction-suggestion feature you can see in the app.
- We don't transfer it to others except as needed to provide that feature (see "Service providers" below), to comply with law, or as part of a merger or acquisition with your data protected under this policy.
- We don't use it for advertising, and we don't sell it.
- No person at Introholic reads it unless you ask us to (for example, for support), it's needed for security or to investigate abuse, or the law requires it.
- We don't use it to develop, improve or train generalized AI or machine-learning models.
Service providers
We rely on a small number of companies to run the service, and share with each only what it needs:
- DreamHost hosts our website and database.
- Resend delivers our emails (recipient address and message).
- Anthropic (the Claude AI model) generates introduction suggestions. For this we send the names, email domains (such as "northfund.vc"), and how often and how recently you've written to your most frequent contacts. We don't send full email addresses, and there's no message content to send because we never collect it. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, this data isn't used to train its models.
- Google provides sign-in and, if you connect it, the Gmail access described above.
How long we keep it
- Gmail data: until you disconnect Gmail (dashboard → "Disconnect & delete data"), at which point we revoke our access with Google and delete the contacts, pairings and unsent suggestions immediately.
- Introductions: for as long as your account exists, because both people involved may rely on the record.
- Sign-in codes expire after 15 minutes; sent-email records are deleted after 7 days.
- Your account: until you ask us to delete it. Email hello@introholic.com and we'll delete your account and the data connected to it.
Your choices and rights
You can see and edit your profile in the dashboard, disconnect Gmail at any time, decline any introduction privately, and revoke Introholic's Google access from your Google Account settings. Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal information. Email us and we'll help.
Security
Connections to introholic.com are encrypted (HTTPS). Google access tokens are stored encrypted, sign-in codes are stored only in scrambled form, and access to our servers is limited to the people who run the service. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep your information safe and will tell you if something goes wrong.
Children
Introholic isn't intended for anyone under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. If a change is significant, we'll tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect.