Privacy Policy

Effective: June 2, 2025

This policy explains what information The Name Wall collects, how it is used, and your rights.

1. What We Collect

Your name or message — The text you submit is stored and displayed publicly on the wall.
IP address hash — When you submit a name, your IP address is processed through a one-way cryptographic hash (SHA-256). The original IP address is never stored. The hash cannot be reversed to identify you. It is used only for rate limiting (one free name per IP per 24 hours) and abuse prevention.
Payment data — If you purchase the $1 upgrade, Stripe collects and processes your payment information. We receive only a payment confirmation token. We never see or store your card number, billing address, or other payment details. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.

2. What We Do Not Collect

We do not collect: full IP addresses, email addresses, names linked to identities, browser fingerprints, tracking pixels, or analytics cookies. We do not run third-party advertising.

3. How We Use Your Data

Your submitted name/message is displayed publicly on the wall.
Your IP hash is used only to enforce rate limits and detect abuse.
We do not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties for marketing.

4. Data Retention

Free names — automatically deleted from our database 24 hours after submission.
Paid names — automatically deleted 7 days after upgrade.
IP hashes — deleted along with the associated name entry.

5. Cookies

We do not use tracking cookies. If you make a payment, Stripe may set cookies on its checkout pages to prevent fraud. These are governed by Stripe's privacy policy, not ours.

6. Your Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

If you are in the European Union or California, you have rights over your personal data. However, since we store only a non-reversible IP hash and your public name/message, we cannot identify which database record belongs to you without your submission ID.

If you have your submission ID (visible in the page URL after submitting), you can email us to request deletion of that specific record before it auto-expires.

For any privacy requests: hello@namewall.com

7. Children

The Service is not directed at children under 13. Do not submit personal information if you are under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

8. Security

We use HTTPS for all connections and security headers on all responses. IP addresses are hashed immediately on receipt and the original is never written to storage. Paid name records do not contain payment information.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect the latest revision.

10. Contact

Privacy questions: hello@namewall.com