Privacy notice

Last updated October 28, 2026

This notice describes the information handled by LinkedOut, a story-sharing site for people describing why they left a job. It applies to the live service. This repository also includes a local demo; sample stories in that demo are fictional.

What you submit

A live story submission includes the headline you choose, your story text, its reason category, and the time it was submitted. You do not need to provide a name, email address, employer, or account. Reports include a story ID and a reason. Reactions are stored as a story ID and a privacy-preserving visitor hash.

Review and publication

New stories are private while they wait for a moderator. Only approved stories appear in the public feed. Moderators may reject, remove, or edit a story to protect privacy and enforce the community guidelines. Published story text remains available until a moderator removes it.

Spam prevention and technical data

The hosting platform provides the server with a visitor IP address. LinkedOut uses a secret-keyed, one-way hash of that address to limit repeated submissions, reports, and reactions. The raw IP address is not written to the LinkedOut database by these functions. Netlify and Supabase process request and database data as service providers and may handle technical logs under their own policies.

Retention

• The IP-derived hashes are cleared after 30 days; reaction totals remain with the story.
• Pending stories are deleted after 90 days if they have not been reviewed.
• Rejected and removed stories are deleted after 30 days.
• Reports are retained for no more than 365 days and may be deleted sooner.
• Approved stories remain until a moderator removes them. A deletion also removes their associated reactions and reports.

Your choices

Do not include names, contact information, precise locations, confidential documents, or details that could identify a coworker or employer. If you want a story removed or have a privacy concern, contact the service operator at linkedout47@gmail.com.

Local demo

When opened directly from a local file, LinkedOut runs in demo mode. Fictional sample stories, reactions, your theme choice, and any demo submissions are saved in this browser only. Clearing this browser’s site data removes them.

This notice reflects the implementation in this repository. The site operator should review the notice for the jurisdictions and hosting setup in which the service will operate before launch.