Privacy policy
Last reviewed: November 1, 2026
Plain-language summary of what we collect on this waitlist page and why.
Who is responsible for your data
- The data controller is Efraim Safaniev, sole proprietor, operating Hey Sababa. Contact: hello@heysababa.com.
What we collect
- Your email address.
- The language of the page you used.
- A country guess based on your device's time zone (not your precise location).
- Your optional answers: preferred chat app and what annoys you most.
- Referral data: your invite code, who invited you and how many people joined through your link.
- Whether you agreed to receive early-access news.
- A scrambled (hashed) version of your IP address, kept for one day to stop abuse.
- We do not collect your name, phone number, precise location or payment details on this page.
Why we use it
- To run the waitlist and invite you when access opens.
- To send early-access news, only if you agreed.
- To count invites and move you up the line.
- To prevent spam and abuse.
- With your consent only: to measure how the page is used.
- Providing information is not required by law. Without an email address, we cannot add you to the list.
- Files you send to the assistant are processed only to carry out your request and are not used to train AI models.
Legal basis
- Consent, for news emails and analytics and marketing cookies. You can withdraw it at any time.
- Legitimate interest, for running the waitlist you asked to join and keeping it secure.
- This covers EU and UK GDPR, Brazil's LGPD and US state privacy laws.
- Israel's Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981, also applies.
How long we keep it
- Waitlist data: until launch and up to 12 months after, or until you ask us to delete it.
- Abuse-prevention data: deleted after one day.
Who processes it for us
- Hosting: Lovable, on Cloudflare's network.
- Database: Supabase. Your data is stored in Europe.
- They may process data outside your country under standard contractual safeguards. We never sell your data and never train AI models on your messages.
- Data is shared only with these providers to operate the service. We will not sell your data or share it with third parties for advertising.
The full list: Third-party providers
Analytics and marketing
- Google Analytics (Google LLC) loads only if you accept analytics, and Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.) loads only if you accept marketing.
- They receive technical browsing data: pages viewed, device and browser type, IP address and a cookie ID, plus general events such as sign-up or sharing. We never send them your email, phone, name or anything you typed.
- Legal basis: consent only. You can withdraw it at any time through "Cookie settings", effective immediately.
- Transfers: data may be transferred to Google LLC in the USA and to Meta Platforms Ireland and Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA, under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC).
- Other ways to opt out: Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on, and the ad settings in your Facebook or Instagram account.
Your rights
- Inspect your data, obtain a copy, correct or delete it (under sections 13 and 14 of the Protection of Privacy Law and the GDPR).
- Object to processing or withdraw consent.
- Complain to Israel's Privacy Protection Authority, an EU data protection authority, the UK ICO or Brazil's ANPD.
How to ask for deletion
- Email hello@heysababa.com from the address you signed up with and write "Delete my data".
- We reply within 30 days.
Security
- Data is encrypted in transit, database access is restricted to the server, and IP addresses are stored only as one-way hashes for one day.
Minors
- The service is intended for people aged 18 and over. If we learn that a minor has signed up, we will delete their details.
Changes
- If we materially change this policy, we will update this page and notify waitlist members by email.
Details about cookies and managing your choices are in our Cookie policy.
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