ABDAPrivacy Policy
Last updated 9 September 2026
ABDA ("the app") is a third-party client for forums that run the Discourse software. It is made and operated by the ForumCopilot team ("we"), reachable at [email protected]. This policy explains what the app stores, what it sends, and to whom.
The short version
- We run no accounts and no user database. There is nothing to sign up for.
- The app talks directly to the forums you open, using each forum's public API. Your posts, messages and sign-in go to that forum, under that forum's own privacy policy.
- The only thing our servers ever see is a push-notification token, and only if you turn notifications on.
What the app stores on your device
- The forums you have opened — their address, name, logo and colours — so they appear on the Home screen. Removing a forum from Home deletes this.
- A per-forum sign-in key. When you sign in to a forum, you do so on that forum's own web page, and the forum issues the app a User API Key. The app stores that key in the device's secure storage (Keychain on iOS, encrypted storage on Android). The app never sees or stores your password. Signing out revokes the key on the forum and deletes it from the device.
- Preferences such as theme, language and whether onboarding has been shown.
- Caches of images and forum data, to make the app fast. They can be cleared from the device's settings.
What the app sends, and to whom
- To the forums you use: everything you do in them — reading, posting, reacting, messaging — is a request to that forum's server, exactly as a web browser would make. Each forum's own privacy policy governs that data. The app identifies itself with a user agent string that names the app.
- To our notification relay (only if you enable notifications): a push token issued by Apple or Google for your device, and the identifier the forum assigned to the app's sign-in key, so that a notification from a forum can be routed to your device. We do not receive the content of your notifications beyond what is needed to display them, and we do not keep them.
- To Apple and Google: push notifications are delivered through Apple Push Notification service and Firebase Cloud Messaging. Their handling of tokens is governed by their policies.
The app contains no advertising and no advertising identifiers.
Analytics and crash reports
The app currently collects no analytics and sends no crash reports. If we add either, this policy will say what is collected before the change ships, and it will not include the content of your posts or messages.
The forum directory
The app ships with a list of public Discourse forums, compiled from public sources. Browsing the list involves no request to us. Forum logos shown in the directory are loaded from the forums' own servers.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13. Individual forums set their own age requirements.
Your choices
- Sign out of a forum to revoke its key.
- Remove a forum from Home to forget it.
- Turn notifications off in the app or in your device settings; the relay then stops receiving anything about your device.
- Uninstall the app to delete everything it stored locally.
Changes
We will post any changes to this policy on this page and update the date at the top.