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This notice explains the founding Mother interest signup and our separate account, matching and screening previews. Those previews do not automatically submit an application.
Joining the founding Mother interest list
The short signup at Become a Mother asks for your preferred name, email, country, time zone, languages, weekly availability, support interests and an optional short introduction. Only selecting the consent checkbox and sending your interest submits these details. The page states clearly if sending is not yet enabled.
When connected, your signup is stored in the dedicated Your Mothers Hug Supabase database in Canada, for authorized project administrators to review and contact you about recruitment. Your email is self-reported, not verified. Your details are not a public profile, a marketing subscription, an employment agreement or an approval. No confirmation email is sent automatically.
We keep signup details for recruitment until you withdraw or the project team removes records no longer needed. Save the private receipt offered after submission. Its withdrawal code lets you remove that signup through Manage an existing signup on the same page. Keep the code private: anyone holding it can withdraw your signup. We store a hash of that code rather than the code itself. Removal deletes the active signup record; provider backups may retain copies according to the provider’s backup lifecycle.
Draft answers remain in page memory and clear when you refresh or leave. We do not upload photos or collect race, faith, health information or detailed screening responses through this short signup. Please do not include other people’s personal details in your introduction. The longer screening survey below remains a separate preview.
Your login account
Email login is being prepared. When enabled, requesting a sign-in link sends your email address to Supabase, our account provider. Creating an account stores that email and authentication records in the dedicated Your Mothers Hug project in Canada. Account creation requires your age confirmation and acknowledgement of this notice; it is separate from applying to become a Mother and does not approve you as a Guide. Signing in stores authentication tokens in this browser so your session can continue across page visits. Sign out on shared devices. Account registration does not subscribe you to marketing, save matching answers or send application details. Public registration is not open until email delivery is configured and verified.
What you choose to tell us
Your first name, conversation topics, language, optional interests, listening style, time zone and preferred times help suggest maternal connections. You can separately opt in to race, cultural background and religion or worldview preferences. Members specify what they prefer in a Mother; they are not asked to declare their own identity. Mothers can voluntarily describe their own background for matching and their approved profile. Mothers can also provide a short introduction, welcome line and topic boundaries.
The Mother application survey
The application preview asks about lived experience, listening approach, three conversation scenarios, care commitments and weekly capacity. These screening answers are separate from the public profile preview and are intended for human review, not automatic approval. No survey answers are sent or saved online. They remain in page memory until you leave or refresh. On the review step you can download a JSON copy containing your email, profile, matching preferences and screening answers; it does not include your photo. Keep that file private. A submission and review system must be connected before real applications can be received.
What saving will mean
When enabled, signing in with an email code creates or opens your account. Your email stays in our account system. Selecting the data agreement and saving stores your profile and matching preferences in our Supabase database. We do not collect these answers while you are only trying the unconnected preview.
What stays private
Member preferences and Mother application drafts are not a public social profile. A Mother’s approved introduction and selected profile details can be published only through administrator review. Email addresses, private application answers and account details are not shown in matching cards. The current photo picker is a local preview and does not upload a photo.
How matching works
Suggestions use selected topics, language, interests and listening style. Optional background preferences can improve ordering or restrict results, as you choose. A strict match requires a matching self-disclosed description in every filled category; no disclosure does not count as a match. Different traditions and identities are not assumed to be equivalent. Topic boundaries, blocked connections, publication status and call format take priority. Preferences about time are not confirmed availability. No compatibility score is a guarantee; you choose whom to connect with.
Your choices
- You can skip optional interests, style and background details. Members can skip time preferences; the Mother survey asks for a time zone and at least one usual availability window.
- Once saving is enabled, you can load, edit, download and delete your saved matching answers from the account panel.
- Deleting a matching profile removes those saved answers; account deletion and removal of an approved public Guide profile are separate service flows that are not yet available in this preview.
- Matching consent does not sign you up for marketing.
We do not scrape your social accounts or infer health, religion, cultural background or other sensitive traits. Conversations are not recorded as part of matching.