Privacy policy
Last updated 17 October 2026
The short version: Gink keeps your account and the things you choose to sync, uses trusted services to answer you, never sells your data, and lets you delete everything from Settings.
Who we are
Gink is an AI assistant app for computers and phones, made by Gink AI (developer: Amgib00). This policy covers the Gink apps, the Gink server they connect to, and this website. Questions: gink@ginkaisupport.com.
What we store, and why
| Information | Why |
|---|---|
| Your email address and name (from the sign-up form, or from Google, GitHub, Microsoft or Apple when you sign in with them) | To create your account and sign you in |
| Your country | To show prices and payment methods for where you are |
| Synced data: chats, tasks and reminders, memories, and your profile (name, what Gink calls you, your work, profile photo, instructions) | To keep your devices in sync |
| Usage counts (how many messages, images and voice characters you used today) | To apply the daily limits of your plan |
| Payment records (plan, amount, date, provider reference) | To activate Gink Pro and for our accounts |
| Feedback on answers (thumbs up or down, an optional reason, the AI model, the reply's length, and a scrambled account ID) | To improve answers. Feedback never includes the text of your messages |
On your device, Gink also keeps your chat history, settings, drafts and the files and images it makes for you.
Services that help Gink answer you
To do what you ask, Gink sends the needed information to these services. They process it to provide their service; their own privacy policies apply.
| Service | What it receives | When |
|---|---|---|
| Groq | Your message and recent conversation | Every AI answer (through our server) |
| Anthropic (Claude) | Your message and recent conversation | Only when you choose a Claude model (through our server) |
| Google (Gemini) | Image descriptions; the text of answers to be spoken | Creating images; natural voices (through our server) |
| Google speech recognition | The audio of what you say | Voice input and voice conversations, and after “Hey Gink” |
| Microsoft (Edge voices) | The text of answers to be spoken | Only as a fallback when natural voices aren't available |
| Open-Meteo, Aladhan | Your city or approximate location | Weather and prayer times |
| ExchangeRate-API, CoinGecko | The currencies you ask about | Currency and crypto prices |
| Groq and its search provider Exa | Your question, to search the web | Web search (Gink Search, and questions that need the internet) |
| DuckDuckGo, YouTube, Google News, Wikipedia | Your search words | Videos, news, and quick lookups in the desktop app |
| Google, GitHub, Microsoft, Apple | Sign-in requests | Only if you sign in with them |
| CinetPay, Paystack | Payment details you enter with them | Paying for Gink Pro. We never see or store card numbers |
| Our server host | Everything our server stores, listed above | Running the Gink server |
“Hey Gink” and the microphone
“Hey Gink” is off until you switch it on. Listening for the wake word happens entirely on your device; no audio leaves it until Gink hears the wake word. Gink pauses that listening while it speaks, during dictation and during voice conversations.
What we never do
- We don't sell your personal information or use it for advertising.
- We don't put AI service keys inside the app; they stay on our server.
- We don't read your files. Gink only touches a file when you ask it to (for example, “find my CV”), and it doesn't upload it unless you attach it to a message.
How long we keep it
Your account and synced data stay until you delete them. Usage counts are kept per day. When you delete your account:
- Your account, synced data and usage records are erased.
- Payment records are kept for our accounts, with your email replaced by an anonymous code.
- Your email address and the date are kept in a list of deleted accounts, so that any device still signed in to the account is signed out.
See how to delete your account.
Your choices and rights
- See and export your data: Settings, then Privacy, then Export.
- Correct your profile: Settings, then Account.
- Forget memories: Settings, then Memory.
- Delete chats, or your whole account, in Settings.
- Turn off “Hey Gink”, read-aloud and the briefing's “pick up where you left off” at any time.
You can also write to us at gink@ginkaisupport.com to make any of these requests.
Children
Gink is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we'll delete it.
Security
Connections to our server are encrypted, passwords are never stored in readable form, and access to the server is limited. No system is perfectly secure; if you find a problem, please report it privately.
This website
This website uses no cookies, trackers, analytics or web fonts, and loads nothing from other companies. It's hosted on GitHub Pages; GitHub may record visitors' IP addresses for security, as described in GitHub's privacy statement.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top, and tell you in the app if the change is important.