Thaura Privacy Policy

1. Preamble

Thaura GbR ("we", "us" or "Thaura") commits to protecting your privacy in accordance with:

  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679
  • German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)
  • Principles of the Thaura Manifesto (Sovereignty by Design, Radical Transparency)

2. Core Product Data Processing

2.1 Fundamental Principles

  • Strong Encryption Architecture: Conversations encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM; TLS 1.2+ in transit.
  • No Sharing: Chat content is never shared with advertisers, analytics services, or external training providers.
  • No Training with User Data: Your interactions are never used for model improvement
  • No Surveillance Cooperation: We do not cooperate with government surveillance programs or mass data requests
  • Locality: All servers located in the EU (eco-friendly data centers)

2.2 Collected Data

Data CategoryPurposeRetention Period
Account Data (Email)AuthenticationUntil account deletion
Project Data (User uploads)Context for your queriesAccording to your settings
Metadata (IP, Device type)Security & Compliance30 days

3. Special Features

3.1 Artifacts

  • Generated content is provided exclusively to you
  • No reuse by Thaura without explicit consent

4. Your Rights (GDPR Compliance)

  • Access: Full disclosure of all stored data
  • Rectification: Correction of inaccurate data within 72h
  • Erasure: Data destruction on demand (including backup purge)
  • Portability: Request a machine-readable export (JSON, Markdown) of your personal data by emailing info@thaura.ai

5. Third Parties & Subprocessors

We only work with partners who:

  • Comply with EU data protection standards
  • Do not transfer data to third countries
  • Are contractually obligated to deletion

Current list (2026):

  • Hetzner (Backend hosting - EU Nuremberg)
  • Scaleway (AI inference — EU France)
  • Verda Cloud Oy (self-hosted AI inference — EU Finland)
  • Stripe (Payments)
  • Resend (Transactional email — EU, Ireland)

6. Contact

Data Protection Contact:
Thaura GbR
info@thaura.ai
Fortunastr. 23 A, 30451 Hannover, Germany

Policy changes are communicated 30 days before taking effect.