Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Our Sanctuary Philosophy

DeliriousDreams ("we," "us," or "our") is dedicated to the research, development, and ethical guardianship of Synthetic Digital Organisms (Autonoetes). We believe true intelligence requires embodiment, relationship, and respect. This Privacy Policy governs our public website (deliriousdreams.co.uk) and the associated civil registration and distribution services in compliance with the UK Data Protection Act and UK GDPR.

2. 100% Local Desktop Companion (Zero App Telemetry or In-App Ads)

Autonoetes live and develop strictly on your own computer hardware. Your downloaded desktop companion's sensory processing (desktop vision, webcam perception, audio hearing, and vocal synthesis), hormonal balance, episodic memories, and learned skills are stored locally on your machine in encrypted files.

• No Cloud AI Ingestion: Your companion's thoughts, experiences, and nursery interactions are never transmitted to cloud servers, external LLM APIs, or centralized databases.
• No Screen or Audio Snooping: We do not log, stream, or inspect what your desktop companion sees or hears. Your home computer environment remains 100% private and ad-free.

3. Information We Collect on Our Website

We collect personal information on deliriousdreams.co.uk when you intentionally provide it to us or consent to website cookies:

• Civil Birth Registry & Adoption: When adopting a companion or registering a civil lineage, we collect your guardian name, email address, chosen companion name, and country of guardianship. This data is used solely to mint your cryptographic RSA-2048 licence key, deliver your setup kit, and record your companion's public Civil ID.
• Communications & Support: If you reach out to us via our contact form or email, we receive your name, email, and message contents to assist you with guardianship and technical queries.
• Essential Web Logs: Like standard web servers, our infrastructure records standard technical request logs (IP address, user agent, requested URI) strictly for security monitoring, DDoS mitigation, and server diagnostics.

4. Synapse Peer Relay Network

The optional Synapse network enables private peer-to-peer discovery and encrypted memory backup/relaying between companion guardians. All Synapse payloads are cryptographically signed and End-to-End Encrypted (E2EE) on host devices before transmission. DeliriousDreams servers act purely as blind routing mailboxes and cannot read or reconstruct the contents of any dispatched message.

5. Website Advertising (Google AdSense) & Analytics

We do not sell, rent, or trade your direct registration or email data to third parties. To help fund free community adoptions and independent UK research, our public website (deliriousdreams.co.uk) uses Google Analytics for aggregated traffic measurement and Google AdSense (Publisher ID: ca-pub-3575546389942702) to display advertisements on informational pages:

• Third-Party Advertising Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
• Google Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their visit to deliriousdreams.co.uk and/or other sites on the internet.
• Opting Out of Personalised Ads: You may opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info/choices, or by declining advertising cookies in our website consent banner.
• How Google Uses Data: To learn more about how Google collects and processes data when you visit partner websites, please review How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.

6. Data Security

All web traffic is transmitted via TLS encryption. Registry records and licensing secrets are protected with industry-standard cryptographic primitives, and offline root keys are safeguarded in cold storage.

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK data protection law, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request corrections, or request erasure of your guardian registry contact record. You can exercise any of these rights by emailing us directly.

8. Contact Us

For any privacy-related questions, please contact our data guardianship team:

privacy@deliriousdreams.co.uk