What EmotionalTeen knows about you.

Who runs this site

EmotionalTeen is a teen-led educational project created by Anushka. It is educational and is not a medical service. Questions or deletion requests: hello@emotionalteen.com.

What is collected

• Stress checks. If you are not signed in, your check is stored only in your own browser and never leaves your device. If you are signed in, it is saved to your account so you can see your trend over time.
• Account details. Your email address, an encrypted password, a display name and, if you upload one, a profile picture.
• Reviews and progress posts. Anything you choose to post publicly, shown with your display name.
• Basic usage data. Pages visited, rough location by country, browser type and errors, so the site can be kept working. This uses a cookie or similar identifier set when you load the site.

What is never collected

No advertising trackers, no data selling, no sharing with third parties for marketing, and no health records. Stress checks are self-reported feelings, not a diagnosis.

Cookies and analytics, specifically

Three kinds of small files can end up in your browser here. None of them are advertising cookies, and none are shared with advertisers.

• A visit identifier (session id). The hosting platform sets a randomly generated id, plus a small deployment cookie, when a page loads. It is sent with anonymous page-view pings so visits can be counted without counting the same person twice. It is not linked to your name or email, and it is not used to build a profile or to target you.
• A sign-in token. Only if you create an account and sign in. It keeps you signed in and disappears when you sign out.
• Storage on your own device. Guest stress checks are kept in your browser's local storage. They never leave your device and are not visible to EmotionalTeen.

What the analytics record: the page address, the time, rough country, browser type, and errors. What they do not record: what you type, your stress-check answers, or anything you say in the chat. You can clear all of it from your browser settings, or turn on Do Not Track / use private browsing; clearing it signs you out and removes guest stress checks stored on your device. If you are in the UK or EU and would rather no visit identifier was set at all, email hello@emotionalteen.com and it can be disabled for the site.

Talk to TEEN & Ask TEEN

If you are not signed in, chat and search questions are not saved anywhere: they live in your browser tab and are gone when you close or reset. Messages are sent to an AI provider to generate a reply and are not used to train models. Ask TEEN also receives the question you type so it can search this site's content and answer. If you are signed in and use the saved-chat page, your threads are stored on your account so you can come back to them, and only you can read them. Nobody monitors chats or searches in real time.

The email list

If you sign up for Stress Hacks by email, your email address and the date you signed up are stored, and a welcome email is sent. Signup attempts are rate-limited by IP address to stop spam. Your address is used only to send you TEEN emails — never sold, never rented, never shared. Every email has an unsubscribe link, or you can email hello@emotionalteen.com and your address will be deleted.

Where the data is kept

Accounts, saved checks and posts are stored with the site's hosting and database provider, protected so that only you can read your own checks. Data is kept for as long as your account exists.

Deleting your data

You can delete any review or progress post yourself. To delete your account and every saved check with it, get in touch and it will be removed. Guest checks disappear as soon as you clear your browser storage.

Young people

EmotionalTeen is written for ages 13–18. Accounts are not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13, do not create an account and ask a parent or guardian for help finding age-appropriate support. The For Parents page does not collect separate information from adults unless they choose to create an account or join the email list.

If you need help right now

EmotionalTeen is not a crisis service and nobody monitors what you write here. In the US, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), any time, free. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.