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Privacy
Last updated November 10, 2026
The short version
Share the Spread keeps what you type into a gathering so your family can see the plan. We don’t run ads, we don’t use analytics or tracking scripts, and we don’t sell anything you give us.
What we store
- Gatherings: the name, occasion, date, time, place, host name, notes, and food list a host enters.
- RSVPs: the household name, whether you’re coming, how many adults and children, what you’re bringing, and any note.
- Private links: host and personal edit links are long random codes. We store only a one-way scrambled (hashed) version, so we can check a link without being able to recreate it.
- Email list: if you join, your email address, when you joined, and which page you joined from. It isn’t connected to any gathering or RSVP.
- Abuse protection: to limit floods of requests, we keep a counter keyed by a one-way hash of your IP address. We don’t store the IP address itself.
Who can see it
Anyone with a gathering’s invitation link can see that gathering’s details and RSVPs. Gatherings aren’t listed anywhere, and invitation pages are kept out of search engines. Only someone with the host link can change the gathering. Only the household that replied, or the host, can change an RSVP.
On your device
Your browser remembers your host or edit links and your recent gatherings so you can get back to them. That stays in this browser. You can clear it with your browser’s site-data settings, or from the home page’s recent list.
If you join the email list, we’ll use your address only to send occasional emails about Share the Spread, such as new features and a heads-up before big holidays. Every email has an unsubscribe link, or you can email us to be removed. If we use an email service to send these, it handles your address on our behalf.
Service providers
The site runs on OpenAI’s Sites hosting, which uses Cloudflare’s network and database. They process data only to run the site.
Removing your information
Hosts can remove RSVPs and items from their gathering at any time, and guests can update their own RSVP. To delete a whole gathering or leave the email list, email carlos@gilmediagroup.com from the address involved, or include the invitation link.
Children
Share the Spread is for adults planning gatherings. It isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If this policy changes, we’ll update this page and the date at the top.