A note about your privacy
16Kinks asks about some of the most private parts of who you are — the things most people never say out loud. We built it to help you understand that side of yourself clearly, and without judgment.
That only works if you feel safe being honest. So before you answer a single question, here's exactly how we treat what you share.
You never have to tell us who you are
Take the whole test and read your full result with no account, no name, no password. If that's all you want, nothing about you is stored after you leave. An account exists only to save results you want to come back to — and whether you make one is always your choice.
If you do choose to save a result or unlock the full report, we keep only what's needed to give it back to you later — and nothing more.
What we keep
- Your email — only if you sign in, to send your one-time login link and find your saved results.
- Results you choose to save, with your answers and the computed summary.
- A purchase record if you unlock the report — amount, currency, date, and a Stripe reference. Never your card number.
- For any share link you create, we don't store the link itself — only a string generated from it that can't be turned back into the original.
- Basic technical information, such as your IP address, kept briefly to prevent spam and abuse.
What we never collect
- Your real name
- Photos or video
- Your location
- Your card number
- Your contacts or social accounts
- A cross-site advertising profile
How we protect it
And whatever we do keep, we work to keep safe.
Encrypted in transit
Everything runs over HTTPS. Your answers travel encrypted between your device and our server.
Calculated on our server
We calculate results on the server so the report is consistent. Paid sections are shown only after unlock.
Share links you can take back
For share links, we store only a string generated from the link, never the link itself. Every link expires, and you can revoke it at any time.
No password to steal
Sign-in is a one-time link emailed to you. There's no password on file to be leaked, guessed, or reused.
Payments handled by Stripe
Checkout happens on Stripe's secure page. We never receive or store your card details.
Website stats are optional
They run only after you accept cookies. They help us see overall traffic, not your specific answers or result.
You can take it all back
None of it is permanent unless you want it to be. You stay in control the whole way.
Export your data
Download a full copy of your data — profile, saved results, purchases — from your account, any time.
Delete your account
Delete your account from your settings and everything tied to it goes with it — results, share links, access. No email, no waiting.
Revoke any share link
Change your mind about a link you sent? Revoke it and it stops working immediately.
Or never sign up
If you don't want to save anything, take the test and read your result without creating an account at all.
Your answers are yours
We don't sell your data, we don't hand it to advertisers, and we never make you the product. No ad networks, no tracking pixels, no third-party login looking over your shoulder. That's the whole deal — and we won't change it quietly.
— The 16Kinks team
Questions about any of this? Email us at support@16kinks.com
The complete policy, in full
Everything above, in complete and formal terms — how long we keep each thing, the exact providers that ever touch your data, and your legal rights. Open any section.
Last updated: June 22, 2026
Taking the test
You can take the 16Kinks test without creating an account. While you answer, your responses are held in your browser. When you reach the result page, we send those answers to our server so we can compute the result consistently — your result is not trusted to the browser alone. If you do not save the result to an account, we do not keep it after your session ends.
Optional accounts
Creating an account is optional and is only used if you want to save your results, view them later, or sync them across devices. Logging in uses a magic link: you enter your email, we email you a one-time sign-in link, and you click it to complete sign-in. We do not use passwords, and we do not use social sign-in providers.
When you save a result while signed in, we store a copy of that result on our server (including your answers and the computed summary) so that it is available to you later.
What we store
- Your email address, if you log in. We need it to send you the magic link and to identify your saved results.
- Saved test results that you explicitly save while signed in, including your answers and the computed result summary.
- Short-lived drafts if you request a magic link from the result page. These are discarded after login or after they expire.
- If you use the share feature, a hashed share token and its expiration. The raw share link is not stored on our servers.
- If you purchase the full report, a record of the transaction — the amount, currency, date, and a Stripe reference id. We never see or store your full card number.
Payments
Unlocking the full report is a one-time purchase processed by Stripe. When you check out, your payment details are entered on Stripe's secure checkout and handled directly by Stripe — we do not receive or store your card data. Stripe receives the information needed to process the payment (such as your email and card details) under Stripe's privacy policy. We keep a record of completed purchases (amount, currency, date, and Stripe reference ids) so we can grant access, provide support, and handle refunds. We retain these records for as long as needed to meet legal, tax, and accounting obligations.
Cookies and analytics
We use a small number of cookies:
- A sign-in session cookie, set after you log in, so the site knows you are signed in.
- An age-confirmation cookie that remembers you confirmed you are 18 or older, so we do not show the age notice on every visit. It lasts about six months.
- If analytics is enabled, Google Analytics sets its own cookies (described below).
When it is configured, we use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand aggregate traffic — for example, how many people visit and which pages are popular. We do not use it for advertising, and we do not set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. If Google Analytics is not configured, no analytics cookies are set.
Data export and deletion
From your result page you can export a JSON snapshot of your current result, which is generated locally in your browser. To remove specific saved results, or to delete your account and all stored data, email us at support@16kinks.com and we will take care of it.
Third-party services
To run 16Kinks we rely on a small set of service providers, each handling only the data needed for its function:
- Neon — managed PostgreSQL database hosting, where your account, saved results, purchase records, and hashed share tokens are stored.
- Upstash — rate limiting. It processes request identifiers such as your IP address to protect the site from abuse and spam.
- Resend — delivers your one-time sign-in links and result-confirmation emails.
- Stripe — processes payments for the full-report unlock.
- Sentry — error and performance monitoring, so we can detect and fix problems. Used when configured.
- Google Analytics — aggregate traffic analytics. Used when configured.
- Google Fonts — serves the site's typography.
We do not use advertising networks, social tracking pixels, or third-party social login, and we do not sell your data.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of any changes.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach us at support@16kinks.com.
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