Privacy

Last updated November 2026. Plain language on purpose.

The short version

Everything you enter on this site is stored in your own browser unless you create an account. If you create an account, the same data is stored on our server so it can sync between your devices, and your wheel scores are counted, anonymously, in the "you're not alone" numbers. You can export or delete all of it at any time.

Without an account

Your wheels, answers, nails, plan, and reflections are saved in your browser's local storage on this device. None of it is sent to us. Clearing your browser data clears it, so use the export button on the Account & Data tab if you want a backup.

The two looks

The site comes in two looks, classic and paper, and we're finding out which one helps people more. Your browser is given one at random and keeps it; the button at the top switches. To count which look works better, your browser keeps a random number (not linked to you or your account) and tells our server which look you have, which pages and sections you open, whether you press play, how long the page is open, and whether you switch. We don't store your IP address, your email, or anything you type. If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, none of this is sent.

With an account

• We store your email address, a scrambled (scrypt-hashed) version of your password, and the document that holds your wheels, answers, nails, plan, and reflections.
• We keep a session cookie (wheel_session) so you stay signed in for up to 90 days. It is the only cookie this site sets. There is no advertising and no third-party analytics; the only counting is the anonymous look test above.
• Your saved wheel scores and daily ratings feed anonymous aggregate statistics: averages per spoke, how many wheels resemble each common shape, and how many people have a given spoke at 4 or below. The aggregate never includes email addresses, notes, or text answers, and it never shows a number that could identify one person; it only appears once at least five people have synced.
• We never sell, share, or send your data to anyone. The server is a single machine we run ourselves.

Deleting your data

On the Account & Data tab, "Delete account and server data" removes your account, your document, and every row indexed from it, immediately. "Delete everything on this device" clears the local copy. Nightly database backups are kept for 30 days and then overwritten.

What this site is not

The Wheel is an educational framework, not a diagnosis, treatment, or crisis service, and using this site does not create a clinician–patient relationship. If you are in crisis, please reach a person: in the U.S. call or text 988, or 911 in an emergency; elsewhere, see the Right Now tab for local lines.

Who we are

This site is run by Robert Fuge, author of The Autonomic Wheel. Questions about your data: hello@autonomicwheel.com.