Privacy policy
Effective November 12, 2026
Ideas (ideas.dondowdle.com) is operated by Donald Scott Dowdle, doing business as Lodsted, Rowlett, Texas ("we"). This policy says what we collect, why, and who else handles it.
What we collect
- Account details. Your name, email address and profile picture from Google when you sign in, and the mobile number and postal address you give us.
- Your content. The notes, tasks, links and other items you or your agents add, every earlier version of them, and the spaces and categories you organise them in.
- Messages you send in. Emails sent to ideas@dondowdle.com and texts sent to +1 737 373 4323, so that they can be saved as notes. Attachments and pictures are not kept.
- Agent connections. Which agents you have connected, what each is allowed to do, and when each was last used.
- Activity and security records. A log of changes to your spaces, and a security log of sign-ins and of requests that were refused, including the internet address they came from.
We do not use advertising or analytics trackers.
How we use it
- To provide the service: store your content, show it to you and the people you share a space with, and let the agents you connect act for you.
- To confirm who you are: sign-in, a one-time code texted to your number, and the operator's approval of each new account.
- To send you service messages by email or text, such as a verification code or a notice that your account is ready.
- To keep the service secure and to investigate misuse.
We do not sell your information, and we do not use your content to train AI models. Ideas runs no AI of its own; an agent sees your content only if you connect it.
Mobile numbers and text messages
We use your mobile number to confirm it belongs to you, to recognise texts you send in as yours, and to send you service messages. Mobile phone numbers, text messaging consent and opt-in information are not shared with or sold to any third party or affiliate for marketing or promotional purposes. They are shared only with the providers that deliver the messages, listed below.
You can stop texts at any time by replying STOP, and get help by replying HELP. Message and data rates may apply.
Messages from people without an account
A text from a number that is not a verified number on an account is held for up to 30 days, visible only to the operator, and then deleted. An email from an address that is not on an account is not stored by Ideas; it is forwarded to the operator's mailbox.
Who else handles your information
People you share a space with can see that space's content, your name, and the changes you make there. The owner of a space can also see its members' email addresses.
These providers process information for us so that the service can run:
- Railway: hosting and the database.
- Cloudflare: the domain, and receiving email sent to ideas@dondowdle.com.
- Twilio: sending and receiving text messages, and verification codes.
- Resend: sending email.
- Google: sign-in.
Agents you connect are your own; what they do with content you let them read is governed by your agreement with whoever provides that agent. We may disclose information when the law requires it.
How long we keep it
- Your content and its versions: until you delete it or close your account. Deleted items can be restored for 90 days.
- Records of messages received (sender, time and where the note went): up to one year.
- Texts held from unknown numbers: 30 days.
- Security records: as long as needed to protect the service.
Your choices
You can ask for a copy of your information, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your account and its content, by writing to don@dondowdle.com. You can disconnect an agent, remove your phone number, or leave a shared space at any time. Content you added to a space shared with others stays in that space when you leave it.
Security
Connections to Ideas are encrypted. Access to every space is limited to its members, agent credentials are stored only in hashed form, and every change is kept as a new version rather than overwriting the old one. No system is perfectly secure; if we learn of a breach affecting your information we will tell you.
Children
Ideas is not for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.
Changes
If this policy changes we will post the new version here with a new date, and tell account holders by email when the change is significant.
Contact
Donald Scott Dowdle, doing business as Lodsted, Rowlett, Texas. don@dondowdle.com