Privacy for the Fatherhood Drift Test, in plain English.

The short version

What you see on screen is reflection and guidance, not a diagnosis or a number. What we store to make that possible is not traceable back to you by name unless you choose to give us your name and email, and even then, the two uses (helping you, and learning in aggregate) are kept apart.

What we collect, and why

Your answers to the assessment questions, so your result can be worked out. Your country, recorded automatically by our infrastructure provider (Cloudflare) at the time you complete it. Before you begin, we ask a single upfront question: whether we may save your name and email afterwards, if you choose to give them, for marketing and research purposes. That answer does not collect your name or email itself, it only sets whether we are allowed to, later, if you decide to. We do not ask for your children's names, exact addresses, or other identifying family detail, and the question set deliberately avoids it.

Two records, kept apart

Honest status first. Today, your assessment is stored as a single record under a random token, and if you choose to leave your email it is attached to that record so we can send you what you asked for and match a retake to your history. We are building the separation described below; until it is live, the same protection is applied by policy rather than by structure: individual results are analysed only in aggregate, and nobody at Nine Rites matches an individual result to a name for research purposes. This page will be updated when the split ships.

The model we are building, for those who want the detail. If you choose to save your result and gave the upfront consent above, we will hold two separate records, not one:

• Marketing recordYour name and email, in plain text, used only to send you what you asked for and, if you separately agree, occasional updates. Identifiable, because sending you an email requires that.
• Research recordYour domain-level results, linked to a one-way scrambled version of your email (a cryptographic hash) rather than the email itself. This lets us see, in aggregate, whether people's results change over repeated tests, without the record ever containing your name, your email, or anything that can be reversed back into either.

Once live, the research record and the marketing record will be joined only by that one-way scrambled value, which cannot be turned back into your email. The commitment itself applies now: nobody at Nine Rites looks at an individual's result and matches it to a name for research purposes.

What you see is not a diagnosis

The result you see is written as reflection and guidance, areas to think about, not a score, a grade, or a verdict. We calculate a numeric picture behind the scenes so we can track whether the test itself is working and improving over time, but that number is an internal research tool, not something we show you or use to rank, diagnose, or judge you.

What we will never do with it

We will never use your assessment result or answers to make an employment, insurance, custody or legal decision, and we do not diagnose or infer mental illness, abuse, addiction or parental fitness from your answers. We will never sell your data or share it with advertisers.

How your result is shared

Your result lives at a private link containing a long, random token, not a guessable or sequential ID. That link is never indexed by search engines and is not listed anywhere public. Opening the link shows your result only; it never exposes your raw answers or your email address, even to someone who has the link.

How long we keep it, and deleting it

We keep your assessment record until you ask us to delete it. Every result page has a “Delete my result” link that removes the marketing record (name, email) and the result link immediately. The research record, being unreadable as a name or email in the first place, may be retained in de-identified, aggregate form for learning purposes, deleting your marketing record removes the only link that could ever connect the two.

Sensitive answers

One question asks which pressure most interferes with the father you intend to be, including options like alcohol or other substances, or mental or emotional strain. This short test cannot assess substance use or mental health, and selecting either option does not add you to a more aggressive follow-up. If either is affecting your safety or family life, please seek qualified local support rather than relying on a self-guided protocol.

Eligibility

This version of the test is intended for fathers, stepfathers, adoptive fathers and long-term father figures aged 18 and over.