ZazenApp by Rev. SozanEspañolPrivacy
Last updated: 2026-10-24
ZazenApp by Rev. Sozan is published by Zen Without Borders. This page explains what the app keeps and why.
If you use the app as a guest
We do not ask for your name or email. The app gets an anonymous identifier for this phone and keeps the time and length of each sitting, so it can show how many people are sitting right now.
If you create an account
We keep your email, your password (encrypted; we never see it), your name if you write one, the avatar you choose, your language and your sittings (date, time and length). We use them to make your account work, to show you "Your sittings", and to send account emails (confirmation and password reset). We do not send advertising.
Sitting with others
While you sit, other people see that someone else is sitting. If you have an account they see the avatar you chose, never your name or email. In Settings you can appear anonymously instead.
Your photo
If you upload a photo, a person reviews it before others can see it while sitting. You can remove it at any time. Anyone can report a photo; it is hidden until it is reviewed.
If you practice with a sangha
If you practice with a community that works with ZazenApp (for example, Zen Sin Fronteras), your account may be linked to that community so your sittings count in its practice records. This happens when its team links it, or when your email is already in the community's records: to check this, the community sends us a one-way fingerprint of each email (not the emails themselves). The community then receives your email, your name if you wrote one, and the date and length of your sittings. If you used to sit with that community's earlier app, it also sends us the date and length of those sittings, so they appear in your history. You can stop sharing your sittings at any time in Settings, Privacy.
Questions to the teacher
If you send a question to Rev. Sozan, we keep its text, its date and your account, and we email you when there is an answer. By sending it you accept that the question and the answer may be published in the app anonymously, without your name or email; personal details are removed from the text before publishing.
What we do not do
We do not sell your data, show ads, or use third-party tracking services. Data is kept on our own server, over an encrypted connection.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account and all your sittings in the app (Settings, Delete account) or on this page. They are deleted immediately and permanently.