Privacy

Last updated November 2026

In the Corner X is an anonymous project. Notes are posted without anything that could identify the person who wrote them.

What we collect when you leave a note

• The question you answered and your note.
• The card design you picked: paper, writing, ink, color and how it’s pinned.
• The removal code made for your note.
• Anything you add under Pay it forward: a note for a stranger, or a charity you’d recommend. Both are optional.
• Your neighborhood. Some flyers fill in their own spot (like “Mission”). From other flyers, your phone may ask to share your location. If you allow it, it is turned into a neighborhood name (like “Mission”) using OpenStreetMap’s free lookup, and only that name is filled into the form. Your exact location is never stored. If you say no, you type it yourself.
• The date and time it was sent, which Google Forms records.

We don’t ask for your name, email or phone number, and the form doesn’t record your Google account, even if you’re signed in.

The app waitlist is the one exception, and it’s separate. If you join it, its own form asks for your email, and we use it only to tell you when the app is ready. It’s never connected to any note, never posted and never shared. To be taken off, message us on Instagram at @inthecornerx.

Where it’s kept

Notes are collected through Google Forms and kept in a private Google Sheet. Google handles that data under Google’s Privacy Policy.

What happens to a note

Every note is read before anything is posted. Anything that could identify someone is taken out. Nothing else is changed. Once a note has been reviewed, it goes up on this site and may be shared on Instagram at @inthecornerx, signed only with a neighborhood and a date. Only the day is shown, never the time.

Please don’t include names, addresses or other details about yourself or anyone else.

This website

There are no accounts, no cookies and no analytics. The notes you see are loaded from a published Google Sheet, so your browser contacts Google when the page loads. If you arrive from a flyer, your browser remembers that flyer’s spot until you close the tab, only to fill in the form.

Taking a note down

Because notes are anonymous, we can’t tell which one is yours. To ask for a note to be removed, message us on Instagram at @inthecornerx with the removal code you were given when you wrote it.

Changes and contact

If this page changes, the date at the top changes with it. Questions go to @inthecornerx on Instagram.