CountalineData and Privacy
Version 1.0, last updated November 5, 2026.
Countaline is made by The Vera Standard, a small studio in Hyderabad, India. This page says, in plain words, what we keep, why, who can see it, and how you take it with you. If anything here is unclear, write to theverastandard@gmail.com.
Right now: the website and the founding offer
Countaline is not open for real records yet. Today, only these things happen:
- Visiting these pages. We count visits with a privacy-friendly analytics tool that uses no cookies and does not identify you. We see totals, such as how many people opened a page or clicked a button.
- The demo. Everything you type in the demo stays in your own browser. It is never sent to us. "Reset demo" clears it.
- Becoming a founding member. Payment is handled by Gumroad, which acts as the seller of record. Gumroad collects your card details; we never see or store them. Gumroad shares with us your name, email address, country and what you bought, so we can contact you about your membership. Gumroad's own privacy policy also applies.
- Writing to us. If you email us, we keep the email so we can answer and follow up.
We use your email only to tell you about your membership and the first version of Countaline. We do not add you to other lists, and we do not sell or rent it to anyone.
When Countaline opens: what we will store
When you start using Countaline for your church or group, we will store:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your organisation's name and address, funds, counts, entries and reports | This is the record-keeping you came for. |
| Names, and if you add them, addresses and emails of givers or member families, and their gift or payment amounts | So you can make giving statements or member receipts. |
| Names and email addresses of the treasurer, counters and board members you invite | So they can sign in and so the record shows who did what. |
| A log of who created, changed, signed or locked each record, and when | So there is a clear trail if a question comes up later. |
Your organisation decides what goes in. You hold the records about your givers or families; we keep them on your behalf and use them only to run Countaline for you.
The PTA and booster club edition asks for a family display name only. Please do not enter students' names, grades or ages.
Who can see it
- Only the people your treasurer invites, with the role they are given: treasurer, counter, board member or viewer.
- Each organisation's records are kept apart from every other organisation's.
- Our team does not look at your records. We open them only if you ask us to help with a problem, or if we must to keep the service safe or to obey the law.
Where it is kept
Your records will be kept with established cloud hosting providers. We will list each provider that handles your data, and the region where it is stored, on this page before Countaline opens.
How we protect it
- All connections are encrypted (HTTPS).
- You sign in with a link sent to your email, so there is no Countaline password to steal.
- A locked count cannot be changed. A mistake is fixed with a new, linked correction, so the history stays complete.
- We take daily backups.
No system is perfectly safe. If something goes wrong that affects your data, we will tell your treasurer by email as soon as we know what happened and what we are doing about it.
Your control
- Export. Your treasurer can export everything, at any time, to CSV files (they open in Excel and Google Sheets) and reports to PDF.
- Handover. A new treasurer can take over with the full history.
- Closing. If you close your account, we offer the export first, then delete your records after a short grace period, so a mistake can be undone. Backups clear on their normal cycle after that.
- Questions or corrections. Anyone whose details are in Countaline can ask their organisation's treasurer, or write to us, and we will help.
What we do not do
- We do not sell, rent or trade your data.
- We do not show ads, and we do not use your records to train AI models.
- We do not take donations or payments for your organisation, so we never hold your givers' card details.
- We do not give tax, legal or accounting advice.
Cookies
These pages use no tracking cookies. When Countaline opens, it will use one cookie that keeps you signed in, and nothing else.
Changes to this page
If we change this page in a way that matters, we will email founding members and customers before the change takes effect. The date at the top shows the current version.
Contact
The Vera Standard, Hyderabad, India
theverastandard@gmail.com