Last updated 19 August 2026
This page explains what OpalMeet collects when you use it, why, and how long we keep it. We've tried to write it the way we'd want it explained to us — in plain language, and only covering what the app actually does today.
Hosting a meeting needs a Google sign-in. Joining one never requires an account — you can type a name, or sign in with Google if you'd rather. Chat, reactions and raise-hand are never saved anywhere; they exist only for the length of the call. Your video and audio pass through live so people can see and hear you, and OpalMeet does not currently record meetings. Background blur happens entirely on your own device — the real picture behind you never leaves it. We don't use tracking cookies.
Starting a meeting requires signing in with Google. We receive your name, email address and profile photo from Google, and we store them so that:
We never see or store your Google password — sign-in happens entirely through Google, and we only get back the details above.
Joining OpalMeet never requires an account. You can type in a name and go straight in, or sign in with Google if you'd rather — both work. If you just type a name, that's all we have: it's attached to your seat in that one meeting, and nothing about you is kept once the meeting is gone.
A meeting record holds its code, its title, who created it, and the list of people who joined (name, and whether they're host, co-host or guest). This is what makes the meeting work while it's happening — and it doesn't outlive it:
In-call chat messages, reactions, and raise-hand are broadcast live to whoever is in the meeting at that moment, and are not written to any database — the same way they'd disappear from a phone call. Once the meeting ends, they're gone, including for us.
Your camera and microphone are relayed live to the other people in your meeting so the call can happen. OpalMeet does not currently offer meeting recording, and nobody who works on OpalMeet can watch or listen to your calls. If recording is added in future, it will only ever happen with the people in the meeting being told, and this page will be updated to explain how it works before it's available to anyone.
Background blur and virtual backgrounds are processed entirely on your own device. The unblurred picture of what's actually behind you is never sent anywhere, including to us.
After a call, you can optionally rate how it went and leave a comment. If you do, we keep it so we can see what's working and what isn't. You can ask us to delete anything you've sent us at any time — see Contact below.
OpalMeet doesn't use tracking cookies. A small amount of information is kept in your browser's own storage, on your device only, to make the app work smoothly:
None of this is sold, shared with advertisers, or used to track you elsewhere.
We use a small number of outside services to run OpalMeet:
We count page views using Cloudflare's privacy-preserving analytics, which sets no cookies, stores no identifier for you, and can't follow you to other sites — it tells us how many people visited a page, never who. We don't use advertising trackers, and we don't sell your information to anyone, for any reason.
OpalMeet isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top of this page. We'd encourage checking back occasionally, especially before paid plans launch.
Questions about your data, or want something deleted? Email [email protected].