Sub-Processors

Third-party services that process data on our behalf.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

This page lists the third-party services ("sub-processors") that process personal information on behalf of Ask His Friends, as referenced in our Privacy Policy, Section 7.


Current Sub-Processors

ProviderPurposeCountry
OpenRouter (OpenRouter, Inc.)AI model routing and inferenceUnited States*
Qwen models (Alibaba Cloud, via OpenRouter)AI response generationUnited States*
Claude models (Anthropic PBC, via OpenRouter)AI response generation for users in EuropeUnited States*
Kimi models (Moonshot AI, via OpenRouter)Paraphrase and confirmation of user messages (clarifying step)United States / China*
Stripe (Stripe, Inc.)Payment processing for donationsUnited States
Resend (Resend, Inc.)Transactional email deliveryUnited States
Let's Encrypt (ISRG)TLS certificate issuanceUnited States
DeepInfra (DeepInfra, Inc.)Embedding generation for semantic searchUnited States
GeoNamesCity and country lookup during profile creationSwitzerland
Telegram (Telegram Messenger Inc.)Operator alerts only — not used to process user-facing requestsUnited Arab Emirates / various

Conversational content is not used for model training by our sub-processors. AI processing is transient; Anthropic may retain content for up to 30 days for trust-and-safety purposes before it is deleted.

* Data may be processed by OpenRouter, Inc. (United States) and its infrastructure providers. Exact server and storage locations may vary globally based on routing and provider selection.

Telegram is used by the operator (Paul O'Neill) to receive system-health and billing alerts about the Service. User conversation content is not transmitted to Telegram.


Hosting

The Service is hosted on a cloud server provided by Hetzner Online GmbH, physically located in Helsinki, Finland, and operated directly by the data controller (Paul O'Neill). User data at rest resides in Finland (EU/EEA).

Conversational content is transmitted to the AI providers listed above for processing, as described in our Privacy Policy, Section 9.


Changes to This List

This list is current as of June 11, 2026. We will provide notice of material changes to this list before they take effect, as described in our Privacy Policy, Section 7.

If you have questions about our sub-processors, contact [email protected].

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