Searching Historia needs no account. It does not ask for a name, a student ID, an age or a school, and there is no field in which to give them.
Kept in the student's own browser: sources they keep, their notes, a random session id that counts searches against the free allowance, and their citation style. Clearing browser data clears all of it.
Sent to the server: the text typed in the search box, the random session id, and the IP address, which is used to limit how fast searches run from one network, stored only as a hash, and normally deleted within 24 hours. Hosting providers also keep network logs.
The question is sent on to an AI provider to plan the search and rank the results (currently Google’s Gemini model, called directly and through Hack Club’s AI service), and to the archives. Search logs containing it are currently kept with no set deletion date; anyone can ask for deletion. The hosting provider’s analytics script records page addresses, which can include the question.
Historia carries no advertising, sells nothing to anyone, builds no profile, and requests no permission against a school account: sign-in is optional, by emailed link, with no identity provider.
Historia is a nonprofit programme fiscally sponsored by The Hack Foundation, a 501(c)(3). Contact: thehistoria.company@gmail.com