Privacy Policy
Akano Home Assistant · Effective 21 October 2026
Akano Home Assistant is a private Home Assistant installation run by one household on a server in its own home. It is not offered to the public. This policy explains what it does with information from Google accounts that the household connects to it.
Who can use it
Only members of the household, using their own Google accounts. No one else can sign in, and there are no public accounts.
What it accesses
With the account holder's permission through Google sign-in, the installation may read:
- Google Calendar events, to run reminders and daily schedules.
- Gmail messages and Google Tasks, to show and send household notices.
- YouTube channel information, such as subscriber and video counts.
- Nest device status and controls, such as thermostats, cameras and doorbells.
- Google Health data, to show the account holder's own health and activity readings.
How it is used
This information is used only to run the household's home automations and to show information to household members on their own screens and devices. It is not used for advertising, profiling or any purpose unrelated to running the home.
Where it is stored
Information is processed and stored on the household's own server at home. It is not stored by any outside service operated for this installation.
Sharing
Information from Google accounts is never sold, rented or shared with anyone outside the household, and it is not transferred to third parties except where needed to operate the home automations the account holder has set up.
Use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements.
Keeping and deleting information
Information is kept only as long as the automations need it. An account holder can remove access at any time from their Google Account under Security > Your connections to third-party apps & services, and can ask the household administrator to delete any stored information.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions can be sent to the support email address shown on this app's Google sign-in screen.