Privacy is one of our core values. Your bathroom data should be treated as deeply private, and protecting it is one of our highest priorities. Below is what the device captures, when it captures it, who can see it, and where the limits are.
Throne's 'Bathroom Bill of Rights'
Our privacy promise, in plain terms:
- The sensor points into the bowl, not at you. It isn't designed or intended to capture human anatomy, and there are filters built to further reduce that risk.
- Throne is active only for known members. Throne is not designed to record guests.
- There's a microphone, and we'll always tell you it's there. It's designed to record audio of urinary flow, not to listen to conversations.
- We never sell your health information, and we don't use or disclose it for targeted advertising.
- Your health insights are yours to share. Exports, research participation, and the AI Coach are all opt-in, and we never sell your health information or use it for advertising. We also share information to operate the service and where the law requires.
- You can delete your account and data at any time, subject only to what the law requires us to keep.
If a company is going to be in your bathroom, these are the standards it should live by.
What the sensors actually capture
The concern: "Does the camera see my privates?"
Throne's optical sensor faces downward into the bowl. It's oriented to capture the contents of the toilet, not the person using it. It isn’t designed or intended to collect images of human anatomy. Here's an example of what Throne sees:
Orientation isn't the only control. We also employ privacy filters designed to reduce the risk of capturing images of human anatomy.
There is a limit to those controls, and our privacy policy states it plainly: we have implemented controls designed to limit this collection, but there is always a possibility that such images could be inadvertently collected. What we can tell you is that the sensor points away from you, the design intent is explicit, and there are filters behind the orientation.
There is also a microphone. Throne includes an acoustic sensor that records the sound of urinary flow, which is how the device measures things like flow rate and voided volume. It operates alongside the optical sensor under the same activation rules described below, and it isn't there to capture conversation.
