Bravoboard Security & Privacy

A quick overview

Bravoboard gives organizers several ways to keep a group card intentional, private, and manageable.

How board privacy works

Bravoboard boards are designed around link-based sharing. When you create a board for a birthday, farewell, teacher appreciation card, employee appreciation board, or team celebration, the board is not added to a public Bravoboard directory.

Regular boards are also not included in Bravoboard’s public sitemap and include noindex, nofollow instructions asking search engines not to index them or follow links from them.

That said, noindex is not the same thing as access control. Anyone with the board link may still be able to open it unless you use additional controls such as password protection. For sensitive boards, use the privacy controls available on your plan and avoid sharing the link in public places.

Official Bravoboard sample boards shown in the public gallery are different. Sample boards are marketing examples, so they may be indexed by search engines and may appear in Bravoboard’s sample-board sitemap. They are not private user content.

Search indexing and sample boards

Bravoboard uses different search-indexing rules for regular boards and official samples.

This gives Bravoboard a privacy-first default for real group cards while still allowing public examples to be discoverable.

Access controls

Bravoboard supports several ways to control how people interact with a board.

Password-protected viewing

On eligible paid boards, organizers can add a board password. Visitors must enter the password before they can view the board. This is useful when a board is meant for a specific group, classroom, workplace, or event.

Invite-only posting

On Team Plan, organizers can require a posting code before guests can add messages. This helps reduce unwanted contributions and keeps the card focused on the intended group.

Personal and team visibility

Some boards are personal to the organizer’s dashboard. Team boards can be visible to team members in the shared dashboard, depending on board settings and plan configuration.

Link sharing

Boards are shared by unique link. If someone forwards the link, others may be able to access the board unless additional protections are enabled. For boards that should stay within a defined group, use password protection or invite-only contribution when available.

Moderation and organizer control

Group cards work best when contributors can add warm, personal messages without making the organizer manage chaos. Bravoboard gives organizers tools to keep boards appropriate and on track.

On Team Plan, organizers can turn on post approval so new posts stay hidden until they are reviewed. Pending posts can be approved or rejected before they appear on the board.

Board organizers can also edit or remove contributor posts when cleanup is needed. This is useful for fixing mistakes, removing duplicate posts, or handling content that does not belong on the board.

If someone needs to report abuse, privacy concerns, or a security issue, Bravoboard can be contacted at the support address used in the Help Center.

Team and workplace controls

Bravoboard Team Plan is designed for organizations that send group cards often or need more control over the experience.

Depending on your plan and board settings, Team Plan can support:

• Custom branding
• Post approval
• Invite-only posting
• Password protection
• Embed allow lists
• Required contributor name and email fields
• Custom contributor acknowledgement questions
• Contributor opt-in records on eligible paid Team Plan boards
• CSV export for board records
• Team member invitations and shared dashboard visibility

These controls can help HR teams, school administrators, managers, nonprofits, and remote teams create private online group cards with more structure than a simple public link. Bravoboard can also be a practical Kudoboard alternative for teams when you need secure group cards for teams with organizer controls rather than a generic public page.

Learn more on the Team Plan page.

Contributor information and CSV export

Some organizations need records of who contributed to a board, especially for workplace, school, or compliance-sensitive use cases.

On eligible paid boards, board owners can export contribution data as a CSV. Depending on board settings, this can include message content, contributor names, email addresses, approval status, acknowledgement fields, optional contributor questions, and timestamps.

On Team Plan paid boards, organizers can also require a custom acknowledgement checkbox before someone posts. For example, an organization might use this to confirm that contributors understand how their message will be used.

Bravoboard does not show internal acknowledgement answers publicly on the board. They are meant for organizer records and CSV export.

Data handling and deletion

Bravoboard collects the information needed to provide the service, such as account details, board content, contributor information, and payment-related records handled through payment providers.

Board owners can delete boards from their dashboard. Deleted boards are removed from active access and show a deleted-board page. Account-level data requests, account deletion requests, or export requests can be made through Bravoboard support.

As with most online services, deletion from active systems may not mean every backup copy disappears instantly. For details about privacy rights, retention, and account requests, see the Privacy Policy, Terms, and Help Center articles on deletion, data export, and privacy rights.

Payments

Bravoboard uses Stripe for payment processing. When you pay for a board, subscription, or plan, card details are entered through Stripe’s secure checkout flow.

Bravoboard does not store your full card number on its own servers.

What Bravoboard does not claim

Trustworthy privacy pages should be clear about both what a product does and what it does not claim.

Bravoboard does not claim that any online service is 100% secure. The Privacy Policy uses commercially reasonable protection language, but no internet service can guarantee absolute security.

Bravoboard also does not currently claim SOC 2 certification, SSO/SAML support, HIPAA compliance, data residency guarantees, or end-to-end encryption for board content.

If your organization requires a formal security review, contact Bravoboard at info@bravoboard.xyz before using the product for sensitive or regulated workflows.

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