Effective Date: February 14, 2026
📱 What This Service Does
The Community Fridge Initiative is a non-commercial student art project based at NYU Tisch ITP. When you text our number after seeing our public art projection in DUMBO, Brooklyn, you receive a single automated reply with a link to FridgeFinder.app — a community-maintained map of free fridges near you.
That's it. One text in, one text out.
🔒 Information We Collect
When you text our number, your message passes through Twilio's messaging platform to reach us. In that process, Twilio temporarily handles your phone number in order to route the reply back to you.
- We do not store your phone number after the message is delivered
- We do not log or record incoming messages
- We do not build any database of users or contacts
- We do not use cookies, tracking pixels, or analytics on this service
🤝 How We Use Your Information
Your phone number is used for one purpose only: to send you a single informational reply about community fridges near you. Once that message is delivered, your number is not retained, used for any other purpose, or accessible to anyone.
🚫 What We Will Never Do
- Sell, share, or transfer your phone number to any third party
- Send you marketing, promotional, or recurring messages
- Use your number to contact you for any reason other than this one-time reply
- Combine your phone number with any other personal data
🌐 Third-Party Services
This service is built using Twilio's messaging platform. Twilio processes messages in order to deliver them. Their privacy practices are governed by Twilio's Privacy Policy. The link we send directs you to FridgeFinder.app, which is an independent service with its own privacy practices.
✉️ Contact
This service is operated by students at NYU Tisch ITP as a non-commercial educational art project. For privacy questions or concerns, please reach out via communityfridgeinitiative.com.