Identity & Privacy FAQ
Understand how identity works on Candor, what profile information can be public, and what that means when you publish reviews.
Candor is built for public, useful reviews. That makes identity and visibility important to understand before you publish.
The main thing to understand is simple: Candor is not a private diary. Reviews and profile activity are part of a public product designed to help other people make better learning decisions.
You do not have to publish under your legal name, but you should assume that what you publish can be read publicly and associated with your chosen profile identity.
1. Who can publish on Candor?+
Publishing reviews and other community content requires sign-in with Google and completed onboarding.
Browsing public pages does not require an account, but publishing, voting, reporting, and similar actions do.
2. What name appears publicly?+
Candor uses public usernames and public display names chosen by users.
When you publish reviews or comments, those public profile details may appear next to your content instead of your legal name.
3. What data is public?+
Your public username, display name, public profile image, and the reviews or comments you publish may be visible on Candor.
Public profile pages may also show some account activity connected to your public contributions.
Public pages may also be indexed by search engines.
4. What stays private?+
Your Google email address, authentication details, and private account metadata are not intended to be displayed publicly as part of normal profile and review pages.
If you choose a pseudonymous username and display name, Candor does not require your legal name to appear publicly.
5. Are reviews anonymous?+
Candor is better understood as pseudonymous, not fully anonymous.
Reviews are published under the public username and display name attached to your account, and public content may be associated with your public profile.
6. Can I change my public identity?+
Some profile details may be editable through product flows such as onboarding or future account settings, depending on the current state of the product.
If you need to update your public identity now, use the onboarding flow where available.
Do not choose a public identity you would be uncomfortable using on a public website.
7. How does Candor protect trust and quality?+
Candor combines account-level access controls, anti-abuse checks, moderation workflows, and structured review inputs to improve the quality of public content.
That does not mean every review is verified in the real-world sense, but it does mean Candor is designed to discourage spam, manipulation, and low-signal publishing.
8. Where should I go next?+
If you want the full legal explanation of how personal data is handled, read the Privacy Policy.
If you want writing advice for reviews, read the Review Guidelines. If you want general platform answers, go to Help / FAQ.