Your development should have a private place.

Your private space

Some of REFYN exists so you can think honestly. That content belongs to you and is stored as private content by default.

• Ask REFYN conversations
• Reset sessions after a hard assignment
• Handle It sessions and rehearsals
• Private reflections and journal style notes
• Game Day preparation notes you write for yourself

What you can share

REFYN uses three visibility levels. Every item that can be shared carries one of them, and private is the starting point.

Sharing one professional takeaway or development item does not open the conversation or reflection behind it. The private work stays private.

• Private: visible only to you.
• Share with mentor: visible to a mentor you have an accepted relationship with.
• Share with organization: visible to authorized leaders in an organization you belong to.

What a mentor can see

A mentoring relationship starts with an invitation and only exists once both people accept it. A mentor can see professional development information you share with the relationship, and nothing more.

Being mentored does not open your private space. Mentors do not see your Ask REFYN conversations, your Reset sessions, your Handle It sessions or your private reflections.

What an organization can see

Joining an organization does not hand over your REFYN activity. Authorized organization users can see professional information relevant to development they are responsible for.

• Your professional profile information
• Development focuses the organization assigned to you
• Program status for organization programs
• Professional development information you intentionally shared with the organization

What stays private

Your private content stays private regardless of who leads you. Organization, leader, administrator, evaluator and mentor status never grants access to private content.

Access controls are built into the way REFYN stores and retrieves protected information, not simply hidden from view in the interface.

Development without surveillance

For leaders: REFYN gives you real development tools. You can define focuses, run programs, keep leader notes, invite officials and follow professional progress that officials share with you.

What you do not get is a window into private processing, and that is deliberate. Officials who know their reflection is private reflect honestly, and honest reflection is what actually changes performance. Privacy here is not a barrier between leaders and officials. It is the condition that makes development truthful.

What the AI does

Ask REFYN is AI supported. It helps you think through a situation, prepare, and decide your next professional action. Your conversations are private to you.

AI guidance can be incomplete or incorrect, so use your professional judgment. REFYN is not a governing body, it does not make official decisions, and it is not a substitute for the rulebooks and competition regulations that apply to your assignment.