Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use the Service and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

We use your personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "we", "us" or "our") refers to Guideloop.
• Country refers to the jurisdiction where Guideloop operates.
• Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the Guideloop application and website.
• You refers to the individual accessing or using the Service, or, if applicable, the parent or guardian responsible for a minor's use of the Service.

Collecting and using your personal data

Types of data collected

Personal data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• Name (e.g. first name and last name)
• Account credentials or identifiers from third-party sign-in providers (e.g. when you use "Continue with GitHub" or other social or federated login)
• Usage data

Data you create in the Service

When you use the Service, you may create or upload content such as courses, grades, tasks, activities, college lists, essays, and other academic or application-related information. This data may be stored on your device (e.g. in browser or application storage) and/or on our systems to provide the Service. We treat this data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

Usage data

Usage data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Use of your personal data

The Company may use personal data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to store your courses, grades, activities, essays, and other data you choose to save, and to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage your account: to manage your registration as a user of the Service and to authenticate you.
• To contact you: to contact you by email or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services.
• To provide you with news, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events that we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, unless you have opted not to receive such information.
• For other purposes: we may use your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing, and your experience.

Retention of your personal data

The Company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of your personal data

Your information, including personal data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Security of your personal data

The security of your personal data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's privacy and parental rights

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent. Users between 13 and 17 may only use the Service with the knowledge and consent of a parent or legal guardian, as required by our Terms of Service.

We do not collect demographic data such as race or ethnicity from any user. If you are a parent or guardian, you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of all data stored for your child's account.
• Correction — request that inaccurate information be corrected.
• Deletion — request deletion of your child's account and all associated data. We will process deletion requests within 30 days.

To exercise any of these rights, contact safety@guideloop.app from the email address on your account. We will verify your identity before processing the request.

We do not sell user data to third parties. We do not use content submitted through the Service (such as essay drafts) to train AI models. AI features process submitted content solely to generate a response, and content is not retained after that response is delivered.

Contact us

If you would like to contact us for any reason, please reach out to safety@guideloop.app.

Changes to this privacy policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.