Privacy Policy

Effective date: 27 June 2026

1. Information We Collect and their Purposes

We collect the following information when you use our application:
Email addressesFor account recovery and as the primary way for updates (e.g. assignment notifications, account security updates) to reach you
Account type (Student, Parent, Teacher)To grant you access to the most relevant features based on your account type. You indicate your account type while signing up.
Content you submit for evaluation (such as scanned essays or documents)To perform text recognition through OCR. OCR is performed by Google Gemini. Please view the Google Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy
Usage information (stored at our backend)For troubleshooting and improving our Service

2. AI Processing

Documents submitted for evaluation are processed by our AI system to generate feedback. We do not use user submissions to train our AI models unless explicitly stated and with the user's consent. Our models run on DigitalOcean's Serverless Inference API. Please view their Privacy Policy at: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/inference/details/data-privacy/

3. Cookies

We use essential session cookies to maintain your login session and secure access to your account. These cookies are required for the application to function properly and are deleted when the session ends or after they expire.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share data only with service providers necessary to operate the application, such as cloud hosting or authentication providers.

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no Internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

The amounts of time we store different types of data is shown below:
Submitted Essays (together with all AI feedback, corrections and reflections)Until you delete them from your Account, or you close your Account
Your Profile Information (e.g. username, email, preferences)Until you close your Account
Exported PDF docs of evaluations (stored on server)Until 2 months from generation

7. User Rights

We take your privacy very seriously. As a User of our Service, you have the right to view your stored data (essays, user information), submit and delete your own essays, and request for deletion of your account and any of your data at any time by contacting us.

8. Child Privacy

This Service is intended for use by teenagers aged 13 and above, as well as parents and teachers aged 18 and above. Those between the ages of 13 and 16 must seek parental approval before using our Service.

9. Updates to our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Significant changes will be communicated through the application or by email.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, contact us at: support@user.evaluate2sharpen.app