1. Introduction

Welcome to StudyPlanIt ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our education platform.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our platform, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect the following personal information:

Account Information: Email address, full name, password, user type (teacher, student, or admin), preferred language, and country.
Profile Information: Profile pictures, educational background, teaching experience (for teachers), and learning objectives.
Educational Data: Course enrollments, assignments, grades, quiz results, homework submissions, and learning progress.
Communication Data: Messages sent through our platform between teachers and students.
Gamification Data: Points earned, badges achieved, and leaderboard rankings.

2.2 Payment Information

For users who purchase premium subscriptions, we collect payment information through our third-party payment processor, Stripe. We do not store complete credit card information on our servers. Instead, this information is provided directly to our payment processor, whose use of your personal information is governed by their privacy policy.

2.3 Automatically Collected Information

When you access our platform, we automatically collect certain information, including:

Device information (type of device, operating system, browser type)
IP address
Log data (pages visited, time spent, referring/exit pages)
Cookies and similar tracking technologies

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

Provide Services: To create and maintain your account, deliver educational content, process assignments, track progress, and facilitate communication between teachers and students.
Improve Platform: To understand how users interact with our platform, identify areas for improvement, and develop new features.
Personalization: To customize your experience based on your preferences and learning patterns.
Communication: To send administrative notifications, updates, security alerts, and support messages.
Analytics: To analyze usage patterns and trends to improve our educational offerings.
Marketing: To inform you about new features, services, and educational content that may be of interest to you (with your consent where required by law).
Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable legal requirements, such as education regulations and data protection laws.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

With Teachers and Students: Educational data is shared between teachers and their students as necessary for educational purposes.
With Service Providers: We may share information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and customer service.
AI Integration Services: When you use our AI-powered features (Claude, GPT, Gemini, LLAMA), your queries and relevant context may be shared with these services to provide you with responses.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Business Transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

5. Data Storage and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

Access: You can request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: You can request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information about you.
Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal information in certain circumstances.
Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.
Data Portability: You can request to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Objection: You can object to our processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Withdrawal of Consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.

7. Children's Privacy

Our platform is intended for educational use and may be used by children under the age of 13 with appropriate parental or school authorization. We collect only the minimal information necessary to provide our educational services when users are identified as children.

For users under 13, we require parental consent or school authorization before collecting personal information. Parents and guardians have the right to review, delete, or refuse further collection of their child's personal information by contacting us.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws of your country.

Whenever we transfer your personal information to other countries, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information and that the transfer complies with applicable data protection laws.

9. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our platform and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our platform.

10. 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 page.

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.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: [email protected]