Privacy Policy

Effective Date: February 6, 2026 | Last Updated: February 6, 2026

Our Privacy Philosophy

At Praecepta, we believe that deep learning should not come at the cost of personal privacy. Our mission is to help students master complex subjects through AI tutoring while maintaining the highest standards of data stewardship.

Our Core Principles:

Data Minimization: We only collect what is necessary for your learning
No Data Sales: We do not, and will never, sell your personal data
User Control: You can access, export, and delete your data at any time
Transparency: We clearly explain what we collect and why

Information We Collect

Account Information

When you create an account, we collect:

Name: To personalize your learning experience
Email address: For account management and important notifications
Date of birth: To comply with age requirements (COPPA)
Learning interests: To customize your tutoring sessions

Retention: Until you delete your account

Learning Interactions

During tutoring sessions, we collect:

Questions and messages: Your conversations with the AI tutor
Tutor responses: The AI's educational explanations
Canvas creations: Diagrams, notes, and visual elements you create
Session metadata: Topics discussed, session duration, timestamps

Retention: Until you request deletion

Voice Data

If you enable voice mode, we process:

Voice transcriptions: Text converted from your speech (we do NOT store raw audio files)

How it works: When you press and hold the microphone button, your speech is recorded and sent to our self-hosted transcription service (running on our own infrastructure). Only the resulting text is stored — raw audio is discarded after transcription. The AI tutor's spoken responses are synthesized from text using our self-hosted TTS system. No voice data is sent to third-party speech services.

Future capabilities: We may introduce voice-based emotion and prosody analysis (e.g., detecting confusion from tone) to improve tutoring responsiveness. If we do, we will update this policy and notify you before any such data is collected.

Your control: You can use text-only mode at any time. You can delete all voice-related data from your account settings.

Retention: Until you request deletion

Usage Metadata

To improve our service, we collect:

Session duration and frequency
Features used
Technical performance data (response times, errors)

Retention: Anonymized after 90 days

What We Do NOT Collect

Raw audio recordings (only text transcriptions)
Financial information (payment card numbers, bank accounts)
Government IDs (Social Security numbers, passport numbers)
Location data beyond general region
Browsing activity on other websites

How We Use Your Data

We Use Your Data To:

Provide personalized tutoring: Adapt explanations to your learning style and pace
Track your progress: Remember what you've learned and where you need help
Improve our AI: Use aggregated, anonymized data to enhance tutoring quality
Provide support: Help resolve technical issues you report
Send important notices: Account updates, security alerts, policy changes

We Do NOT Use Your Data For:

Advertising or marketing to you
Selling to third parties
Training global AI models (unless you explicitly opt in)
Profiling for purposes unrelated to education

Third-Party Services

We use carefully selected third-party services to power our AI tutoring platform. These include AI providers, voice processing services, and cloud infrastructure. Each provider is contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the services they provide to us.

We share data with these providers only as necessary to operate the Service. They do not use your data for their own purposes or sell it to others.

View our list of sub-processors and third-party services

Your Rights

You have control over your personal data. Here are your rights and how to exercise them:

Right to Access

Download a copy of all your data. Go to Account Settings → Privacy and Data → Export Data.

Right to Deletion

Delete your learning data or entire account. Go to Account Settings → Privacy and Data.

Right to Opt-Out

Disable voice mode or analytics. Adjust settings in your account preferences.

Right to Correction

Request correction of inaccurate data. Contact us at [email protected].

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

Right to Know: What personal information we collect, use, and disclose
Right to Delete: Request deletion of your personal information
Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate information
Right to Opt-Out of Sale: We do NOT sell personal information
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Information: Control how we use sensitive data
Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not treat you differently for exercising your rights

To exercise these rights, email us at [email protected] or use the self-service options in your account settings. We will respond within 45 days.

Children's Privacy (COPPA)

Praecepta is designed for users aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Users must provide their date of birth during registration
If a user is under 13, their account is immediately deleted
No data from users under 13 is retained
We maintain an audit log for COPPA compliance (with hashed identifiers only)

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at [email protected].

Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data:

Encryption in transit: All data transmitted using TLS 1.2 or higher
Encryption at rest: Database encryption using AES-256
Row-level security: Database policies ensure you only access your own data
Access controls: Limited employee access on a need-to-know basis
Regular audits: Periodic security reviews and vulnerability assessments

Data Retention

We retain your data only as long as necessary to provide our services or as required by law:

Data Type	Retention Period
Account information	Until account deletion
Learning events & conversations	Until you delete them or your account
Canvas creations	Until you delete them or your account
Session summaries	Until account deletion
Temporary caches	1 hour maximum
Data exports	24 hours (download link expiry)

After account deletion, we complete the removal of your data within 30 days.

International Users

Praecepta is operated from the United States. If you are accessing the Service from outside the United States, please be aware that your data will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States. By using the Service, you consent to this transfer. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for international data transfers.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes that affect your privacy rights, we will notify you by email or through a prominent notice on the Service at least 30 days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Company: Praecepta LLC

Last updated: February 6, 2026

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