1. Introduction
Year In Chat ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Information
When you use our service, we may collect:
- Contact Information: Email address (for authentication and report delivery).
- Account Information: User ID generated by our authentication provider.
2.2 User Content (Chat Data)
We collect the files you explicitly upload (e.g., `conversations.json`). This data contains your personal chat history with ChatGPT.
Crucially, we do not store your raw chat history permanently. It is processed to generate insights, and only the generated reports and intermediate summaries ("Extracts") are retained in our database to allow you to view your results.
2.3 Payment Information
We do not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processor, Paddle.com, whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data for the following specific purposes:
- To provide and maintain the Service (generating your "Year In Chat" report).
- To authenticate you and secure your account.
- To process transactions via Paddle.
- To improve and debug our analysis pipeline (using anonymized logs).
4. Artificial Intelligence & Data Processing
Our core service relies on Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze your data. By using the service, you acknowledge that:
- Processing: Your chat data is sent to third-party AI providers (currently Google Gemini and xAI Grok) for analysis.
- No Training: We have configured these services with privacy settings that opt-out of using your data for model training.
- Observability: We use Helicone to route and monitor LLM requests for debugging and reliability.
- Model Changes: We may switch AI providers without prior public notice to improve quality or reduce costs.
5. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf (Hosting, Database, AI Processing, Payments).
- Legal Requirements: If required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
6. Data Retention
We retain your generated reports and authentication data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you the Service. You may request the deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting support.
7. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee "perfect security."
8. International Data Transfers
Your information, including Personal Data, may be processed on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. By using the Service, you consent to this transfer.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
[email protected]