DevApps Learn ('we', 'us', or 'our') is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our Service. This policy is drafted in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Service includes:
- Personal Data: When you create an account, we collect personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, and password (which is stored in a hashed format). If you sign in via a third-party provider like Google, we collect the information you choose to share with us, such as your name and email address.
- Usage Data: Information that your browser sends automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, pages you visit, and the time and date of your visit.
- Progress & Preference Data: We store your course progress, your preferences (like language and theme), and your visit history to personalize your experience.
- Subscription Data: If you subscribe to a paid plan, our payment processor (Stripe) will collect your payment details. We receive and store information about your subscription status (e.g., your plan, expiration date), but we never store your full credit card details.
- Cookies: We use cookies to operate and analyze the Service. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for details.
2. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Performance of a Contract: When you sign up for an account or a subscription, we process your data to fulfill our contractual obligations to provide the Service to you.
- Consent: For the use of non-essential cookies for analytics and advertising. You provide this consent via our cookie consent banner and can withdraw it at any time.
- Legitimate Interest: For securing, maintaining, and improving our Service, we have a legitimate interest in processing anonymous and aggregated usage data.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected data to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our Service.
- Manage your account and subscriptions.
- Personalize your learning experience.
- Monitor usage to detect and prevent technical issues and security threats.
- Communicate with you about your account or Service updates.
- With your consent, to serve advertisements.
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with third-party service providers who help us operate the Service, such as:
- Stripe: For payment processing.
- Google (Firebase, Google Analytics, Google AdSense): For authentication, data storage, analytics, and advertising.
We require these providers to keep your information secure and to only process it for the purposes for which we shared it.
5. User-Uploaded Data (AI Tutor)
We state unequivocally that any files (PDFs, TXT files, etc.) you upload for use by the AI Tutor are processed exclusively locally in your browser (client-side). These files and their contents are not transmitted to, uploaded to, or stored on our servers. They remain private and under your control.
6. Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights:
- The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object to processing.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent.
You can exercise most of these rights directly from your account settings. For any other request, please contact us.
7. Data Security and Retention
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data. We will retain your data only for as long as is necessary to provide the Service, to comply with our legal obligations, or to resolve disputes. You may delete your account at any time, which will remove your personally identifiable data from our systems in accordance with our data retention policies.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.