Privacy, in plain English

StudySec needs some information about you to work. We try to take as little as possible, keep it safe, and give you full control over it. Here is what you most need to know.

• Your email and password, so you can log in.
• Information about your course — your school or university, your subjects, your modules, your deadlines — so we can organise things for you.
• The material you upload, like lecture slides and PDFs, and the notes we make from them.
• The research questions you ask and the answers we find for you.
• Your planner events and quiz results, so the product can help you with planning and practice.

We do not collect your location. We do not collect anything you do on other websites. We do not run any kind of advertising.

To make StudySec work, we use a small number of trusted companies — for things like hosting your data, sending emails, and running the AI. Every one of them is bound by a legal agreement to handle your information only the way we tell them to. The full list is on our sub-processors page.

Your data is stored in the European Union. Some of the AI processing happens at companies based in the United States. When that happens, we use legal protections (called Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK-US Data Bridge) to make sure your information is protected to the same standard as it would be here.

• We don't train AI on your work. Your essays, notes, and questions are not used to make AI models smarter.
• We don't sell your information. Ever.
• We don't run ads. Our money comes from people paying for the subscription, not from selling your attention.
• We don't use streaks or guilt-trips. StudySec isn't trying to keep you hooked. It's trying to give you your time back.
• We don't share your information with your school, university, or parents without your permission — except in rare cases where the law requires us to.

You're in charge of your information. At any time you can:

• See what we have about you — just ask.
• Change anything that's wrong.
• Download a copy of your notes and your account data.
• Delete your account. When you do, we give you 14 days to change your mind, then your data is permanently deleted. (If you'd rather not have the 14-day window, you can choose immediate deletion.)
• Tell us off, if we've done something you're not happy with. If we can't fix it, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

If anything about how StudySec is using your information feels off — confusing, uncomfortable, or just not right — tell us. Email privacy@studysec.app. You can also tell a parent, guardian, or teacher and ask them to help. We will listen and we will respond.

Every user deserves a plain-English account of how their information is handled. The formal privacy policy exists because the law requires it. This page exists because honest, readable communication is part of what StudySec is — not a legal box to tick.

If anything on this page is unclear, or if the formal version and this one ever seem to say different things, tell us at privacy@studysec.app. We will fix it.