At BrieflyPDF, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclosure, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our application.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you provide directly to us when you register for an account, use our services, or communicate with us. This may include:
- Personal Information: Name, email address, and billing information (processed securely by our payment providers).
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our application, including the documents you upload for summarization.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, device information, and operating system.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our service, including processing your PDF summaries.
- To manage your account and subscription.
- To improve our AI models and service quality (anonymized data only).
- To communicate with you about updates, security alerts, and support messages.
- To detect and prevent technical issues and fraud.
3. Document Security & Processing
Your documents are your property.
We process your PDF documents solely for the purpose of generating summaries. We do not sell your data or document content to third parties. Documents are processed securely and are strictly accessed only by the automated systems required to provide our service.
4. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, processing payments, and hosting infrastructure.
- Payment Processing: We use securely encrypted services (like LemonSqueezy/Stripe) for payment processing. We do not store or collect your payment card details.
- AI Processing: We utilize advanced AI models (such as OpenAI or Google Gemini) to generate summaries. Data sent to these providers is for processing purposes only.
- Analytics: We may use analytics tools to understand user behavior and improve our application.
5. Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. You maintain control over your data and can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time.
6. Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13.
7. Changes to This 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.