Snowfinch AI Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At Snowfinch AI, we're committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy outlines what data we collect, why we collect it, how it's handled, and your rights regarding your information. We never sell your data.

2. What We Collect and Why

Identity and Access

When you sign up for Snowfinch AI, we ask for identifying information such as your name, email address, and potentially a school or institution name. This allows us to personalize your account and send you essential product updates. We may occasionally send optional surveys to improve our services. With your consent, we'll send you our newsletter and other updates.

Billing Information

For paid Snowfinch AI services, we'll request payment information and a billing address. Credit card details are submitted directly to our payment processor and don't touch Snowfinch AI servers. We store transaction records, including the last 4 digits of the credit card number, for account history, invoicing, and billing support. We keep your billing address for charging, tax calculation, invoicing, and fraud detection.

Content and Product Interactions

We store the content you upload, receive, or maintain in your Snowfinch AI account. This includes lesson plans, worksheets, exercises, exams, and student performance data. We retain this content as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we'll remove the content within 60 days.

Anti-bot Assessments

We use CAPTCHA services to protect against automated attacks and spam. This service evaluates various information (e.g., IP address, time on site, mouse movements) to detect if the activity is from a bot or human.

Voluntary Correspondence

We keep records of your correspondence with us, including email addresses and survey responses, to maintain a history of past communications and improve our services.

3. When We Access or Share Your Information

  • To provide services you've requested
  • To help troubleshoot issues with your permission
  • To investigate or prevent misuse of our services
  • When required by applicable law or valid legal process
  • If Snowfinch AI is acquired or merges with another company (we'll notify you well in advance)

4. Third-party Service Providers

We use third-party service providers to help us provide and improve our services. These include:

  • Cloud service providers (e.g., Google Cloud Platform)
  • Email and newsletter services (e.g., Loops)
  • Analytics and performance monitoring tools
  • Customer support platforms
  • Payment processors

We carefully select these third-party service providers and enter into data processing agreements with them to ensure they handle your data in compliance with applicable privacy laws.

We specifically use Google Cloud Platform for our cloud infrastructure and Loops for our email and newsletter services. These services have their own respective privacy policies, and we share information with them as necessary to provide our services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information on how they handle your data.

We partner with Microsoft Clarity to capture how you use and interact with our service through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay. The Snowfinch AI application usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to optimize site performance. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

5. Your Rights with Respect to Your Information

You have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect
  • Access the personal information we have about you
  • Request correction of your personal information
  • Request erasure of your personal information (subject to limitations)
  • Restrict processing of your personal information
  • Object to the processing of your personal information
  • Data portability
  • Not be subject to automated decision-making
  • Non-discrimination for exercising these rights

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

6. How We Secure Your Data

We encrypt all data in transit via SSL/TLS. Our database backups are also encrypted. We implement strong security measures to protect your data at rest, including encryption of sensitive fields.

7. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with legal obligations. If you delete your account, your data will become inaccessible immediately and will be purged from our systems within 60 days.

8. Location of Site and Data

Snowfinch AI is based in Zurich,Switzerland, and our primary data infrastructure is located in Zurich,Switzerland. By using our services, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data in these locations.

9. Changes and Questions

We may update this policy to reflect changes in regulations, our practices, or our use of third-party services. Significant changes will be notified to users who have opted in to policy update notifications.

For any questions, comments, or concerns about this privacy policy, your data, or your rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Last updated: 13 September 2024