Privacy policy

1. Children and adult-managed accounts

Study Buddy is designed for students in kindergarten through grade 12, including children under 13. A parent or guardian creates and manages their child's student login. Parent signup asks for the parent or guardian agreement; children use their assigned student login rather than creating an independent parent account.

Teachers can invite families to a classroom. A teacher invitation does not replace the family's responsibility to manage the child's account. If you believe a child account was created without the appropriate adult's permission, contact us using the privacy request instructions below.

2. Information used by the app

• Adult account details: name, email, account role, sign-in information, and family or classroom connections.
• Student profiles: display name, username, grade, sign-in credentials, and parent or classroom connection.
• Learning material: subjects, topics, pasted text, questions, homework, photos, PDFs, saved plans, and uploaded teacher curriculum or pacing guides, including dates and teacher details you provide.
• Learning activity: study sessions, completed activities, answers and scores, accuracy, hints, time spent, and progress. Baseline surveys, pilot feedback, and grades or notes provided by adults may also be recorded.
• Adult communications and billing: contact messages, reminder preferences, and subscription status and payment-provider references when a family uses paid access.

Please provide only what is needed for learning. Crop unrelated names and identifying details from photos, and avoid uploading addresses, medical records, passwords, or information about other students.

3. How information is used

We use account details to provide sign-in and connect students to their family or classroom. Learning material and activity are used to create study plans, practice, explanations, homework feedback, curriculum-based missions, and progress reports. Adult contact details are used for account communications, reminders, support, and privacy requests. Subscription information is used to manage access and billing.

During the pilot, the Study Buddy founder can review participant progress and feedback for learning-outcome tracking. Student information is not a public directory or a resource for other families to browse.

4. Parent and teacher controls

• Parents: manage their own children's logins, reset student passwords, view progress, and add or review curriculum information.
• Teachers: classroom reports cover students in families linked to that teacher's classroom. Reports can include names, grades, practice time, accuracy, homework summaries, and pilot grade entries.
• Students: use their assigned learning space; they do not receive the parent or teacher's management view.

Keep adult passwords and student login details private. Contact us if a classroom connection is incorrect or needs to be removed.

5. AI and service providers

Study Buddy uses Lovable Cloud to run the app and its account and data services. AI-powered features send the question, relevant learning context, and any submitted text, image, or document to Lovable's AI service and the model provider processing the request. This applies to study generation, question help, homework checking, and reading curriculum documents.

AI responses may be inaccurate and are not official school grades. Adults should review important feedback. Do not include sensitive personal information in prompts or uploads. Payment and email services also process the information needed for adult billing and communications; provider processing is subject to their own terms and policies. This policy does not promise a particular provider retention period or make claims about provider model-training practices.

6. Browser storage and technical information

The app uses browser storage for sign-in, preferences, and the installed app's cached files. Service operation can involve technical information such as browser, request, error, and visit information. Clearing browser storage may sign you out or remove local settings; it does not delete information saved with your account.

7. Review, correction, and deletion requests

A parent or guardian can ask to review, correct, or delete their child's information, stop further collection for that child, or withdraw permission for the child's use of Study Buddy. Teachers can request help correcting classroom connections or information they supplied. Requests about a child's account must come from an adult with authority over that account.

Use the site contact form and start your message with “Privacy request.” Include the email associated with your adult account and the type of request. Do not send passwords or sensitive documents. We will verify your identity and authority before releasing or deleting information and reply using the email you provide.

Removing a student login in the parent page is not the same as deleting all learning records: past progress can remain. To request removal of those records too, say so in your message. Stopping collection or deleting an account can make learning features and reports unavailable for that student.

8. Retention and account safety

Account records, saved learning information, and reports support ongoing use and pilot tracking. This policy does not set a fixed deletion deadline. Privacy requests are reviewed with attention to the relevant account records, provider handling, and any applicable recordkeeping obligations; we will explain any limits when responding to your request.

No online service can guarantee complete security. Report unexpected account access through the contact form, and reset the affected password promptly.

9. Policy changes and contact

Updates to this policy will appear here with a revised date. Any proposal to expand the use of student information beyond learning and family or classroom reporting will require a separate review of appropriate notice and permission before that use.

The Study Buddy owner handles privacy questions through the site contact form. This is Study Buddy's own policy, not a certification or legal-compliance guarantee from Lovable or any service provider.