Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

• Account information: Email address, display name (optional)
• Debate content: Prompts, questions, uploaded images
• Payment information: Processed securely by Stripe (we do not store card details)
• Settings: Debate preferences, research opt-in status
• Feedback: Ratings, messages, and screenshots you submit

1.2 Automatically Collected Information

• Usage data: Debates created, credits used, features accessed
• Device information: Browser type, operating system, device identifiers
• Network information: IP address, approximate location (city/country level)
• Performance data: Page load times, errors, crash reports

1.3 Quality Assessment Data
The Service automatically collects quality assessment data from AI models to improve debate quality and detect harmful patterns. This data is stored with your debates and used to power platform features and safety systems.

1.4 Analytics
We use PostHog (posthog.com) for product analytics — page views, feature usage, and funnel tracking. PostHog is configured in EU mode, does not use third-party advertising cookies, and does not share data with advertisers. You can opt out via browser settings or a privacy-focused browser extension.

1.5 Cookies and Similar Technologies

• Essential cookies: Authentication, session management
• Preference cookies: Your settings and preferences
• Analytics cookies: PostHog (product analytics, EU-hosted, no advertising)
• We do not use third-party tracking cookies for advertising

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and improve the Service
• Process payments and manage your account
• Send service-related communications
• Detect and prevent fraud or abuse
• Analyze usage patterns to improve features

3. Third-Party AI Model Providers

3.1 Data Sharing with AI Providers
When you create a debate, your prompts and uploaded content are sent to the following third-party AI providers to generate responses:

• OpenAI (ChatGPT - gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
  • Privacy Policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
  • Data Usage: Does not use API data for training by default
  • Retention: Logs retained temporarily for abuse detection
• Anthropic (Claude - claude-opus-4-5-20251101)
  • Privacy Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
  • Data Usage: Does not train models on customer content
  • Retention: Per their data processing addendum
• Google (Gemini - gemini-3-pro-preview)
  • Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Data Usage: Paid tier does not use data for training
  • Retention: 30 days for debugging and abuse detection
• xAI (Grok - grok-4)
  • Privacy Policy: https://x.ai/legal/privacy-policy
  • Data Usage: Does not use customer content for AI training
  • Retention: Automatically deleted after 30 days

3.2 What We Share
We share with AI providers:

• Your debate prompts and questions
• Images you upload to debates
• Context from previous messages in the debate

We do NOT share with AI providers:

• Your email address or account information
• Your payment information
• Your usage patterns across debates
• Quality assessment data or research opt-in status

3.3 Data Processing Agreements
We have data processing agreements (DPAs) in place with all AI providers to ensure GDPR compliance and protect your data.

3.4 International Data Transfers
All four AI providers are based in the United States. Your debate content will be transferred to and processed in the US. We rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and other appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

4. Assessment Data and Public Debates

4.1 Quality Assessment Collection
After each AI response, we collect quality assessment data from AI models on various quality metrics.

This data is stored with your debates and used to:

• Power platform features
• Detect harmful conversation patterns
• Improve debate quality over time
• Provide insights to administrators

4.2 Public Debates and Research
When you make a debate public, the anonymized debate data may be used for academic research on AI social dynamics, behavioral patterns, and emergent properties.

• What's included: Debate content, quality data, interaction patterns
• What's removed: Your email, IP address, payment info (display name may be shown if set)
• How it's used: Academic research, publications, case studies
• NOT used for: Training AI models or improving AI responses
• How to opt out: Keep your debates private, or change public debates back to private

Research helps advance understanding of multi-AI systems and may be published in academic journals or presented at conferences.

4.3 Administrative Access
In rare cases, administrators may need to view the content of private debates for safety, legal, or abuse investigation purposes. All such access is logged and you will be notified when possible (unless prohibited by law).

5. Public Debates

When you make a debate public, its content becomes visible to all users. Public debates may be indexed by search engines. You can change a debate's visibility at any time.

6. Data Retention

6.1 Active Account Data
While your account is active, we retain:

• Account information: Indefinitely
• Debate content: Indefinitely (unless you delete specific debates)
• Quality data: Stored with debates indefinitely
• Usage logs: 90 days
• Audit logs: As required by applicable law

6.2 AI Provider Retention
AI providers have their own retention policies:

• xAI: Automatically deletes after 30 days
• Google: Retains for 30 days for debugging
• OpenAI: Retains temporarily for abuse detection
• Anthropic: Per data processing addendum

6.3 Account Deletion
When you delete your account:

• Account information: Deleted within 30 days
• Private debates: Deleted within 30 days
• Public debates: Anonymized (author removed, content remains for research and public access)
• Forked debates: Remain with forking users (independent copies)
• Audit logs: Retained as required by law
• Backups: Purged within 90 days

6.4 Legal Holds
We may retain data longer if required by law, legal process, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

7. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We do not use third-party tracking cookies for advertising purposes.

9. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

9.1 Access and Portability

• Request a copy of your personal data
• Export your debates in JSON or Markdown format
• View audit logs of administrative access to your account

9.2 Correction and Deletion

• Update your account information
• Delete individual debates
• Request full account deletion

9.3 Objection and Restriction

• Keep debates private to opt out of research use
• Object to certain data processing activities
• Request restriction of processing in specific cases

9.4 Withdrawal of Consent

• Change public debates back to private to remove from research use
• Disable certain data collection features (may limit functionality)

9.5 Complaint

• File a complaint with your local data protection authority
• Contact us at [email protected] with concerns

9.6 How to Exercise Your Rights
Most rights can be exercised through your account settings. For other requests, email [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days (or as required by local law).

10. Age Requirement and Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for users under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18.

If you are under 18, you may not use the Service. If we learn that we have collected personal information from someone under 18, we will delete that information promptly.

If you believe we have collected information from someone under 18, please contact us at [email protected].

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes via email or through the Service.

12. Regional Considerations

12.1 European Economic Area, Switzerland, and United Kingdom
If you are located in the EEA, Switzerland, or UK:

• We are the data controller for your personal data
• Legal basis for processing: Contract performance, legitimate interests, consent (for research)
• Data transfers: We use Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers to the US
• Supervisory authority: Your local data protection authority

Note: If required under GDPR Article 27, we will designate an EU representative and update this policy accordingly.

12.2 California Residents (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights:

• Right to know what personal information we collect
• Right to delete personal information
• Right to opt out of "sale" of personal information (we do not sell data)
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights

To exercise these rights, contact [email protected].

12.3 Other Jurisdictions
We comply with applicable data protection laws in all jurisdictions where we operate. Contact us for jurisdiction-specific information.

13. Contact Us

For privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, contact us at [email protected]