Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what data ChatterEase collects, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

Last updated: January 1, 2025

Effective date: January 1, 2025

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains what data ChatterEase collects, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

  • Account information: name, email address, password (hashed, never stored in plain text)
  • Payment information: processed by Lemon Squeezy; ChatterEase never stores card details
  • Business content: documents and website content you upload to train your chatbots
  • Communications: messages you send to our support team

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

  • Usage data: pages visited, features used, clicks, session duration
  • Device information: browser type, operating system, screen resolution
  • IP address and approximate location (country level)
  • Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Cookie Policy for full details)

1.3 Information from Third Parties

  • Authentication data from Clerk (our identity provider)
  • Payment status from Lemon Squeezy (our payment processor)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your data to:

  • Provide, operate, and improve ChatterEase
  • Process payments and manage subscriptions
  • Send transactional emails (receipts, password resets, plan changes)
  • Respond to support requests
  • Analyze usage patterns to improve features
  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Detect and prevent fraud or abuse

We do NOT:

  • Sell your personal data to third parties
  • Use your training content to train our AI models for other customers
  • Share your data with advertisers
  • Access your chatbot conversations except when required for support

3. Data Storage and Security

  • All data is stored on secure servers (Supabase / AWS infrastructure)
  • Data is encrypted in transit (TLS 1.3) and at rest (AES-256)
  • Access to your data is restricted to authorized ChatterEase personnel only
  • We perform regular security audits
  • In the event of a data breach, we will notify affected users within 72 hours

4. Data Retention

  • Account data: retained while your account is active + 30 days after deletion
  • Chatbot training data: deleted immediately when you delete the chatbot
  • Conversation logs: retained for 90 days, then automatically deleted
  • Payment records: retained for 7 years (legal requirement)
  • Backup data: purged within 30 days

5. Your Rights (GDPR / Global)

You have the right to:

  • Access: request a copy of all data we hold
  • Correction: fix inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Deletion: request deletion of your account and all associated data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Portability: export your data in a machine-readable format
  • Objection: object to processing of your data
  • Restriction: limit how we process your data

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@chatterease.com. We will respond within 30 days.

6. Cookies

See our full Cookie Policy at /cookies.

7. Third-Party Services

ChatterEase uses these third-party services:

ServicePurposePrivacy Policy
ClerkAuthenticationclerk.com/privacy
SupabaseDatabasesupabase.com/privacy
Lemon SqueezyPaymentslemonsqueezy.com/privacy
OpenAIAI processingopenai.com/privacy
VercelHostingvercel.com/privacy

8. Children's Privacy

ChatterEase is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us immediately at privacy@chatterease.com.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy periodically. We will notify you by email and update the "Last updated" date. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated policy.

10. Contact

Privacy questions: privacy@chatterease.com

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