Privacy Policy

Adsorp AI ("Adsorp", "we", "us") is currently operated by an individual founder, Alok Choudhary, based in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India, as a sole proprietorship pending future incorporation. Once incorporated, this policy will be updated to reflect the registered entity. For any privacy question or request, contact legal@adsorp.ai.

Account information: when you sign in (via Google or email through Firebase Authentication), we receive your email address, display name, profile photo URL, a unique user ID, and sign-in provider. We also record your IP address on first login, which we use to look up your country (for regional pricing/commission purposes) via a third-party geolocation lookup.

Content you create: chat messages you send to the AI tutor, the topics and context you provide for AI-generated books, the resulting book content, translations, and audio captions. If you type personal information into a chat or book prompt, that text is stored as part of your content.

Usage and billing data: which AI/TTS models and features you use, how much of each book or PDF you've read and for how long, your credit balance, and your transaction/payment history.

Waitlist signups: if you join our waitlist before creating an account, we store your email address, IP address, and browser user-agent string.

Device permissions: on mobile and desktop, the app requests microphone access only when you use voice input (for example, voice search or voice chat) and storage/file access only when you import or export a PDF, AI book file, or music folder. We do not request camera, contacts, or location permissions on your device — country is inferred server-side from IP address, not from device location services. iOS additionally declares an optional Face ID capability for an app-lock feature.

We use this information to operate your account, process the AI explanations/translations/audio you request, calculate and deduct credits for what you use, process payments, personalize suggested content, and improve the product. We do not run any advertising or analytics-tracking SDK in the app today (no Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, or similar) — the app only talks to the services listed below.

We share data with a small number of named service providers, only as needed to run the features you use:

• Firebase Authentication (Google) — to verify your identity. • OpenRouter — receives the text of your chat messages and conversation history so the AI model can generate a response. • Google Cloud Text-to-Speech and the Gemini API (Google) — receive text you ask to have read aloud, in order to synthesize audio. • PayPal — receives your user ID, selected plan, and payment amount to process subscription payments (we do not send your email or full name to PayPal). • A geolocation lookup service — receives your IP address to determine your country. • Hetzner — our infrastructure provider, which hosts our database and backend servers.

If you run Adsorp fully offline using a local AI engine (such as Ollama or a local TTS server) on your own device, that content is processed entirely on your device and is not sent to any of the services above. We do not sell your personal information.

We keep your account and content data for as long as your account is active. If you want your account and associated data deleted, email legal@adsorp.ai — we currently process deletion requests manually (this is a genuine limitation we're working to automate), and will complete GDPR-qualifying deletion requests within 30 days as required by law.

Adsorp is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact legal@adsorp.ai and we will remove it.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, or to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these rights, email legal@adsorp.ai. We will acknowledge your request within 7 business days.

We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect your information. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may update this policy as the product evolves. If we make material changes, we'll update the "last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the app.

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to legal@adsorp.ai.