Privacy Policy

Data We Collect

Account data: email address, display name, and hashed password (stored by Supabase Auth).

Conversation data: the AI conversation text you submit for analysis. This is stored to generate your engagement report and track your progress over time.

Survey data: if you complete the research survey, your responses are stored and linked to your account for personalized insights.

Usage data: page views, session information, and browser metadata are collected for analytics. IP addresses are hashed (not stored in plain text) and used for rate limiting.

How We Use Your Data

• To analyze your AI conversations and generate engagement reports
• To provide personalized feedback, benchmarks, and growth predictions
• To improve the AI Engagement Modes framework through anonymized research
• To enforce rate limits and prevent abuse
• To process payments (via Stripe)

Research Use

AI Modes™ is part of an ongoing academic research program at Brigham Young University. Your engagement data may be used in published research in anonymized, aggregate form. No personally identifiable information (name, email, conversation content) is included in publications.

If you are a student enrolled in a course that uses AI Modes, your participation may be covered by your institution's IRB approval. Contact your instructor for details.

Data Sharing

We do not sell your data. We share data only with:

• Anthropic (Claude API): your conversation text is sent to Claude for classification. Anthropic's privacy policy applies.
• Stripe: payment information is processed by Stripe. We do not store credit card numbers.
• Supabase: account and application data is stored in Supabase (hosted PostgreSQL).
• Your instructor: if you are enrolled in a course, your instructor can view your engagement scores and mode distributions (not your raw conversation text).

Data Retention

Account data and submission history are retained as long as your account is active. You may request deletion of your account and all associated data by contacting us. Anonymous submission data (from users without accounts) is retained for research purposes but cannot be linked to an individual.

Cookies and Tracking

We use a device token stored in localStorage for anonymous rate limiting. We use Supabase Auth cookies for session management. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

Browser Extension

The AI Modes browser extension captures conversations on supported AI platforms (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) and sends them to aimodes.ai for scoring. The extension is optional — the site works without it.

What the extension collects: the text of AI conversations on supported platforms only, and only when you explicitly start a study session from the floating pill. The conversation is sent to aimodes.ai over HTTPS, associated with your aimodes account, and scored by the same engagement pipeline used for pasted conversations.

What the extension does NOT collect: browsing history, cookies, text from unsupported sites, keystrokes, passwords, or any data when a study session is not active. The extension makes no network requests to domains other than aimodes.ai. No third-party analytics are loaded.

How to revoke access: uninstall the extension, or revoke the device token from Account Settings. Revoked device tokens stop working immediately.

Retention: conversation text captured by the extension is stored in the same place as other submissions. You can opt to have the raw transcript deleted automatically after scoring; aggregate scores and mode tags remain so your progress view stays intact.

Your Rights

You have the right to: access your data, correct inaccurate data, request deletion of your data, and opt out of research participation. Contact mark_keith@byu.edu to exercise these rights.

Contact

For privacy-related questions, contact Dr. Mark Keith at mark_keith@byu.edu.