At Physics GPT, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website, mobile application, or any of our services.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site or use our services.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Data

When you register for an account, we may collect the following personal information:

• Name
• Email address
• Academic institution or organization (if provided)
• Profile information you choose to provide

Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our platform. This information may include:

• Device and browser information
• IP address
• Operating system
• Pages visited and features used
• Time and date of your visit
• Physics problems you submit
• Interactions with our AI system

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our services
• Improve, personalize, and expand our services
• Understand and analyze how you use our services
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Process your transactions and manage your account
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support messages
• Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
• Train and improve our AI algorithms to better solve physics problems

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following situations:

• Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.
• Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers who perform services for us or on our behalf, such as data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where required by law or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

4. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

We use industry-standard encryption protocols to protect data transmission and storage, and we regularly assess our systems for potential vulnerabilities.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.

Physics problems and solutions may be retained indefinitely in an anonymized form to improve our AI systems.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our platform and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• To keep you signed in
• To understand usage patterns
• To remember your preferences
• To improve our service

7. Your Rights

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

• The right to access the personal information we have about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate information
• The right to request deletion of your personal information
• The right to object to processing of your personal information
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Children's Privacy

Our platform is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.