Privacy Policy for AI Study Companion

Effective Date: May 14, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Shantanu Deshmukh ("Developer", "we", or "us") collects, uses, and safeguards your information when you use the AI Study Companion extension.

1. Information We Collect To ensure the extension works properly and fulfills its single purpose, we collect the following necessary data:
   
   Personally Identifiable Information: We collect your email address when you log in via AWS Cognito to create and manage your user profile.
   Authentication Information: We process and store secure login tokens to authenticate you and keep your session active.
   Website Content: When you actively trigger the extension on YouTube or Udemy, we read the webpage content to extract the video transcripts.
2. How We Use Your Data The data collected is strictly used to provide the extension's core features:
   
   To securely log you into your personal dashboard connected to our AWS backend.
   To process video transcripts and generate structured AI study notes.
   To save your custom prompts, notes, and theme preferences.
3. Data Sharing and Strict Disclosures We respect your privacy and strictly comply with the Mozilla Firefox Web Store Developer Program Policies. We certify that:
   
   We do not sell or transfer your user data to any third parties.
   We do not use or transfer your data for purposes that are unrelated to the extension's primary single purpose.
   We do not use your data to determine creditworthiness or for any lending purposes.
4. Security All communication between the extension and our server is encrypted. We do not inject remote code, and we only access website content on the specific tabs where you choose to run the extension.
5. Contact Us If you have any queries or doubts regarding this policy, kindly reach out to the developer, Shantanu Deshmukh, through the Chrome Web Store support tab.
6. Disclaimer This extension is provided "as is" without any warranties. The developer is not liable for any data loss, damages, or issues arising from the use of this tool.