Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Booktus ("we," "our," or "us") is operated by Plotz AI. We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users, including teachers, students, and parents who use our educational reading platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.

By using Booktus, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

• Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, name, and role (teacher or student).
• Profile Information: Teachers may provide school name, grade levels taught, and teaching purpose. Students may provide school name, grade level, and reading level.
• Content: Discussion questions you create, answers you submit, and feedback you provide.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our service, including pages visited, features used, and time spent.
• Device Information: Browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
• Log Data: IP address, access times, and referring URLs.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our educational services
• Generate AI-powered discussion questions and model answers
• Enable teachers to share question sets with students
• Process and store student responses for teacher review
• Send service-related communications (e.g., verification emails, shared assignments)
• Analyze usage patterns to improve our platform
• Ensure the security and integrity of our service

4. AI and Data Usage

Booktus uses artificial intelligence to generate discussion questions and model answers for books. Here's how we handle data in relation to our AI systems:

4.1 AI-Generated Content

Our AI analyzes book content to generate educational discussion questions at various comprehension levels (literal, inference, and thematic). The AI also generates model answers to help teachers assess student responses.

4.2 Data for AI Improvement (Teachers Only)

With your explicit consent during registration, we may use anonymized interaction data from teachers to improve our AI models. This includes:

• Question selections and preferences
• Custom questions created by teachers
• Feedback on AI-generated content
• Usage patterns and feature preferences

Important: All data used for AI improvement is anonymized and aggregated. We do not use personally identifiable information or student data for AI training purposes.

4.3 Student Data Protection

Student responses and data are never used for AI training or improvement. Student data is only used to provide the educational service (displaying responses to teachers, storing submission history).

5. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in the following circumstances:

• With Your Consent: When teachers share question sets via email, recipient email addresses are used solely for delivery.
• Service Providers: We use third-party services for hosting (AWS, Vercel), authentication (Supabase), and email delivery (AWS SES). These providers process data on our behalf under strict confidentiality agreements.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights and safety.

6. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information:

• Encryption of data in transit (HTTPS/TLS)
• Secure authentication with encrypted passwords
• Regular security assessments and updates
• Access controls limiting data access to authorized personnel

7. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our services. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us.

Shared question sets are retained until explicitly deleted by the teacher who created them or until they expire (if an expiration was set).

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of your account and data
• Withdraw consent for data processing (where applicable)
• Export your data in a portable format

To exercise these rights, please contact us at contact@plotz.ai.

9. Children's Privacy

Booktus is designed for educational use by students of various ages, typically under teacher supervision. We collect only the minimum information necessary to provide our educational services.

For students under 13 years of age, we recommend that account creation be supervised by a parent, guardian, or teacher. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this 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. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: