Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

At Briefo, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service. Briefo provides an AI-powered market briefing service that delivers personalized updates about stocks, market news, and insights via email and Telegram.

We encourage you to read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By accessing or using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We collect information that you provide directly to us, including:

• Account information: email address, full name, birth year, and password (encrypted)
• Profile information: preferences regarding frequency and timing of briefings, notification channel preferences
• Financial information: stock ticker symbols and watchlists you create and manage
• Communications: preferences regarding briefing content, tone, length, and style
• Payment information: when you subscribe to paid plans (processed securely by third-party payment processors)
• Telegram chat ID: if you opt to receive briefings via Telegram

2.2 Usage Information

We automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with our Services, including:

• Device information: browser type, operating system, device type, and settings
• Log data: IP address, access times, pages viewed, referring websites
• Usage patterns: interactions with our briefings, email open rates, click-through rates
• Performance data: how our Service functions on your device
• Location information: general location derived from IP address

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide and maintain our Services, including delivering personalized market briefings based on your preferences and watchlists
• Generate AI-powered content using OpenAI's technology to create briefings about your selected stocks and market conditions
• Process your subscription payments and manage your account
• Personalize your experience by tailoring content to your preferences
• Send you updates and notifications according to your chosen frequency and channels
• Track and analyze usage patterns to improve our Services
• Respond to your requests, comments, and questions
• Prevent fraud, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity
• Comply with legal obligations

4. Information Sharing

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

• With your consent: When you explicitly approve sharing your information
• With service providers: We share information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, including:
  • OpenAI (for generating briefing content)
  • Supabase (for database services)
  • Resend (for email delivery)
  • Stripe (for payment processing)
  • Telegram (for message delivery, if opted-in)
• For legal compliance: To comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request, or to protect our rights
• Business transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will retain your account information and preferences for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our Services.

You can request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. Note that some information may remain in our backup files or for legal or legitimate business purposes.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access: Request access to your personal information
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
• Objection: Object to processing of your personal information
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal information
• Portability: Request transfer of your personal information
• Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your personal information

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before responding to your request.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Services and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies: Required for the operation of our Services
• Analytical cookies: To understand how visitors interact with our Services
• Functionality cookies: To recognize you and remember your preferences
• Targeting cookies: To deliver relevant advertisements

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 Services.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there.

11. 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. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.