Privacy policy

Effective Date: March 31, 2025

Thank you for visiting Perspicuus.ai ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable data protection laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) where applicable. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our website located at https://perspicuus.ai (the "Site").  

1. Information We Collect

We aim to collect minimal personal information necessary to provide and improve our service. The information we collect includes:

  • Information You Provide Directly:

    • Account Information: If you create an account directly with us, we collect information necessary to manage your account, which may include your username, email address, and a hashed/encrypted version of your password.  

  • Information via Social Login (OAuth):

    • If you choose to register or log in using a third-party social media service (e.g., Google, GitHub, Facebook - "Social Login Providers"), we may receive certain profile information about you from that provider. The information we receive depends on the provider and your privacy settings with them, but typically includes your name, email address, and a unique identifier associated with your social account. We use this information solely to facilitate your login and create your account. Please review the privacy policies and settings of your Social Login Provider.

  • Information Collected Automatically:

    • Log Data: Our servers may automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring web page, pages visited, approximate location (derived from IP address), and timestamps. This helps us with security, diagnosing issues, and understanding usage patterns.

    • Cookies and Local Storage: We use cookies and similar technologies (like local storage) essential for operating the Site (e.g., keeping you logged in) and for analytics purposes. Analytics cookies help us understand how users interact with our Site, allowing us to improve it. We may use third-party analytics services for this, which collect aggregated and often anonymized usage data.  

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected for the following purposes:

  • To provide, maintain, and secure the Service (including account creation and login, whether direct or via social login).

  • To improve our Site by analysing how it is used.

  • To monitor for and prevent security threats, fraud, or other malicious activity.

  • To comply with legal obligations.

  • To communicate with you about essential service-related matters (e.g., security updates, policy changes).

We do not collect information about your behaviour across different websites, nor do we track your activity on the websites our service analyzes in a way that is linked back to your personal account on our Site.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (Under GDPR/UK GDPR)

We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

  • Contractual Necessity: To provide the core services you request, such as creating and managing your account, and enabling login.

  • Legitimate Interests: For purposes like securing our Site, preventing fraud, analysing usage to improve the Site, and processing Log Data for technical diagnosis, provided these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.

  • Consent: Where required by law, such as for setting non-essential analytics cookies, we will rely on your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

4. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only in these limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: With third-party vendors and partners who perform services for us, such as website hosting, data storage, security monitoring, and analytics. These providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the services they provide to us.

  • Social Login Providers: If you use social login, you are inherently sharing information with that provider as part of the authentication process according to their privacy policy. We only receive information from them as described above.

  • Legal Requirements: If required by law, regulation, or valid legal process (e.g., subpoena, court order).

  • Protection of Rights: To protect the rights, property, or safety of Perspicuus AI Limited, our users, or the public, including enforcing our terms and investigating potential violations.

5. Data Storage and Transfers

Your personal information is primarily stored and processed on servers located within the European Union (EU). While we strive to use service providers within the EU/UK or countries deemed adequate by relevant authorities, if we transfer data outside these areas, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place as required by applicable data protection laws.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use essential cookies (for login, site function) and may use analytics cookies (to understand usage). Most browsers allow you to manage cookie preferences. You can typically block or delete cookies through your browser settings, but disabling essential cookies might impair Site functionality. You may be able to opt-out of analytics tracking via browser settings or tools provided by analytics services (when we implement them).

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we hold against loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no system is 100% secure.

8. Data Retention

We retain your account information as long as your account is active or as necessary to provide the service and fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. We retain Log Data and analytics information for a period necessary for security, analysis, and improvement purposes. We delete data when no longer needed, or as required by law.

9. Your Rights (Under GDPR/UK GDPR)

You have rights concerning your personal data, including:

  • Access: Request access to the personal data we hold about you.

  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate personal data.

  • Erasure ('Right to be Forgotten'): Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.  

  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal data under certain conditions.  

  • Portability: Request transfer of your personal data to you or another party in a structured format (where processing is based on consent or contract).

  • Objection: Object to processing based on our legitimate interests.

  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on it (e.g., for non-essential cookies).  

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the details below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK.  

10. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for individuals under the age of 13 (in line with the UK Data Protection Act 2018). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have done so, we will take steps to delete it.  

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. Significant changes will be notified by posting the new policy on the Site and updating the "Effective Date." Please review it periodically.

12. Contact Us

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

Perspicuus AI Limited

Email: privacy@perspicuus.ai