Privacy Policy
Effective Date: March 24, 2025
Last Updated: March 24, 2025
PRIVACY POLICY
My Protection AI respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard
your information when you use our online scam detection service (the
“Service”). Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices
regarding your information and how we will treat it.
Important Note:
At this time, the Service is only available in the United States. We are not
intending
to collect or process data of individuals in any other territory.
1. Information We Collect
When you use the Service, we may collect the following information:
Personal Information:
• Email Access: To identify and alert you of potential scams, we may
request access to your email account. This includes the ability to read
email headers and content for scam detection purposes. Your emails and
private information will not be recorded or taken from your device. We
will store your email address for authentication. We will also collect your
phone number for future two-factor authentication.
• Contacts Information: With your explicit permission, we may access
your phone’s contacts to cross-reference with known scam sources and
provide enhanced scam prevention services.
Device Information:
• Information about the device you use to access the Service, including
device model, operating system, and unique device identifiers. This will
ensure proper use of the Service on your device.
Usage Data:
• Details about how you use the Service, such as feature usage, errors,
and diagnostics.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
• Scam Detection: Analyze emails and contacts to identify and alert
you to potential scams or malicious activity.
• Service Improvement: Improve the functionality, performance, and
security of the Service.
• User Support: Respond to your inquiries and provide assistance
related to the Service.
• Legal Compliance: Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and
legal processes.
Data Retention:
We retain your personal information for as long as we have an ongoing legitimate
business need to do so (e.g., to provide you with a service you have requested
or to comply with applicable legal, tax, or accounting requirements).
Criteria used to determine the retention period include:
• The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information.
• The purpose(s) for which it was collected and used.
• Legal obligations or dispute resolution requirements.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your information to third parties. However, we may share
your information in the following circumstances:
• Service Providers: With trusted third-party providers who perform
functions necessary to operate the Service (e.g., cloud storage, analytics).
• Marketing Service Providers: With analytics and social media platforms
for marketing and promotional purposes (e.g., Google Tag Manager, Google
Analytics).
• Analytics and Advertising Partners: With third-party tools for campaigns,
advertising, and performance tracking.
• Legal Obligations: When required to comply with a legal obligation
or protect our rights, users, or the public.
• Corporate Transactions: In the case of a merger, acquisition, or sale of our
business.
• Consent: With your explicit consent, we may share information for
other purposes not listed here.
4. How We Protect Your Information
We use industry-standard security measures to protect your information,
including encryption, secure servers, and strict access controls. However,
no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot
guarantee absolute security.
5. Your Choices and Controls
You have the following rights regarding your information (subject to applicable
law):
• Access and Control: You can revoke access to your email account or
contacts at any time via the settings of your device or email provider.
• Data Deletion: You can immediately delete your personal data
within the website portal. On the Settings page, scroll to the bottom, click
the Delete button, and confirm by typing in “delete”. This will
immediately cancel your subscription and delete your personal
information from our servers.
If you reside in certain U.S. states (e.g., California), you may also
have:
• Right to Know: Learn what categories and specific information we collect,
sources, purposes, and third parties involved.
• Right to Access: Request a copy of personal data from the last 12 months.
• Right to Delete: Ask us to delete the data we've collected from you.
• Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Information (if applicable).
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing of Personal Data (for cross-context
advertising).
• Freedom from Discrimination for exercising your rights.
California “Shine the Light” Disclosure:
If you are a California resident, you can request details about what personal
information we’ve shared with third parties for their direct marketing in the
past year.
Please contact us for such requests.
6. Permissions Required for the Service
To provide scam detection services, the following permissions are
required:
• Email Account Access: To scan for potential scams, we require
access to your email account via secure APIs (e.g., Google Gmail API,
Microsoft Graph API, Apple IMAP).
• Contacts Access: To identify and notify you of potential scams from
your unknown contacts, we require permission to access your phone’s
contacts on both iOS and Android devices.
7. Third-Party Services
Our Service may use third-party services to process your information (e.g.,
email providers, cloud platforms, Stripe payment processing). These third
parties are bound by their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to
review.
8. Children’s Privacy
Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 18. We do
not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current
version will be available on our website, and we will notify you of
significant changes through the Service or other means.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our
practices, please contact us at: support@myprotection.ai