Summary: Orbit AI is designed to help students study with verified textbook citations. We collect only what is strictly necessary to provide intelligent tutoring, your uploaded materials are kept confidential and secure, and we never sell your personal data.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide, personalize, and improve your study experience with Orbit AI:
Account Details: When you register via Google Sign-In or email/password, we store your name, email address, and unique user identifier.
Academic Preferences: Your selected grade level, age range, target subjects, and primary study objectives to tailor response depth and tutoring style.
Study Material & Content: Textbooks, notes, slide decks (PDF format), and study prompts you provide during study sessions.
Generated Study Artifacts: Quiz results, flashcard sets, study bookmarks, and practice performance metrics.
2. How We Use Your Information
Your data is used solely to power your AI learning companion:
Generating factual, page-grounded explanations with exact citations.
Synthesizing personalized active recall drills, practice quizzes, and flashcards.
Syncing your study history and progress across your authenticated devices.
Diagnosing errors and improving model inference reliability.
3. Cloud Infrastructure & Security
Orbit AI employs enterprise-grade security controls. All communications are encrypted in transit via Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) and encrypted at rest using AES-256 standards on Google Cloud and Firebase infrastructure.
Uploaded documents are isolated per user account. Other users cannot search or access your uploaded course materials.
4. Third-Party Service Providers
We partner with trusted infrastructure providers to deliver our core capabilities:
Google Cloud Platform & Vertex AI: High-performance AI foundation models for semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and step-by-step reasoning.
You maintain full ownership of your data. You may at any time:
Delete any uploaded PDF, chat session, flashcard deck, or study notebook from the app.
Request complete account deletion by contacting us, upon which all associated personal records and stored documents will be purged within 30 days.
6. Student & Minor Privacy (COPPA & FERPA)
Orbit AI is designed as an educational supplement. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental or institutional consent. If you believe a minor has registered without consent, please contact us immediately.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect service evolutions. We will notify you of material changes through an in-app notice or via your registered email address.
8. Contact Us
For questions or privacy concerns, please contact our privacy desk at privacy@orbitai.app.