OU Tutor — Privacy Policy

What OU Tutor Does

OU Tutor is a Chrome extension that provides an AI-powered study assistant for Open University PDF textbooks. It lets you ask questions about your textbook and receive context-aware answers.

Data We Collect

Account information — email address and name, used for authentication and identifying your account.
Authentication credentials — managed securely through Supabase Auth (Google Sign-In or email/password). We never store raw passwords.
Conversations — the questions you ask and the AI-generated answers, stored so you can revisit past conversations.
PDF context — the content and images of the PDF pages you are viewing are sent to generate relevant answers. We do not store full PDF files on our servers.
Usage data — token usage counts to manage service limits.

How We Use Your Data

Authenticate your identity Generate AI answers via Gemini Store conversation history Manage service limits

Third-Party Services

Supabase

Hosts our database, authentication, and backend functions.

Google Gemini

Processes your questions and PDF page context to generate answers. Data sent to Google is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.

Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal data to third parties. Data is only shared with the third-party services listed above as required to provide the core functionality of the extension.

Data Storage & Security

Your data is stored securely in Supabase's hosted infrastructure. Authentication is handled via JWTs and Row Level Security policies. All communication between the extension and our servers uses HTTPS.

Your Rights

You can request deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us. Uninstalling the extension stops all data collection.