Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 28, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how Machan AI ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information in connection with your use of our application (the "Service"). This is a factual representation of how our service operates.

1. Information We Collect and Why

We collect only the information necessary to provide and operate the Service.

Information You Provide

  • Account Information: When you sign up using Email/Password, Google, or GitHub, we receive and store your name, email address, and profile picture URL in our Firebase database. We use this to identify you, secure your account, and personalize your experience.
  • User Content: We collect and store the text prompts you enter, the files you upload, and your entire conversation history in our Firebase database. This is essential to maintain your chat history and provide context to the AI for subsequent responses.

Information Collected Automatically

  • Usage Data: Like most web services, our hosting providers (Netlify and Firebase) automatically log technical data such as your IP address and browser type for security and debugging purposes. We do not use this for tracking.

2. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your data. To make the service work, we must share some of your information with the specialized third-party providers that power our core features. These are the actual services we use:

  • Google (for AI Text Generation): Your text prompts and conversation history are sent to Google's Gemini API to generate text-based responses.
  • Hugging Face (for AI Image Generation): If you request an image, your prompt is sent to an image generation model hosted on Hugging Face's Inference API.
  • Google (for Web Search): If you activate "Search the Web," your query is sent to the Google Custom Search API.
  • Google Firebase (for Backend and Database): All your account data, chat history, and uploaded files are stored and managed using Google's Firebase platform.

These providers have their own privacy policies governing how they handle the data we send them. We do not share your data with any other third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.

3. Data Storage and Security

Your information is stored on Google Firebase servers. We rely on the security measures provided by Google to protect your data. While we trust these industry-standard protections, please understand that no digital service can guarantee 100% security.

4. Your Rights and Choices

You have direct control over your data within the Machan AI application.

  • Access and Edit: You can access your chat history at any time by logging in. You can also edit your previous prompts.
  • Deletion: You have the ability to permanently delete individual chats directly from the sidebar. Deleting a chat removes both the chat entry and all associated messages from our database.
  • Account Deletion: If you wish to delete your entire account and all associated data, please contact us at the email below, and we will process your request.

5. Children's Privacy

Machan AI is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

6. Changes to This Policy

If we make significant changes to this policy, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review it periodically.

7. Contact Us

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or to request account deletion, please contact the developer at machanai.help@gmail.com.