Effective Date: July 20, 2025
Introduction
This Privacy Policy describes how Barbara collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our AI chat application. This policy applies to all users of Barbara, including website visitors and mobile application users.
Information We Collect
When you use Barbara, we may collect the following types of personal information:
- Chat Records: The text of your conversations with Barbara.
- Account Information: If you create an account, we collect your email address and any other information you provide during registration.
- Usage Information: Data about how you use the application, such as frequency of use, features used, and technical details like IP address.
- Cookies: We may use cookies to remember your preferences and improve your experience.
How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- Provide and Improve Services: To operate, maintain, and improve Barbara, including updating and enhancing our AI models.
- Personalization: To provide a more personalized experience based on your interactions.
- Communication: To send you updates, newsletters, or other communications if you choose to receive them.
- Analysis: To analyze how users interact with Barbara to improve user experience and service quality.
- Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, as well as that of our users.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your information with:
- Service Providers: Companies that provide services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, or customer support.
- Legal Requirements: If required by law or in response to valid legal processes like court orders or government requests.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to successors.
- With Your Consent: If you give us permission to share your information for specific purposes.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. For example, chat records may be retained for a certain period to improve our AI models and then deleted.
Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: The right to access your personal information.
- Correction: The right to correct inaccurate personal information.
- Deletion: The right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Data Portability: The right to receive your personal information in a portable format.
- Objection: The right to object to certain processing of your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at metasouzymulumba@gmail.com.
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page with the updated effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at metasouzymulumba@gmail.com.