Privacy Policy
Last updated October 8, 2026
This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how edvantageAI, Inc. ("edvantageAI," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you visit adgie.ai and related sites, platforms, and applications (collectively, the "Site"), or when you use our products and services (collectively, the "Services"). adgie.AI is a product of edvantageAI, Inc.
This Policy is incorporated into and forms part of the adgie.AI Terms of Service. Capitalized terms not defined in this Policy have the meanings assigned in the Terms of Service.
By accessing or using the Services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please do not access or use the Services.
1. Scope of This Policy
This Policy applies to personal information collected through the Site, the Services, and any interactions you have with edvantageAI through adgie.ai, including when you read the blog, download skills from the free skills library, verify an email address to unlock downloads, subscribe to our newsletter, request access to the adgie.AI private beta, or communicate with us by email.
This Policy does not apply to information collected by third parties, including Third-Party Service Providers, Third-Party AI Providers, or any websites or services linked from the Site that are not owned or operated by edvantageAI. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing them with your personal information.
If you are engaging edvantageAI under a separate data processing agreement or Master Services Agreement that contains terms governing the processing of personal data, those terms will supplement and, where there is a conflict, take precedence over this Policy with respect to the data processed under that agreement.
1.1 Prohibited Data Collection Activities
You may not use any Content, AI Outputs, or skills obtained from the Site or Services as training data, fine-tuning data, retrieval-augmented generation source material, or any other input for artificial intelligence models, machine learning systems, or automated content generation systems, whether operated by you or by third parties. Automated scraping, crawling, or data harvesting of the Site or Services is prohibited without prior written authorization from edvantageAI. For the complete list of prohibited activities, see Section 9 of the Terms of Service.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Directly
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you interact with the Services, including:
Email Address. When you verify your email address to unlock skill downloads, we collect the email address you submit and the date you first verified it. Verification is required only after your first download; a single skill download does not require an email address.
Newsletter Subscription. A verified email address is also added to our newsletter list. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link in any message we send.
Beta Access Requests. When you request access to the adgie.AI private beta, we collect the name, email address, organization, and role you provide.
Communications. When you contact us by email or through a form on the Site, we collect the content of your communications, including any attachments.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you access or use the Site and Services, we and our Third-Party Service Providers automatically collect certain information, including:
Device and Browser Information. IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, and language preferences.
Usage Data. Pages visited, links clicked, skills downloaded, and navigation paths.
Log Data. Server logs that record requests made to the Site, including date and time stamps, referring URLs, and error logs. These are generated by our hosting and serverless infrastructure.
Aggregate Counters. We keep daily totals of events such as codes requested, codes verified, and downloads served. These counters contain no identifying information and cannot be linked back to an individual.
2.3 Information from Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Site and to understand how it is used. For detailed information, see Section 6 (Cookies and Tracking Technologies) of this Policy.
2.4 Information from Third Parties
We may receive personal information about you from third-party sources, including analytics providers who share aggregated usage data with us, and from individuals who refer you to adgie.AI. We may also collect business contact information from publicly available sources, such as company websites or professional networking platforms, for sales and marketing purposes.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:
3.1 Providing and Operating the Services
- Verifying your email address so you can download skills
- Delivering one-time verification codes
- Serving skill downloads and the complete skills bundle
- Responding to inquiries and support requests
- Managing private beta access requests
3.2 Improvement
- Analyzing usage patterns to improve the Site and Services
- Understanding which content is read and which skills are useful, so we know what to produce more of
- Developing new products, features, and services
3.3 Communications
- Sending transactional communications, including verification codes
- Sending our newsletter and occasional announcements about edvantageAI and adgie.AI products, services, and events, subject to your communication preferences
3.4 Legal and Compliance
- Enforcing our Terms of Service, this Policy, and other agreements
- Complying with applicable laws, regulations, and legal processes
- Detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, rate-limit evasion, security incidents, and other harmful activity
- Protecting the rights, property, and safety of edvantageAI, our users, and the public
3.5 Business Operations
- Managing our business operations, including accounting, auditing, and internal reporting
- Facilitating corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, or asset sales
4. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK, and Switzerland)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or Switzerland, we process your personal data only when we have a valid legal basis to do so. The legal bases we rely on include:
| Legal Basis | When It Applies |
|---|---|
| Performance of a Contract | Processing necessary to fulfill our obligations under the Terms of Service, including verifying your email address and delivering the downloads you request. |
| Legitimate Interests | Processing necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights. This includes improving the Services, conducting analytics, preventing abuse of the download gate, securing the Site, and sending relevant communications to existing subscribers. You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests. |
| Consent | Where you have given us specific, informed consent to process your data for a particular purpose. This includes consent for marketing communications and the use of non-essential cookies. You may withdraw consent at any time. |
| Legal Obligation | Processing necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which edvantageAI is subject, such as responding to lawful requests from public authorities or complying with applicable data protection laws. |
5. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We share personal information only in the following circumstances:
5.1 Third-Party Service Providers
We share personal information with Third-Party Service Providers who perform services on our behalf, including cloud hosting and storage, email delivery, and analytics. These providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide services to edvantageAI and are contractually obligated to protect your information. The current list is in Section 12.
5.2 Subprocessors
We engage Subprocessors to process personal data on our behalf in connection with the delivery of the Services. The current list of authorized Subprocessors appears in Section 12 of this Policy. We will notify you in writing at least fifteen (15) days before engaging any new or replacement Subprocessor. You may object to a new Subprocessor on reasonable grounds relating to the protection of personal information by providing written notice at least ten (10) days before the intended commencement of the engagement. If you object, edvantageAI will either not appoint the Subprocessor to process your data, or you may elect to suspend or terminate the Agreement. Subprocessors are bound by data protection obligations substantially similar to those in this Policy.
5.3 Affiliates
We may share personal information with our Affiliates for the purposes described in this Policy. Affiliates are bound by this Policy or equivalent data protection obligations.
5.4 Legal and Compliance Disclosures
We may disclose personal information when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena), to enforce our Terms of Service or other agreements, to protect the rights, property, or safety of edvantageAI, our users, or the public, and to detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues.
5.5 Business Transfers
In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, asset sale, bankruptcy, or similar corporate transaction, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity or successor. We will provide notice before your personal information becomes subject to a different privacy policy as a result of such a transaction.
5.6 With Your Consent
We may share your personal information for other purposes with your explicit consent.
6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
6.1 What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We also use local storage and similar technologies (collectively, "Tracking Technologies") to collect information about your browsing activity and to remember your choices.
6.2 Types of Cookies We Use
| Category | Purpose | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | Essential for the Site to function. These cookies enable core features such as remembering that you verified your email address so you are not asked again. They cannot be disabled. | The download gate's challenge cookie, which is HttpOnly and readable only by our server |
| Functional | Enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences and settings. | Your cookie preferences, display settings |
| Analytics and Performance | Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting information about pages visited, time on site, and navigation patterns. This data is aggregated and used to improve the Site. | Google Analytics |
| Marketing and Advertising | Used to measure campaign effectiveness and understand which content brings people to the Site. | Conversion tracking |
6.3 Managing Your Cookie Preferences
When you first visit the Site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You may update your cookie preferences at any time by selecting the Cookies link in the Site footer.
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site, including your ability to stay verified for skill downloads.
6.4 Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers transmit "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals to websites. Because there is no universally accepted standard for how to respond to DNT signals, the Site does not currently respond to DNT signals. We will update this Policy if a uniform standard is adopted.
6.5 Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how the Site is used: how often people visit, which pages they read, and which sites they came from.
The Google Analytics script loads on every page, but it runs in Google's Consent Mode with every storage category set to denied until you choose otherwise. While consent is denied it stores no cookies on your device and sets no identifier for you; it sends only anonymous, cookieless signals that let us count traffic in aggregate. If you accept analytics cookies, it begins setting cookies and measuring your visit in the ordinary way. If you decline, or simply never answer, it stays in the denied state.
Google Analytics collects the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site but does not associate it with other data held by Google. We have not enabled Google Signals, so your activity is not linked across devices or used to build advertising audiences.
You can change your choice at any time from the Cookies link in the Site footer, and you can opt out of Google Analytics on every site by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Retention periods vary based on the type of information and the purpose of processing:
| Data Category | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| Verification codes | Deleted automatically shortly after the code expires or is used. Codes are valid for ten minutes and can be used once. |
| Verified email addresses | Retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, plus a reasonable period to fulfill legal obligations and resolve disputes |
| Newsletter subscription | Until you unsubscribe |
| Aggregate daily counters | Retained indefinitely. These contain no identifying information and are not subject to deletion requests. |
| Server and infrastructure logs | A limited period consistent with our hosting provider's defaults, used for security and troubleshooting |
| Communications and support records | For a reasonable period necessary to resolve inquiries and improve support quality |
| Cookie and analytics data | As specified per cookie category. Google Analytics event and user data is retained for 14 months, the maximum the product allows us to set. |
When personal information is no longer needed for the purposes described in this Policy or required by law, we will securely delete or anonymize it. Anonymized data that can no longer be used to identify you may be retained indefinitely for research and analytics purposes.
8. Data Security
edvantageAI uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial, and technical safeguards to protect the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of your personal information. Our security measures include encryption of data in transit using TLS, access controls and authentication mechanisms, storage of the download gate's challenge in an HttpOnly cookie that scripts cannot read, rate limiting on verification requests, and regular monitoring.
However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat our security measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You acknowledge that you provide your personal information at your own risk.
If you believe an unauthorized person has gained access to your information, notify edvantageAI immediately at support@edvantage.ai.
9. International Data Transfers
edvantageAI is based in the United States, and the Services are controlled and operated from facilities in the United States. If you access the Services from outside the United States, your personal information will be transferred to and processed in the United States and potentially other countries where our Third-Party Service Providers and Subprocessors operate.
If you are located in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we ensure that transfers of personal data to countries outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland are protected by appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, adequacy decisions by the European Commission or UK Secretary of State, and binding corporate rules or other approved transfer mechanisms, where applicable.
If you are located in Canada, we ensure that your personal information receives a comparable level of protection when transferred outside of Canada, consistent with the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
To obtain a copy of the safeguards we use for international data transfers, please contact privacy@edvantage.ai.
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights with respect to your personal information. edvantageAI respects your privacy rights and will respond to requests in accordance with applicable law. You may exercise any of the following rights by contacting privacy@edvantage.ai:
- Access. You may request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction. You may request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Deletion. You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions required by law.
- Portability. You may request that we provide your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
- Restriction. You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.
- Objection. You may object to the processing of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests as our legal basis.
- Withdrawal of Consent. Where we process personal information based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
- Opt-Out of Marketing. You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any message or by contacting privacy@edvantage.ai. Opting out does not affect transactional communications such as verification codes.
We will respond to your request within the timeframe required by applicable law (typically 30 days for GDPR and 45 days for CCPA/CPRA). We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
11. Additional Regional Disclosures
11.1 California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
This section provides additional disclosures required under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, "CCPA"), for California residents.
Categories of personal information collected. In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information as defined by the CCPA:
| CCPA Category | Examples | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Email address, IP address | Directly from you; automatically collected |
| Internet or Electronic Network Activity | Browsing activity on the Site, skills downloaded, device information | Automatically collected |
| Geolocation Data | Approximate location derived from IP address | Automatically collected |
| Professional or Employment-Related Information | Job title and organization name, where you provide them in a beta access request | Directly from you |
Sale and sharing. edvantageAI does not sell your personal information as defined by the CCPA. Where marketing or advertising cookies are enabled, edvantageAI may share personal information with third-party advertising partners for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes. California residents have the right to opt out of this sharing by adjusting cookie preferences through the Cookies link in the Site footer or by contacting privacy@edvantage.ai.
Your California privacy rights. As a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we have collected and why, the right to delete it, the right to correct it, the right to opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, the right to limit the use of sensitive personal information, and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for purposes other than those permitted under the CCPA.
To exercise your rights, contact privacy@edvantage.ai. We will verify your identity before processing your request. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf by providing a signed written authorization or power of attorney.
Shine the Light. Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, California residents may request information about our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
11.2 EEA, UK, and Swiss Residents (GDPR)
Data Controller. edvantageAI, Inc. is the data controller for the personal data processed through the Services. Our contact details are provided in Section 14 of this Policy.
Right to Lodge a Complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in the EU/EEA Member State or UK where you reside, where you work, or where the alleged infringement took place. A list of EEA supervisory authorities is available at https://edpb.europa.eu. For the UK, you may contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.
Automated Decision-Making. We do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing that produce legal effects or similarly significant effects.
Data Protection Contact. If you have questions about how we process your personal data or wish to exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@edvantage.ai.
International Transfer Safeguards. As described in Section 9, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and other approved mechanisms to ensure that personal data transferred outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland is adequately protected.
11.3 Canadian Residents (PIPEDA)
Consent. We collect, use, and disclose your personal information with your knowledge and consent, except where otherwise permitted or required by law. By using the Services, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Policy. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting privacy@edvantage.ai, subject to legal or contractual restrictions. We will inform you of the implications of withdrawal.
Your Rights. Under PIPEDA, you have the right to access the personal information we hold about you and to request corrections to any inaccurate or incomplete information. You also have the right to challenge our compliance with PIPEDA by filing a complaint with us or with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. To make an access or correction request, contact privacy@edvantage.ai. We will respond within 30 days, as required by PIPEDA.
Accountability. edvantageAI is responsible for personal information in our possession or custody, including information that has been transferred to third parties for processing. We use contractual means to provide a comparable level of protection while the information is being processed by a third party.
12. Authorized Subprocessors
The following is the current list of companies authorized to process personal information on behalf of edvantageAI in connection with the delivery of the Services through adgie.ai.
edvantageAI will update this list when new or replacement Subprocessors are engaged, and will provide at least fifteen (15) days' advance written notice before doing so. You may object to a new Subprocessor on reasonable grounds relating to the protection of personal information by providing written notice at least ten (10) days before the intended commencement of the engagement. To receive Subprocessor change notifications, contact privacy@edvantage.ai.
Last updated: October 8, 2026
12.1 Infrastructure Providers
| Subprocessor | Location | Purpose of Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Google Cloud Platform (Google LLC) | United States | Site hosting, serverless compute, file storage, and database services used to operate the Site and the skills library |
12.2 Communications Providers
| Subprocessor | Location | Purpose of Processing |
|---|---|---|
| AgentMail, Inc. | United States | Delivery of verification codes and newsletter messages |
12.3 Analytics Providers
| Subprocessor | Location | Purpose of Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics (Google LLC) | United States | Website analytics, usage tracking, and performance measurement |
12.4 Third-Party AI Providers
The following Third-Party AI Providers may process information in connection with AI-assisted features within the Services. edvantageAI designs Prompts and configures system parameters but does not control the underlying models, training data, or behavior of these providers.
| Subprocessor | Location | Purpose of Processing |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic PBC | San Francisco, California, United States | Large language model provider (Claude); AI Output generation and AI-assisted features |
| OpenAI, L.L.C. | San Francisco, California, United States | Large language model provider (GPT); AI Output generation and AI-assisted features |
| OpenRouter, Inc. | New York, New York, United States | AI model routing and orchestration; API gateway for accessing multiple AI model providers |
edvantageAI does not authorize Third-Party AI Providers to use your personal information to train their general-purpose models unless you are separately informed and provide consent. edvantageAI contractually requires Third-Party AI Providers to maintain appropriate data protection and security standards and to limit data retention to the period necessary to generate the requested output.
13. Children's Privacy
The Services are not directed to children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in Europe). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under these ages. If you believe that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under the applicable age, please contact us immediately at privacy@edvantage.ai, and we will take steps to delete the information promptly.
14. Third-Party Links and Services
The Site and Services may contain links to third-party websites, services, and applications that are not owned or operated by edvantageAI. This Policy does not apply to those third-party services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing personal information.
Skills downloaded from the skills library are designed to be run inside third-party AI tools, including those operated by Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Manus. Once you upload a skill into one of those tools, your use of that tool is governed by that provider's own terms and privacy policy, not by this Policy.
15. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the Services, or applicable law. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Policy and notify you by posting the revised Policy on the Site. For material changes that significantly affect how we use or share your personal information, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide advance notice by email or a prominent notice on the Site before the changes take effect.
Your continued use of the Services after any changes to this Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.
16. Dispute Resolution
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact us first at privacy@edvantage.ai. We will work to resolve your concern within a reasonable timeframe.
If your concern remains unresolved, you may have the right to file a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority in your jurisdiction, as described in the applicable regional disclosures above.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Policy or our privacy practices, contact us:
- Privacy and data requests: privacy@edvantage.ai
- Support: support@edvantage.ai
- Legal notices: legal@edvantage.ai
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