1. What We Collect
When you use minai, we collect:
- Account information: Email address, display name, and profile photo when you sign in with Google.
- Conversations: Messages you send and responses from the AI, stored to provide conversation history.
- Uploaded files: Documents (PDFs, DOCX, etc.) and images you upload for AI analysis, stored on our servers.
- Calendar data: When you connect Google Calendar, we access event titles, times, and attendees to provide scheduling features. We do not store full calendar data — it is fetched on demand.
- Payment information: Blockchain transaction hashes and wallet addresses for crypto top-ups. We do not collect credit card or bank information.
- Usage data: Token counts, model usage, and costs per message for billing purposes.
- Technical data: Browser timezone (for scheduled briefings), IP address (for rate limiting and security).
2. How We Use Your Data
- To provide and improve the AI assistant service.
- To process payments and maintain your account balance.
- To send proactive calendar briefings at your preferred times.
- To extract and index text from uploaded documents so the AI can answer questions about them.
- To detect and prevent abuse, fraud, and unauthorized access.
3. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services to operate minai:
- Alibaba Cloud (DashScope): AI model inference. Your messages are sent to their API for processing. See Alibaba Cloud Privacy Policy.
- Google: Authentication (Google Sign-In) and Calendar API access.
- Celo blockchain: Payment processing. Deposit transactions are public on the Celo blockchain.
4. Data Storage and Security
- Data is stored on a secured VPS with encrypted connections (TLS), firewall rules, and intrusion detection.
- Session cookies are HTTP-only, secure, and SameSite-protected.
- Uploaded files are stored in user-isolated directories on the server filesystem.
- We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
5. Data Retention
Your conversations, files, and account data are retained as long as your account is active. You can delete individual messages, files, or entire notebooks at any time. Deleted data is soft-deleted and permanently purged within 30 days.
6. Your Rights
You may:
- Access and download your data at any time.
- Delete your conversations, files, and notes.
- Disconnect your Google account from Settings.
- Request full account deletion by contacting us.