Privacy Policy

Data we collect

• Anonymous app identifier. The app creates a random identifier on your device and sends it as an app user ID so the feed can remember progress and personalize ranking.
• Approximate region and locale. The app may send country or region, language/locale, and timezone. We do not collect precise GPS location.
• Product interaction data. We may store story impressions, opens, likes, saves, shares, skips, selected interests, Learn progress, theme/palette choices, and similar app activity.
• Diagnostics. We use Sentry to collect crash, error, and performance data so we can fix bugs and improve reliability.
• Advertising identifier. If you grant App Tracking Transparency permission, the Meta/Facebook SDK may use the IDFA and related app events for ad attribution and advertising measurement. If you decline, IDFA-based tracking is disabled.
• Submitted article URLs. If you use the contribution feature, the article URL you submit is sent to our backend for verification.

Data we do not collect

• We do not require a name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, microphone, camera, health, financial, or biometric data to use the app.
• The optional local profile/sign-in experience in the current iOS app stores name and email on your device only. It is not a server account.
• We do not sell personal data.

How we use data

• Provide and personalize the news feed, Scroll deck, and Learn experience.
• Measure app usage and improve article ranking.
• Prevent abuse of contribution and feedback features.
• Fix crashes, errors, and performance issues.
• Measure advertising performance only when permitted by your ATT choice.

Third parties

• Sentry for crash, error, and performance diagnostics.
• Meta/Facebook SDK for ad attribution and measurement when ATT permission allows it.
• Original publishers when you open article links in Safari or the in-app browser. Their own privacy policies apply.
• Public model-ranking sources such as Hugging Face and LiveBench when you open the leaderboard feature or related external pages.

Retention and deletion

We retain anonymous app data only as long as needed to operate and improve ScrollAI. You can request deletion of data associated with your anonymous app identifier by emailing bhanumahesh1993@gmail.com. See Data Deletion for details.

Your choices

• You can decline App Tracking Transparency permission to disable IDFA-based tracking.
• You can turn notifications off in iOS Settings.
• You can clear local app data by deleting the app from your device.
• You can request backend deletion by contacting us.

Children

ScrollAI is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Contact

Privacy questions and requests: bhanumahesh1993@gmail.com.