Privacy Policy - Whisser

1. Introduction

Welcome to Whisser ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling personal data responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you use Whisser and its tools and features, including but not limited to Whisser Classroom, AI writing and assistant tools, humanizer tools, music and video tools, live web coding tools, database tools, and related services (collectively, the "Services"). By using our Services, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to all Whisser users, including students, teachers, creators, administrators, and general users of our platform. Some features may process different categories of data depending on how they are used. We aim to limit data collection to what is reasonably necessary to operate, secure, improve, and support the Services.

3. Information We Collect

We collect information necessary to provide our Services, maintain account security, support educational and creative workflows, and improve platform performance. Some Whisser tools process data on our servers, while certain tools may process or store data locally on your own device instead.

A. Information You Provide Directly

Account Information: such as your name, email address, username, password, profile details, and account preferences.
User Content: such as prompts, messages, text, documents, files, code, media, project content, database entries, classroom submissions, feedback, and other content you create, upload, save, or share through the Services.
Classroom Information: if you use Whisser Classroom, we may process course-related information such as class membership, assignment submissions, teacher feedback, scores, and related classroom activity records.
Communications: when you contact us for support, submit reports, or send inquiries, we may collect the information you provide in those communications.

B. Information We Collect Automatically

Session and Device Data: such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location inferred from IP, login history, and session activity for account security and fraud prevention.
Usage Data: such as pages visited, features used, interaction timestamps, error logs, and general product usage information.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: we use essential cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, maintain security, and improve functionality. We do not use cookies for cross-site advertising.
Local Processing Tools: some Whisser tools may process or temporarily store content locally on your computer or device rather than on our servers. In such cases, the availability, persistence, and deletion of that locally stored data may depend on your browser, device, or local environment.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for legitimate business and service-related purposes, including to:

create and manage user accounts;
provide, operate, maintain, and improve Whisser and its tools;
support classroom, learning, coding, database, media, and AI-related functionality;
enable assignment submission, score viewing, project creation, and other user-requested actions;
protect accounts, detect abuse, investigate suspicious activity, and maintain platform integrity;
respond to support requests and communicate important service-related notices;
debug errors, analyze performance, and improve user experience;
comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

5. Classroom and Educational Privacy

Whisser Classroom is one tool within the broader Whisser platform. When used for educational purposes, we apply additional privacy protections intended to support appropriate handling of classroom-related data.

Student Visibility: students are intended to view only their own classroom-related personal data, such as their own submissions, scores, teacher feedback, and class materials made available to them.
Restricted Access: teachers and authorized classroom personnel may access classroom information only to the extent needed to manage learning activities, review submissions, provide feedback, and grade work.
Exports and Downloads: teachers may export grading-related records, scores, and similar classroom evaluation data where such export is necessary for academic administration. Whisser is designed to limit unnecessary exports of unrelated student or user data.
Assignment Handling: assignment and activity submissions are intended to be submitted and stored through secure mechanisms within the platform.
Limited Use Principle: classroom-related personal data should be used only for legitimate educational, administrative, operational, or security purposes.

Where schools, teachers, or institutions use Whisser for educational activities, they remain responsible for using the platform in accordance with their own policies, permissions, notices, and applicable legal requirements.

6. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell personal data. We may share information only in limited circumstances, such as:

with your consent or at your direction;
with service providers or infrastructure partners that help us operate the Services and are expected to protect the data they process on our behalf;
with schools, teachers, or authorized administrators when necessary for classroom or organizational use of the Services;
to comply with law, lawful requests, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and security;
as part of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or transfer of assets, subject to applicable safeguards.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These safeguards may include access controls, authentication measures, session monitoring, logging, and other security practices appropriate to the platform.

Some tools may also allow local-only storage or processing on your own device, which can reduce the amount of data stored on our servers. However, users remain responsible for securing their own devices, browsers, and locally stored files.

However, no system can guarantee absolute security. Users should also help protect their accounts by using strong passwords, keeping credentials confidential, and reporting suspicious activity promptly.

8. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including to provide the Services, maintain security, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, and enforce our agreements. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the feature involved, and the nature of the account or service use.

Some Whisser tools do not require data to be stored on our servers and may instead store or process data locally on your device. For those tools, locally stored data may remain under your control and may not be accessible to us.

Where data is deleted from our active systems, we aim to delete it permanently so that it is no longer available for normal use or recovery within the Service, subject to limited exceptions such as legal obligations, security logging, fraud prevention, dispute handling, or short-term backup and system integrity processes.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, update, delete, or request a copy of certain personal data we hold about you. You may also have the right to object to or limit certain processing in some cases. You can update some account information through your settings, or contact us for privacy-related requests.

10. Children and Student Users

Whisser may be used by students or younger users when made available by a school, teacher, parent, or authorized user. In such cases, the responsible school, teacher, parent, or guardian is expected to ensure that use of the Services is appropriate and authorized. If we learn that personal data was provided in a manner that requires correction or removal under applicable law, we may take appropriate action.

11. International Data Processing

Your information may be processed in countries or jurisdictions other than your own, depending on the hosting, infrastructure, support, or service providers used to operate Whisser. Where applicable, we take reasonable steps designed to protect personal data during such processing.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, features, legal requirements, or privacy practices. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and revise the "Last Updated" date.