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Privacy notice

Plain language, no legal jargon. Last updated October 2026.

The short version

Pilot doesn't keep a permanent copy of your project documents. We check what we need to check, process it briefly, and discard the document itself. What we keep is the feedback — not the file.

What we collect

  • Account details: name, email, institution, department, and your role (supervisor, student, or admin).
  • Submitted chapter content — held only long enough to check it, never stored as a standing copy.
  • The rubric your supervisor builds, and the findings/feedback each submission generates.
  • Basic usage data needed to run the product: credit balances, submission timestamps, workspace membership.

How we use it

Structural and citation checks run first, on your document directly. Only the minimum needed — the specific passage or citation in question, not the whole paper where it can be avoided — is sent on for deeper AI evaluation.

Documents are processed transiently: we don't log their contents, and any temporary working copy is discarded once the check finishes. What persists afterward is the evaluation metadata and findings your supervisor and you see on screen — not the document itself.

How long we keep it

No project document is stored persistently by default. Evaluation findings, rubric content, and account records are kept for as long as your workspace is active, so your progress and history stay visible to you and your supervisor.

Who sees what

Your supervisor sets the standard your work is checked against and reviews your submissions. Pilot doesn't grade, generate, or write any part of your project for you — you remain the author, and your supervisor remains the final academic authority.

Where we are today

This is Pilot's pilot phase. This notice describes our actual practice honestly, in plain language. As Pilot grows beyond pilot scale, we'll build out a fuller compliance program aligned with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA).

Questions

Email Harkardah@gmail.com and we'll get back to you.