PRIVACY POLICY

Briefance ("we", "us", "our") operates the platform at https://briefance.com. We provide an AI-powered tool that helps freelancers and agencies convert client requests into professional project briefs and proposals.

For questions about this policy, contact us at privacy@briefance.com.

We collect the following categories of personal data:

• Account data: name, email address, and authentication credentials when you register.
• Profile data: business name, hourly rate, currency, and expertise you provide in settings.
• Content data: client messages, briefs, proposals, and related project information you create.
• Usage data: AI token usage, feature usage analytics, and interaction patterns.
• Technical data: IP address, browser type, device info, and cookies via our analytics provider (Microsoft Clarity).
• Payment data: processed by LemonSqueezy; we store only your customer ID, not payment card details.

• Provide and maintain the Briefance service, including AI-powered brief and proposal generation.
• Process your subscription and manage billing through LemonSqueezy.
• Send transactional emails (welcome, brief ready notifications) via Resend.
• Analyze usage to improve our product (anonymized analytics via Microsoft Clarity).
• Enforce usage limits based on your subscription plan.
• Respond to support requests and communicate service updates.

• Contract: processing necessary to provide the service you signed up for.
• Legitimate interest: product analytics, fraud prevention, and service improvements.
• Consent: non-essential cookies and marketing communications (you can withdraw at any time).

When you use Briefance, your client messages and project data are sent to third-party AI providers (Anthropic) for processing. This data is:

• Used solely to generate briefs and proposals for your account.
• Not used to train AI models (per Anthropic's API data policy).
• Transmitted over encrypted connections (TLS 1.2+).
• Not stored by the AI provider beyond the processing session.

We share data only with:

• Supabase: database hosting and authentication.
• Anthropic: AI processing for brief/proposal generation.
• LemonSqueezy: payment processing.
• Microsoft Clarity: product analytics (with your consent).
• Resend: transactional email delivery.
• Vercel: application hosting.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion, we remove your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law. Anonymized analytics data may be retained indefinitely.

Under GDPR and KVKK, you have the right to:

• Access: request a copy of your personal data.
• Rectification: correct inaccurate data via your settings page.
• Erasure: delete your account and associated data.
• Portability: export your briefs and proposals.
• Restriction: limit how we process your data.
• Object: opt out of analytics tracking via cookie preferences.
• Withdraw consent: at any time for consent-based processing.

To exercise these rights, email privacy@briefance.com.

We use the following cookies:

• Essential: authentication session cookies (Supabase). Required for the service to function.
• Analytics: Microsoft Clarity cookies for product usage analytics. Only set with your consent.

You can manage cookie preferences via the cookie banner or your browser settings.

We implement industry-standard security measures including encrypted data transmission (HTTPS/TLS), secure authentication via Supabase, row-level security on all database tables, and security headers (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.).

Your data may be processed in the United States and European Union. Where data is transferred outside the EEA, we ensure adequate safeguards are in place through Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions.

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes via email or in-app notification. Your continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance.