Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 4, 2026

This policy explains how GPS for Life (“we”, “us”) collects and uses information through GPS for Life at gpsforlife.ai.

Information we collect

• Account information: name, school email address, school and grade.
• Password: stored only in a form that can’t be read back.
• Date of birth: from the school’s roster, used to apply the rules for minors.
• Other email addresses: a parent’s email address, if the school provides it, and an optional personal email address for seniors.
• Mobile phone number: if you choose to provide it for text messages.
• Information you enter: your interests, goals and planning activity within the Service, including your answers, reflections, notes to your counselor, curiosity log entries and links you add.
• Files you upload: photos and PDFs you choose to upload in “Something you made or earned.” The file is kept for at most 30 days, then deleted. What you wrote about it stays.
• Social media exports: exports you choose to upload from Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or LinkedIn. Students under 18 need a parent’s approval first. The archive is kept for at most 30 days while we extract signals from it, then deleted.
• Notification tokens: if you turn on notifications, a token that lets us send them to your device.
• Technical information: basic device and usage data needed to run and secure the Service, such as the device type shown in your list of signed-in devices.

We do not collect your location, your contacts, the text messages on your phone, or your browsing history.

How we use it

To provide and improve the Service, verify your identity, answer the questions you send us, and respond to support requests.

AI processing

GPS for Life uses an AI model provider, Anthropic, as a service provider to process text on our behalf: questions you ask in “Ask your Twin” (sent without your record); text you write, including a check for signs of distress, which points you to a person at your school; evidence text used to find patterns; and excerpts of the student’s record used to write the summaries the Twin shows. We send it to Anthropic only so it can do this processing for us.

Text messaging

If you opt in, we use your mobile number to reply to questions you text us. We reply only to a message you send and never text you first.

What we send: replies to the questions you text us about your own account; one confirmation when you connect your phone; and one confirmation if you reply STOP. Sign-in links are sent by email, never by text. No marketing messages.

Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies with how often you text us. Reply STOP to opt out at any time; you will get one confirmation and no further texts. Reply HELP for help, or email suni@gpsforlife.ai.

We do not sell, rent or share your mobile number or SMS opt-in consent with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties. We share your number only with the messaging provider that delivers our texts (for example, Twilio), solely to send those messages.

Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We share information only with service providers that help us operate the Service, under confidentiality obligations; with a student’s school, where the school has partnered with us; or when required by law.

Our service providers are Anthropic (AI processing), Resend (email), Twilio (text messages), Google Firebase Cloud Messaging and Apple Push Notification service (notifications), and Cloudflare (network). We do not show advertising.

Students and minors

GPS for Life serves students in grades 6–12 through their schools. Students under 13 use it through their school, where the school has authorized it for its educational purposes on behalf of parents, as the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) permits. Where a school’s agreement with us says so, we act as a “school official” for the school’s records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The mobile app is intended for students 13 and older.

A school’s authorization covers its students’ use of GPS for Life for school. A parent’s or guardian’s approval is required before a student under 18 uploads a social media export. Parents and guardians may contact us to review or delete their child’s information, or request deletion here.

Data retention and deletion

We keep information only as long as needed to provide the Service. Uploaded files and social media exports are kept for at most 30 days, as described above.

You can request deletion at any time at gpsforlife.ai/delete-my-data or by emailing suni@gpsforlife.ai. We’ll confirm the request by email. Within 30 days of your confirmation, we’ll tell you what we deleted and anything we have to keep, and why. Deleted data can remain in backup copies of our database until those copies are removed.

When a school’s agreement ends, we delete its students’ records within 60 days unless the school asks us to return them first.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information. It is encrypted in transit (HTTPS), and our off-site backups are encrypted. Access is limited by role and enforced in the database.

Changes

We may update this policy and will post the new version here with a new “Last updated” date.

Contact

suni@gpsforlife.ai