HANDLEDUPrivacy Policy
Effective date: October 12, 2026
HandledU (“HandledU,” “we,” “us”) is a semester dashboard for students, operated by Robert Chapa IV in Michigan. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. Questions: support@handledu.ai.
1. What we collect
| What | Where it comes from | Why |
|---|---|---|
| WhatName, email address and profile photo | Where it comes fromYour Google account when you sign in | WhyTo create your account and show who’s signed in |
| WhatGoogle sign-in tokens | Where it comes fromGoogle, when you approve access | WhySo HandledU can load your calendar and email each time you open the dashboard |
| WhatCalendar events (titles, times, locations, descriptions) | Where it comes fromGoogle Calendar, and any calendar links you paste in (Outlook, D2L, Canvas, Apple) | WhyTo show your schedule, spot homework and exams, and add events you ask us to add |
| WhatEmail messages (sender, subject, preview text, labels; the full message only when you ask for a reply draft) | Where it comes fromGmail | WhyTo show your inbox sorted into categories, archive messages you choose, and write reply drafts you ask for |
| WhatSyllabus files or text you upload | Where it comes fromYou | WhyTo find due dates and exams and add the ones you approve to your calendar |
| WhatThings you create in HandledU: notes, countdowns, homework check-offs, hidden events, inbox categories and rules, study timer sessions, quick links, school name and school email domain, dashboard layout, color and theme, an uploaded profile photo | Where it comes fromYou | WhyTo save your dashboard the way you set it up |
| WhatUsage logs for AI features (for example: number of dates found, which writing tone you picked, tokens used) | Where it comes fromHandledU | WhyTo limit costs and improve the features. We don’t store the text of the email you’re replying to. |
| WhatMessages you send us | Where it comes fromYou, by email | WhyTo answer you |
We use one sign-in cookie to keep you logged in. We don’t use advertising cookies or trackers.
2. How we use your information
We use your information only to run HandledU for you: show your dashboard, sort your inbox, add calendar events you approve, write reply drafts you request, keep your settings, keep the service secure, and answer your questions. We don’t sell your information, and we don’t use it for advertising.
Google user data
HandledU asks Google for permission to:
- Read your calendars and create and edit events you add or approve (for example, syllabus dates).
- Read your Gmail messages to show them on your dashboard.
- Change your Gmail only to archive messages you choose and save reply drafts to your Drafts folder. HandledU never sends email for you and never deletes your messages.
We follow these rules for Google data:
- We use it only to provide and improve the features you see in HandledU.
- We don’t sell it, use it for ads, or use it to decide credit or lending.
- We don’t use it to train AI models. Our AI provider only processes it to give you a result and doesn’t use it for training.
- No person at HandledU reads your Google data unless you ask us to (for example, to fix a problem), it’s needed for security, or the law requires it.
HandledU’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
3. Who we share it with
We share information only with the service providers that run HandledU, and only what each one needs:
| Provider | What they do for us | What they handle |
|---|---|---|
| ProviderVercel | What they do for usHosts the HandledU website and app; stores uploaded profile photos | What they handleEverything passing through the app while you use it |
| ProviderNeon | What they do for usStores your account and the things you create in HandledU | What they handleAccount info, settings, notes, sign-in tokens |
| ProviderAnthropic (Claude AI) | What they do for usReads uploaded syllabi to find dates; writes reply drafts you ask for | What they handleThe syllabus you upload; the email you’re replying to and any instructions you add |
| ProviderGoogle | What they do for usSign-in, Google Calendar and Gmail | What they handleYour Google data stays with Google; we read and write it on your request |
We may also share information if the law requires it, to protect someone’s safety, or as part of a sale or transfer of HandledU (you’d be told first). We never sell your information.
4. Storage, security and deleting your data
- Most Google data isn’t stored. Your calendar events and emails are loaded fresh from Google when you open HandledU and shown to you. Short-term caching may happen (for example, pasted calendar links refresh about every 15 minutes).
- What we keep: your account, sign-in tokens, the things you create in HandledU, and AI usage logs, for as long as your account is open.
- Security: all traffic uses HTTPS encryption, access to our systems is limited, and our providers protect their own infrastructure. No system is perfectly secure, and we’ll tell you promptly if a breach affects your information.
- Delete your account: use Settings → Delete my account, or email support@handledu.ai from the address you signed in with. We’ll delete your account and the data we store within 30 days. Backups may take up to 30 more days to clear.
- Disconnect Google anytime: go to your Google Account’s Third-party connections page and remove HandledU. HandledU then stops reading your calendar and email immediately.
- Events we added stay yours. Calendar events and Gmail drafts HandledU created live in your Google account, and deleting HandledU doesn’t remove them.
5. Age, your choices and changes
- Age: HandledU is for people 13 and older. If you’re under 18, you need a parent or guardian’s permission to use it. We don’t knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we learn we have, we delete it. Parents can contact support@handledu.ai.
- Your choices: you can see and change most of your information in HandledU’s settings, ask us for a copy of what we store, ask us to correct or delete it, or disconnect Google at any time. Depending on where you live, you may have more rights under your state’s privacy law. Email us and we’ll help.
- Changes: if we change this policy, we’ll update the effective date and tell you in the app or by email before big changes take effect.
- Contact: support@handledu.ai
See also our Terms of Service.