Privacy notice
Last updated 10 November 2026. Written for the Study Savants pilot in plain English.
Who we are
Study Savants is a small study tool run as an invite-only pilot for university students. The pilot team is the data controller for the information described here. Contact us at WhatsApp +234 807 554 6898.
What we store
- Your account: name, email address, a hashed password (we never see the password itself), your time zone, the time you gave consent and confirmed your age, which invite code you used, whether your uploads are unlimited and why, and, if we ever disable your account, when and the reason.
- Your study material: the text extracted from the files you upload or paste, plus the file names, the page count and a title (which you choose, or we take from the first file name or the first line of pasted text). Files are read on your own device and are never uploaded; only their text and names reach us.
- What we generate for you: the study notes and flashcards made from that text, and any edits you make.
- Your review history: each rating you give a card, when you gave it and how long it took, so we can schedule the next review and show your streak.
- Usage and technical records: sign-ins, uploads, errors, your IP address and browser type (in session records and in the counters that limit abuse), how many AI tokens each generation used and what it cost us, and counts used to run the pilot.
We never store your original files, and we hold no payment details because nothing in the pilot is paid for.
Why we use it and our lawful basis
Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 we rely on your consent, which you give when you create an account, to process your study material and review history so the service can work. We also use account and technical records to keep the service secure and to understand, in aggregate counts, how the pilot is used.
Who processes your data and where
Your data leaves Nigeria. By consenting you agree to these transfers:
- Vercel hosts the app. Our code runs in London, United Kingdom, and Vercel delivers pages through its worldwide network; it keeps its own short-lived request logs (about an hour) and backups in the United States and elsewhere.
- Neon hosts the database, also in London, United Kingdom.
- Anthropic (United States) receives the extracted text of your material to generate notes and flashcards, under Anthropic's commercial terms: it does not use what it receives to train its models, and by default deletes it within the period stated on its data-retention page (30 days when this notice was written), keeping only material its safety systems flag for longer.
We do not sell your data and we do not use advertising or analytics trackers.
Who at Study Savants can see what
The admin screens show the pilot team your name, email, time zone, document titles, counts, statuses, costs and error messages, never your notes, cards or the text of your material. The pilot team can also open the database directly, for example to fix a problem or to send you a copy of your data; we do not read your material except when that is needed to keep the service running or when you ask us to. We keep no backup copies ourselves: Neon encrypts the database at rest and keeps a short restore history plus its own encrypted backups for disaster recovery only.
How long we keep it
Until you delete a document or your account. Deleting your account removes your material, notes, cards, review history and account records from the live database straight away; anonymous usage records (token counts, costs, error logs) that are no longer linked to you remain, and Neon's restore history and backups expire on their own within 30 days. Deleting a single document removes its text, notes and cards but keeps your review history and a fingerprint of the text, so re-uploading it within 30 days does not use another upload. We will tell you before the pilot ends and delete pilot data that is no longer needed.
Your rights
You can see your material, notes and cards in the app, rename or delete any document, change your time zone and password in Settings, and delete your whole account from Settings at any time. To receive a copy of your data, or to correct your name or email address, contact us at WhatsApp +234 807 554 6898; we will do it within 14 days. You can withdraw consent by deleting your account. You may also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
Cookies
One cookie keeps you signed in. There are no tracking cookies.
Age
The pilot is for people who are 18 or older, or younger students who have their parent's or guardian's permission, which you confirm when you sign up.
Changes and contact
If this notice changes in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app before the change applies. Questions: WhatsApp +234 807 554 6898.