Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 August 2026 · Draft pending legal review

Inspire Academic exists to help students learn, not to profit from their data. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and what rights you and your family have over it.

In short: we collect what we need to track your learning and show your progress to you, your parents, and your teachers — nothing more. We do not sell personal information, and we do not use your data to serve you advertising.

1. Who We Are

Inspire Academic [not yet incorporated as a distinct legal entity — company name/number to be added on incorporation], operating from London, United Kingdom ("we", "us"). For any privacy question or request, contact us at info@inspireacademic.org.

2. Information We Collect

Category	What it includes	Where it comes from
Account information	First name, year group, exam board, role (student/parent/teacher), email address	You, when registering
Learning activity	Quiz answers and scores, topic mastery, flashcard review history, streaks, lesson progress	Generated as you use the Service
Free-response answers	Written answers you submit for AI marking	You, when answering a free-response question
Family/school links	Which parent or teacher accounts are linked to a student account	You, or the linking parent/teacher, with consent
Technical data	Device type, browser, and basic usage logs, for performance and security	Automatically, as you use the Service

3. How We Use Your Information

To provide the Service — showing you the right subject content, tracking your topic mastery, and scheduling flashcard reviews;
To give parents and linked teachers visibility into a student's progress;
To mark free-response answers and generate relevant practice questions (see Section 4);
To maintain the security and reliability of the platform;
To communicate with you about your account or important changes to the Service.

We do not use your personal information to serve targeted advertising, and we do not sell it to third parties.

4. AI Features and Your Data

Some parts of Inspire Academic — generating practice questions and marking free-response answers — are powered by AI models provided by Anthropic. When you submit a free-response answer for marking, the question, your answer, and the relevant mark scheme are sent to Anthropic's API to generate feedback and a suggested mark. This data is processed under Anthropic's own data handling terms and is not used by Anthropic to train their general-purpose models.

We do not send your full name, contact details, or account credentials to the AI provider as part of this process — only what's needed to mark the specific answer (your first name may be included so feedback can be personalised).

5. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR)

We process your information because it's necessary to provide the Service you or your parent/guardian signed up for (contract), because we have a legitimate interest in improving the platform and keeping it secure, and — for children below the relevant age threshold — because a parent or guardian has given consent.

6. Children's Privacy

Many Inspire Academic users are under 18, and some are under 13. We take extra care with this data:

Where required by law, a parent or guardian must consent before a child's account is created;
We collect the minimum information needed to provide the Service — we do not ask children for information we don't need;
We do not show behavioural advertising to any user, and never profile children for marketing purposes;
Parents and guardians can review, correct, or request deletion of their child's data at any time by contacting info@inspireacademic.org;
Teachers and schools with linked access can only see the learning data of students they are legitimately responsible for.

7. Who We Share Your Information With

We share information only with the service providers who help us run Inspire Academic, under contracts that require them to protect it:

Supabase — our database and authentication provider, where account and learning data is stored;
Anthropic — our AI provider, for the specific question-generation and marking features described in Section 4;
Netlify — our hosting provider, which serves the Inspire Academic website and apps;
Resend — our email delivery provider, used to send account-related emails (such as parent invitations) and, when you or your parent choose to email a copy, your diagnostic assessment report.

We may also share information if required by law, or to protect the safety of our users.

8. Where Your Data Is Stored

Inspire Academic is operated from London, United Kingdom, and we serve learners in both the UK and Africa. All learner data is currently stored in a single database region: London, United Kingdom (Europe). For our UK learners, this means your data stays in the UK. For learners joining us from Africa, your data is transferred to and stored in the UK — we use appropriate legal safeguards to protect it when it crosses borders this way, and we're evaluating additional regional storage as we grow.

9. How Long We Keep Your Data

We keep your account and learning data for as long as your account is active, so your progress history remains useful to you. If an account is closed, we delete or anonymise personal data within a reasonable period, except where we need to keep limited records for legal or safety reasons.

10. Keeping Your Data Secure

We use industry-standard measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections, access controls limiting who can see student data, and Row Level Security so students, parents, and teachers only ever see the data they're authorised to see.

11. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you (or a parent/guardian acting for a child) have the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you;
Correct inaccurate information;
Request deletion of your data;
Object to or restrict certain processing;
Request a portable copy of your data;
Complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe we've mishandled your data.

To exercise any of these rights, contact info@inspireacademic.org.

12. Cookies and Local Storage

We use essential cookies and browser local storage to keep you signed in, remember your theme preference, and cache flashcard progress for offline reliability. We don't use third-party advertising or tracking cookies.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as Inspire Academic grows. We'll post the updated version here with a new "last updated" date, and let you know about material changes.

14. Contact Us

Questions about this policy or your data? Contact us at info@inspireacademic.org.