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Privacy Policy & Terms and Conditions

Effective June 4, 2026

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Privacy Policy

FreeSOV ("we", "us", "our") operates FreeSOV, a "bring your own API key" service that tracks how AI assistants and search engines cite, mention, and rank brands. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

Information we collect

  • Account information — your email address and a hashed password.
  • API credentials you provide — the third-party API keys you enter (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, DataForSEO). We store these solely to make requests to those providers on your behalf.
  • Tracking configuration and results — the brands, topics, and prompts you set up, and the responses returned by the third-party AI/search APIs for those prompts, including the citations, mentions, and metrics we derive from them.
  • Technical and usage data — session cookies, log files, and similar data needed to operate and secure the service.

How we use your information

We use it to provide the service: to run your tracking jobs, call the third-party APIs with your keys, and generate your dashboards and reports. We use technical data to operate, secure, debug, and improve the service.

Third-party AI and data providers

When you run tracking, your prompts are sent to the third-party providers you have configured, using your own API keys. Those providers process that data under their own terms and privacy policies, which are outside our control. Please review the policies of any provider whose keys you use.

Third-party advertising

Report and dashboard screens may display third-party advertisements. Advertising and analytics partners that serve these ads may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information about your device and browsing in order to serve and measure ads, in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control, and are not responsible for, the data practices of these third-party advertisers.

Aggregate and de-identified data

We may compile aggregated and de-identified data derived from the responses returned by the AI and search APIs across our users, and we may use, retain, and publish that aggregate data for macro-level and trend-level reporting, benchmarks, research, and product improvement. This aggregate data is stripped of information that identifies you, your account, or your individual brands, and is not used to identify any individual user.

Data retention

We retain account and tracking data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service, and we may retain de-identified aggregate data indefinitely. You may request deletion of your account as described below.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your choices and rights

You may access or update your account information, remove stored API keys, or request deletion of your account by contacting us at privacy@example.com. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights over your personal data.

Children

The service is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date above.

Terms and Conditions

1. Acceptance

By creating an account or using FreeSOV (the "Service"), you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. The Service

The Service is a "bring your own API key" tool: it runs the AI and search queries you configure using the third-party API keys you supply, and presents the results as reports and metrics.

3. Your responsibilities

  • You are responsible for the API keys you provide and for all activity and charges incurred on your third-party provider accounts. Any usage fees billed by those providers are your responsibility, not ours.
  • You must comply with the terms of service of each third-party provider whose keys you use.
  • You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the Service, including by attempting to disrupt it, access it without authorization, or use it for any unlawful purpose.

5. Third-party services and advertising

The Service relies on third-party APIs and may display third-party advertisements within report screens. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, providers, or advertisers, their content, availability, or data practices.

6. Use of aggregate data

You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right to use the data returned by the AI and search APIs in connection with your use of the Service to create aggregated and de-identified datasets, and to use, reproduce, and publish such aggregate data for macro-level and trend-level reporting, benchmarks, research, and improving the Service. This right applies only to aggregated, de-identified data and does not grant us the right to publicly attribute that data to you or your individual brands.

7. Intellectual property

The Service's software is made available under its applicable open-source license (Polyform Noncommercial 1.0.0). You retain ownership of your account data and configurations, subject to the license granted in Section 6.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. We do not warrant that the Service or any data or metrics it produces will be accurate, uninterrupted, or error-free.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, FreeSOV will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any third-party API charges, arising out of or related to your use of the Service.

10. Termination

You may stop using the Service and request account deletion at any time. We may suspend or terminate access that violates these Terms.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of [your jurisdiction], without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

12. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time; continued use after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

13. Contact

Questions? Contact us at privacy@example.com.

© 2026 FreeSOV. Open source under Polyform Noncommercial 1.0.0.
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