1. Scope of this policy
This policy applies to the BrierIQ website at brieriq.com, the BrierIQ application, and related tools, alerts, and support channels (together, the "Service"). It does not apply to third-party sites, exchanges, or services you reach from BrierIQ, which have their own privacy policies.
This policy is part of our Terms of Service.
2. Information we collect
Account and authentication information. When you register, we collect your email address and a Firebase-managed authentication identifier. If you sign in with Google, we receive your email address, basic profile information, and Google account identifier from Google; we do not receive your Google password. We also store account metadata such as display name if provided, plan, registration date, subscription status, and login and last-seen timestamps.
Early-access requests. If you submit the early-access form, we collect your name, email, organization, user type, plan of interest, any notes you write, and request metadata including the page path you submitted from, referring URL, browser user-agent string, submission timestamp, and request status.
Support and feedback. If you contact support or submit feedback, we collect your name and email, the reason, priority, subject, and message you provide, the page or feature involved, your browser user-agent string, timestamp, and request status, along with our correspondence with you.
Product usage and operational data. When you use the app while signed in, we record product events such as which pages and features you open and interact with, along with the page path, browser user-agent string, and timestamp. We also log plan-gating events, alert generation and delivery records, error and operational events, and similar service logs.
Content you create in the Service. This includes market URLs, tickers, probability estimates, forecasts, notes, watchlists, shortlist and dismiss decisions, calibration history, and other inputs you submit to BrierIQ tools.
Billing and subscription metadata. If you subscribe, our payment processor collects and processes your payment details directly. We receive and store limited billing metadata such as a customer and subscription identifier, plan, price, subscription status, and billing period dates. We never receive or store full payment card numbers.
Device and connection data. Our hosting and infrastructure providers process standard technical data, including IP address, request headers, and timestamps, in server and security logs.
Sensitive information. We do not ask for and do not intentionally collect government identifiers, precise geolocation, biometric data, health information, or other sensitive categories. Please do not submit them through support forms or product notes.
3. Cookies and browser storage
BrierIQ does not use third-party advertising cookies, ad networks, cross-site tracking pixels, or third-party marketing analytics tools.
We use browser storage for functional purposes only: our authentication provider stores session and token data in your browser so you stay signed in, and we store limited workspace preferences and event de-duplication keys in local and session storage so the app behaves consistently between visits. Blocking or clearing this storage will sign you out and reset your local preferences.
[CONFIRM WITH COUNSEL: whether any analytics or marketing tag is planned before launch; if one is added, this section and Section 5 must be updated and a cookie notice may be required.]
4. How we use information
To provide the Service. Create and authenticate your account, deliver app features, generate and deliver alerts, save your forecasts and watchlists, and maintain your calibration history.
To operate accounts, billing, and plan access. Manage subscriptions and entitlements, apply plan limits, process payments through our processor, and maintain billing records.
To respond to you. Handle early-access requests, answer support tickets, and follow up on feedback.
To send service communications. Account, security, billing, support, alert, and beta-program messages. We do not send marketing email during controlled beta.
To maintain and improve the product. Diagnose errors, monitor reliability and performance, understand which features are used, and prioritize development. We may generate aggregated or de-identified statistics that do not identify you, and we may use and retain those without restriction.
To protect the Service. Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, scraping, credential sharing, and security incidents, and enforce our Terms.
To meet legal obligations. Comply with law, respond to lawful requests, and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
5. How we share information
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising. We share information only as described below.
Service providers. We share information with vendors that process data on our behalf under contract and only for our purposes, including: cloud hosting, database, authentication, and serverless compute (Google Cloud Platform and Firebase); payment processing and subscription billing (Stripe); transactional email delivery; and, where alert delivery to a community channel is used, the relevant messaging platform. [CONFIRM WITH COUNSEL: whether to name each sub-processor here or link to a maintained sub-processor list.]
Professional advisers. Accountants, auditors, insurers, and lawyers, where reasonably needed.
Legal, safety, and compliance. Where we believe disclosure is required by law or legal process, or is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of 501 Group LLC, our users, or the public, or to investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents.
Business transfers. In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, subject to this policy continuing to apply to the transferred information.
With your direction. Where you ask us to share information or otherwise consent.
Aggregated or de-identified information. We may publish or share information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.
6. Payment information
Payment card details are collected and processed directly by our third-party payment processor under its own terms and privacy policy. 501 Group LLC does not receive or store full payment card numbers, CVV codes, or bank account credentials.
7. How long we keep information
We keep personal information for as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, and then delete or de-identify it. In general:
Account and content data is kept while your account is active and for a reasonable wind-down period after closure. Support, early-access, and correspondence records are kept for our records and to handle follow-up requests. Billing records are kept as long as required for tax, accounting, and audit purposes. Security, error, and operational logs are kept on a shorter rolling basis. Aggregated and de-identified data may be kept indefinitely.
We may retain information longer where required by law or where it is subject to a legal hold. [CONFIRM WITH COUNSEL: whether to publish specific retention periods, and confirm the periods match actual practice before doing so.]
8. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the size of our operation, including authenticated access to app data, access rules on our database, encrypted transport, and secret management for credentials. No internet service can be guaranteed perfectly secure, and you are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential.
9. Your privacy choices and rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under state privacy laws, including in California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, and other states with comparable laws. Subject to verification and legal exceptions, you may have the right to:
Know and access the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of recipients. Correct inaccurate personal information. Delete personal information we hold about you. Obtain a copy of information you provided to us in a portable format. Opt out of sale, sharing for targeted advertising, or profiling with legal or similarly significant effects — we do not engage in any of these. Be free from discrimination for exercising your rights; we do not offer financial incentives in exchange for personal information.
How to make a request. Email support@brieriq.com with the subject line "Privacy Request" from the email address on your account, and tell us what you would like us to do. We will verify your identity, typically by confirming control of your account email, before acting. An authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf with written proof of authority.
Our response. We will respond within the period required by applicable law, generally 45 days, and may extend once where permitted. If we decline a request, we will explain why, and you may appeal by replying to our decision with the subject line "Privacy Appeal." If your appeal is denied, you may contact your state attorney general.
Communications. Service, security, billing, and account messages are part of your account and cannot be turned off while the account is open. You can adjust or disable research alerts in the product or by contacting support, and you can close your account at any time.
10. Children
The Service is not directed to and may not be used by anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a minor has provided information to us, contact support@brieriq.com and we will delete it.
11. United States only
BrierIQ is operated from the United States and is intended for users located in the United States. We do not offer the Service to residents of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your location.
12. Third-party sites and data
The Service references and analyzes data about third-party markets and platforms and may link to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. Review their policies before providing information to them.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. When we do, we will post the updated version with a new effective date. If a change materially affects how we handle personal information, we will provide additional notice to account holders by email or in-product notice. Continued use of the Service after the effective date means the updated policy applies.