Privacy Policy

Last Updated: June 23, 2026

Welcome to Brighter, operated by Pangobit, LLC ("we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website at learnbrighter.ai (the "Site") and when you use the Brighter educational platform and related products (collectively, the "Services"). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and ensuring transparency about our practices. Use of the Services is also governed by our Terms of Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and maintain the functionality of our Site and Services. This includes:

  • Technical Data: When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information. This data is collected via HTTP-only cookies for essential purposes like session management and security.
  • Voluntary Information: If you contact us (e.g., via email or a contact form), we may collect your name, email address, and any other details you provide.
  • User Data: For registered users, including children, we may collect name, age, grade level, and learning-related content (e.g., answers, progress data) to provide our educational services.
  • Feedback and Evaluation Data: We may collect non-personal feedback about Content Studio outputs, such as ratings, corrections, flags, comments, quality signals, and metadata about generated educational content.
  • Billing Data: If you purchase a paid plan, our payment processor may collect billing details and payment credentials. We may receive limited payment-related information such as plan type, subscription status, renewal date, invoices, payment status, taxes, and a billing identifier. We do not store full payment-card numbers.

We do not collect personal information for tracking, advertising, or profiling purposes unless explicitly stated.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Operate and maintain the Site and Services' functionality (e.g., keeping you logged in via secure session cookies).
  • Respond to your inquiries or requests.
  • Improve our Site and Services' performance and security.
  • Comply with legal obligations, if applicable.
  • Provide personalized learning experiences for registered users, including children.
  • Process purchases, subscriptions, renewals, cancellations, refunds, taxes, and billing support.
  • Train, evaluate, and fine-tune Brighter-owned models using de-identified, aggregated, or otherwise non-personally-identifiable feedback and usage signals from Content Studio. We do not use this data to train third-party or external AI models.

3. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use HTTP-only cookies, which are essential for the Site and Services' operation. These cookies:

  • Are not accessible by JavaScript and are used solely for session management and security.
  • Do not track your behavior across other websites.
  • Do not require consent under applicable laws because they are strictly necessary.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information or learning data. We do not share personally identifiable information with third parties for their own marketing, advertising, or unrelated commercial purposes. We may share information only in the following circumstances:

  • With service providers who process information on our behalf solely to operate the Site and Services (e.g., authentication, hosting, payments, or AI inference), under strict confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
  • When required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.

5. Data Retention

We retain your information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. For example:

  • Contact information is kept until your inquiry is resolved, unless longer retention is required by law.
  • Billing and subscription records may be retained as needed for accounting, tax, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and legal compliance.
  • Children's personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary to provide the educational activity, support security, comply with law, or satisfy a parent, guardian, or school request, and is deleted using reasonable measures when no longer needed.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights such as:

  • Accessing, correcting, or deleting your personal information.
  • Opting out of non-essential data collection (though we don't use such practices unless specified).

To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@pangobit.com.

7. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no online system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Third-Party Links

Our Site may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices and encourage you to review their policies.

9. Children's Privacy

Our Services include a learning platform designed for users, including children under the age of 13 ("children"). We are committed to protecting the privacy of children who use our Services and comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and other applicable laws. Children under 13 may use the Services only with verifiable parental consent or other consent permitted by applicable law.

Information We Collect from Children

We may collect personal information from children, such as:

  • Name, age, or grade level (if provided during registration or use).
  • Technical data (e.g., IP address, device information) via HTTP-only cookies for essential functions like session management.
  • User-generated content (e.g., answers, progress data) to support learning activities.

Parental Consent

Before collecting, using, or disclosing personal information from children under 13, we obtain verifiable parental consent unless an exception applies. This may be done through:

  • A signed consent form sent to hello@pangobit.com.
  • A parent or guardian account workflow, email-plus confirmation where permitted, payment-card or billing verification, school-authorized consent where permitted, or other methods allowed by law.

Parents or guardians may review, update, or request deletion of their child's information by contacting us (see Section 12). They may also refuse further collection or use of their child's data.

How We Use Children's Information

We use children's information solely to:

  • Provide and improve the learning experience on our Services.
  • Ensure the Site and Services function securely (e.g., via session cookies).
  • Comply with legal requirements.

We do not use children's data for advertising, behavioral profiling, or any purpose unrelated to the educational services we provide.

We do not use children's personal information or student personally identifiable information to train or fine-tune models. Any Content Studio feedback used for model improvement is de-identified, aggregated, or otherwise non-personally-identifiable.

Disclosure of Children's Information

We share children's information only with:

  • Service providers necessary to operate the Site and Services (e.g., authentication, hosting, payments, learning tools, or AI inference), under strict confidentiality and data-protection obligations.
  • Schools, parents, or guardians connected to the child's account or educational use.
  • Authorities, if required by law or to protect the safety of users.

We do not sell or share children's information for marketing purposes.

Parental Rights

Parents have the right to:

  • Access their child's personal information.
  • Request corrections or deletion.
  • Withdraw consent for future data collection.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@pangobit.com.

10. School and Educational Institution Use

If the Services are provided through a school or educational institution, the school may provide consent on behalf of parents where permitted by law and is responsible for giving required notices and obtaining required permissions. Where FERPA applies, we handle student information as a service provider or school official acting under the school's direction, use it only for authorized educational purposes, and do not use it for targeted advertising.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted here with an updated "Last Updated" date. Please check back periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, reach out to us at:

Email: hello@pangobit.com