PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated May 02, 2026

This Privacy Notice for Sravan Ravula (“we,” “us,” or “our”) describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share (“process”) your personal information when you use our services (“Services”), including when you:

• Visit our website at http://www.byteaiofficial.com or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
• Use ByteAI — tech news, distilled by AI
• Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services.

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice. You can find more details by reviewing the full notice below.

• What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the choices you make.
• Do we process any sensitive personal information? No. We do not process sensitive personal information.
• Do we collect any information from third parties? No. We do not collect any information from third parties.
• How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
• How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.
• What are your rights? Depending on where you are located, the applicable privacy law may give you certain rights regarding your personal information.
• How do you exercise your rights? By contacting us at officialbyteai@gmail.com.

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information we collect may include:

• Names
• Email addresses
• Usernames
• Contact or authentication data

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register using your existing Google account. If you choose to register this way, we will collect certain profile information about you from Google, as described in Section 6 below.

Google API

Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Information collected by the iOS app

When you use ByteAI on iOS, we may additionally process the following:

• Photos. If you choose to set or change your profile picture, you grant the app access to your Photos library so you can pick an image. The selected image is uploaded to our servers and stored as your avatar. We do not access any other photo, and we do not scan, index, or analyze your photo library.
• Push notification token. If you opt in to push notifications, Apple issues a device token that we store on our servers and use to send notifications (new replies, mentions, messages, moderation outcomes). The token identifies your device, not you personally; we associate it with your account so we can route notifications to the right device.
• Biometric authentication (Face ID / Touch ID).If you enable the biometric lock for the app, the authentication is performed entirely on-device by Apple’s Secure Enclave. Your face or fingerprint data never leaves your device and we never see, receive, or store it. We only receive a success/failure signal from iOS so we can unlock the app session.
• Diagnostic data. If the app encounters an error, it sends a non-identifying diagnostic record (error type, app version, OS version, screen name) to our backend so we can fix bugs. We do not collect crash dumps with personal data, and no third-party analytics or attribution SDKs are integrated.

ByteAI does not perform cross-app or cross-website tracking and does not request App Tracking Transparency authorization. We do not use the Advertising Identifier (IDFA).

Third-party SDKs in the iOS app

The iOS app integrates the following third-party libraries to deliver core functionality. None of them are used for advertising or cross-app tracking:

• Supabase— authentication, database access, file storage, and real-time updates. Subject to Supabase’s privacy policy.
• Google Sign-In— OAuth authentication when you choose “Sign in with Google.” Subject to Google’s privacy policy.
• Kingfisher— on-device image cache for avatars and post images. Does not send data to any third party.
• SignalR Client— the WebSocket transport for real-time chat. Talks only to our own backend.
• PhoneNumberKit— on-device phone number formatting and validation. Does not send data anywhere.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.

• To facilitate account creation and authentication. We process your information so you can create and log in to your account.
• To deliver services to you. We process your information to provide you with the requested service.
• To respond to user inquiries and offer support. We process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any issues you might have.
• To send administrative information. We process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies.
• To protect our Services. We process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
• To evaluate and improve our Services. We process your information to identify usage trends and improve your experience.
• To comply with our legal obligations. We process your information to comply with legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise our legal rights.

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.

We use Google Cloud AI (Gemini) to power AI-based features in the app. Your interactions with AI-based features may be processed by Google Cloud AI in accordance with Google’s privacy policies. We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. We use cookies solely to maintain your session and authentication state. We do not use cookies for advertising or third-party tracking.

5. DO WE OFFER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED PRODUCTS?

Yes. We offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence.

ByteAI uses Google Cloud AI (Gemini) to deliver AI insights — including content summarization and personalized recommendations. These features process your usage data to improve the relevance of content shown to you. We do not offer a way to opt out of AI processing at this time, as it is core to the service.

6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.

We offer you the ability to register and log in using your Google account. When you do this, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from Google. We do not receive or store your Google password. Please review Google’s privacy policy to understand how they handle your data.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We keep your personal information for as long as you have an account with us. When you delete your account, we will delete your personal information immediately. We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes.

8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. Please use our Services within a secure environment.

9. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age. If you are under 18, please do not use our Services. If we learn we have collected personal information from a minor, we will delete that information promptly.

10. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, or delete your personal information, or to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights, please contact us at officialbyteai@gmail.com.

You can view and manage users you have blocked at Settings → Privacy → Blocked Users. Blocking is symmetric — neither you nor the blocked user will see each other's posts, comments, profile content, or messages, and existing follows are removed in both directions.

11. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers include a Do-Not-Track feature. We do not currently respond to DNT browser signals as there is no uniform standard for doing so.

12. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the CCPA, including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete your data, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights, contact us at officialbyteai@gmail.com.

13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

Yes. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this notice periodically.

14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may contact us at: officialbyteai@gmail.com

15. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please contact us at officialbyteai@gmail.com.

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