Personal Information

• Contact Information: Name, email address, and other contact details.
• Account Credentials: Username and password for account creation.
• Uploaded Content: PDF documents and any other files you upload.
• Payment Information: Billing address and payment method details (processed by third-party payment processors).

Automatically Collected Information

• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform.
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
• Device Information: Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Direct Interactions

• Register for an account.
• Fill out forms or fields on our website.
• Upload documents or content.
• Correspond with us via email or other communication channels.

Third-Party Sources

• Payment Processors: Transaction details from payment services like Razorpay.
• Analytics Providers: Usage data from services like Google Analytics (if implemented).
• Authentication Services: Information from services like OAuth providers when you choose to authenticate through them.

Service Providers

• UploadThing: For secure uploading and storage of PDF documents.
• OpenAI: To provide personalized AI interactions and enhance user experience.
• Razorpay: For processing payments and managing subscriptions.
• PineconeDB and NeonDB: For secure data storage, management, and retrieval.

Legal Obligations

• To comply with legal processes, court orders, or governmental regulations.
• To enforce our terms of service and other agreements.
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of GuruKool, our users, or others.
• To detect or prevent fraud or other illegal activity.
• To protect against legal liability.

Business Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

Third-Party Users

Certain features allow you to display or share information with other users or third parties. Be sure you trust any user or third party with whom you share information.

Access and Correction

You may request access to your personal information and ask us to correct or update inaccurate or incomplete data.

Data Portability

You have the right to request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

Erasure

You may request that we delete your personal information when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to certain exceptions.

Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances.

Terms of Use

Billing

If you purchase any Services, you will provide complete and accurate billing information, including a valid payment method. For paid subscriptions, we will automatically charge your payment method on each agreed-upon periodic renewal until you cancel. You’re responsible for all applicable taxes, and we’ll charge tax when required. If your payment cannot be completed, we may downgrade your account or suspend your access to our Services until payment is received.

Cancellation

You can cancel your paid subscription at any time. Payments are non-refundable, except where required by law. These Terms do not override any mandatory local laws regarding your cancellation rights.

Changes

We may change our prices from time to time. If we increase our subscription prices, we will give you at least 30 days’ notice. Any price increase will take effect on your next renewal, so you can cancel if you do not agree to the price increase.

Discontinuation of Services

We may decide to discontinue our Services, but if we do, we will give you advance notice and a refund for any prepaid, unused Services.

Ownership of Content

All content, materials, software, designs, text, graphics, images, logos, videos, audio files, and other elements available on or through the GuruKool website and services (collectively, the "Content") are the intellectual property of GuruKool and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. This includes but is not limited to:

• Original content created by GuruKool for user interaction and educational purposes.
• The design, layout, look, and feel of the website and any associated tools or interfaces.
• PDF processing features, summaries, flow diagram generators, and quiz materials generated by GuruKool systems.

User-Generated Content

Users retain ownership of any content they upload or create using GuruKool services, including but not limited to:

• 1. Uploaded PDFs and video links.
• 2. Notes, summaries, and other materials generated through interactions with GuruKool tools. By uploading or generating content on the platform, you grant GuruKool a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, and display such content to provide and improve the services.

Restrictions on Use

• Copy, distribute, publicly display, modify, or create derivative works of any GuruKool content without prior written consent from GuruKool.
• Use, reproduce, or exploit any part of the Content for commercial purposes, unless explicitly authorized by GuruKool.
• Attempt to reverse-engineer or extract any source code, algorithms, or proprietary systems used in the GuruKool platform.

Fair Use and Exceptions

Certain uses of the Content may be allowed under the doctrine of “fair use” for educational or research purposes, provided that:

• Proper attribution is given to GuruKool as the source of the Content.
• The use does not negatively impact the commercial viability of GuruKool or infringe on the intellectual property rights of others. GuruKool reserves the right to determine, at its sole discretion, whether a particular use qualifies as fair use..
• The use is properly attributed to GuruKool as the source.

Copyright Infringement Claims

If you believe that any content on the GuruKool website or services infringes upon your copyright, please notify us by sending a written notice to gurukool.contact@gmail.com. with the following information:

• A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed.
• A description of where the infringing material is located on the website.
• A statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
• Your contact information (name, email address, and telephone number).
• An electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Upon receipt of a valid infringement notice, GuruKool will take appropriate actions, including removing the infringing content or disabling access to it.