1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how neubot ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our service. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you understand how your data is handled.

2. Service Description

neubot is a simple semantic parsing based chatbot that uses natural language processing techniques rather than large language models (LLMs) or AI. It provides tools for time, date, search, weather and basic home automation controls (via optional Home Assistant) through a clean user interface.

3. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

• Account Information: When you create an account using OAuth providers (Google or GitHub), we receive basic profile information such as your name, email, and profile picture.
• Usage Information: We maintain minimal usage data required to enforce rate limits and improve functionality. We do not track your queries for profiling or analytics purposes.
• Conversation IDs: We maintain a unique conversation ID which may contain some information related to your query (e.g. the last device you controlled, or the last topic you asked about), which is required for neubot's Conversational Awareness functionality.
• Service Integration Data: If you connect third-party services (e.g. Home Assistant) or authorize a third-party app to access your account, we store access tokens securely to enable those integrations.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide the semantic parsing service and tools you request
• Process your queries and provide appropriate responses
• Enforce rate limits and manage your account
• Connect to authorized third-party services

We do not:

• Use your data to train AI models (neubot does not use LLMs)
• Keep logs of your queries for tracking or profiling
• Sell or share your data with third parties for advertising

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to provide functionality:

• OpenWeather for weather data
• Brave Search for search results
• OAuth providers for authentication
• Home Assistant (if connected) for home automation control

Third-party services have their own privacy policies and other terms governing how they handle your data.

6. Data Retention

We retain minimal usage data necessary for providing our service and maintaining rate limits. You can request deletion of your account data by contacting us at neubot @ joshatticus [.] us.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your personal information
• Object to or restrict processing of your information

Please contact us at neubot @ joshatticus [.] us if you wish to do so.

8. Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information, including encryption for sensitive data like access tokens. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. In the event of a data breach, we will take appropriate measures to contact the individuals affected in a timely manner and remediate the breach where possible.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally. We will notify you of significant changes by posting a prominent notice on our service and updating the last updated date.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at neubot @ joshatticus [.] us.