This Privacy Policy explains what information Aurene Prep collects, why we collect it, how it is stored, and the choices you have. By creating an account or using the app, you agree to the practices described here.
Aurene Prep is a browser-based study tool for the Enhanced ACT, operated by Liberating Intelligence LLC ("Aurene Prep," "we," "us," or "our"). You can reach us about privacy at support@aureneprep.com.
Aurene Prep is intended for students in grades 9–12. You must be 13 years of age or older to create an account or use the app. We do not knowingly permit anyone under 13 to register.
- Account information — your email address and password, used to create and secure your account and to sign you in. You can take the free placement diagnostic without creating an account; anonymous diagnostic results are stored only in your browser.
- Emails we send you — we use your account email to send you emails about your account and your prep: your diagnostic results and study tips, reminders about ACT test dates and registration deadlines, information about our paid plans, and billing notices (for example, a confirmation when a free trial starts, a reminder before it turns into a paid plan, a notice if a payment fails, and a confirmation if you cancel). Every email except billing notices and the account emails you ask for (confirming your address, resetting your password) has an unsubscribe link; once you unsubscribe, the only other emails you receive are billing notices about a plan you have with us. Emails are delivered by Resend (see section 5), and we record which emails we sent you.
- Study progress and results — your per-question answers, scoring, and progress through practice sets, so we can show your performance and pick up where you left off.
- Optional profile details — information you choose to provide such as grade level and target score, used to tailor your experience.
- Optional questions we ask in the app — if you choose to answer them, we save your answers with your account: how you heard about us, and, after your test date, how your ACT went, the score you choose to share (and your previous score, if it was a retake), and any comment you write. We use them to understand what is working and to improve Aurene Prep. We only quote you publicly if you tick the box that says we may — and even then we check with you by email before anything is published, and we never show your email address or full name. You can withdraw that permission, or ask us to delete an answer, at any time at support@aureneprep.com.
- Payment information — paid plans are billed through Stripe, our payment processor. Your card number and billing details go directly to Stripe and are never seen or stored by us; we keep only your plan and subscription status so the app knows what you have access to.
- Emails you give us on our website — if you enter your email address in a practice quiz on our website (to unlock the explanations), we store it with the page you used and send you three short follow-up emails, and after those, a heads-up before ACT registration deadlines for up to a year. Every one of these emails has an unsubscribe link. If you joined our earlier pre-launch waitlist, we keep that address only to tell you about the app and do not add it to these emails. You can email us any time to be removed.
- Item-level response statistics — aggregated stats about how questions are answered, used to improve the question bank and your reports.
- Usage analytics — to improve the app we record coarse events — such as opening the app, starting or finishing a diagnostic, which screens are used, and starting a checkout. Each event is tied to a random, app-generated device identifier, not to your name or email. Before you sign in, these events are anonymous. When you create an account or sign in, we link that device identifier to your account, so we can understand how the app is used and send emails that fit what you have done — for example, a note if a checkout was started but not finished. We do not record your IP address for analytics, and these events are never sold or shared.
- Advertising measurement — we advertise Aurene Prep on Facebook and Instagram, and we use the Meta pixel to measure whether those ads work. It records which of our pages you opened and which of a small set of actions you took — viewing our pricing, opening the create-account screen, starting checkout, and completing a purchase — and reports them to Meta together with the plan name and price involved. We never send Meta your email address, your name, your account, or anything about your study results, scores, or answers. As with any request your browser makes to another company's server, Meta does receive your IP address and browser information, and it may set or read its own cookies in your browser. See section 6 for how to turn this off.
- Checkout confirmation sent from our server — when you complete checkout (starting a free trial or buying a plan), our server also reports it to Meta directly, as a trial start and a purchase valued at the plan's price, so the measurement is not lost if your browser blocks the tag. Later monthly payments are not reported. It sends the plan name and price, an order reference (so Meta does not count one checkout twice), the page address, Meta's own browser identifiers (the
_fbp and _fbc cookies) if the pixel set them during your visit, and a hashed (SHA-256) form of your email address. The hashing happens on our server, so your email address itself is never sent. Meta compares the hash with the hashed email addresses of its own users: if you have a Facebook or Instagram account under the same email, Meta can connect this checkout to that account and to the ad that led to it. No name, no Aurene Prep account identifier, and nothing about your study results is included.
We do not sell your personal data to anyone.
4. How your data is stored
- Supabase — account, progress, and response data are stored in Supabase, a hosted PostgreSQL backend that also provides our authentication.
- Browser localStorage — some study data is cached locally in your browser's
localStorage so the app loads quickly and works smoothly. You can clear this at any time through your browser settings.
5. Third-party services
We rely on a small number of trusted providers to deliver the app:
- Supabase — database storage and authentication.
- Stripe — payment processing for paid plans. Stripe receives the details you enter at checkout (such as your card number and billing information) and handles them under its own privacy policy; we never see or store your full card details.
- OpenAI — powers the AI tutor. When you request an explanation, the relevant question text and answer context are sent to OpenAI to generate a response. No account identifiers, email, or other personal data are included in those tutor requests.
- Netlify — hosts and serves the web app.
- Resend — delivers our emails. It receives your email address and the content of the emails we send you, and keeps a record of whether each one was delivered.
- PromoteKit — runs our affiliate (referral) program. Its script loads from PromoteKit's servers on our pages, so PromoteKit receives your IP address and browser information. If you arrive through a partner's link, it stores a referral identifier in a cookie in your browser; if you then start a free trial or buy a plan, PromoteKit receives that checkout from Stripe — including your email address and the amount — so the partner can be credited.
- Meta Platforms (Facebook / Instagram) — advertising measurement only, through the Meta pixel and the server-side purchase confirmation described in section 3. Meta receives the pages and actions listed there, plus your IP address and browser information, and — for a completed checkout only — a hashed form of your email address and its own browser identifiers, as described in section 3. It does not receive your email address itself, your name, your account, or any of your study data. Meta uses this information under its own Privacy Policy, including to measure and target advertising.
Each provider processes data under its own terms and privacy practices.
6. Cookies and local storage
We use browser localStorage and similar mechanisms to keep you signed in and to cache study data. Clearing your browser storage will sign you out and remove cached data on that device.
Advertising cookies. The Meta pixel described in section 3 sets its own cookies in your browser so Meta can recognise a return visit and connect it to an ad you may have seen. Apart from the PromoteKit referral cookie below, these are the only third-party advertising or tracking cookies on the site. You can stop them by blocking third-party cookies or using a tracking blocker in your browser, by turning on “Do Not Track”-style privacy settings offered by your browser, or by adjusting your Meta ad preferences. Blocking them has no effect on the app — every study feature works exactly the same.
Referral cookie. If you arrive through an affiliate partner's link, PromoteKit (see section 5) sets a cookie with a referral identifier so the partner can be credited if you buy. Blocking third-party cookies stops it and has no effect on the app.
We also store a random identifier in localStorage so we can measure how often the app is reopened (for example, return rate). It contains no personal data. Before you sign in it is not connected to you; after you sign in, it is linked to your account as described in section 3. Clearing your browser storage removes it.
7. Data retention
We keep your account and study data for as long as your account is active. If you ask us to delete your account, we will remove your personal data within a reasonable period, except where we are required to retain certain records by law.
8. Your rights
You can delete your account and its data yourself at any time from within the app. You may also request to access, correct, or delete your personal data by emailing us at support@aureneprep.com. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe and may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.
9. Children's privacy
Aurene Prep is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13, consistent with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us information, please contact support@aureneprep.com.
Because many of our users are between 13 and 18, we hold the advertising measurement described in sections 3 and 6 to a deliberately narrow limit: no name, account identifier, or study result is ever sent to Meta; no email address is ever sent in readable form (a completed checkout sends only a hashed value, which Meta can match against the email on a Meta account, as described in section 3); Meta’s automatic collection of form-field data is switched off in our code, and we do not build advertising profiles or run interest-based targeting from anything you do inside the app. If you are a parent or guardian and you would like us to confirm what has been shared about your child, or you want it stopped, email support@aureneprep.com and we will act on it.
10. Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, including encrypted connections and managed authentication through Supabase, to protect your data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Data breach contact
If we become aware of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify affected users and any authorities as required by applicable law. To report a suspected security issue, email support@aureneprep.com.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the app. Your continued use of Aurene Prep after changes take effect means you accept the updated policy.
13. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy or your data? Contact us at support@aureneprep.com.