Privacy Policy

Overview

Test Your Idea ("we", "our", "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains what data we collect, why, and how we protect it.

We collect the minimum data needed to provide our service. We don't sell your data. Ever.

What We Collect

Data you provide:

• Your startup idea description (required to generate analysis)
• Email address (if you create an account)
• Payment information (processed by our payment processor, we don't store card details)

Data collected automatically:

• Usage analytics (page views, feature usage)
• Device type, browser, approximate location (country level)

How We Use Your Data

• Idea analysis: Your idea is processed by AI services and market research tools to generate validation reports. This includes searching publicly available sources for market data, trends, and competitor information.
• Real-time research: We query public data sources (social media, forums, news, review sites, trend data) to provide current market insights.
• Account management: Authentication handled by our authentication provider.
• Data storage: Reports and user data stored in a secure cloud database.
• Payments: Processed by our payment processor.
• Analytics: We track product usage to improve the service. This data is used internally and not shared.
• Product improvement: Aggregated, anonymized usage data helps us improve the product.

Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party services to operate:

• AI analysis services: Multiple AI providers process your idea to generate insights
• Market research services: Data providers for trends, traffic estimates, and competitive intelligence
• Secure cloud database: Data storage
• Authentication provider: Account management
• Payment processor: Payment handling
• Analytics provider: Product usage tracking
• Hosting provider: Website hosting

These services process data as needed to provide our service. We do not sell your data to any third party.

Data Retention

• Ideas and reports: Stored until you delete them or your account
• Account data: Retained while your account is active
• Analytics: Aggregated data retained indefinitely, individual session data for 30 days

Your Rights

You can:

• Access your data (view your reports in the app)
• Delete your data (delete individual reports or your entire account)
• Opt out of analytics (use browser Do Not Track)

For data requests, email hello@testyouridea.app.

Security

We protect your data with:

• HTTPS encryption in transit (TLS 1.3)
• AES-256 encrypted database storage
• SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure (Supabase, Vercel)
• Row-level security isolating user data
• No plain-text storage of sensitive data

For full details on how we protect your startup idea, see our Security page.

Cookies

We use essential cookies for:

• Authentication sessions
• Language preferences

We don't use advertising cookies.