Privacy Policy
What we collect
If you create an account: your email address (via our authentication provider, including a third-party sign-in provider if you choose to use one) and your synced app state — tuned channels, saved ideas, watchlists (topics you track), workspaces and folders, shared items you create, dismissed items, your setup preferences, your plan, and your monthly AI-generation counts. On iOS, if you turn on trend-alert notifications we also store a device push token so we can deliver them. If you explore as a guest, everything stays in your browser's local storage and nothing is sent to our servers except anonymous API requests.
What stays on your device
Guest data, your theme and motion preferences, cached data for offline use, and — in the iOS app — your Face ID / Touch ID unlock preference all live only on your device; we do not store them on our servers. Biometric matching is performed by your device's operating system; WaveSeek never receives your fingerprint or face data.
How we use it
Account data is used to provide the service: syncing your state across devices, enforcing plan limits, delivering trend-alert notifications you opt into, and operating the AI Builder and Opportunity Brief. Prompts and context you submit for generation are processed by our AI provider to produce results. We do not sell your data, run ads, or use third-party analytics, and we do not share your data with anyone beyond the service providers described below.
Service providers we rely on
We rely on a small number of third-party service providers, each handling data only to provide their service to us: a cloud hosting and database provider stores your account and synced state and runs our application, APIs, and nightly data pipeline; an AI provider processes generation and classification requests; when paid billing is live, payment processors (for web card payments and, on iOS, in-app subscriptions) handle the transaction — we receive only your plan status and a payment reference, never your full card details; a mobile push-notification service delivers iOS alerts; and third-party sign-in providers authenticate you only if you choose them. A current list of our named sub-processors is available on request at support@waveseek.dev.
Public data we analyze
WaveSeek's research features are built from public online conversations and app-store / storefront reviews aggregated into anonymous trends, complaints, praise, and review statistics. This public content is not linked to your account.
Cookies & local storage
WaveSeek uses only essential browser storage: localStorage for your on-device settings, channels, vault, and cached data, and authentication tokens to keep you signed in. We set no advertising or tracking cookies and use no third-party analytics — which is why there is no cookie consent banner.
Retention and deletion
Synced state lives while your account exists. You can delete your account and all synced data at any time from Profile → Delete account, or by emailing support@waveseek.dev from your account address; deletion removes your synced state, push tokens, and shared items. Guest data can be cleared by clearing your browser storage or using the reset controls in your Profile.
Children
WaveSeek is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Changes and contact
We will update this policy as the service evolves; the "last updated" date above reflects the current version. Contact support@waveseek.dev with any privacy question or request.