Privacy Policy
Nick's Chatbot · Last updated: 2026-11-12
Nick's Chatbot is a personal, experimental chat application. This page explains what information it collects, what it does with it, and what choices you have. It is written to match what the application actually does.
What we collect
| Information | Where it comes from | Why we keep it |
|---|---|---|
| Your Google account's email address, name, profile picture URL, and a permanent Google account identifier | Google, when you sign in | To know who you are, show your name and picture, and keep your conversations separate
from everyone else's. We request only the openid, email and
profile scopes: we cannot read your email, files, contacts or anything else
in your Google account, and we discard Google's access token right after sign-in. |
| Your messages, the assistant's replies, and any files created while answering | You, while chatting | To show your conversation history and to give the assistant the context of earlier messages. Long conversations may also be summarized automatically to fit the model's limits; the summary is stored with the conversation. |
| A login session | Created when you sign in | To keep you signed in. Your browser holds a random token in a cookie; we store only a hash of it. A session lasts 30 days, or until you sign out. |
| Usage totals (how much you have spent on model usage) | Calculated by the application | To enforce a spending limit on each account. |
| Operational logs | The server | To diagnose errors and abuse. Logs record events such as request timing and errors, each tagged with a random request id. They are designed not to contain your messages, your email address, or your IP address. |
Cookies
We use only cookies that are strictly necessary: a session cookie that keeps you signed in, and a short-lived cookie (a few minutes) used to complete the Google sign-in securely. Both are HttpOnly and are not used for tracking or advertising. We use no analytics or advertising trackers.
Who else receives your information
- Anthropic. To generate replies, the text of your conversation (and any files involved) is sent to Anthropic's API. Some features run on Anthropic's side: web search, and a code-execution sandbox that may create files. Anthropic's handling of that data is governed by its own terms and privacy policy.
- Google. Sign-in is handled by Google, under Google's privacy policy.
- Hosting. The application runs on infrastructure operated by its owner, and your data is stored in a database there.
We do not sell your information, and we do not share it for advertising.
Don't share sensitive information
This is a hobby project, not a hardened commercial service. Conversations are stored unencrypted at the application level and are readable by the person who runs it. Please don't put passwords, financial details, health information, or other sensitive data into the chat.
How long we keep it, and how to delete it
- Conversations: kept until you delete them. Use the delete option on a conversation in the sidebar and it and its messages are removed from our database. Copies already sent to Anthropic are handled under Anthropic's policies.
- Sessions: expire after 30 days; signing out ends one immediately.
- Your account: you can delete it yourself at any time. Open the menu at the bottom of the sidebar and choose Delete account. That immediately erases your email address, name, profile picture, login sessions, and every conversation, message and file in them from our database. This cannot be undone. We keep two things so the spending limit can't be reset by deleting and re-creating an account: Google's opaque account identifier (not your email or name) and the running total of what your usage cost. If you sign in again later you get an empty account with that total. Copies already sent to Anthropic are handled under Anthropic's policies. If you can't sign in, email the contact address below and we will delete it for you.
- Revoking Google access: you can remove the app's access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal information. Email the contact address below and we will respond.
Children
This service is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions or requests: nickmcgreivy@gmail.com