Effective Date: June 4, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Bright Worldwide, LLC ("Bright", "we") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use the Bright service ("Service").
Bright helps you understand how you spend your time and who you spend it with. To provide insights, we read certain Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Contacts data and store limited metadata. We aim to keep this policy clear and simple.
When you connect your Google account, we request permission to read:
Bright is read-only. We never write to or modify your Google data.
We do not access:
To operate the Service, we store:
We use your data to:
We do not sell your personal data or share it for advertising purposes.
Bright offers optional AI-powered features, such as note summarization, powered by Anthropic (Claude Sonnet 4.6). These features are opt-in only. No data is sent to Anthropic unless you have enabled AI features in Settings → AI. When enabled, the relevant content (e.g., the text of a note) is transmitted to Anthropic solely to generate a response and is not used to train their models.
Bright's use of data received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically:
We use trusted providers to operate Bright:
| Purpose | Provider |
|---|---|
| Hosting & infrastructure | Heroku |
| Email delivery | Mailgun |
| Analytics | Google Analytics |
| Error tracking | Rollbar |
| AI note summarization (opt-in only) | Anthropic |
We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including HTTPS, OAuth authentication, encryption in transit, and limited employee access. No system is perfectly secure, but we work hard to safeguard your information.
We retain your data only as long as needed to provide the Service. If you delete your account, we will remove your stored data within 30 days, except where retention is legally required.
You may:
For any requests, contact us at [email].
Bright is not intended for individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.
We may update this Privacy Policy over time. If changes are significant, we will notify you via email or inside the app.
If you have questions, contact us at [email protected].