Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

This policy explains how Papercurt AI (“Papercurt”, “we”, “us”) collects and uses personal data when you use our website and service. We process personal data in line with the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019. Contact us anytime at yoohpellestra@gmail.com.

1. What we collect

• Account details: your name, email address and a securely hashed password.
• Session content you give us: session names, the background text you paste (for example a CV or notes), messages you type to the AI and screenshots you choose to send.
• Call audio and transcripts: while listening is on, audio from the tab or microphone you select is sent to us to be transcribed. We do not store the audio; it is discarded after transcription. The text transcript, AI answers and call notes are saved in your account.
• Payment records: the plan, amount, date, status and payment reference. Payments are processed by Paystack; we never see or store your full card number or M-Pesa PIN.
• Technical data: IP address and basic logs needed to run, secure and prevent abuse of the service.

2. How we use it

• To provide the service: transcribe audio, generate suggested answers and notes, and show your history.
• To manage your account, minutes balance and payments, and to give support.
• To keep the service secure and prevent fraud and abuse (for example limiting free-trial sign-ups).
• To meet legal and accounting obligations.

We do not sell your personal data and we do not use your conversations to train AI models.

3. Service providers

We share data only with providers that help us run Papercurt, and only as needed:

• Speech-to-text provider – receives audio to return a transcript.
• AI model provider (Anthropic) – receives the transcript, your background text, messages and screenshots to generate answers and notes.
• Paystack – processes payments (M-Pesa, Airtel Money and cards).
• Hosting provider – stores our database and runs our servers.

Some of these providers process data outside Kenya. We use providers that apply appropriate security safeguards.

4. How long we keep data

We keep your account data and saved transcripts until you delete them or close your account. Payment records are kept as long as required by tax and accounting law. Server logs are kept for a limited period for security.

5. Your rights

Under the Data Protection Act you can ask to access, correct or delete your personal data, object to processing, and withdraw consent. You can delete individual sessions or your entire account yourself in the dashboard. For anything else email yoohpellestra@gmail.com. You may also complain to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC).

6. Other people on your calls

Papercurt processes what other people say on calls you use it with. You are responsible for having the right to do this and for telling participants where required by law, your employer or the platform you use.

7. Security

Data travels over encrypted HTTPS connections, passwords are hashed, and access to production data is restricted. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.

8. Children

Papercurt is not intended for anyone under 18.

9. Changes

We may update this policy. If the changes are significant we will tell you by email or in the app.