Privacy Policy for usewell

Effective Date
24th June 2025

Last Updated
24th June 2025

Intro
Matthew Linnecar ("we", "us", or "our") operates the usewell website and platform at https://usewellapp.com (the "Service").

Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and protect your information — including the financial and spiritual insights you choose to share with us. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy or our practices, please contact us at contact@usewell.ai.

1. What Information We Collect

a) Information You Provide Directly
When you use usewell, you may choose to share personal and financial information manually, including:
. Name and email address (required for account creation and email verification)
. Financial data such as income, debt levels, investment amounts, savings, and giving levels
. Preferences and goals related to financial stewardship and spiritual growth

All this information is provided voluntarily by you and stored securely.

b) Automatically Collected Information
We may collect certain technical information when you access the Service, such as:
. IP address
. Device type and operating system
. Browser type and language
. Usage patterns and referring URLs

This helps us enhance performance, troubleshoot issues, and ensure security.

2. How We Use Your Information
We use your data to:
. Provide and personalize the Service based on your financial inputs
. Display stewardship insights and suggested next steps
. Communicate with you (e.g., onboarding, feature updates, educational content)
. Improve the design, functionality, and spiritual impact of usewell
. Ensure the platform is safe and functioning as intended

We do not sell or rent your data to third parties.

3. Use of AI and Data Processing
To provide you with personalized guidance on your financial stewardship journey, we use AI technology powered by OpenAI to analyze your inputs (such as your income, savings, debt, giving, and investing behavior). This analysis helps generate tailored insights and suggestions aligned with biblical principles.

We are committed to safeguarding your data during this process:
. Only the relevant financial and behavioral information you provide is processed
. All inputs are sent securely and are not used by OpenAI to train its models
. No personally identifiable information (e.g., your name or email) is sent to OpenAI

4. Safeguarding Spiritually Sensitive Financial Behavior
We recognize that your financial decisions may be deeply tied to your spiritual convictions. Whether you're tracking generosity, discerning God's direction for provision, or seeking to steward your resources for the Kingdom — this information is more than data. It reflects your faith journey.

We treat spiritually sensitive financial behavior with the utmost respect and care. We will never use, share, or analyze your financial activity in a way that violates your trust, shames your choices, or pushes a theological agenda. Our goal is to support you in aligning your finances with your values — not to judge or direct your spiritual walk.

5. Financial Information Handling
All financial data is currently entered manually by you. usewell does not yet connect to banks or financial institutions. In future, we may enable integrations with trusted third parties (e.g., financial APIs or aggregators) to import data securely and with your consent. If so, this Privacy Policy will be updated to reflect those changes before they are activated.

6. Security of Your Data
We take data security seriously and implement multiple safeguards:
. All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and stored on secure infrastructure
. Email verification is required for account creation
. A one-click deletion option is available within the support section of the web app
. Internal access to data is limited and controlled

While no system is completely impenetrable, we are committed to maintaining high protection standards.

7. Data Retention and Deletion
Your data is stored as long as your account remains active. You may delete your account and all associated data at any time using the "Delete My Data" button in the app, or by contacting us directly.

Once deleted, your data is removed from our active systems and cannot be recovered.

8. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
. Access and update your data
. Request deletion of your data
. Object to or restrict processing
. Download your data (data portability)
. Withdraw your consent at any time

We will respond promptly to all rights requests, in accordance with applicable laws like GDPR or CalOPPA.

9. Children's Privacy
usewell is not designed for or directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If changes are significant, we'll notify you via email and/or in-app notification. The latest version will always be posted at https://usewell.ai/privacy with the effective date clearly indicated.

11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or feedback regarding this policy or your data, please contact:

usewell Privacy Team
Email: contact@usewell.ai