Privacy Policy

Effective date: September 5, 2026

Delve is published by Nolan Joseph Connolly, an individual based in Texas, United States. This policy explains what information Delve collects, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. We wrote it in plain language on purpose. If anything is unclear, email us at support@delvelearning.app.

The short version

• Delve is an app that replaces doomscrolling with short, interesting picks built from Wikipedia, plus new picks generated just for you if you subscribe.
• We collect your account info, the interests and topics you choose, how you use the app, and the questions you ask our in-app chat assistant.
• We use that data to run the app, generate your personalized picks, and improve the product.
• We never sell your personal data, and we do not use it for advertising or cross-app tracking.
• We share data only with the service providers who help us run Delve: Apple, Supabase, RevenueCat, Expo, and the AI infrastructure providers who generate picks and power chat.
• You can delete your account and personal data at any time from the Account tab, or by emailing us.

Data We Collect

Account and sign-in data

When you create a Delve account, we collect:

• Your Sign in with Apple identifier, if you use Sign in with Apple.
• Your email address, if you sign in with an email one-time passcode, or if Apple shares it with us during Sign in with Apple.
• A unique account identifier we generate to link your data across the app.

Onboarding data

When you first set up Delve, we ask you a few questions to personalize your feed:

• The interest domains and topic chips you choose (for example, "space," "ancient history," "psychology").
• An optional free-text line describing what you want to understand better.
• Your answer to "how did you hear about us," if you provide one.
• Whether you grant notification permission.

Usage and activity data

As you use Delve, we automatically collect:

• Signed-in play starts, completion, screen advances, prediction choices and check results.
• Screen-advance and check-result events as you move through a pick (this is append-only activity data, not a recording of your device).
• Search queries are processed by our search service and, when AI sharing is allowed, sent to OpenAI to make search embeddings.
• Your subscription status and which tier you're on (free or paid).

We do not collect this through any third-party analytics SDK. Play events, learning evidence and subscription access are stored in our database. Bookmarks, XP, streaks, local progress and reminder settings are stored on your device, separated by account.

Content you create

• Your conversations with the per-lesson AI chat assistant are stored on our servers, including both your messages and the assistant's replies.
• Any free-text you type during onboarding or in chat is stored as you wrote it.

Device and technical data

• Your reminder choice and time are stored on your device. Current reminders are scheduled locally; Delve does not store a push token in its database.
• Basic technical data needed to operate the app and diagnose problems (for example, app version and general error logs).

What we do not collect

• We do not collect payment card details. Apple handles all payment processing for subscriptions; Delve never sees or stores your card information.
• We do not use advertising SDKs, and we do not track you across other apps or websites.

How We Use Your Data

We use the data described above to:

• Create and maintain your account, and authenticate you when you sign in.
• Build and personalize your feed, using your interests, topic choices, and activity to decide what to show you.
• Generate new personalized picks for subscribers each day, based on interest signals (see "AI Processing Disclosure" below).
• Power the per-lesson chat assistant, including its use of web search to fact-check answers.
• Track your play progress, saves, and history so the app remembers where you left off.
• Process your subscription through Apple In-App Purchase.
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve Delve, including fixing bugs and understanding aggregate usage patterns.
• Communicate with you, such as showing local reminders you've opted into, or responding to a support request.
• Meet legal obligations and enforce our terms.

We do not use your data to serve ads, and we do not sell it to data brokers or anyone else.

AI Processing Disclosure

Delve's personalized picks and in-app chat assistant are powered by third-party AI infrastructure providers: OpenRouter and the model providers it routes to (currently the Z.AI GLM model family), and OpenAI for search embeddings.

Here is exactly how that works:

• With AI sharing allowed, we send relevant interest topics and activity signals to generate picks and reminders. We do not deliberately add your account email or name, but information you type may itself identify you.
• Generated picks are based on your interests. They are private to your account; do not put sensitive personal details into your interests or chat messages.
• Personalized daily picks are associated with your account and are private to you. Shared library lessons are published separately.
• When you chat with the per-lesson assistant, your messages are sent to an AI infrastructure provider to generate a response, and that provider may perform a web search to fact-check the answer.
• Chat transcripts are stored on our servers as described above so you can revisit a conversation.
• Delve asks for your consent before sending these inputs to AI providers. You can turn AI sharing off in Account > AI features and continue using library lessons and text search.
• We do not use your inputs to train AI models. Our providers process your inputs to generate the response you asked for and may keep request logs for a limited time under their own published policies.

Sharing Your Data

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We share data only with the service providers who help us operate Delve, and only as needed for them to provide their service:

• Apple - for Sign in with Apple authentication, and for processing your subscription payment through In-App Purchase. Apple has its own privacy policy governing how it handles this data.
• Supabase - our hosting provider, which stores our database (accounts, activity, learning evidence, chat transcripts) in the United States (AWS us-east-2, Ohio).
• RevenueCat - to connect your account ID to purchases and keep subscription access current.
• Expo/EAS - to build and distribute the app and app updates.
• AI infrastructure providers (OpenRouter and the model providers it routes to (currently the Z.AI GLM model family), and OpenAI for search embeddings) - to generate your personalized picks and power the chat assistant, as described above.

Each of these providers is bound by its own data-processing terms, and we use each one only to provide Delve. We may also disclose data if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of Delve or our users, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets (in which case we'll notify you).

Data Retention

We keep your account data for as long as your account is active, so the app can function and remember your history. We keep activity data (plays, saves, taps, chat transcripts) for as long as your account is active, plus a limited period afterward for backups and fraud prevention, unless you request deletion sooner. When you delete your account, we delete your personal data as described in the next section. Some data may be retained in an aggregated or de-identified form (for example, overall usage statistics) that can no longer be tied back to you. Your private generated picks are deleted with your account. Shared library lessons are separate editorial content.

Deletion and Your Controls

You are in control of your data:

• Delete your account in-app. Go to the Account tab and choose to delete your account. This deletes your account and your personal data from our systems.
• Delete your account by email. Email support@delvelearning.app and we'll process your deletion request.
• What stays after deletion. Shared editorial library lessons remain available. Operational backups may hold a copy of deleted data for up to 30 days before they are overwritten. Apple keeps your purchase records under its own policy, and RevenueCat keeps subscription records linked to your account identifier.
• Turn off notifications. Disable notification permission in your device settings at any time.
• Manage your subscription. Subscriptions are managed entirely through your Apple ID account settings, including cancellation.
• Ask us questions. Email support@delvelearning.app to ask what data we hold about you, correct it, or ask us to stop using it.

Security

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including encryption in transit and access controls on our database. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep your information safe and to respond quickly if something goes wrong.

Children's Privacy

Delve is intended for users age 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13, and the app is not directed at children under 13. If we learn that we've collected data from a child under 13, we will delete it. If you believe a child under 13 has used Delve and provided us data, contact us at support@delvelearning.app.

International Users

Legal bases for processing (GDPR-lite)

If you're in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or a similar jurisdiction, we process your data based on:

• Contract - to provide the app and features you've signed up for.
• Legitimate interests - to operate, secure, and improve Delve, such as understanding usage patterns.
• Consent - for optional AI sharing and notifications, which you can withdraw at any time.
• Legal obligation - where we need to comply with the law.

Your rights (GDPR-lite)

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate data.
• Delete your data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Receive a copy of your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing done before the withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, email support@delvelearning.app.

California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

If you're a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose.
• Delete your personal information.
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. Because we don't sell or share personal information, there is no opt-out link to provide. To exercise any of these rights, email support@delvelearning.app.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as Delve changes. If we make material changes, we'll notify you in the app or by email before they take effect. The "Effective date" at the top of this page always reflects the latest version.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this policy or how we handle your data, email us at support@delvelearning.app.

Nolan Joseph Connolly Texas, United States