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Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 4, 2026

StoicLead collects sensitive personal information including leadership assessments and coaching conversations. We take this responsibility seriously and handle your data with care. This policy explains exactly what we collect, why, and how.

1. Who We Are

StoicLead is an AI-powered leadership coaching platform. This Privacy Policy explains how StoicLead collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use our Service.

For questions about this policy or your data, contact us at hello@stoiclead.com.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal information:

  • Identity information: Your name and email address, provided during assessment or account creation.
  • Assessment responses: Your answers to leadership assessment questions, including information about your role, leadership style, challenges, values, goals, and emotional patterns.
  • Coaching conversations: The full text of your AI coaching sessions, including questions you ask and insights shared.
  • Usage data: Pages visited, actions taken in the app, session duration, and similar technical data collected automatically.
  • Device and technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and analytics identifiers.

Sensitive data notice: Leadership vulnerability data, emotional patterns, and psychological self-assessments are particularly sensitive. We treat this information with heightened care and do not sell, license, or share it with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes under any circumstances.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Generate personalized coaching sessions and leadership insights
  • Save and restore your coaching session history
  • Send you access links and account-related communications
  • Improve the quality of StoicLead's AI coaching capabilities
  • Detect and prevent abuse or misuse of the Service
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your data for advertising targeting, behavioral profiling for third parties, or sale to data brokers.

4. How We Store Your Data

Your data is stored in a secure PostgreSQL database hosted on Neon (cloud infrastructure). Data is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest.

Your coaching conversations and assessment responses are stored to enable session history and coaching continuity. We do not store data beyond what is necessary to deliver the Service.

5. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting hello@stoiclead.com.

Upon a deletion request, we will delete your personal information within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it longer.

6. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service providers: We use trusted third-party services (such as database and hosting providers) that process data on our behalf under strict data processing agreements.
  • AI processing: Your coaching session data is sent to Anthropic's API to generate coaching responses. Anthropic's data practices are governed by their own privacy policy. We do not permit Anthropic to use your data for model training under our enterprise agreement.
  • Legal requirements: We may disclose data if required by law, court order, or to protect our legal rights.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format
  • Objection: Object to certain types of processing
  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@stoiclead.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. GDPR (European Users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legal basis for processing your data is:

  • Contract performance: Processing necessary to provide the Service you've requested
  • Legitimate interests: Improving our Service and ensuring security
  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent (e.g., for optional communications)

You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe we have processed your data unlawfully.

9. CCPA (California Users)

If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:

  • The right to know what personal information we collect and how it's used
  • The right to delete personal information we've collected
  • The right to opt-out of the "sale" of personal information (we do not sell personal information)
  • The right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us at hello@stoiclead.com.

10. Cookies and Tracking

StoicLead uses minimal tracking technologies. We use localStorage (not cookies) for session management. We collect anonymous analytics data (page visits, session counts) to understand how the Service is used. This data is not linked to your personal identity.

11. Children's Privacy

StoicLead is not directed at individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

For any questions, requests, or concerns regarding your privacy or this policy, please contact us at hello@stoiclead.com.

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