Privacy Policy

First Query collects only the information required to operate our platform responsibly and securely.

This may include:

• Account information (name, email, login credentials)
• Usage data (queries submitted, feature interactions)
• Basic technical logs (browser type, device data, error reports)
• Integration metadata (if you connect external tools or sources)

What we do NOT do:

• We do not sell your data
• We do not run ads or build advertising profiles
• We do not track you across the internet
• We do not collect sensitive personal data unless you explicitly provide it

If you paste text into First Query, it is processed only to deliver results and insights back to you and is not used to build a dossier about your personality, political alignment, or writing style.

We’re here to improve your search experience, not psychoanalyze your punctuation.

We use your information strictly to provide and improve First Query’s core functionality, including:

• Generating AI-powered research results
• Improving ranking and retrieval quality
• Maintaining platform performance and reliability
• Preventing misuse, fraud, or abuse
  

Your data is not used to train public AI models.

Any improvements we make come from aggregated and anonymized platform-level patterns. For example, if many users search for the same topic, we may improve how we surface sources globally.

We may also occasionally send:

• Product updates
• Security notices
• Feature announcements
  

You will only get this if you specifically opted into it.

We take security seriously.

All user data is protected through industry-standard measures:

• Encryption in transit (TLS)
• Encryption at rest (AES-256 or equivalent)
• Restricted internal access (need-to-know only)
• Continuous monitoring and auditing

We maintain strong infrastructure safeguards including:

• Role-based access control
• Environment isolation
• Secure backups
• Incident response procedures

Your searches and data are treated with confidentiality because trust is key to our entire product.

You remain in full control of your information.

At any time, you may request to:

• Access your personal data
• Export your information
• Delete your account
• Remove specific stored content
• Limit processing where applicable

If you delete your account, we permanently remove your personal data and associated records unless retention is legally required.
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You retain full ownership of:

• Your queries
• Your uploaded content
• Any insights generated for your account

First Query only processes what you choose to provide and does not claim rights over your intellectual property.

We are an assistant, not a collector.

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