Privacy, in plain English.

Beta policy · Updated July 10, 2026

Your life story is private by default. We do not sell it, publish it, or use it for targeted advertising.

What essayscholar.org stores

When you continue with Google, Google provides basic account identity information such as your stable account identifier, email address, name, and profile image when available. We use that identity to create and secure your essayscholar.org account. essayscholar.org also stores the stories, essay directions, drafts, review results, application progress, and preferences you choose to save.

Guests can draft locally without creating a durable account record. Guest work is not synced to our database, and AI coaching requires sign-in.

Google sign-in and sessions

Google handles the sign-in screen; essayscholar.org does not receive your Google password. After a successful sign-in, essayscholar.org uses an opaque, random session cookie marked Secure and HTTP-only. Browser code cannot read it, and only a one-way hash of the session token is stored. Sessions expire and are revoked when you sign out.

You may revoke essayscholar.org's Google access from your Google Account. Revocation prevents future authorization, but it does not automatically delete work already saved in essayscholar.org. To remove that data, request account deletion using the contact below.

How AI processing works

Text you submit for analysis is sent securely to our AI service provider to perform the feature you requested. We minimize what is sent, disable model-response storage where supported, and do not intentionally include account identifiers in AI prompts.

What we do not do

• We do not sell student data.
• We do not train a private essayscholar.org model on your essay without explicit opt-in consent.
• We do not make essays public by default.
• We do not promise or predict admission.

Your controls

You can edit your work, remove individual content, request an export, sign out to end the current session, revoke Google access, or ask us to delete your essayscholar.org account and saved work. Collaboration links share only the material and permissions you explicitly choose.

Students and age

essayscholar.org is designed for applicants age 13 and older. Users under 18 should review privacy choices with a parent, guardian, or trusted counselor.

Contact

Questions or deletion requests can be sent to privacy@essayscholar.org.