Bar Buddy
Privacy policy
Last updated October 5, 2026
This policy explains what Bar Buddy (“Bar Buddy”, “we”) collects through barbuddyai.com, the Bar Buddy app, the tutor console and the Bar Buddy Sync extension, and what we do with it. Questions: [email protected].
The short version. Your study data lives in your own browser. Our servers hold your sign-in details, scores you choose to sync, a temporary copy of your data when you move to a new address or browser, founding-seat reservations, and what you choose to share with a tutor. We don't take payments yet. We don't sell your personal information.
What we collect
On barbuddyai.com
- Founding-seat reservations and lists. If you reserve a founding seat: your email, the exam you're sitting, the course you use, any tutor or referral code you enter, which page you reserved from, when, the visit-source record below, and your approximate country (from your IP address). Reserving is free; we collect no payment details. Earlier waitlist sign-ups hold the same minus the exam, course and code.
- Visit-source cookies.
bb_vid(a random visitor ID),bb_ft(how you first arrived) andbb_lt(your latest campaign visit) record campaign tags (utm parameters), ad click IDs, the referring page, the landing page and the time. They are first-party cookies on barbuddyai.com and its subdomains and last 90 days. When you sign in to the app, we save them with your account so we know which ad, campaign or tutor link brought you.
We don't currently run third-party analytics or advertising pixels on barbuddyai.com. If we add any, this page will say so before they go live.
In the Bar Buddy app
- Sign-in. Google sign-in gives us your Google account ID, email address and name. We keep a session token (stored only in hashed form) so you stay signed in, for up to 30 days.
- Study data stays in your browser. Practice attempts, confidence flags and notes, your schedule, Buddy chat threads and settings are stored in your browser, not on our servers, except as described next.
- Moving address or browser. When you use the app at its old address while signed in, a copy of your study data (without your AI key) is sent to our servers so it can follow you to app.barbuddyai.com; the first time you sign in to an empty browser, that copy is loaded. We keep it for up to 90 days.
- Synced scores. If you use Bar Buddy Sync, the scores it collects are stored with your account (see below).
- Tutors, with your consent. Only if you connect a tutor and accept: the connection, the permissions you grant, your exam date, summary statistics you choose to share (for example accuracy by subject and confidence flags), assignments, messages between you, and a log of when your tutor looked at your data, which you can see.
- AI features. These use your own API key, kept in your browser. Your messages, the study context they need and any images you attach go straight from your browser to the AI provider (Anthropic). We don't receive them.
In the Bar Buddy Sync extension
On supported bar-prep sites (AdaptiBar, BARBRI, One-Timers), the extension reads your own results pages in your browser and keeps scores only: question IDs, subject and topic, right or wrong, dates and time taken — never question text. It sends them to your Bar Buddy account, or straight into the app when you use it without an account.
Tutors
If you apply to the tutor pilot: your Google sign-in details, display name, headline, the jurisdictions you teach and your join codes.
Payments
Nothing on Bar Buddy takes payment yet, so we collect no payment or card details. Before checkout opens, this policy will say who processes payments and what they share with us.
Why we use it
- To run the service: sign-in, sync, moving your data, tutor sharing, support.
- To hold founding-seat reservations and email you before checkout opens.
- To understand which campaigns and tutor links bring students in.
- To keep the service secure and fix problems, and to meet legal obligations.
Who receives it
- Cloudflare — hosting, storage and network security for our sites and servers.
- Google — sign-in.
- Anthropic — only for AI requests you make with your own key, sent directly from your browser.
- Tutors you connect with — only what you allow, until you stop sharing or disconnect.
- Authorities, when the law requires it, and a buyer of the business if it is ever sold.
We don't sell personal information.
How long we keep it
- Account and synced scores: while your account is open; deleted when you ask us to.
- Moving copy of your study data: up to 90 days.
- Data shared with a tutor: until sharing ends or the connection expires (14 days after your exam date).
- Reservations and waitlist entries: until checkout has opened and the list has served its purpose, or until you ask us to remove you.
- Visit-source cookies: 90 days in your browser.
Your choices and rights
You can ask us to tell you what we hold about you, give you a copy, correct it, or delete it, by writing to [email protected] from the email on your account. We'll confirm it's you before acting, and won't treat you differently for asking. You can block or delete our cookies in your browser; the app still works.
California notice at collection
If you live in California, the California Consumer Privacy Act gives you the rights to know, delete and correct your personal information, to opt out of its sale or sharing, and to limit the use of sensitive personal information. You may use an authorized agent. This is what we collect, and why:
| Category | Examples | Purpose | Kept | Sold or shared? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, email, Google account ID, visitor ID, tutor or referral code | Accounts, sign-in, support, attribution | While your account is open | No |
| Internet activity | Campaign tags, ad click IDs, referring and landing page | Knowing which campaigns work | 90 days in cookies; with your account while it is open | No |
| Approximate location | Country, from IP address | Reservations | With the reservation | No |
| Study data you provide | Exam and course on a reservation; synced scores; your data while it moves to a new address; what you share with a tutor; messages | Running the features you use | As listed above | No |
| Inferences | Weak topics and accuracy summaries you share with a tutor | Tutor features you turn on | Until sharing ends | No |
We don't collect sensitive personal information. To exercise a right, write to [email protected].
Children
Bar Buddy is for adults. It isn't directed to children under 16 and we don't knowingly collect their information.
Security and location
Data is sent over HTTPS and stored with our providers in the United States. Bearer tokens are stored only in hashed form. No system is perfectly secure; if something goes wrong that affects you, we'll tell you.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll post the new version here with a new date, and tell you first if the change matters.