Privacy Policy

AIEO™ ("we," "us," or "our") operates the AI-first directory at aieo.ai. AIEO creates structured listing pages for businesses, personal brands, products, and events, optimized for AI model citation. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data. By using AIEO, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Data We Collect

Account information: When you sign up, we collect your email address and, optionally, your name.

Listing information: Business name, website URL, category, city, description, and any details you provide for your directory listing.

Audit and report data: Results from AI visibility audits, AI Visibility Scores, optimization outputs, generated articles, FAQs, and structured data.

Payment information: Billing details are collected and processed by Stripe. We do not store your credit card number on our servers.

Usage data: Pages visited, features used, browser type, device type, IP address, and referring URL.

2. How We Use Your Data

• Provide, operate, and improve the AIEO platform
• Run AI visibility audits and generate optimization content
• Process payments and manage your subscription
• Send transactional emails (account confirmations, audit results, billing receipts)
• Send product updates and re-engagement emails (you can unsubscribe anytime)
• Analyze usage patterns to improve the product
• Prevent fraud and enforce our Terms of Service

3. How Your Data Is Processed by AI Models

To deliver our service, we send certain data to third-party AI model providers. This is what gets sent and why:

• Business name, description, and content you submit — sent to AI models (Google Gemini, Groq, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others) to run visibility scans, generate optimized content, and test how AI models reference your business.
• Prompts and queries — sent to AI models as part of citation testing and content audits.

We do not send your email address, payment information, or account credentials to AI model providers. Only the business content necessary to perform the requested scan or optimization is transmitted.

Each AI provider has its own data handling policies. We select providers that do not use API inputs for model training, but we cannot guarantee how third-party providers handle data once transmitted. By using AIEO, you consent to this processing.

AI outputs are not guaranteed to be accurate. Content generated by AI models may contain errors, hallucinations, or outdated information. You are responsible for reviewing all generated content before publishing or relying on it.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Supabase — Authentication and database hosting (stores your account and scan data)
• Stripe — Payment processing (handles all billing and credit card data)
• Google Analytics (GA4) — Anonymous usage analytics to understand how people use AIEO
• Google Gemini API — AI model used to run visibility scans and generate content
• Groq API — AI inference provider used for visibility scans
• OpenAI API — AI model used for content generation and citation testing
• Anthropic API — AI model used for content audits and citation testing
• Vercel — Hosting and deployment

Each of these services has its own privacy policy. We only share the minimum data necessary for each service to function.

5. International Data Transfers

AIEO is operated from Argentina and uses service providers based in the United States and other countries. If you access AIEO from outside these countries (including the European Economic Area, UK, or Brazil), your data will be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country.

By using AIEO, you consent to the transfer of your data to the United States and other countries where our service providers operate. We rely on standard contractual clauses and provider certifications (such as SOC 2) where available to safeguard international transfers.

6. Cookies

We use cookies for:

• Authentication — Keeping you logged in (essential, cannot be disabled)
• Preferences — Storing your theme and language settings (functional)
• Analytics — Google Analytics cookies to understand usage patterns (optional)

We do not use advertising cookies or sell data to advertisers.

How to opt out of analytics cookies: You can decline analytics cookies via the cookie consent banner shown on your first visit. You can also disable cookies in your browser settings, or install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Declining analytics cookies does not affect the functionality of AIEO.

7. Data Retention

We retain your account data and scan results for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will delete your personal data within 30 days. Anonymized, aggregated data (e.g., total scans run) may be retained for analytics.

Payment records are retained as required by law (typically 7 years for tax purposes).

8. Your Rights

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

• Access — Request a copy of the data we hold about you
• Correction — Request correction of inaccurate data
• Deletion — Request deletion of your account and personal data
• Portability — Request your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection — Object to certain types of processing
• Withdraw consent — Where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time

To exercise any of these rights, email us at support@aieo.ai. We will respond within 30 days.

9. GDPR (European Users)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, we process your data under the following legal bases:

• Contract — To provide the AIEO service you signed up for
• Legitimate interest — To improve our product and prevent abuse
• Consent — For optional marketing emails and analytics cookies

You may lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority if you believe your rights have been violated.

10. CCPA (California Users)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect and how it is used
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt out of the sale of personal information — we do not sell your data
• Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

11. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS encryption, secure authentication via Supabase, and Stripe's PCI-compliant payment processing. No system is 100% secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your data.

12. Data Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will:

• Notify affected users via email within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach
• Notify the relevant data protection authorities as required by applicable law (including GDPR Article 33)
• Provide details about the nature of the breach, the data affected, and the steps we are taking to mitigate it
• Offer guidance on steps you can take to protect yourself

13. Children's Privacy

AIEO is a business tool. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we will notify you via email or a prominent notice on our website at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Your continued use of AIEO after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

15. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email us at support@aieo.ai.