Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 2024-06-05

Welcome to the dosu.dev privacy policy! dosu.dev offers AI-powered productivity integrations. This Privacy Notice explains how dosu.dev, formally "Dosu, Inc" ("dosu.dev", “Dosu, Inc”, “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), collects, uses, discloses, and otherwise processes personal information (as defined below) in connection with our websites accessible via dosu.dev, the web app, the GitHub bot, the chatbot function and the related content, platform, services, products, integrations and other functionality offered on or through our services (collectively, the “Services”). It does not address our privacy practices relating to dosu.dev job applicants, employees and other personnel.

dosu.dev is the controller of the personal information we hold about you in connection with your use of the Services. This means that we determine and are responsible for how your personal information is used.

I. What is Personal Information?

When we use the term “personal information” in this Privacy Notice, we mean any data or information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular natural person or household or any other data or information that constitutes “personal data”, “personal information,” or “personally identifiable information.”

II. Our Collection and Use of Personal Information

We collect personal information in a variety of ways. For example, you may provide us your personal information when you register for an account or contact us.

We may link or combine your activities and information collected from you on our websites and chatbot integrations with information we collect automatically.

Personal Information Collected from You

We may collect the following categories personal information submitted to us by individuals through the Services:

Personal Information Automatically Collected

As is true of many digital properties, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information from or in connection with your device when visiting or interacting with our Services, such data includes:

We and our third-party providers may use (i) cookies or small data files that are stored on an individual’s computer and (ii) other, related technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies and logging technologies (collectively, “cookies”) to automatically collect this personal information. We may also use this information to distinguish you from other users of our Services. This helps us monitor and analyze how you use and interact with our Services. It also helps us and our partners to determine products and services that may be of interest to you. For more information about these practices and your choices regarding cookies, please see the Control Over Your Information section.

Personal Information from Third Parties

We also obtain personal information from third parties; which we often combine with personal information we collect either automatically or directly from an individual.

We may receive the same categories of personal information as described above from the following third parties:

Additional Limits on Use of Your Google Information

Our Service uses certain Google services, such as the reCAPTCHA Enterprise API. You can connect your Gmail account using OAuth authentication, a secure mechanism to give dosu.dev access to your Google account data without letting it know your password. Notwithstanding anything else in this Privacy Notice to the contrary, if you provide dosu.dev access to your Google data, dosu.dev’s use of that Google data will be subject to the following additional restrictions:

Use of PostHog

We use PostHog to generate product analytics through event capture and heatmaps. PostHog collects various in-app usage data, including user interactions, device information, and IP addresses. The collected data is stored and processed on their servers. Please consult the PostHog Privacy Policy for more information. PostHog is only installed in the Dosu app and activated once you log in. The tracking script is not loaded on our public websites.

Use of Microsoft Clarity

We use Microsoft Clarity to capture how users interact with Dosu through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay. You can completely opt-out of Clarity by following the instructions here. Some Dosu usage data is captured via first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine service popularity, online activity, and to optimize user experience. This data is shared with Microsoft and stored on their servers. Please consult the Microsoft Privacy Statement for more information. Clarity is only installed in the Dosu app and activated once you log in. The tracking script is not loaded on our public websites.

Additional Uses of Personal Information

We may use personal information we collect to:

III. Our Disclosure of Personal Information

We may also share, transmit, disclose, grant access to, make available, and provide personal information with and to third parties, as follows:

IV. Third-Party Data Collection and Online Advertising

We may participate in interest-based advertising and use third party advertising companies to serve you targeted advertisements based on your browsing history. We permit third party online advertising networks, social media companies and other third-party services, to collect information about your use of our online services over time so that they may play or display ads on our Services, on other websites or services you may use, and on other devices you may use. Typically, though not always, the information used for interest-based advertising is collected through tracking technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, and similar technology, which recognize the device you are using and collect information, including click stream information, browser type, time and date you visited the Sites, AdID, and other similar information. If permitted by your device settings, they may also collect location data through GPS, Wi-Fi or other methods. We may share a common account identifier (such as a hashed email address or user ID) with our third-party advertising partners to help identify you across devices. We and our third-party partners use this information to make the advertisements you see online more relevant to your interests, as well as to provide advertising-related services such as reporting, attribution, analytics and market research.

Please see Online Ads of the Control Over Your Information section below, to learn how you can opt out of interest-based advertising.

We may engage in the following:

For more information about these practices and your choices regarding cookies, please see the Control Over Your Information section below.

V. Control Over Your Information

You may control your information in the following ways:

VI. Children’s Personal Information

Our Services are not directed to, and we do not intend to, or knowingly, collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If an individual is under the age of 16, they should not use our Services or otherwise provide us with any personal information either directly or by other means. If a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to us, we encourage the child’s parent or guardian to contact us to request that we remove the personal information from our systems. If we learn that any personal information we collect has been provided by a child under the age of 13, we will promptly delete that personal information.

VII. Links to Third-Party Websites or Services

Our Services may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Except where we post, link to or expressly adopt or refer to this Privacy Notice, this Privacy Notice does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, any personal information practices of third-party websites and online services or the practices of other third parties. To learn about the personal information practices of third parties, please visit their respective privacy notices.

VIII. State-Specific Disclosures

IX. Updates to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. When we make changes to this Privacy Notice, we will change the date at the beginning of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will notify individuals, by prominent posting on our Services, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes shall be effective from the date of publication unless otherwise provided.

X. Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests in connection with this Privacy Notice or other privacy-related matters, please send an email to privacy@dosu.dev.