Privacy

The short version

We collect the minimum we need to let you use UX Companion: your email if you sign up, the inputs you give the tools so we can run them, and standard server logs. We don't sell anything to advertisers. We're not in the data business — we're in the design tools business.

What we collect

Account information

The site is currently free and doesn't require an account. If you contact us by email, we'll have your email address. If we add accounts in the future, we'll update this page before any new collection happens.

Tool inputs

When you use a tool — generating a persona, running an accessibility audit, drafting copy — the inputs you provide are sent to our servers and to the AI provider that processes them (currently Google Gemini). We don't keep tool inputs longer than needed to return your result and store the artefact in your workspace.

Usage data

Standard server logs: IP address, browser type, pages visited, response times. We use this to debug problems and understand which tools people actually use. We don't combine this with personal information for tracking.

Cookies

We use strictly necessary cookies for things like remembering your theme preference. We also serve advertising via Google AdSense, which uses cookies to deliver and personalise ads — see the advertising section below.

Advertising

UX Companion is supported by advertising delivered through Google AdSense. Google and its third-party vendors use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

Specifically:

• Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve ads based on your interests.
• Third-party vendors may use cookies for personalised advertising. Google's policy is at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising at google.com/settings/ads.
• You can opt out of cookies from many third-party vendors via aboutads.info.

Ads are clearly labelled as "Advertisement" wherever they appear. We don't sell your personal information to advertisers, and we don't pass your tool inputs (the things you type into the contrast checker, persona generator, etc.) to ad networks.

Where your data goes

The named third parties that touch your data:

• Vercel — hosts the website and runs the serverless functions that power the tools. Vercel privacy policy.
• Google (Gemini API) — processes AI-powered tool outputs (currently the persona generator). On the free tier, Google may use input data to improve their services. For sensitive client work, wait until we're on the paid tier or use the contrast checker (no AI involved).
• Google (AdSense) — delivers and personalises ads. See the Advertising section above.
• Google Fonts — serves the typefaces. Your IP address is briefly visible to Google when fonts load.

What we don't do

• We don't sell your data to advertisers, ever.
• We don't track you across other websites.
• We don't use your tool outputs to train a model we own.
• We don't share your project artefacts with anyone outside your workspace.

Your rights

If you're in the UK, EU, or anywhere with comparable data laws, you have the right to:

• Ask what data we hold on you
• Ask us to correct it
• Ask us to delete it
• Ask us to export it in a portable format
• Withdraw consent for any optional processing

Send any request to hello@uxcompanion.studio and we'll action it within 30 days.

Children

UX Companion is a professional tool. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you think a child has signed up, contact us and we'll delete the account.

Changes to this policy

If we materially change how we handle data, we'll update this page and email anyone with an account at least 14 days before the changes take effect. Material changes — for example, adding a new third-party processor, or expanding what data we collect — won't apply retroactively to data you gave us before the change.

Contact

Anything privacy-related: hello@uxcompanion.studio. We respond to data requests faster than the 30-day legal limit, usually within a week.

UX Companion is operated as a sole-trader project by Jamie Pow. This will change to a limited company once we're past the soft launch — we'll update this page when it does.