Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Avernic is operated by Shield Analytics LLC. In this Policy, “Avernic,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean Shield Analytics LLC. Contact us at hello@avernicprivacy.com.

2. Scope and eligibility

This Policy covers visits to the site, contact requests, Complete Assessment founding-access requests, Identity Exposure private-pilot access requests, and the free Checkup. The Checkup is for adults located in the United States using it for personal or household purposes.

3. Information we collect

• Free Checkup: email address; eligibility attestations; assessment-consent, questionnaire, rules, and eligibility versions; structured answers, including optional free text; marketing choice; interest in a future paid report and planned founding price; source page; basic referral or campaign information such as UTM source, medium, and campaign; a submission reference; status and timestamps; and the structured result generated by the deterministic rules.
• Optional comparison request: the comparison-request contract or version; one to three comparison-category codes; optional user-supplied “Other” category text; the separate comparison-notification choice, including an explicit false choice; and the trusted request timestamp.
• Complete Assessment founding access: first name, email address, the decision the report should help with, eligibility confirmation, and a separate optional marketing choice.
• Identity Exposure private-pilot access: first name, email address, state of residence, optional reason for interest, optional timing, self-only adult confirmation, and a separate optional marketing choice. This public request does not collect addresses, identification documents, account details, research evidence, or payment information.
• Contact: name when provided, email, selected category, message, and related acknowledgments.
• Technical operations: routine hosting, application, email, security, and error information needed to operate and protect the site. Error reporting may include an error and the affected route; the application does not intentionally attach Checkup answers to that reporting.
• Limited QA: an operator may add a limited internal note or review status tied to a submitted Checkup.

An unfinished Checkup is held in the participant’s browser state and is not stored server-side before submission.

4. How we use information

We use information to provide the on-screen Checkup preview; respond to requests; debug and troubleshoot; improve deterministic questions, rules, and clarity; conduct limited operator QA; produce aggregate pilot statistics; secure and operate the site; and consider participants for future paid-pilot invitations. Marketing is sent only when separately opted in.

Referral or campaign information helps us understand how participants reached the Checkup and evaluate the pilot. It does not affect recommendations or a privacy score and is not used for behavioral advertising.

We use an optional comparison request to understand which privacy-tool categories participants want compared or explained and to prioritize research and future comparison material in aggregate. Avernic may notify a participant about the specifically requested comparison only when the participant separately opts in. Choosing categories is not notification consent, comparison-notification consent is not broader marketing consent, and broader marketing remains separately optional. Category interest and commercial availability do not affect recommendation eligibility, ranking, confidence, priority, or order. A comparison request does not make the free Checkup a continuous monitoring service.

5. Structured processing and AI

The free Checkup preview is generated from structured rules. Avernic does not currently send assessment answers to an AI provider or use assessment content to train an AI model. If this changes, Avernic will update its notices before using assessment content in that way.

6. Service providers and disclosures

Avernic uses service providers for hosting, database storage, transactional email, business email, security, and site operations. These providers may process information only to provide services to Avernic and for the purposes described in this notice. We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights or security, or investigate fraud or abuse.

The application does not currently use third-party marketing analytics, advertising pixels, or session-replay tools. Basic UTM attribution is stored with a submitted Checkup.

7. Browser print or save

The free Checkup may include a browser-based print or save function. A participant may use their browser to print the page or save a PDF locally on their own device. Avernic does not generate, receive, host, or retain that locally created file. Avernic may retain the underlying submitted information as described in this Policy.

8. Retention

• Completed free Checkup submissions: up to 12 months after submission unless deleted earlier.
• Comparison-request fields are part of the completed free Checkup submission and follow that same up-to-12-month period. Category codes and “Other” free text are deleted with the submission. An explicit false comparison-notification choice is part of the submission record and does not become marketing consent.
• Internal QA notes: deleted with the Checkup or after 12 months, whichever occurs first.
• Early-access requests: 12 months after the last meaningful interaction.
• Identity Exposure private-pilot requests: retained only under the approved access-request operating policy. A specific public period will not be stated until that policy is approved.
• Contact or support requests: 24 months after closure.
• Marketing consent: until withdrawal, plus a minimal suppression record where needed.
• Routine application and security logs: generally up to 90 days.
• Minimal deletion-completion records: up to 3 years; minimal legal-consent evidence: up to 3 years after the underlying submission is deleted. Neither includes assessment answers or report content.
• When needed under that consent-evidence rule, only minimal comparison-notification consent evidence may be retained for up to 3 years. That minimal evidence excludes category codes, “Other” text, assessment answers, report content, and QA notes.

Verified live-system deletion is operator-managed and completed as soon as reasonably practicable. Residual copies may remain temporarily in backups until removed through provider backup cycles. Information may be retained for an active legal hold, fraud or security investigation, or applicable recordkeeping obligation.

9. Correction and deletion requests

Email hello@avernicprivacy.com. Avernic aims to acknowledge verified requests within 7 business days and complete them within 30 days when reasonably possible. Ordinary verification uses control of the original email address; a submission reference may also be requested. Identity documents are not required for ordinary Checkup requests.

Avernic does not edit historical Checkup answers in place. To correct them, request deletion of the earlier submission and complete a new Checkup. Legal, security, abuse, or fraud holds may delay deletion.

A minimal completion record may contain only request type, received and completion dates, verification method, operator, and hold status—not assessment answers, QA notes, or report content.

10. Security, children, and changes

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational practices, but no system or transmission is guaranteed secure. The Checkup is restricted to adults 18 or older. Contact us if you believe a minor submitted information.

We may update this Policy as the pilot changes. Material changes will be identified by a revised effective date after approval and deployment.