MakarantaAIA taƙaice
Muna ajiye ƙananan bayanai ne kawai don ka yi karatu: sunanka, imel, matakin karatu da makinka. A manhajar waya, malamin AI yana aiki a wayarka. A shafin yanar gizo, ana aika saƙonka zuwa Gemini na Google don amsa, amma ba ma ajiye shi. Ba ma sayar da bayananka. Idan kana ƙasa da shekara 18, ka nemi izinin iyayenka kafin ka buɗe asusu. Za ka iya goge komai a manhajar: Saituna → Sirri da bayanai → Goge komai. Tambayoyi: [email protected].
Who we are
MakarantaAI ("we") is a learning app for secondary-school students in Nigeria: exam practice and an AI tutor, KaratuGPT, in Hausa and English. We decide how the data described here is used. Contact us at [email protected] about anything in this policy.
Students under 18
Most of our students are children. If you are under 18, ask a parent or guardian before you create an online account. Parents and guardians can ask us at any time what we hold about their child, and ask us to correct or delete it, by emailing [email protected]. We collect only what the app needs to work, we show no advertising and we never sell data.
What we collect and why
| What | Why | Where it is kept |
|---|---|---|
| Your name, class level, PIN (scrambled), practice scores, tutor chats and problem reports | To run the app and show your progress | On your device only, unless your school turned on sync (below) |
| With an online account: your name, email, username and avatar; your password is handled by Google and we never see it | So you can log in on any device | Google Firebase |
| Website tutor: the message (and any photo) you send to KaratuGPT | To get the tutor's answer from Google's Gemini AI. We don't store your messages | Passed through our server (Cloudflare) to Google; not kept by us |
| Website tutor: a random number made by your browser and your network (IP) address | To apply the free daily message limit fairly | Cloudflare; counted per day, then deleted (only daily totals are kept) |
| Usage counts: how many quizzes, questions (and how many right per subject) and tutor messages per day, with language, class level, app version and a random device number | To see how MakarantaAI is used and improve it. Never your name, email or what you write | Cloudflare |
| Android app crash reports: the error, phone model, Android version and app version | To find and fix crashes. Never your name, email or chats | Google Firebase Crashlytics |
| Your email address and the date we sent your welcome email | To send one welcome email when you create an account with an email, and not to send it twice | Resend (sending) and Cloudflare |
The tutor in the Android app
Once you download the AI model, KaratuGPT runs on your phone. Your questions to it never leave your phone.
School sync
If your school gives you a sync server address and you turn sync on, a copy of your profile, scores and chats (never your PIN) goes to that school server, so your teachers can follow your progress. Your school is responsible for that copy.
Why we are allowed to use it
Under Nigeria's Data Protection Act 2023 we use your data with your consent (or your parent's or guardian's, if you are under 18) when you create an account, to provide the service you asked for, and for our legitimate interest in keeping the app working, fair and safe (usage counts, crash reports and daily limits), in ways that don't reveal who you are.
Who we share it with
Only the companies that run parts of MakarantaAI for us, and only for that: Google (Firebase sign-in and database, Crashlytics, Gemini AI), Cloudflare (website, servers and database) and Resend (email). Some of them process data outside Nigeria, under their own data protection commitments. We don't sell data or share it with advertisers.
How long we keep it
- Your online account: until you delete it.
- Data on your device: until you delete it or uninstall the app.
- Tutor limit counters: one day. Daily totals (with no browser or network details) are kept for statistics.
- Usage counts: kept for statistics; they don't identify you.
- Crash reports: 90 days.
Your rights
You (or your parent or guardian) can ask to see the data we hold about you, correct it, delete it, or withdraw your consent.
- Delete everything yourself: in the app, open Settings → Privacy & your data → Delete everything. This deletes your data on the device, your online account (sign-in, profile and username) and, if sync is on, the copy on the sync server.
- Anything else: email [email protected]. We reply within 30 days.
- If you are not happy with our answer, you can complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (ndpc.gov.ng).
Security
Connections to MakarantaAI are encrypted (HTTPS). Your PIN is stored scrambled and never uploaded. Only our admins, who sign in with a second code sent by email, can manage the app's content, and they cannot read your chats.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app.