NextThought.AI (together with its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, representatives, consultants, employees, officers, and directors—collectively, "NextThought.AI," "we," or "us") provides services that help researchers write grant applications (our "Services"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your information.
This Policy describes the information we collect from you, how we use that information and our legal basis for doing so. It also covers whether and how that information may be shared and your rights and choices regarding the information you provide to us.
This Policy is incorporated into and part of NextThought.AI's Terms of Service. Before you use or submit any information through NextThought.AI's Services, please review this Policy carefully.
We may update this Policy from time to time. If we do, we'll let you know about any material changes, either by notifying you on the NextThought.AI website (the "Site") or by sending you an email. New versions of this Policy will never apply retroactively—we'll tell you the exact date they go into effect. If you keep using NextThought.AI after a change, that means you accept this Policy.
NextThought.AI collects information in multiple ways, including:
In order for you to create an account on NextThought.AI and use our Services, we need to collect and process certain information. Depending on your use of the Services, that may include:
You may decline to provide us with your information. However, this will limit your ability to register for an account or use our Services. You may review, change or remove your information by contacting us at info@nextthoughtai.com.
NextThought.AI will seek to share the minimum amount necessary where your data is shared with third parties. The circumstances in which we may share your information are as follows:
We may use identity, device, and location information to prevent fraud and abuse and to keep NextThought.AI and our Services secure. We may also send you promotional communications about our Services, subject to your right to control whether we do so.
The following data will not be publicly displayed or revealed to other users:
We may share your information with certain trusted third-party services to help us provide, improve, promote, or protect NextThought.AI's Services (like when we partner with payment processors, or use services that help us manage our advertising). We may also share information that's aggregated and anonymized in a way that doesn't directly identify you.
We reserve the right to disclose personal information when we believe that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with the law or law enforcement, to prevent fraud or abuse, or to protect NextThought.AI's legal rights, property, or the safety of NextThought.AI, its employees, users, or others.
Our Site may include links to other websites or services whose privacy practices may differ from NextThought.AI's. When you use a link to an external site or service, the privacy policy and data processing disclosures for that site or service governs.
Users residing in certain jurisdictions, such as the EU and California, are afforded certain rights regarding their personal information. Except where an exception or exemption applies, these rights include the ability to access, correct, and request deletion of your personal information.
All NextThought.AI users can manage their personal information in their account settings. You can request a downloadable copy of your personal data from your account settings page. To modify or delete the personal information you've provided to us, please log in and update your profile. You may also delete your account from your account settings page.
If you would like further information regarding your legal rights under applicable data privacy or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us at info@nextthoughtai.com.
The categories of personal information we collect include:
NextThought.AI processes sensitive personal information in limited contexts, such as geolocation derived from your IP address, or for purposes required to comply with laws and regulations. We also send optional user surveys that collect demographics to enhance the user experience. The results of these surveys are used to improve our Services.
The California "Shine the Light" law gives residents of California the right under certain circumstances to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain categories of personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. We do not share your personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.
We will retain your information as long as your account is active, as necessary to provide you with the Services. We will also retain and use this information as necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy and to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, and protect NextThought.AI's legal rights.
We also collect and maintain aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized information which we may retain indefinitely to protect the safety and security of our Site, improve our Services, or comply with legal obligations.
Because NextThought.AI is a US-based company, your information will be collected and processed in the United States. The United States has its own laws governing data protection and government access to information. By providing us with your information, you acknowledge any such transfer or use.
NextThought.AI collects data about website use through our own server logs or through other types of tracking technology.
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device when you visit. These store information about your use of our Services. Pixel tags (also called clear GIFs, web beacons, or pixels) are little snippets of code or tiny images embedded on websites and in email that help us learn how you interact with our site and emails.
Some tracking is necessary to make the NextThought.AI Site function properly. These technologies also support security, analytics, and an improved user experience.
Depending on your browser and settings, you may be able to accept or decline cookies. Blocking or deleting cookies may prevent you from using most of NextThought.AI's Services.
NextThought.AI wants to communicate with you only if you want to hear from us. We try to keep emails to a minimum and you can manage any marketing notifications we send.
We will send you email relating to your transactions on NextThought.AI. You may also elect to receive certain marketing email communications, from which you may opt out at any time by contacting us at info@nextthoughtai.com.
The security of your personal data is important to us. We look to industry best practices to protect the data we collect and maintain. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so NextThought.AI cannot guarantee its absolute security. Your account information is protected by a password, which you should choose carefully and keep secure.
We encourage the responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities of our Services by emailing security@nextthought.ai.
People under 18 (or the legal age in your jurisdiction) are not permitted to use NextThought.AI on their own. NextThought.AI does not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 16 and children under 16 are not permitted to register for an account or use our Services.
If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at info@nextthoughtai.com. If we become aware that a child under age 16 has provided us with personally identifiable information, we'll delete it.
To contact our Data Protection Officer, please email privacy@nextthought.ai.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us at: