Privacy Policy

1. Definitions

• "App" refers to the Friday AI Travel Planner mobile application developed by Zakariya Mohummed.
• "Personal Data" refers to any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
• "Processing" means any operation performed on Personal Data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, disclosure, or otherwise making available.
• "Data Controller" refers to the natural or legal person who determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data. For this App, I am the Data Controller.
• "I," "me," or "my" refers to Zakariya Mohummed, the developer of the App.

2. Information I Collect

2.1 Information You Provide to Me:

• Account Information: When you register an account, I collect your name, email address, password, and optional profile information.
• Travel Preferences: Information about your travel interests, preferences, budget considerations, and travel style.
• Itinerary Information: Details about your planned trips, including destinations, dates, activities, and accommodations.
• User Content: Any content you voluntarily provide such as reviews, photos, comments, ratings, and itinerary customizations.
• Communication: Information you provide when contacting me, including customer-support requests and feedback.
• Payment Information: If you purchase a premium subscription, I collect payment information, which is processed by third-party payment processors (Apple App Store, Google Play, or RevenueCat).

2.3 Sensitive Travel Information:

• I collect travel dates, destinations, and preferences for itinerary creation, but you should avoid entering extremely sensitive travel details (like information related to diplomatic, high-security, or extremely private travel) that would create safety risks if exposed.
• The App is not designed for use in high-security travel situations or for individuals requiring exceptional privacy protections.
• I cannot guarantee absolute confidentiality of your travel plans, and they should be considered potentially accessible to third parties in case of a security breach.
• All itineraries are shared with other users in anonymized form. While personal identifying information is removed, the destinations, activities, and general timing of your trips will be visible to others using the platform.

2.2 Information I Collect Automatically:

• Usage Information: Information about your interactions with the App, including the features you use, pages you visit, itineraries you create, and AI chat conversations.
• Device Information: Device model, operating system, unique device identifiers, IP address, mobile network information, and system performance data.
• Location Information: With your permission, I collect precise or approximate location information to provide location-based services and recommendations.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: I use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing activities and preferences.

3. How I Use Your Information

3.1 Provide and Improve Services:

• Create and manage your account
• Generate personalized travel itineraries and recommendations
• Provide AI-powered travel assistance through the chat interface
• Process and fulfill your requests
• Facilitate trip planning and organization
• Develop new features and improve existing ones

3.2 Personalization:

• Customize your experience based on your preferences and usage history
• Provide location-based recommendations and content
• Tailor communications to your interests

3.3 Communication:

• Respond to your inquiries and support requests
• Send transactional messages about your account or trips
• Send marketing communications if you have not opted out
• Conduct surveys and collect feedback

3.4 AI Training and Improvement:

• Train and improve AI models to enhance travel recommendations
• Analyze conversation patterns to improve the AI chat assistant
• Develop new AI features and capabilities

3.5 Security and Compliance:

• Protect the security and integrity of the services
• Prevent and address fraud, unauthorized access, and other illegal activities
• Comply with legal obligations
• Enforce the Terms of Service

4. How I Share Your Information

4.1 Service Providers: I share information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services on my behalf (such as cloud hosting providers, analytics services, and payment processors).

4.2 User-Directed Sharing: When you choose to share your itineraries or content with other users or on social media.

4.3 Travel Partners: To facilitate bookings or reservations you request through the App with hotels, airlines, and other travel service providers.

4.4 Compliance and Protection: When required by law or when I believe disclosure is necessary to protect my rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

4.5 Business Transfers: In the unlikely event that I sell or merge the App with another business, your information might be among the assets transferred.

4.6 With Your Consent: I may share information with third parties when you give me consent to do so.

4.7 AI Training Providers: Anonymous and aggregated conversation data may be shared with AI service providers to improve the underlying AI models. While I strive to remove personal information before sharing such data, the inherent nature of AI training means that patterns in your conversations may influence future AI behaviors.

4.8 Public Itineraries: Your generated travel itineraries and plans are automatically shared with other users of the platform in anonymized form. This means the specific destinations, activities, and timing information from your trips will be accessible to other users, but without any information that could identify you personally. These shared itineraries help improve the platform experience for all users.

5. Your Privacy Choices

5.1 Account Information: You can update your account information through your account settings.

5.2 Location Data: You can control access to your device's location in your device settings.

5.3 Marketing Communications: You can opt out of marketing emails by following the unsubscribe instructions or updating your communication preferences.

5.4 Account Deletion:

You have the right to delete your account and all associated personal data at any time. To delete your account:

• Open the App and navigate to Settings
• Tap on "Account"
• Scroll to the bottom and tap "Delete Account"
• Follow the confirmation steps to permanently delete your account

When you delete your account:

• All your personal information will be permanently deleted from our active systems
• Your user-generated content (including itineraries, reviews, and comments) will be anonymized or deleted
• We will retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes, such as fraud prevention
• Backup copies may take up to 90 days to be fully deleted from our systems
• Information shared with third parties prior to deletion may remain with those parties according to their privacy policies

If you're unable to delete your account through the App for any reason, you can also email friday.ai.travel.planner@gmail.com with the subject "Account Deletion Request" and we will process your request within 14 days.

5.5 AI Chat Data: You can delete your chat history in the App settings, although this will not remove data already used for AI training.

5.6 GDPR and European Privacy Rights: Under applicable data protection laws, including the GDPR, you may have the following rights regarding your Personal Data:

• Right of Access – request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification – request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten").
• Right to Restrict Processing.
• Right to Data Portability.
• Right to Object to processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact me using the details below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

6. Data Retention

I retain your information for as long as necessary to provide the services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. When no longer needed, data is securely deleted or anonymized.

7. Data Security

I implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and I cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your own. I implement appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

9. Data Breach Notification

If a personal-data breach that may pose a risk to your rights and freedoms occurs, I will notify you and any applicable supervisory authority within 72 hours, where feasible.

10. Children's Privacy

My services are not directed to children under 13. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If such information is discovered, I will delete it promptly.

11. California Privacy Rights

California residents have rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including rights to know, delete, opt out of sale/sharing, and to non-discrimination for exercising those rights.

12. European Economic Area (EEA) Privacy Rights

EEA, UK, and Swiss residents have GDPR rights including access, portability, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and withdrawal of consent.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy periodically. I will post updates here and revise the "Last updated" date. Significant changes will receive additional notice.

14. Special Categories of Data

The App is not intended to collect special categories of personal data. If you voluntarily provide such data, it is protected like other personal data, but you should limit sharing to what is necessary.

15. Cookie Policy

The App uses cookies to enhance your experience.

Types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies – required for core functionality.
• Preference Cookies – remember settings and preferences.
• Analytics Cookies – help improve performance and features.
• Marketing Cookies – enable personalized advertising.

You can disable cookies in your device settings; some features may then be unavailable.

16. Subscription Information

Friday AI Travel Planner offers auto-renewable subscriptions to access premium features. Please note the following important information about our subscription services:

16.1 Subscription Terms:

• Monthly Subscription: $9.99 USD per month
• Annual Subscription: $99.99 USD per year (approximately $8.25 per month)
• Free Trial: 3-day free trial available for new subscribers
• The length of each subscription period is clearly displayed before purchase
• Prices may vary by location and are subject to change without notice
• All prices include applicable local sales taxes

16.2 Subscription Features:

• Maximum of 5 AI-generated travel itineraries per monthly billing cycle
• Advanced itinerary customization
• Priority customer support
• Ad-free experience
• Offline access to saved itineraries
• Additional premium features as they are released

16.3 Subscription Management and Cancellation:

• Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period
• Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period
• No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
• You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase:
• Open the Settings app on your iOS device
• Tap your name at the top of the Settings
• Tap "Subscriptions"
• Find and tap "Friday AI Travel Planner"
• Tap "Cancel Subscription" (or "Cancel Free Trial")
• Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription
• If you cancel during a free trial period, you may lose access immediately

16.4 Restoring Purchases:

If you've previously purchased a subscription and need to restore it (such as when reinstalling the app or using it on a new device):

• Go to Settings in the app
• Tap on "Subscription"
• Tap the "Restore Purchases" button
• If you had an active subscription associated with your Apple ID, it will be restored
• You will not be charged again for restoring previously purchased subscriptions

The "Restore Purchases" button is always available in the app's subscription settings, even if you're currently signed in to your account and your subscription is active.

If you're having trouble with your subscription or restoring purchases, please contact our support team at friday.ai.travel.planner@gmail.com for assistance.

16.5 Subscription Limitations:

The Friday AI Travel Planner app is a paid subscription service with the following limitations:

• Itinerary Generation Limit: Each subscription is limited to a maximum of 5 AI-generated travel itineraries per monthly billing cycle
• Billing Cycle Reset: Your itinerary count resets at the beginning of each billing cycle
• Unused Itineraries: Unused itinerary allocations do not roll over to the next billing cycle
• Access Without Subscription: The app does not offer any features without an active subscription

The app requires a subscription to access all features and functionality. There is no free tier or free trial period without providing payment information.

17. Severability and Assignment

If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect. I may transfer or assign this Privacy Policy without consent in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

18. Terms of Use

By downloading, installing, or using the Friday AI Travel Planner app, you agree to be bound by our Terms of Use, which governs your use of the application and services.

Our complete Terms of Use can be found at https://fridayai.app/terms.

Key points from our Terms of Use include:

• You must be at least 13 years old to use the App
• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials
• You agree not to use the App for any illegal or unauthorized purpose
• All content created through our AI services is subject to our content guidelines
• We reserve the right to terminate or suspend accounts that violate our Terms of Use
• Apple is not a sponsor of, or responsible for, promotional offers made in the app
• The App uses third-party services that may collect information used to identify you. All third-party services we use are GDPR and CCPA compliant
• The End-User License Agreement (EULA) for this app is between you and Zakariya Mohummed, not Apple
• Zakariya Mohummed, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content

If you do not agree with our Terms of Use, please do not download, install, or use the App.

19. Support Information

If you encounter any issues, have questions, or need assistance with Friday AI Travel Planner, you can reach our support team through the following channels:

• Email: friday.ai.travel.planner@gmail.com
• Support Website: https://fridayai.app/support
• In-App Support: Tap on "Help & Support" in the app's settings menu

Our support team typically responds within 24-48 hours during business days.

19.1 Billing and Subscription Support:

For issues specifically related to billing, subscription management, or payment:

• Email: billing@fridayai.app with details of your issue
• Include your Apple ID email (but not your password) and transaction ID if available
• For subscription management issues, you may also contact Apple Support directly

19.2 Refund Requests:

Refund requests for App Store purchases are handled by Apple, not directly by Friday AI Travel Planner. To request a refund:

• Visit reportaproblem.apple.com
• Sign in with your Apple ID
• Find the transaction for Friday AI Travel Planner
• Select "Request a Refund" and follow the instructions

For more information about Apple's refund policy, please visit Apple Support.

20. Contact Me

Questions or requests? Contact: