Upstrive Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 March 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Upstrive GmbH (“Upstrive,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, stores, and otherwise processes personal data in connection with the Upstrive mobile application, related websites, customer support, and AI-powered features (together, the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide a GDPR-level baseline for users globally. Depending on where you live, additional local rights or disclosures may apply.

1. Who we are

The controller responsible for the processing of personal data described in this Privacy Policy is:

Upstrive GmbH
Techno Z Urstein Urstein S15
5412 Puch bei Hallein
Austria
Email: info@upstrivesystem.com
General contact: info@upstrivesystem.com

If appointed and legally required, our data protection officer or privacy contact can be reached at: info@upstrivesystem.com

2. Scope of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data that we process when you:use the App or any in-app feature; create or manage an account; communicate with our support team; interact with our AI-powered features; receive notifications; visit our websites or landing pages; or otherwise engage with us.

If we provide additional privacy notices for specific features, experiments, surveys, promotions, or jurisdictions, those notices supplement this Privacy Policy.

3. Important notice about AI-powered features

Some parts of the Services use artificial intelligence to generate messages, provide contextual suggestions, enable chat-style interactions, and support your in-app experience. When you use these features, we may process:

Category of AI-related data Examples
User-submitted content Messages, prompts, questions, free-text entries, uploaded content, and feedback
Contextual in-app data Current screen, selected feature, recent in-app actions, completed activities, and progress state
Technical and safety data Device, session, crash, abuse prevention, moderation, and logging information
AI outputs Generated text, suggestions, summaries, classifications, safety flags, and similar results

We describe these AI-related activities in more detail in our AI Features and Data Use Notice, which forms part of the legal information governing use of the Services.

Important: Unless we expressly tell you otherwise in a separate opt-in notice, we do not use your personal data or submitted content to train general-purpose AI models for unrelated purposes, and we do not permit our AI inference providers to use your submitted personal data for their own independent model training purposes.

If that practice ever changes, we will provide a separate, clear notice and obtain any consent required by applicable law before doing so.

4. Categories of personal data we collect

The categories of personal data we collect depend on how you use the Services.

4.1 Data you provide directly

We may collect the following data you provide directly to us:

Category Examples
Account and profile data Name, username, email address, password, authentication credentials, account preferences
User content Messages, chat content, app inputs, reflections, uploaded images or files, form entries, survey responses
Transactional and subscription data Purchase status, subscription tier, renewal status, billing identifiers, store transaction references (we do not receive full payment card numbers from app stores)
Communications Support requests, emails, in-app support messages, complaint details, and other correspondence
Consent and preference data Marketing preferences, AI preferences, notification settings, privacy choices, consent records

4.2 Data collected automatically when you use the Services

We may automatically collect:

Category Examples
Device and technical data IP address, device type, operating system, app version, language, time zone, identifiers reasonably necessary for service delivery, and configuration data
Usage and event data App opens, viewed screens, clicks, feature use, session duration, crash events, performance metrics, diagnostics, and security events
Approximate location or regional data Country or region inferred from IP or app store settings, where necessary for localization, fraud prevention, or compliance
Notification-related data Push token, opt-in status, message delivery status, and interaction with notifications

4.3 Data from third parties

We may receive personal data from:

Source Examples
App stores and payment platforms Subscription status, purchase confirmation, refund status, transaction identifiers
Authentication providers Basic login or identity details if you choose a third-party sign-in option
Service providers Hosting, security, analytics, observability, content moderation, customer support, and AI inference providers
Other lawful sources Information you direct third parties to share with us or that we obtain to investigate fraud, abuse, or legal claims

4.4 Data we infer or derive

We may generate or derive information from the personal data above, such as service preferences, likely feature relevance, basic engagement patterns, or AI-generated summaries necessary to provide the Services.

Where such inferences relate to an identified or identifiable user, we treat them as personal data.

If you are in the EEA, UK, or another jurisdiction requiring a legal basis, we rely on one or more of the bases described below. The same purposes generally apply globally, even where a formal legal-basis framework does not apply in the same way.

Purpose of processing Examples Legal basis typically relied upon
Provide and operate the Services Create accounts, authenticate users, provide app functions, generate requested AI responses, synchronize progress, deliver notifications Performance of a contract; in limited cases, legitimate interests
Provide AI-powered features Process prompts, context, and related signals to generate in-app AI content and suggestions Performance of a contract and/or consent, depending on the feature and local law
Personalization and feature relevance Tailor content, recommendations, and AI outputs to your use of the Services Consent where required; otherwise legitimate interests, subject to balancing
Security, fraud prevention, and abuse detection Protect accounts, investigate misuse, maintain service integrity, enforce policies Legitimate interests; legal obligation where applicable
Diagnostics and reliability Monitor crashes, errors, service availability, and technical performance Legitimate interests; consent where required by law or configuration
Customer support and communications Respond to messages, troubleshoot issues, provide service notices Performance of a contract; legitimate interests
Legal compliance and defense of claims Tax, accounting, consumer protection, legal requests, disputes, recordkeeping Legal obligation; legitimate interests
Optional marketing Send promotional emails or push notifications where permitted Consent where required; otherwise legitimate interests subject to applicable law

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we take your rights and interests into account and apply safeguards such as data minimization, access restrictions, contractual controls, technical security, and user controls.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

When you use AI-powered features, we may process personal data for the following purposes:

AI purpose Typical data used
Generate in-app responses User prompts, recent conversation, feature context, selected settings
Generate contextual suggestions Current screen, progress data, recent completed activities, preference settings
Maintain safety and quality Abuse signals, moderation flags, device/session data, limited logs
Troubleshoot incidents Technical logs, error data, and, where necessary and proportionate, limited prompt/output excerpts

We design AI features to support the user experience and not to make legal, medical, employment, insurance, credit, education-admission, or similarly significant decisions about you.

We do not intentionally use AI to infer special categories of personal data about you, such as health status, religious beliefs, political opinions, sexual orientation, or biometric identity, unless clearly disclosed and lawfully justified for a specific feature.

Please do not submit highly sensitive personal data, confidential third-party information, or emergency/crisis information into AI chat or free-text features unless we expressly request it for a specific, lawful purpose.

7. Sensitive personal data

Our Services are generally not intended to require special categories of personal data for ordinary use. However, because users may choose to enter free text, upload content, or interact with AI features, sensitive data may be included in user submissions.

If we become aware that particularly sensitive data is being processed without a valid basis or business need, we may restrict, delete, or stop processing that content where legally and technically feasible.

If a feature is specifically designed to process sensitive data, we will provide a dedicated notice and any additional consent or legal safeguards required by applicable law.

8. Children and age eligibility

The Services are not directed to children under 10 years. If you are under the required age in your jurisdiction, do not use the Services unless permitted by applicable law and, where required, with valid parental or guardian authorization.

If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child in violation of applicable law, we will take steps to delete the data and, where appropriate, deactivate the account.

If the Services are intended to be used by teens or young people in some jurisdictions, we may provide additional youth-specific privacy and safety notices.

9. App permissions and device access

Depending on the features you use, the App may request permission to access certain device functions or data.

Permission / access Why we request it
Photos / files To let you upload selected content or attachments
Notifications To send service-related or, where permitted, promotional notifications
Camera [if applicable] To capture content directly in the App
Microphone [if applicable] To enable audio input or voice-related features

You can change device permissions through your operating system settings. If you disable a permission, some features may no longer work properly.

10. How we disclose personal data

We may disclose personal data to the following categories of recipients, strictly on a need-to-know basis and subject to appropriate contractual or legal safeguards:

Recipient category Why disclosure occurs
Hosting and infrastructure providers Cloud storage, hosting, networking, content delivery
AI inference and content safety providers Generate AI outputs, moderate content, maintain service safety
Analytics, diagnostics, and observability providers Detect crashes, errors, abuse, and performance problems
Customer support and communications providers Manage support workflows and service messages
Payment, subscription, and platform partners Handle subscriptions and purchase administration
Professional advisors and corporate counterparties Legal, tax, accounting, financing, corporate transactions
Competent authorities and litigants Comply with law, enforce rights, respond to lawful requests

Current core service providers

As of the date above, our principal service provider categories include at least the following:

Provider Function Typical role
Amazon Web Services EMEA Sarl Hosting and infrastructure Processor
Functional Software, Inc. (Sentry) Error monitoring and diagnostics Processor
OpenAI AI inference and related safety services Processor / subprocessor
SendFox Customer support or communications Processor

Before publication, this table should be updated to reflect the actual live vendor stack.

11. No sale of personal data; no AI-provider reuse for independent purposes

We do not sell personal data in exchange for monetary consideration.

We do not permit our AI inference providers to use your personal data submitted through the Services for their own independent purposes, such as training general models, building unrelated user profiles, or marketing to you, except where:

If applicable law defines “sale,” “sharing,” or similar concepts more broadly, users in those jurisdictions may have additional rights, which we honor as required.

12. International data transfers

We may process and store personal data in countries other than the country in which you live, including the EEA, the UK, the United States, and other jurisdictions where we or our service providers operate.

Where required by law, and especially for transfers of personal data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to countries that do not provide an adequate level of data protection under local law, we use appropriate safeguards, such as:

Safeguard Example
Adequacy decisions Where the destination country has been recognized as adequate
Standard Contractual Clauses Contracts with processors or subprocessors outside the EEA/UK
Supplementary measures Access controls, encryption, minimization, and vendor diligence

You may contact us for more information about the safeguards relevant to your personal data.

13. Data retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

The exact retention period depends on the type of data, the purpose of processing, the sensitivity of the data, legal obligations, and the need to resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain security.

Our standard retention logic is as follows:

Data category Typical retention approach
Account data Retained while your account is active and for a limited period afterward as necessary for legal, security, and dispute-handling purposes
User-submitted content Retained for as long as needed to provide the Services, support features you use, or comply with deletion and backup cycles
AI prompts and outputs Retained only as long as needed to provide the feature, maintain safety, troubleshoot incidents, and meet legal obligations, subject to configured retention limits
Diagnostics and security logs Retained for limited periods proportionate to security and reliability needs
Customer support records Retained as needed to manage inquiries, complaints, and legal obligations
Transaction and tax records Retained for the period required by accounting, tax, and similar legal obligations

14. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request:

Right Description
Access A copy of the personal data we hold about you
Rectification Correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
Deletion Erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances
Restriction Limitation of processing in certain cases
Objection Objection to processing based on legitimate interests and, where applicable, direct marketing
Portability A copy of certain data in a portable format
Consent withdrawal Withdrawal of consent at any time where processing relies on consent
Complaint Complaint to a supervisory authority or regulator

If local law grants additional rights, such as the right to opt out of certain profiling, targeted advertising, or specific automated processing, we will honor those rights where applicable.

You may exercise your rights by contacting us at info@upstrivesystem.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing your request.

If you are in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

15. Profiling and automated decision-making

We may use limited personalization or profiling to tailor content, recommendations, and AI-generated responses based on your in-app behavior and preferences.

However, unless we clearly notify you otherwise, we do not use solely automated decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significant effects about you within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.

If that changes for a specific feature, we will provide additional notice and any rights or safeguards required by law.

16. Security

We implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, or disclosure. These measures may include access controls, vendor due diligence, contractual protections, encryption in transit and at rest where appropriate, logging, environment separation, and incident-response procedures.

No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.

17. Third-party platforms and app stores

The App may be distributed through third-party platforms such as the Apple App Store and Google Play. Those platform operators process personal data independently under their own privacy notices and terms.

If you purchase a subscription or digital product through an app store, the store may provide us with limited transaction data necessary to validate and manage your purchase.

18. Marketing communications

If permitted by law, we may send you product updates, offers, newsletters, or promotional messages. Where required, we will do so only with your consent.

You can opt out of promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us. You can manage push notifications through the App settings or your device settings.

19. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Services, legal obligations, or processing practices.

If we make a material change, we will provide notice through the App, our website, email, or other appropriate means where required by law. The “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when the latest revision was made.

20. Contact us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Upstrive GmbH
Email: info@upstrivesystem.com
General contact: info@upstrivesystem.com