We're an open book.

Here's exactly what DetermiNext collects, why we collect it, and how long we keep it — by user type.

What each user type shares with us.

Teachers

✓Email address (account authentication)
✓Name and school affiliation (profile)
✓Student roster — names only (assessment management)
✓Usage analytics — opt-in only (product improvement)
✓Billing information — processed by Stripe, not stored by DetermiNext

Students

Accessed via teacher-generated code — no student account required

✓First name only (set by teacher)
✓PINS assessment responses (20 questions)
✓AI-generated career report (produced from PINS responses)
✓No email, no device identifiers, no tracking

Schools & Districts

✓School name and administrator contact
✓Teacher roster and usage counts
✓Aggregate usage data — no individual student data visible

What we collect

Data	Purpose
Account email & password hash	Authentication
Teacher name & school	Profile display
Student first name	Assessment roster
PINS assessment responses	AI career matching and report generation
AI-generated report content	Stored for teacher access; never used to train AI models
Session tokens	Secure authentication; invalidated on logout
Usage analytics (opt-in)	Product improvement; blocked by default on student/teacher pages
Billing details	Processed and stored by Stripe under their PCI-compliant infrastructure

How long we keep it

Data	Retention
Active account data	Retained while account is active
Student assessment data	Deleted within 90 days of account cancellation
Individual student records	Deleted immediately when teacher removes student from roster
Billing records	Retained per applicable legal requirements (typically 7 years)
Session tokens	Invalidated on logout; expire after 30 days of inactivity

No surprises. Here's who we work with.

These are the only third-party services that process any DetermiNext data.

Google Gemini API

AI career matching and report generation

Student PINS responses sent for processing; not used to train Google models (per API terms)

Railway

Application hosting and managed PostgreSQL database

All application data stored on Railway infrastructure (United States)

Stripe

Subscription billing and payment processing

Teacher billing details; no student data

Resend

Transactional email (account confirmation, password reset)

Teacher email address only

Sentry

Error monitoring and alerting

Application error telemetry including anonymized user identifiers (IDs only, no names), stack traces, and browser environment. No student assessment data is sent.

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