Privacy Policy

What we collect

Account details: your name, email and profile picture from Google or email sign-in.

What you tell us: your trade, city and state, business stage, choices you make in the guides, your business plan, quiz and exam answers and results, badges, and what you write on your pro page, Network card, posts, replies, messages, Expert edits and suggestions.

Questions you ask the Professor and other AI features, and their answers.

How the site is used: which pages and chapters are opened, which features are used, and which outside links are clicked (we record the site the link goes to). Signed-out readers are counted by a random id stored in their browser. We don't store your IP address in our own records, though our hosting provider may log it to run and protect the service.

Why we use it

To run BeProEx: sign you in, save your progress and plan, unlock chapters, grade exams, show your pro page, and introduce you to other members when you ask.

To personalize the guides to your trade, place and stage.

To understand what helps people and what costs us money to run, so we can improve it.

To keep BeProEx safe: limits, fraud and abuse checks.

To contact you about your account, introductions and messages. We don't send marketing email without your permission.

What others can see

Your pro page, Network posts and replies, and your name on accepted Expert edits are public or visible to members. Network introductions share your name, trade and city, never your email. Messages are seen only by the two people in them (and by us if needed to handle a report).

Who we share it with

Service providers who run BeProEx for us: Base44 (hosting, sign-in, database and analytics), Google (sign-in), and the AI model providers that process questions and generate guide text. They may only use it to provide their service.

YouTube (Google): we use YouTube API Services to find lesson videos. When you play one, YouTube's player loads from Google, which may collect information about your viewing under the Google Privacy Policy. Most of our players use YouTube's privacy-enhanced mode, which doesn't set YouTube cookies until you press play. We never access your YouTube account or YouTube data about you.

Affiliate partners and retailers: when you click a partner link, you go to their site and they or their affiliate network (such as Amazon Associates, Impact and PartnerStack) may set their own cookies to credit the referral. Their privacy policies apply there.

When the law requires it, or to protect people's safety or our rights.

If BeProEx is sold or merged, the new owner, under this policy.

Cookies and browser storage

We use your browser's storage to keep you signed in, remember your place and choices, and note where you came from (for example, a link from the Network). We don't run third-party advertising trackers. YouTube may set cookies when you play a video, and partner sites may set cookies after you click through to them.

How long we keep it

We keep your account information while your account is open. If you ask us to delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal information within 30 days, except what we must keep by law. Usage counts are kept in summary form.

Your choices and rights

You can view and change most of your information in My Journey, My page and your Network card, and turn your Network card off.

You can ask us for a copy of your information, to correct it, or to delete your account. California residents and people in other places with privacy laws have these rights; we give them to everyone. We won't treat you differently for using them.

Children

BeProEx is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you think a child under 13 has an account, email us and we'll delete it.

Security

We use the security of our providers (encrypted connections, access controls) and limit who can see member data. No service is perfectly secure.

Changes

We'll update the date at the top when this policy changes, and tell signed-in members about big changes.