Pay Transparency

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 1, 2026 | Last Updated: March 1, 2026

AIGuru LLC ("we," "us," or "our"), operating as PayTransparency.ai, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services at paytransparency.ai (the "Service").

AIGuru LLC is located at Princeton, NJ, United States. For the purposes of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we act as the data controller for personal data processed through the Service.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Account Data

When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, and password (stored in hashed form). If you provide optional profile information such as your organization name, job title, or industry, we collect that as well.

1.2 Assessment Data

When you use our pay equity compliance assessment tool, we collect the responses you provide, including information about your organization's pay practices, policies, workforce demographics, and jurisdictional presence. Assessment results, risk scores, and generated reports are also stored.

1.3 Usage Data

We automatically collect certain information when you access the Service, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, time and date of visits, and other diagnostic data. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect this information.

1.4 Communication Data

If you contact us via email or through our contact forms, we collect the content of your messages, your email address, and any other information you choose to provide.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain the Service
  • Generate compliance assessment results, risk scores, and recommendations
  • Create and manage your account
  • Send you assessment reports, service updates, and administrative communications
  • Respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • Improve, personalize, and expand the Service through aggregated and anonymized analytics
  • Detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security threats
  • Comply with legal obligations, including responding to lawful requests from public authorities

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

  • Performance of a contract: Processing necessary to provide the Service you requested
  • Legitimate interests: Processing necessary for our legitimate business interests, such as improving the Service and ensuring security, where those interests are not overridden by your rights
  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent for a specific purpose, such as receiving marketing communications
  • Legal obligation: Processing necessary to comply with applicable laws

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal data to third parties. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service providers: We use trusted third-party service providers to host our infrastructure (AWS), send transactional emails (AWS SES), and store generated reports (AWS S3). These providers process data solely on our behalf and are contractually bound to protect your data.
  • Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request.
  • Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy. Specifically:

  • Account data: Retained for the duration of your account and for 30 days after account deletion
  • Assessment data: Retained for 30 days after your last engagement with the Service, unless you consent to longer retention
  • Usage data: Retained in aggregated, anonymized form for analytics purposes

You may request earlier deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

6. Your Rights

Under the GDPR and other applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access: You may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: You may request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to erasure: You may request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain legal exceptions.
  • Right to data portability: You may request a copy of your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
  • Right to restriction: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Right to object: You may object to the processing of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests as our legal basis.
  • Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@paytransparency.ai. We will respond to your request within 30 days. If you are in the EEA, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

7. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience on the Service. The types of cookies we use include:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the Service to function properly, such as session authentication cookies.
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Service (e.g., Google Analytics). These cookies collect information in aggregated form.

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Note that disabling essential cookies may impair the functionality of the Service.

8. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including:

  • Encryption of data in transit (TLS/SSL) and at rest
  • Hashed and salted password storage using bcrypt
  • Access controls limiting data access to authorized personnel only
  • Regular security assessments and monitoring
  • Infrastructure hosted on AWS with industry-standard protections

While we strive to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. International Data Transfers

Your data may be processed in the United States. If you are located outside the United States, your data will be transferred to and processed in the United States. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers in compliance with applicable data protection laws, including standard contractual clauses where required.

10. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we learn that we have collected data from a child under 16, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

AIGuru LLC
Princeton, NJ, United States
Email: contact@paytransparency.ai