Privacy policy

Interview Assist AI is operated by Mark Salmenson. This policy explains the Mac app and this website. Last updated November 12, 2026.

What stays on your Mac

Your saved background, interview profiles, saved Q&A, and preferences are stored locally. Session credentials and pending purchase information use macOS-backed encrypted storage. Recent conversation content is held in app memory during a session. The app does not create audio recording files or transcript archive files.

What is sent for AI processing

When you enable AI consent and use transcription, audio is sent through Interview Assist AI’s service to OpenAI. Generated answers may include your question, relevant background and role information, interview notes, and recent conversation context. Saved questions and answers may also be sent when AI-assisted matching is needed. A saved answer matched locally can be displayed without sending it for AI processing.

Microphone and computer audio capture start when you choose to listen. You can pause listening and change AI consent in Setup → Privacy & AI usage. Obtain permission from participants before capturing or transmitting their speech, and follow any interview or employer restrictions.

Account, credit, and purchase data

Your email address is used to send a sign-in code through Resend. The account database stores a keyed hash of your email, an account identifier, code verification records, session records, credit balances, usage counters, and purchase transaction identifiers. Your email address is not stored in plaintext in the account database, but the email delivery provider receives it to deliver sign-in messages.

Apple processes in-app payments. We receive transaction details needed to verify purchases, grant credits, and process refunds. We do not receive your full payment card details.

Retention and deletion

For reliable retries without duplicate charges, generated answer results are temporarily encrypted and cached by the backend. Result content is scheduled for removal after approximately 24 hours. Encrypted matching-cache entries can remain for up to 7 days. Cleanup runs periodically, so expiry is not an exact deletion deadline. Request identifiers, hashes, status, usage, and purchase records can remain after cached content expires.

Sign-in codes expire after 10 minutes; expired code-verification records are scheduled for cleanup. Sessions expire after 30 days. Usage counters, hashed account identifiers, balances, and transaction records are retained as needed to operate the service, prevent repeated free trials and abuse, handle billing, and meet applicable requirements.

You can request account deletion from Setup → Account & credits → Delete account. This disables the account, ends its sessions, and clears cached answer and matching content. Some hashed identifiers and transaction or usage records remain for fraud prevention and billing. Deleting your account does not automatically delete local setup data or cancel an Apple charge. Contact support for privacy questions, access requests, or help removing local data.

Our service providers

• OpenAI: transcription and generated suggestions. OpenAI states that API data is not used to train its models by default. Its own retention rules apply, including abuse-monitoring retention that may be up to 30 days or longer in specified circumstances. See OpenAI’s API data controls.
• Cloudflare: website hosting, backend processing, databases, and support-email forwarding when configured. Network and operational logs may include connection metadata, timestamps, error information, and usage measurements. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy.
• Resend: delivery of sign-in emails. See Resend’s privacy policy.
• Apple: App Store distribution and in-app purchases. See Apple’s privacy policy.

Website visits and support requests

This website does not include advertising trackers, third-party analytics scripts, or a marketing signup form. Our hosting provider may process standard access and security metadata. If you email support, we receive your address, message, and anything you choose to attach. Support messages may be forwarded through Cloudflare to a Gmail inbox and retained for handling your request and related service records.

Your choices

You can edit or remove saved content locally, pause listening, withhold AI consent, sign out, or delete your account. Avoid entering sensitive personal information or confidential material you do not have permission to share. We do not sell personal information or use it for targeted advertising. Applicable privacy rights may depend on where you live; contact us to request access, correction, or deletion.

The service is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 18. Processing may occur in the United States or other locations where our providers operate. We use encryption in transit and safeguards for stored data, but no system can guarantee absolute security.

Changes and contact

We may update this policy as the service changes. The date above identifies the latest revision. For privacy questions, contact [email protected].