Privacy policy

83 Sciences provides a notebook and research data platform for laboratories. This policy covers the 83 Sciences Companion mobile app and its connection to platform.83sciences.ai. The general privacy policy covers our website and other services. For this companion app, the specific account, processing, and deletion details below apply.

Your account. We process your name, email address, account identifier, laboratory memberships, and sign-in information to authenticate you and control access. The companion uses your platform email and password. Passwords are stored as hashes on the platform; the app keeps session credentials in the operating system's secure storage.

Your research. The app saves the audio you record, photos you choose or take, typed observations, timestamps, and notebook associations. Uploaded content, transcripts, generated titles, and notebook drafts are stored with your lab's research and made available through the web platform according to its access controls.

Service operation. Server records can include IP addresses, request timing, account identifiers, searches, errors, and feature activity to operate and secure the service. The companion does not use advertising identifiers or track you across other companies' apps or websites. We do not sell your personal information.

Before research leaves this app, we ask you to allow sync and AI processing. Until you agree, you can record locally and read accessible notebook content; new recordings, photos, and observations stay on the device. This choice is separate from signing in and is specific to your account and server.

When you allow processing, audio is sent to the platform and to the configured speech provider, ElevenLabs or Deepgram, to generate transcripts. Transcripts and relevant notebook text are sent to OpenAI to suggest titles, notebook destinations, and editable drafts. Photos are uploaded to your lab's storage; the companion does not automatically send photos for AI image analysis.

You can stop further sync and AI processing in Account. Requests already sent may finish, and content already uploaded remains with the lab. Review generated text before applying it to your notebook. We do not use your research content to train machine-learning models for other customers.

Microphone permission is used to record when you start a recording. Camera permission is used when you take a photo. The system photo picker lets you choose specific images. You may change these permissions in your phone's Settings. A recording can continue while the screen is locked and stops when you pause, finish, or reach its one-hour limit.

Original recordings and pending uploads are saved in the app's device storage. An update preserves their account and server associations; a recording from another environment is not automatically redirected into production. Removing the app or losing the device can remove originals that have not finished uploading.

Authorized lab members receive access according to their roles and the platform's sharing rules. Our service providers process data to provide hosting, database and file storage, transcription, and the AI features described above. Data may be processed in countries other than where you live. We may disclose information when required by law or in connection with a business transfer, subject to applicable protections.

In the app, open Account → Delete account, enter your current password, and confirm. If you are the only owner of a lab with other members, first transfer ownership in the web platform's lab settings so that those members keep an owner.

Deletion removes your sign-in credentials and sessions, removes your lab memberships, and replaces your personal profile with a deleted-researcher record. After the server confirms deletion, this device removes that account's local recordings, photos, pending uploads, and cached account information. Recordings for other accounts or servers are retained. Unsynced research for the deleted account cannot be recovered from the server.

Lab-owned research and its audit history remain with the lab. This includes contributed entries, uploaded audio and photos, transcripts, and historical attribution; your voice, names, or other personal information contained in research or historical records can therefore remain. A lab whose only member deletes their account is archived. Existing backups and security records are handled under our retention practices and applicable obligations.

For access, correction, export, a deletion request that needs assistance, or questions about retained research, contact privacy@83sciences.ai. Available rights depend on your location and the lab's responsibilities for its research records.

Network connections to production use encryption in transit. Access to research is controlled by account and laboratory permissions. No storage or transmission method is completely secure.

The service is intended for researchers and is not directed to children under 13 or the applicable minimum age. We may update this policy and will change the date above. Material changes will be communicated through the product or email.

Privacy: privacy@83sciences.ai. App help: Companion support.