1. Overview

Seshat AI is an educator-facing Socratic reasoning and critical-thinking support platform.

Educators use Seshat AI to:

• Prepare critical-thinking classes and lesson plans

• Generate Socratic discussion questions and instructional materials

• Develop educational activities based on the Thot Cursus corpus

• Analyze student essays, assignments, and written work

• Support teacher reflection and assessment preparation

• Explore relationships between student reasoning and educational frameworks

Seshat AI is designed around a teacher-mediated educational model.

Students do not create accounts or independently access Seshat AI.

Teachers and educators remain the point of interaction with the Platform and decide what educational content is submitted, reviewed, and shared with students.

Seshat AI is a teaching-support tool and does not replace educators, professional judgment, grading responsibility, or academic decision-making.

2. Privacy and Regulatory Framework

Seshat AI is designed to support educators and institutions in meeting their obligations under applicable privacy laws, including:

• The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

• The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), where applicable

• The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

• Other applicable student privacy and data protection regulations

Educational institutions and educators remain responsible for determining their legal obligations and appropriate use of the Platform within their educational context.

Seshat AI does not represent that use of the Platform alone satisfies all legal obligations applicable to a specific institution or jurisdiction.

3. Data Controller and Data Processor Roles

Depending on the context of use:

• Educational institutions or educators act as the Data Controller or equivalent responsible party for student information they submit

• Seshat AI acts as a Data Processor, service provider, or equivalent role where applicable

The educator or institution remains responsible for determining:

• What information is appropriate to upload

• Whether they have the necessary authority to submit educational content

• Compliance with applicable institutional policies and laws

4. Student Access and Children's Information

Seshat AI is not designed for direct student use.

Students:

• Do not create Seshat AI accounts

• Do not independently access the Platform

Students may submit educational responses through teacher-initiated educational activities that are created, managed, and reviewed by educators.

Seshat AI is designed primarily for curriculum-based reasoning activities, including:

• Analysis

• Argumentation

• Critical thinking

• Discussion preparation

• Structured reflection

The Platform is not intended for collecting:

• Personal narratives

• Diaries or journals

• Psychological reflections

• Health information

• Other sensitive personal content unrelated to educational reasoning activities

Educators should review student submissions before uploading them and avoid submitting unnecessary personal information.

5. Information We Collect

Educator Account Information

Seshat AI may collect:

• Name

• Email address

• Institution or organization information

• Account preferences

• Authentication information

Educational Content

Depending on how educators use the Platform, Seshat AI may process:

• Student essays and homework submissions uploaded by educators

• Teacher comments and annotations

• Lesson plans and teaching materials

• Educational prompts and activities

• AI-generated outputs and feedback

• Content related to the Thot Cursus corpus

Technical and Usage Information

Seshat AI may collect:

• Login and session activity

• Platform usage information

• Device and browser information

• Security and audit logs

Seshat AI does not intentionally collect:

• Biometric information

• Facial recognition data

• Emotion recognition data

• Attention-monitoring data

• Behavioral surveillance data

6. Hosting and Technology Providers

Seshat AI currently uses:

• DigitalOcean

• Supabase

for cloud infrastructure and platform services.

Current hosting infrastructure is located in the United States.

Seshat AI may use third-party technology providers, including AI infrastructure providers, authentication providers, cloud infrastructure providers, and operational service providers, to deliver the Platform.

The current AI provider used by Seshat AI is OpenAI.

Third-party providers are selected and used according to contractual and technical safeguards appropriate to the services they provide.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Seshat AI uses cookies and similar technologies that are necessary to operate, secure, and maintain the Platform.

These technologies may be used for purposes including:

• Authentication and account access

• Maintaining user sessions

• Security and fraud prevention

• Remembering essential platform settings

• Supporting the functionality and reliability of the Platform

Seshat AI does not use cookies or similar technologies for targeted advertising or cross-site behavioral tracking.

Third-Party Service Providers

Seshat AI integrates a small number of third-party service providers that may set their own cookies or process limited technical data as part of providing their services:

• Intercom, for customer support and live chat functionality

• UserWay, for accessibility features and on-screen accessibility controls

• Mixpanel, for product usage analytics that help Seshat AI understand platform usage and improve reliability

These providers operate under their own privacy policies and are not used by Seshat AI for targeted advertising.

Where Seshat AI uses additional non-essential cookies or similar technologies in the future, the Platform may provide additional notice or choices where required by applicable law.

8. Use of Information

Seshat AI uses information to:

• Provide educational functionality

• Generate requested AI-assisted educational materials

• Analyze submitted educational content

• Support teacher workflows

• Maintain platform security

• Provide technical support

• Improve platform reliability and performance

Seshat AI does not sell personal information or use educational content for advertising purposes.

9. AI Model Training and Service Improvement

Seshat AI is designed to protect identifiable educational information.

Identifiable Student Information

Seshat AI does not use identifiable student information to train general-purpose AI models.

Student names, direct identifiers, or information reasonably identifying an individual student are not intended to be used for model training.

Anonymized and Non-Identifiable Information

Where permitted by applicable law and consistent with applicable agreements, Seshat AI may use:

• Anonymized educational content

• Aggregated information

• Synthetic data

• Licensed or authorized datasets

for purposes including:

• Model evaluation

• Quality improvement

• Educational effectiveness research

• Platform improvement

• Future development and fine-tuning of Seshat AI capabilities

Seshat AI aims to ensure that information used for these purposes cannot reasonably be linked back to an identifiable individual.

Third-Party AI Providers

Seshat AI may use third-party AI providers to provide certain functionality.

The current AI provider used by Seshat AI is OpenAI.

Under OpenAI's applicable business and API terms, customer content submitted through the services used by Seshat AI is not used by OpenAI to train its models by default.

If Seshat AI changes AI providers or materially changes its data-processing practices in a way that affects customer information, users will be informed through updated policies, agreements, or other appropriate communications.

10. Transparency and Educational Output Review

Seshat AI provides AI-assisted educational outputs intended to support educator decision-making.

Seshat AI does not autonomously assign grades or make final academic decisions.

Any assessment-related output is intended as draft assistance for educator review.

Educators remain responsible for reviewing AI-generated materials before classroom use.

Seshat AI periodically reviews educational outputs and reasoning frameworks to improve:

• Balance

• Diversity of perspectives

• Alignment with educational objectives

11. Data Storage and Retention

Educational content is retained while an account remains active or as necessary to provide the service.

Users may request deletion at any time.

Seshat AI may establish retention periods or deletion practices as the Platform evolves.

Currently:

• Account deletion removes associated account data and related stored information

• Users may request deletion of specific information without deleting their entire account

• Backup copies may remain temporarily according to backup retention procedures

Seshat AI currently maintains daily backups through its infrastructure providers, with backups retained according to provider settings and operational requirements.

12. Data Deletion Requests

Users may request deletion of their information.

Deletion requests may include:

• Account information

• Uploaded educational content

• Session information

Seshat AI will process deletion requests within a reasonable timeframe, subject to:

• Legal obligations

• Security requirements

• Backup retention processes

• Technical limitations

13. Access Controls and Security

Seshat AI applies reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect information.

These measures include:

• Encryption in transit

• Secure cloud infrastructure

• Authentication controls

• Access management

• Audit logging

• Backup procedures

Authorized Seshat personnel may access customer content when necessary for:

• Platform operation

• Technical support

• Security investigation

• Troubleshooting

• Maintenance

• Legal compliance

Access is limited to legitimate operational purposes.

14. Institutional Use

Seshat AI can be used by individual educators and educational institutions.

Seshat AI currently operates as a shared multi-tenant platform.

Institutional deployments may require additional configuration, contractual arrangements, or technical controls depending on institutional requirements.

Seshat AI expects to continue evolving its institutional architecture as institutional deployments expand.

Additional agreements may address:

• Data processing responsibilities

• Security requirements

• Institutional policies

• Applicable privacy obligations

15. International Data Transfers

Because Seshat AI currently uses US-based infrastructure, information may be processed in the United States.

Where users or institutions are located in jurisdictions with specific international transfer requirements, Seshat AI will work with customers to implement appropriate contractual and technical safeguards where applicable.

16. Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, users may have rights relating to personal information, including:

• Access

• Correction

• Deletion

• Restriction of processing

• Objection to certain processing activities

Requests may be submitted through: [email protected]

17. Responsible AI Use

Seshat AI is designed to support educators, not replace them.

Educators remain responsible for:

• Reviewing AI-generated content

• Ensuring educational appropriateness

• Making final teaching and assessment decisions

AI-generated outputs may contain errors and should be reviewed before classroom use.

18. Changes to This Policy

Seshat AI may update this Privacy Policy as the Platform evolves.

Material changes will be communicated through appropriate channels.

19. Contact

Seshat AI Contact [email protected] Florida, United States