Privacy Policy for RubyGem

Effective Date: January 2025 Last Updated: January 2025

Introduction

RubyGem ("we," "our," or "the app") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how RubyGem collects, uses, and safeguards your information when you use our iOS application.

Our Privacy-First Commitment

RubyGem is designed with privacy as a core principle. All AI processing happens entirely on your device using Apple's on-device language models. We do not collect, transmit, or store any of your personal data on external servers.

Information We Collect

Information Stored Locally on Your Device

The following data is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to our servers or any third parties:

1. Chat History
   • All conversation messages between you and the AI
   • Chat session metadata (titles, creation dates, timestamps)
   • Web search sources referenced in responses
2. Documents and Content
   • PDF documents and other files you upload to the app
   • Document chunks and embeddings for RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) functionality
   • Vector embeddings generated from your documents
3. Notes
   • Personal notes you create within the app
   • Note embeddings for semantic search functionality
4. User Preferences
   • Your chosen username (optional)
   • Web search toggle preferences
   • Notes search preferences
   • App settings and configurations
5. Voice Data
   • Voice recordings are processed on-device for speech-to-text conversion
   • Audio is not stored permanently and is only used temporarily for transcription

Data Automatically Collected

• No analytics, tracking, or telemetry data is collected
• No crash reports are sent unless you explicitly submit them through Apple's standard iOS crash reporting
• No usage statistics are gathered

How We Use Your Information

All information remains on your device and is used exclusively for: