Privacy Policy

Version 2026-05-09

This Privacy Policy explains how NextRound (“NextRound,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use our platform, websites, mobile apps, APIs, and related services (collectively, the “Service”). It supplements our Terms & Conditions.

1. Information We Collect

  • Account & Profile Information. Name, email, authentication identifiers, school/university, year, gender, target industry and level, optional LinkedIn URL, and any preferences you provide during onboarding.
  • Session Recordings & Practice Data. Microphone audio, webcam video, screen captures, transcripts, embeddings, behavioral signals (e.g., pace, hesitations), uploaded resumes/documents, and prompts you submit.
  • AI-Derived Data. Scores, rubric ratings, qualitative feedback, summaries, and other outputs generated from your Session Recordings.
  • Usage & Telemetry. Pages visited, features used, click events, error logs, device type, browser, operating system, IP address, approximate location (derived from IP), and timestamps.
  • Payment Information. If you subscribe, our payment processor (e.g., Stripe) collects your billing details; we receive only limited metadata such as the last four digits, brand, and billing country — never the full card number.
  • Communications. Messages you send to support, survey responses, and feedback.

2. How We Use Information

  • To provide, personalize, and improve the Service;
  • To generate AI-driven scores, transcripts, and feedback that you can review;
  • To operate, monitor, secure, and debug our infrastructure;
  • To evaluate, fine-tune, and benchmark our AI models (using de-identified or aggregated data wherever feasible);
  • To process payments and manage subscriptions;
  • To send transactional and account-related communications, and (with consent or as permitted by law) marketing communications you can opt out of at any time;
  • To comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms, and prevent fraud, abuse, or harm to users or third parties.

3. Legal Bases (EEA / UK Users)

Where applicable, we process personal data on the bases of: (a) performance of a contract (providing the Service you signed up for); (b) our legitimate interests (improving and securing the Service); (c) your consent (e.g., recording of audio/video, optional marketing emails); and (d) compliance with legal obligations.

4. How We Share Information

We do not sell personal information. We share data only with:

  • Subprocessors and infrastructure providers who power the Service, including cloud hosting (e.g., AWS, Vercel), authentication and database (e.g., Supabase), speech-to-text providers, large language model providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), analytics, and payment processors (e.g., Stripe). These vendors are contractually bound to use data only to provide services to us.
  • Legal and safety recipients when required by law, subpoena, or court order, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.
  • Business transfers. If NextRound is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or asset sale, your information may be transferred subject to standard confidentiality protections.
  • With your direction. When you choose to share content (e.g., exporting a session) or grant integrations access.

5. AI Providers & Training

We send Session Recording content (audio, video, transcripts, embeddings, and metadata) to third-party AI providers strictly to produce outputs back to you. We instruct our providers, where the provider supports such controls, not to use your content to train their general-purpose models. We may use de-identified or aggregated data to evaluate and improve our own models and rubrics.

6. International Data Transfers

Our infrastructure and subprocessors may be located in the United States and other countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your country of residence. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) to transfer personal data internationally.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data and Session Recordings for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, and conduct audit and quality-assurance activities. De-identified or aggregated data may be retained indefinitely. You may request deletion at any time as described in Section 8.

8. Your Rights & Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction (including under GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA/CPRA), you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you;
  • Correct inaccurate data;
  • Delete your account and associated personal data;
  • Port your data in a portable format;
  • Object to or restrict certain processing;
  • Withdraw consent (e.g., revoke recording consent);
  • Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising (we do not engage in such sale or sharing);
  • Lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

To exercise these rights, email dereksatz@thenextround.ai. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

9. Cookies & Similar Technologies

We use strictly necessary cookies (for authentication and session management) and limited analytics cookies to understand product usage. You can manage cookies through your browser settings; disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent the Service from functioning.

10. Security

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal data, including encryption in transit, access controls, and regular review of our systems. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Children

The Service is not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by reasonable means (such as in-app notice or email). The “Version” date at the top of this page reflects the latest revision.

13. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact dereksatz@thenextround.ai.
See also our Terms & Conditions.