Privacy policy

This page tells you what data Absolute Path keeps about you, why we keep it, who can see it, and what you can do with it. We wrote it in plain words. If something is not clear, write to us.

Who is responsible

The Absolute Path team runs Absolute Path and is responsible for your data. Contact: hello@absolutepath.ai.

You can learn without an account

You do not need an account to take a course. Without an account, your progress and your code stay in your browser and never reach our servers.

What we keep when you have an account

• Account data. Your name and email address. If you use a password, we keep only a scrambled form of it (a hash). We cannot read your password. If you sign in with GitHub, we receive your name and email address from GitHub, and we do not get your GitHub password.
• Learning data. The lessons and practice problems you finished, the time you finished them, and the code you wrote in each one.
• Security data. For each sign-in session: the time it started and ends, the IP address, and the name of your browser. We also count requests by IP address and page for a short time, so we can stop attacks and abuse. These counters are deleted within two days.

What is stored in your browser

• Your progress and code, so lessons and practice problems keep your work (local storage).
• Your mock test attempts: when you started, the time limit, and your best result for each problem (local storage). We do not receive them.
• Your choice of light or dark theme, and the size of the lesson panels (local storage).
• Sign-in cookies, only when you are signed in. They keep you signed in and have no other use.

We do not use advertising cookies, analytics cookies, or trackers. We do not show ads, and we do not sell or rent your data.

Where your code runs

The code you type in a lesson runs in your browser, in a sandbox. It does not run on our servers. When you are signed in, we save a copy of your code to your account, so you can continue on another device.

Why we use your data

• To give you the service you asked for: your account, your saved progress, and sign-in. This is the reason we keep account and learning data.
• To keep the service safe: to stop attacks, abuse, and fraud. This is the reason we keep security data.
• To send you email that you need: a link to confirm your email address, and a link to reset your password. We do not send marketing email.

Who else handles your data

These companies process data for us, only to run the service:

• Vercel: hosts the website. It sees your IP address and the pages you request.
• Neon: hosts the database that holds account and learning data.
• Resend: sends the emails described above. It sees your email address and the message.
• GitHub: only if you choose to sign in with GitHub.

These companies may process data in other countries, for example the United States. We do not share your data with anyone else, unless the law requires it.

How long we keep data

• Account and learning data: until you delete your account.
• Sign-in sessions: they end after 30 days. We delete the record of an ended session within two days.
• Request counters: we delete them within two days.
• Backups: our database provider keeps backups for a limited time. Data you delete can stay in a backup until the backup expires.

Your choices

You can do all of this yourself in your account settings:

• See and change your name.
• Download a copy of your data.
• Remove your progress.
• Delete your account. This removes your account, your saved code, and your finished lessons from our servers.

If you live in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Canada, you also have the right to ask us to correct your data, to limit how we use it, and to give you a copy. You can complain to your data protection authority. To use any of these rights, write to hello@absolutepath.ai.

Children

Absolute Path is not for children under 13. Do not create an account if you are under 13. If you are under 16, ask a parent or guardian before you create an account.

Changes to this page

When we change this page, we change the date at the top. If a change is large, we tell account holders by email before it starts.