Privacy policy

When you sign up we collect your email address and display name, and, if you join one, your chapter. As you use ChapterPrep we store what you create: your event, every practice answer (which question, whether you got it right, and when), test results (scores and the topics you got right or wrong), judge rounds and their scores, questions you missed (so they can come back in practice), flashcard progress, saved resources, your study plan (your competition day, study days, time and session length), your star rating of ChapterPrep and the note with it if you write one, how you found ChapterPrep if you answer that question, the name you use in a game, and anything you send with the Request a change button (the flag), together with the owner's reply to it. If you send a request while signed out, you can leave an email address for the reply; it is stored with that request and used only to send the reply. We use your IP address to enforce daily limits on the AI features and prevent abuse.

We also remember which organization you prep for (FBLA, DECA, HOSA, FFA or FCCLA): in your browser (local storage and a cookie), so the site opens on that organization, and on your account once you sign in, so it follows you to other devices.

Study reminders are off until you turn them on in Settings. If you turn them on for a device, we store the address and keys your browser gives us for it, which only work through that browser's push service (run by Google, Apple or Mozilla, depending on the browser), and the time we last sent one. A reminder says how many flashcards are due or which event to get back to, nothing else. If you turn on the weekly study email, we send it to your account's email address once a week, and every one has a link that stops it.

If you answer questions without an account (the check on an event page, or the app's preview), a random ID in a cookie keeps those answers together. Reading a lesson on an event page sets no cookie. If you then sign up on that browser, they move to your new account.

If you join a chapter, its advisor can see your event and your practice results, including scores, judge rounds and your weakest topics, on their readiness report. Other members see your name and practice counts on the chapter leaderboard, never your practice scores.

Each event also has a leaderboard ranked by readiness. If you are on it, everyone practicing that event sees your first name, the first letter of your last name, your readiness and how many questions you have answered (or judge rounds, on an event with no test), never your email or school. Every student account joins it once it qualifies, after 10 answers or one judge round in that event, and you can turn it off anytime in Settings. Everyone on it is a real student. Your organization also has a Global board that lists the same students once each, on the event where their readiness is highest, and names that event.

A live mock competition is different: your score on it is shared with your chapter. The advisor's projector shows every score in the final standings, ranked within each event, and each member's results show the top three of each event.

If you rate ChapterPrep, your stars and note are read only by us, to decide what to fix and build next. They are never shown to your advisor or other students.

Writing new practice questions, writing and checking lessons and flashcards, the Judge and the chat assistant are powered by Anthropic (Claude). When you use them, the request is sent to Anthropic to produce a response, including anything you type or say for a judge round. Anthropic processes it on our behalf and, under our API terms, does not use it to train its models. Practice and tests from questions already in the bank send nothing to Anthropic.

The event coach (the chat button inside the app) also sends which event it is and, once you have practiced, your readiness, the areas you miss most and your last judge scores, so its advice fits you. The conversation itself is kept only on your device.

If you add your study plan to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, your calendar fetches it from ChapterPrep through a link that holds your event, the plan's days, time and length, and your time zone. The link holds nothing about who you are, and anyone you give it to sees the same sessions.

If you use the Speak button in the Judge, your browser's built-in speech recognition turns your voice into text. In some browsers, including Chrome, that audio is processed by the browser maker (for example Google). Typing your answer avoids this.

We do not sell your data. We do not share it with advertisers. We do not use it to train AI models. We do not transfer it to anyone other than the service providers below, who process it on our behalf.

Account data and your prep history are stored in Supabase (Postgres on AWS US-East), encrypted at rest. Sign-in is handled by Supabase Auth, and by Google if you choose Continue with Google. Account emails, such as password resets, and any email we send you about ChapterPrep are delivered by Resend. Hosting is on Vercel, which also provides our page-view analytics: it counts visits without cookies and without identifying you. AI requests are processed by Anthropic. Daily usage counters, some of which are keyed by IP address, are deleted after 7 days.

You can delete your account anytime from Settings, which removes your profile, event registrations, practice history and answers, judge rounds, flashcard progress, missed-question bank, saved resources, your study plan, your rating, how you found ChapterPrep and the devices you turned reminders on for. If you run a chapter, deleting your account also deletes the chapter; its members keep their own accounts and practice history. To request a copy of your data or anything else about your privacy, use the Request a change button (the flag) in the corner of any page. We honor GDPR and CCPA requests within 30 days.

ChapterPrep is for high school students and their advisors. You must be 13 or older to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, tell us with the Request a change button on any page and we will delete it. For school-managed deployments, the school or district is responsible for obtaining any consent required for its students.

If we materially change this policy we will post a notice on this page and in the app at least 30 days before the change takes effect. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the current version.

October 26, 2026: accounts made before the event leaderboards existed are now on them, like every other account. Their owners see a note about it on their event's home page, and anyone can turn it off in Settings.

November 4, 2026: the practice bots that filled thin event leaderboards are gone. Every name on a leaderboard is now a real student.

November 4, 2026: your home page asks once how you found ChapterPrep. Answering is optional (Skip is always there), and we use the answers only to learn where to share ChapterPrep next.

November 6, 2026: beside each event's leaderboard there is a Global board for your organization. It shows the students already on the event boards, once each, with their best event. The Settings switch that takes you off the event boards takes you off this one too.

November 8, 2026: the feedback button is now Request a change, and the owner replies to every request. A reply shows once on your home page and may also be sent to your account's email. Signed out, you can leave an email address for the reply; it is used for nothing else.