Privacy Policy for WageMix

Last Updated: January 20, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to WageMix ("we," "our," or "us"). We provide AI-driven wage analysis and occupational insights. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information with care and transparency. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our web application and services.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

When you register for an account, we may collect:

Identity Data: Name (first and last) and email address.
Profile Information: Job titles, industry, and professional background.
Note: Passwords are managed securely by Google Firebase Authentication. We do not store or have access to your password.

2.2 Usage and Technical Data

We automatically collect information when you interact with WageMix:

Browser type, version, and IP address.
Pages visited, features used, and time/date of visits.
AI Interaction Data: Occupation searches, analysis history, and specific prompts or data points provided to our AI tools for processing.

2.3 Payment Information

When you subscribe to paid services:

Payment information is processed by Stripe.
We do not store complete credit card information on our servers; we retain only transaction history and subscription status.

3. AI Data Usage and Model Training

As an AI-driven platform, we process data to provide intelligent insights. It is important to understand how your data interacts with our machine learning systems:

Model Improvement: We may use anonymized, de-identified, and aggregated data (such as industry-specific wage trends) to improve our algorithms and the accuracy of our AI.
No PII in Training: We do not use your name, email, or other personally identifiable information (PII) to train our publicly available machine learning models.
Input Privacy: Any professional data you input for analysis is processed to provide your specific result.
Opt-Out: You may request that your specific professional data be excluded from our anonymized training sets by contacting us at privacy@wagemix.ai.

4. Data Sources and Third-Party Services

4.1 Data Sources

WageMix utilizes the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) dataset. This is public data and does not contain PII.

4.2 Third-Party Processors

We partner with several providers to deliver our service:

Authentication: Google Firebase (governed by Google’s Privacy Policy).
Payments: Stripe, Inc. (governed by Stripe’s Privacy Policy).
Hosting: Akamai Connected Cloud (Linode).
AI Infrastructure: We may use third-party LLM providers (such as OpenAI or Google) to process specific analyses. These providers are contractually prohibited from using your data to train their own models.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to maintain your login session, remember your preferences, and analyze platform traffic. You can control cookie settings through your browser, but disabling them may limit certain features of the application.

6. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information, including:

Encryption of data in transit (HTTPS/TLS) and at rest.
Regular security updates and access controls.
Secure authentication via Firebase to ensure we never handle or store your raw password data.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as the GDPR or CCPA/CPRA), you may have the following rights:

Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Correction: Request updates to inaccurate or incomplete information.
Deletion: Request that we erase your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements.
AI Opt-Out: Request that your data be excluded from sets used for model improvement.
California Privacy: We do not "sell" your personal information. California residents may request a notice of categories of data collected and opt-out of "sharing" for cross-contextual advertising.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@wagemix.ai.

8. Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. When data is no longer required for business or legal purposes, we securely delete or anonymize it.

9. Children's Privacy

WageMix is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If we become aware of such collection, we will take immediate steps to delete the data.

For users in the European Economic Area, our legal bases include:

Contract: Processing necessary to provide the WageMix service.
Consent: Where you have given explicit permission for specific data use.
Legitimate Interests: For platform security, fraud prevention, and improving our AI accuracy.

11. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, or data requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: privacy@wagemix.ai
Company: WageMix
Address: 501 17th Street S.W.
Jamestown, ND 58401-6215