Gauth US Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 22, 2026

Introduction
Welcome to Gauth. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, share and otherwise process the personal information of US users and other US individuals in connection with Gauth apps, websites, software, and related services (the “Platform”), that link to or reference this Privacy Policy. The Platform is operated by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC (“we” or “us”).
Information We Collect
We collect your information in three ways: Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources. More detail is provided below.
Information You Provide

• Account Information. When you register and manage your account, we collect your username, email address, and password. For both registered and non-registered users, we may also collect your level of education.
• User Content. We collect the content you submit to and generate using the Platform, including our AI-powered interfaces. Examples include your written prompts, uploaded files, and voice recordings for the Platform’s speech-to-text feature.
• Purchase Information. When you make a purchase on or through the Platform, such as when you purchase a course, we collect information about the purchase and payment method.
• Surveys, Research, and Promotions Information. We collect information you provide if you choose to participate in a survey, research, promotion, contest, marketing campaign, or event conducted or sponsored by us.
• Communication Information. When you contact or otherwise communicate with us, we collect the information you send us, such as your name and contact details and the contents of your communications.

Automatically Collected Information

• Technical Information. We automatically collect certain device and network connection information when you access the Platform, including your IP address, unique device identifiers, mobile carrier and device information, approximate location, and certain of your system settings (such as your system language and region). We also collect metadata, as well as service-related, diagnostic, and performance information, including crash reports and performance logs. We automatically assign each account a User ID to identify your activity across devices and give you a seamless and secure log-in experience.
• Usage Information. We automatically collect information about how you engage with the Platform, including information about the content you view and the duration and frequency of your use.
• Cookies. We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate and provide the Platform. For example, we use cookies to remember your language and other preferences, for security purposes, and for analytics purposes.

Information From Other Sources

• Third-Party Platform Information. If you choose to sign-up or log-in to the Platform using a third-party platform, we may receive information such as your username, email, and profile picture.
• Payment and Transaction Fulfillment Provider Information. We receive information about you from payment and transaction fulfillment providers, such as payment confirmation details.
• Our Corporate Group Information. We may obtain information about you from affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, us.
• Information From Others. We may receive information about you from others, for example, where you are included or mentioned in a complaint, appeal, request or feedback submitted by a user or third party.

How We Use Your Information
We use your information for the following purposes:

• To operate, customize and administer the Platform to both registered and unregistered users, such as by enabling you to browse the website; create and manage your account; create and consume content; and engage with various interactive and customizable features.
• To communicate with you and provide user support, including notifying you about changes to the Platform or to our Terms of Service (“Terms”) or policies; and responding to and otherwise processing your queries, requests, complaints, and feedback.
• To review, improve, and develop the Platform, including by monitoring usage across your devices; and analyzing how people are using the Platform.
• To train and improve technology, such as our machine learning models and algorithms. We do not use any data obtained through Google Workspace APIs to develop, improve, or train generalized AI or machine learning models.
• To facilitate your purchases, including sharing your information with payment and transaction fulfillment providers in order to process your orders.
• To promote the Platform through marketing communications, contests, or promotions.
• To maintain and enhance the Platform’s safety, security, and stability by identifying and addressing technical or security issues and detecting inappropriate or illegal activity.
• To enforce our Terms, Honor Code, and other policies that apply to you, such as by scanning, analyzing, and reviewing User Content and other information to protect the safety and well-being of our community, where permitted by applicable laws.
• To comply with our legal obligations, including to assist in law enforcement and government or regulatory investigations.

How We Share Your Information
We share your personal information with the recipients or in the scenarios listed below, for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that information shared with certain third parties may be processed in accordance with their privacy policies.
Service Providers and Business Partners. We share your information with service providers and business partners as necessary to help us perform business operations and for business purposes, including providing, supporting, and developing the Platform, cloud hosting, content delivery, customer and technical support, content moderation, marketing, analytics, and online payment. For example:

• We may share certain Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information with third parties whose platform or services are integrated with the Platform. For example, if you sign-up or log-in to the Platform using your third party account details, we will share certain Technical Information to facilitate account sign-up or log-in.
• When you make a purchase on or through the Platform we share Purchase Information related to the transaction with payment and transaction fulfillment providers and other service providers. We may also share certain Technical Information about your device or connection with these parties to help ensure the security of the transaction.
• We also share information with TT Commerce & Global Services LLC and its affiliates (“TT Commerce & Global Services”) to facilitate a global and interoperable experience, and for other permitted business purposes. We only share specific categories of information consistent with applicable law, including Executive Order 14352 and any compliance obligations thereunder.

Our Corporate Group. We may share “Information We Collect” with affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, us as necessary for the purposes set forth within this Privacy Policy.
Other Users and the Public. Certain User Content may be visible to other users as well as third parties, such as search engines.
Corporate Transactions. We may also share your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, a corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation, sale of assets or shares, reorganization, financing, or acquisition of all or a part of our business, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
Legal Obligations and Rights. We may share the information described in “Information We Collect” with certain competent law enforcement, regulatory or government agencies, courts, or other third parties if we have a good faith belief that it is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation;
• Lawfully protect and defend the rights, property, safety, and security of the Platform, our users, copyright holders, and others;
• Investigate potential violations of and enforce our Terms and other policies; or
• Detect, investigate, and prevent against fraud, technical issues, copyright infringement, or other misleading or illegal activities.

With Your Consent. We may share your information for other purposes pursuant to your consent or at your direction.
Your Rights and Choices
You are entitled to certain rights depending on where you live. We will not retaliate against you for exercising your rights, although doing so may impact the Platform’s available features and functionalities.
Your Rights. You may submit a request to know, access, correct or delete the information we have collected from or about you by contacting us using the contact methods in the “Contact Us” section. You may also have the right to appeal any decision we have made about your request through these same methods. California residents may also be entitled to obtain information about personal information that we shared, if any, with other businesses for their own direct marketing uses.
We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law and subject to proper verification. To verify your request, we may require you to send it from the email address associated with your account, or to provide information necessary to verify your identity.
Authorized Agent. You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to submit a request through an authorized agent. To do so, please provide evidence that you have given such agent power of attorney or that the agent otherwise has valid written authority to submit requests to exercise rights on your behalf.
No Sale or Sharing. The Platform does not sell your personal information or share your personal information with third parties for purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising where restricted by applicable law. Please note that our Services do not currently support “Do Not Track” requests.
Profiling. We do not engage in profiling which results in legal or similarly significant effects, as defined under applicable laws.
Sensitive Personal Information. Although some of the information we collect may be considered sensitive personal information under applicable state privacy laws (such as information from users under the relevant age threshold), we only process such information in order to provide the Platform and within other exemptions under applicable laws.
Your Choices. If you have registered for an account, you may also directly access, review, and update certain personal information that you have provided to us by logging into your account and using available features and functionalities. In addition, your device and/or browser settings may also allow you to manage our collection and use of certain types of personal information, including cookies. Because each browser and device is different, please consult the instructions provided by your browser or device settings (as applicable). Please note that if you choose to refuse, disable, or delete cookies, some of the Platform’s features and functionalities may no longer be available to you.
Data Security
Security of your information is important to us. We maintain technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, theft, disclosure, modification, or loss, and to provide a level of security appropriate to the processing risk. We regularly review our security measures to consider newly available technology and methods.
To help protect your personal information, please do not disclose confidential or sensitive information when interacting with our AI-powered interfaces.
The Platform may, from time to time, contain links to policies, functionality, or content maintained by third parties we do not control. We are not responsible for, and make no representations regarding, such third-party policies and practices.
Data Retention
We retain information for as long as necessary to provide the Platform and for the other purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We may also retain information where necessary to comply with contractual and legal obligations, where we have a legitimate business interest to do so (such as improving and developing the Platform, and enhancing its and related services’ safety, security, and stability), and for the exercise or defense of legal claims. The retention periods will be different depending on the type of information and the purposes for which we use the information.
Minimum Age and Children Under 13
Gauth is not directed at, and may not be used by, children under the age of 13. If you believe that we have collected personal information from or about an individual under the minimum age, please contact us using the details set forth in the "Contact Us" section.
Privacy Policy Updates
We may amend or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of the new Privacy Policy, posting the new Privacy Policy, or providing other notice required or permitted by applicable law. We recommend that you regularly review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of our privacy practices.
Contact Us
Questions, comments, and requests regarding this Privacy Policy should be addressed to:

• Email: privacy@gauth-us.com
• Mail: 5800 Bristol Parkway, Suite 300, Culver City, CA 90230