Polariser

Simplify privacy policy instantly.

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Inspiration

So I was watching this movie CTRL on Netflix which showcases the dark side of technology, if only there was a way to prevent this and go though the entire privacy policy and user agreements, users could avoid using services which are critical to privacy and control.

What it does

It's pretty simply, just copy past plain text auto 50k characters or a URL of any privacy policy and paste it in the app, and it'll summarise the document based on 5 key segments:

  1. What personal data is collected
  2. How the data is used
  3. Data sharing practices
  4. User rights and controls
  5. Important policy changes or unique clauses

E.g. Here is a summary of Devpost Terms (https://info.devpost.com/terms):

  1. What personal data is collected:

✨ User information like skills, employment history, and project data

✨ Hackathon-related information (submissions, criteria, prizes)

✨ Voting data for public hackathons

  1. How the data is used:

✨ To verify hackathon submissions, grant access to certain site features, and improve the site experience

✨ For promotional purposes for hackathon winners

✨ To enable public voting and determine winners for hackathons

✨ To manage and communicate hackathon organization

  1. Data sharing practices:

✨ Hackathon organizers may share data with third parties, such as prize sponsors, for promotional purposes

✨ Devpost may share data with contractors and affiliates for business operations

✨ Data may be shared as required by law or to protect Devpost's rights

  1. User rights and controls:

✨ Users can create, edit, and delete their own content

✨ Users can opt out of public voting and hide their public profile

✨ Users have the right to request access to or correction of their data

  1. Important policy changes or unique clauses:

✨ Disputes arising from hackathons are subject to arbitration in New York

✨ Class action lawsuits are waived

✨ The privacy policy is subject to U.S. law and may be amended without prior notice

How we built it

I build it using cursor.ai and implemented AI API like Gemini, GPT, Claude and Mistral to summarise the data, user can select, which AI model they want to use for summarisation to get the best.

Challenges we ran into

Setting up servers and handing test inputs

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I have integrated copy text which copies the entire summary in your clipboard and recently added GPT's Test-to-Speech to listed to all the TnC.

What we learned

Setting up servers, handling errors, API pools.

What's next for Polariser

Converting the chrome extension to a Progressive React or Flutter app so that it can be used on a mobile phone.

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