Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 2026
What Autern does
Autern helps students write and send personalised cold emails for internship applications. We use AI to generate email drafts based on information you provide about yourself and your recipients.
What data we collect
- Your name, university, course, and year (entered by you in your profile)
- Your CV text (uploaded by you, used only to personalise email drafts)
- Recipient details you enter (name, company, role, email address)
- Your Google account email address (used to identify your account)
- Gmail OAuth tokens if you choose to connect an outreach email account
Gmail access
If you connect a Gmail account, Autern requests only the gmail.send scope. This means:
- We can send emails on your behalf only
- We cannot read, view, or access your inbox
- We cannot delete emails or access any other part of your Google account
- You can disconnect at any time from the Accounts page or from your Google account settings
OAuth tokens are encrypted before being stored in our database.
How we use your data
- To generate personalised email drafts using AI
- To send emails via Gmail on your behalf when you choose to use that feature
- We do not sell your data to any third party
- We do not use your data to train AI models
Third-party services
- Supabase - database and authentication
- Anthropic - AI email generation (your CV text and recipient details are sent to Anthropic's API)
- Google - sign-in and Gmail sending
- Vercel - hosting
Data retention and deletion
You can delete your account and all associated data at any time by contacting us. Disconnecting a Gmail account immediately removes the stored tokens from our database.
Contact
For any privacy questions or deletion requests, email us at hello@autern.in.