Trust and security
What Usewright keeps, who sees it, and what it never does
A short answer for instructors, students, and IT offices. The full detail is on the privacy page.
Usewright never
- Never sees, uploads, or analyzes the work itself: no essays, code, or files.
- Never detects AI, and never monitors keystrokes, browsers, screens, or chats.
- Never shows an instructor an individual student's entries.
- Never sells data, and never uses entries to train AI models.
- Never connects to grade books or student information systems.
What is stored
| Your account | Your email address, and the name you choose to show, if any. |
|---|---|
| What instructors set up | Spaces and tasks: titles, due dates, AI levels, and the other fields an instructor saves. When an instructor pastes an assignment to fill the form, the pasted text stays in their browser; only the fields they keep are saved. |
| What people write | Plans, reflections, explanations, revisits, and the coaching they receive. |
| Optional feedback | Answers to the short feedback card, if someone chooses to give them. |
Who sees what
- Courses: the instructor sees counts for the whole class, and only once at least 10 students have responded to a task.
- Teams: every member sees the same team counts, once at least 4 have responded.
- Research supervision: a supervisor sees only the entries a researcher chooses to share.
- Papers with co-authors: co-authors see only the entries each person includes, and only the parts a statement needs.
- Personal spaces: only you.
These rules are enforced in the database itself (row-level security), not only on the screen. A lead also agrees, before creating a space, not to use entries as evidence in academic integrity cases.
How it is run
- Every connection uses HTTPS.
- Data is stored with Supabase, a managed database service. The site runs on Vercel, and reminder emails go through Resend.
- Sign-in uses a one-time email link or code. Usewright keeps no passwords.
- Anyone can delete an entry, a space they own, or their whole account at any time, from inside the app.
- Instructor materials are not shared with other instructors or reused for anything else.
For IT and academic integrity offices
Usewright is an early, independent tool in testing. If your office needs a security questionnaire, a data processing agreement, or a call before a pilot, write to hello@usewright.org. We would rather answer questions before a pilot than after.