Effective February 28, 2026
Everything you actually want to know about how Clio handles your data — in plain language. The full legal version is one click away.
We earn money from subscriptions. Your data is not for sale — not now, not ever.
We don't show ads, work with advertisers, or use your data to target you with anything.
Your data is yours. Delete your account and it's gone — immediately and permanently.
Creating a Clio account takes two things: your first name and your mobile number. That's it. Everything else — email, city, academic interests — is optional and can be added later in your profile if you want.
If a parent creates a parent account, we also collect the parent's name, email, and payment information. The payment part goes directly to our payment processor — Clio never sees your card number.
When you connect your Google Classroom account, Clio imports your school data so it can actually help you. This includes your class list, assignments and due dates, teacher-posted materials, your submission status, grades posted in GC, teacher announcements, and school events.
This data goes into a private AI knowledge base that belongs only to you. No other student has access to it. We don't share it. We don't sell it. We use it to power your Clio — nothing else.
General chat conversations with Clio are not saved after you close them. The conversation happens, and then it's gone.
| ✓ We do this | ✗ We never do this |
|---|---|
| Use your data to run Clio and personalize your experience | Sell your data to anyone |
| Deliver the Daily Digest and alerts you opted into | Share your data with advertisers |
| Generate practice questions from your teacher's materials | Show you ads of any kind |
| Check your homework against your teacher's rubric | Use your data to train AI models |
| Track anonymized usage to improve Clio | Build a profile of you for any commercial purpose |
| Delete your data immediately when you close your account | Keep your data after you've deleted your account |
Hey Clio, Inc. is a Public Benefit Corporation. Our legal mission is to improve student outcomes and wellbeing — not to maximize profit. Selling your data would directly contradict our stated purpose, and we'd be legally accountable for it.
Clio is your tool. The Family plan gives parents a summary view of your activity — enough for them to stay informed, not enough to read over your shoulder.
What your parents cannot see: Chat conversations, individual homework submissions, practice test questions and answers, or any other content you haven't chosen to share. Your conversations with Clio stay between you and Clio.
A small number of service providers help us run Clio — our cloud host, the AI system that powers responses (Google Vertex AI), our SMS provider, and our payment processor. Each of them is contractually required to handle your data only for the purpose of running Clio, and nothing else.
We may also be required to disclose data if a court orders us to. We'll tell you when that happens, if we legally can.
That's the complete list. Nobody else.
You're in control of your data. Here's what you can do — and how to do it.
California and Colorado residents have additional rights under state law — including the right to know what data we hold and the right to opt out of data sales (we don't sell data). Contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai to exercise these rights.
Simple rule: we keep your data while you're using Clio. When you stop — and especially when you delete your account — it goes away.
What stays after deletion? Anonymous, aggregated statistics — things like "what percentage of students used practice tests this month" — may be retained to help us measure our mission. This data cannot identify you and cannot be reconnected to your account.
Your data is encrypted at rest and in transit. Access to student data inside our company is restricted to the people who need it to run Clio. We use US-based servers only. If there's ever a breach that affects your data, we'll tell you.
When you connect Google Classroom to Clio, you're authorizing Clio to access your school data. You — not your school — are making that authorization through Google's standard sign-in. You can disconnect at any time.
Clio only reads from Google Classroom. It never posts, submits, or changes anything there on your behalf.
If we change how we handle privacy in a meaningful way, we'll let you know in the app before it takes effect. This page will always reflect our current practices.
Email us any time at privacy@heyclio.ai. We're real people and we read every message. If something here is unclear or you want to know more, just ask.
This is a plain-language summary. The full legal Privacy Policy is the binding document.
This policy applies to the Clio iOS app and the heyclio.ai website.
We wrote this policy to be understood — by students, by parents, and by anyone else who wants to know how Clio handles data. We've tried to use plain language throughout. If something is unclear, email us at privacy@heyclio.ai and we'll explain it.
Clio is a product of Hey Clio, Inc., a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation. Our stated public benefit is improving student educational outcomes and wellbeing through AI tools designed for healthy, responsible engagement with technology. That mission shapes every decision we make about data — including this policy.
When this policy says "Clio," "we," "us," or "our," it means Hey Clio, Inc., 16192 Coastal Highway, Lewes, Delaware 19958.
This policy applies to anyone who uses the Clio app or the heyclio.ai website — including students who create a Clio account and parents or guardians who create a parent account. If you are a parent reviewing this policy on behalf of your child, this policy covers your child's data and your own.
Clio is intended for students who are 13 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, please do not use Clio. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it immediately. If you believe a child under 13 has created a Clio account, please contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai.
When you create a Clio account, we ask for your first name and mobile phone number. Everything else is optional and can be added later in your profile settings if you choose.
When you chat with Clio or use voice, your prompts are used to generate a response. General chat sessions are not stored after the session ends. Practice test and homework review conversations are stored as part of those sessions and accessible in your Study view.
We use the information we collect for one purpose: providing Clio to you. Specifically:
We will never use your information to show you advertising, sell or share it with data brokers, use it to build a profile for purposes unrelated to Clio, or train AI models on your personal data. These are not policies we might change — they are commitments tied to our corporate mission as a Public Benefit Corporation.
We collect anonymized, aggregated data about how students use Clio — things like which features are used and how often, and whether usage correlates with better grades. This data is stripped of any information that could identify you before it is analyzed. It is used only to improve Clio and measure our mission. It is never shared with or sold to third parties.
When you connect your Google Classroom account to Clio, you are authorizing Clio to access certain information from your school's Google Classroom. This authorization is granted by you — not by your school — using Google's standard sign-in process.
Your Google Classroom data is used exclusively to power Clio's features for you. It is loaded into a private AI knowledge base that is yours alone — no other student has access to it, and it is never shared with other students, schools, or third parties for their own purposes.
Because Clio accesses Google Classroom data, our use of that data is also governed by Google's API Services User Data Policy. Consistent with Google's policy, we use Google API data only to provide Clio's features to you — not for advertising, and not to train AI models.
Clio reads your Google Classroom data. It does not post, submit, or change anything in Google Classroom on your behalf.
We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with advertisers. The only parties who may receive your information are the service providers who help us operate Clio — and they may only use it for that purpose.
All service providers are required to handle your data only as directed by us, in compliance with applicable privacy law, and with appropriate security measures.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, or valid legal process. We will notify you of any such request where legally permitted to do so.
If Hey Clio, Inc. is acquired, merged, or its assets are transferred, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you before that happens and you will have the opportunity to delete your account.
If you are a parent or guardian, you can create a parent account linked to your student's Clio account. Parent accounts are created on the Clio website, not inside the app.
Your parents can see a summary of your Clio activity — whether you're using the app consistently and broadly how your grades are trending. They cannot read your conversations with Clio or see your individual homework submissions. Clio is your study tool. We designed parent visibility to keep your parents informed without giving them a window into everything you do.
We keep your information for as long as your account is open and you are using Clio. Your Google Classroom data is refreshed periodically from Google's servers to keep it current.
When you delete your Clio account, we delete all of your personal information immediately and permanently. This includes your profile, your Google Classroom data, your practice test history, your homework review sessions, your reminders, and your streak data. There is no waiting period and no recovery after deletion.
The only data we retain after deletion is anonymized and aggregated — it has been stripped of any information that could identify you, and it cannot be re-linked to your account.
If a paid subscription expires due to non-payment, your account enters a 30-day grace period. During this time your account is suspended but your data is kept. If the subscription is not renewed within 30 days, your account and all associated data are permanently deleted.
Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period. You keep full access until then. Cancelling your subscription does not delete your account or your data — your account simply reverts to the free plan. To delete your data, you need to delete your account.
When you submit a homework photo or file for review, it is deleted from our systems as soon as the review session is complete. We do not store your homework submissions beyond that session.
You have the following rights with respect to your personal information. To exercise any of them, you can use the settings in the Clio app, or contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai.
You have the right to know what personal information we hold about you. You can view your account information in the Clio app at any time. To request a complete copy of your data, contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai.
You can update your name, phone number, email, and other profile information directly in the app's settings at any time.
You can delete your account and all associated data at any time through the app. Deletion is immediate and permanent. If you are unable to access your account, contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai and we will process your deletion request within 30 days.
You can disable the Daily Digest and SMS alerts at any time in the app's settings. You can also reply STOP to any Clio text message to unsubscribe immediately.
You can disconnect your Google Classroom account from Clio at any time in the app's settings. Doing so will remove your GC data from Clio's systems. You can also revoke Clio's access directly through your Google account at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and CalOPPA, including the right to know what personal information is sold or disclosed (we do neither), and the right to opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell it). To exercise your California rights, contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai.
If you are a Colorado resident, you have rights under the Colorado Privacy Act, including the right to access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of your personal data, and the right to opt out of targeted advertising (we do not do this). Contact us at privacy@heyclio.ai to exercise these rights.
We take the security of your data seriously. We implement and maintain technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including:
No system is perfectly secure. If we become aware of a security breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our website and sending a notice through the app. The date at the top of this policy reflects when it was last updated. Your continued use of Clio after a policy update means you accept the updated policy. If you don't agree with changes, you can delete your account at any time.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your data rights, or want to report a concern about how we handle data, please contact us:
Privacy Contact
Hey Clio, Inc.
16192 Coastal Highway
Lewes, Delaware 19958
privacy@heyclio.ai