Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

The Freedom Project, LLC (“The Freedom Project”) values your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how BIDS — our contract and grant opportunity discovery platform — collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you use bids.freedomproject.ai and related services.

This policy supplements the company-wide privacy policy at freedomproject.ai/privacy-policy. Where both apply, the more specific BIDS disclosures in this document control for your use of BIDS.

2. Information We Collect

When you use BIDS, we collect information needed to operate the service:

• Account information — email address and basic profile fields from your sign-in provider (see Section 3)
• Business profile — business name, website URL, descriptor keywords, and preferences you provide or confirm during onboarding
• Engagement data — opportunities you save, open, or dismiss; notification preferences (real-time, daily, or weekly); and related in-app activity
• Billing information — subscription tier, billing status, and Stripe customer identifiers for paid plans (we do not store full payment card numbers)
• Technical data — browser type, device information, IP address, and session logs used for security, debugging, and service reliability

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

3. Sign-In (Google, Microsoft, and Email)

BIDS uses Supabase Auth to verify your identity. You may sign in with Google, Microsoft (Azure), or a one-time magic link sent to your email address.

When you choose Google or Microsoft, that provider shares limited account information with us — typically your email address, name, and profile identifier — so we can create and maintain your BIDS account.

Google user data. If you sign in with Google, we access only the Google account information required for authentication (such as your email address, name, and profile ID). We use this information solely to authenticate you, maintain your account, and communicate about BIDS. We do not use Google user data for advertising, and we do not sell it to third parties. We do not use Google user data to train generalized AI or machine-learning models.

Microsoft user data. If you sign in with Microsoft, we receive similar identity fields (email, name, and subject identifier) for the same purposes. We do not use Microsoft identity data for advertising or sell it to third parties.

BIDS does not receive or store your Google or Microsoft password. If you use email sign-in, we send a one-time link to your inbox; that link expires and is not a reusable password. You may revoke BIDS access through your Google or Microsoft account security settings, or contact us at [email protected] to request account deletion.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Authenticate you and maintain your BIDS account
• Build and refine your business profile for opportunity matching
• Deliver matched opportunities and notifications at your chosen frequency
• Process subscriptions and billing for paid tiers
• Improve matching, summaries, and platform reliability
• Respond to support requests and security incidents

5. AI & LLM Processing

BIDS may send limited text — such as your website content or opportunity descriptions — to third-party artificial intelligence and large language model (LLM) services to extract business descriptor keywords and generate plain-English summaries. This data is used only to operate BIDS, is processed under those providers' enterprise terms, and is not used to train public models.

AI outputs are assistive only. You should review opportunity details and eligibility requirements directly with the issuing agency before taking action.

6. Payments

Payment processing for paid BIDS tiers is handled securely through Stripe. The Freedom Project does not store your credit card or full payment credentials. Stripe may collect billing name, payment method details, and transaction metadata necessary to process your subscription.

Please review Stripe's Privacy Policy for details on how they handle payment data.

7. Cookies & Session Storage

BIDS uses cookies and local storage to maintain your sign-in session and remember preferences. These are necessary for core functionality. You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies, but some BIDS features may not work correctly without them.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable precautions to protect your information, including encryption in transit and access controls on production systems. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

9. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain account and profile data while your BIDS account is active. You may request account deletion by contacting [email protected]. We will delete or anonymize personal data within a reasonable period, except where retention is required for legal, billing, or security purposes.

10. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of BIDS after changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

11. Contact

The Freedom Project, LLC

For privacy inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].

See also our Terms of Service and Legal Disclaimer.