Privacy Policy
Last updated April 14, 2026
Summary of key points
This Privacy Notice for Bud (Guse Inc.) describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and share your personal information when you use Bud, visit bud.app, or engage with us through sales, marketing, support, or related services.
Bud is an AI website builder. If you do not agree with this notice, please do not use the Services. If you have questions or concerns, contact us at team@bud.app.
1. What information do we collect?
Personal information you disclose to us
In short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information you voluntarily provide when you register for the Services, request information, participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise contact us. The personal information we collect depends on your interactions with us, the choices you make, and the features you use.
- names
- email addresses
- usernames
- passwords
- contact preferences
- debit or credit card numbers
- billing addresses
- contact or authentication data
Sensitive information: We do not process sensitive information.
Payment data: We may collect data necessary to process payments if you make purchases. Payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You can review Stripe's privacy notice at https://stripe.com/privacy.
Social media login data: If you choose to register or log in using a social media account, we may collect profile information from that provider as described in the social logins section below.
Information automatically collected
In short: Some information, such as your IP address and browser or device characteristics, is collected automatically when you visit our Services.
This information may include device and usage information such as IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, and information about how and when you use the Services. It is primarily needed to maintain security and operation of the Services and for analytics and reporting.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
2. How do we process your information?
In short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer the Services, communicate with you, prevent fraud, maintain security, comply with law, and for other purposes with your consent.
- create, authenticate, and manage user accounts
- provide, improve, and administer the Services
- communicate with you about products, support, security, and account matters
- send administrative information and respond to requests
- protect the Services, prevent fraud, and maintain security
- comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms and policies
3. What legal bases do we rely on?
In short: We process personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law, such as your consent, compliance with laws, performance of a contract, protection of your rights, or our legitimate business interests.
6. Do we offer artificial intelligence-based products?
In short: We offer products, features, and tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies.
We provide AI products through third-party service providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google Cloud AI. Your input, output, and personal information may be shared with and processed by these AI service providers to enable your use of Bud's AI features. You must not use AI products in a way that violates the terms or policies of any AI service provider.
8. How long do we keep your information?
In short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will delete or anonymize it, or securely store it and isolate it from further processing until deletion is possible.
9. How do we keep your information safe?
In short: We aim to protect your personal information through organizational and technical security measures.
No electronic transmission or storage technology can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should access the Services only within a secure environment.
10. What are your privacy rights?
In short: Depending on where you live, you may have rights that allow you to access, correct, delete, export, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information.
You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, subject to applicable law and the account controls available in the Services. You may also unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in those messages.
11. Controls for do-not-track features
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems include Do-Not-Track settings. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. We do not currently respond to DNT browser signals. If a standard is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will describe that practice in an updated notice.
12. Do United States residents have specific privacy rights?
In short: Residents of some US states may have rights to request access to, details about, correction of, a copy of, or deletion of personal information. They may also have the right to withdraw consent to processing in some circumstances.
These rights may be limited by applicable law. To exercise rights available to you, contact us at team@bud.app or submit a data subject access request using the link below.
13. Do we make updates to this notice?
In short: Yes. We will update this Privacy Notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last updated" date and will be effective as soon as it is accessible.
14. How can you contact us about this notice?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, email us at team@bud.app or contact us by post at:
Bud (Guse Inc.)2290 Third Street, Apartment 603
San Francisco, CA 94107
United States
15. How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?
You may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we processed it, correction of inaccuracies, deletion of personal information, or withdrawal of consent. These rights may be limited by applicable law.
To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, submit a data subject access request.
7. How do we handle your social logins?
In short: If you register or log in using a social media account, we may access certain information about you.
The profile information we receive may vary by provider and your settings, but can include name, email address, profile picture, and other information you make available to that provider.