Privacy Policy

1. What We Collect

CronGuard AI collects the following data when you use our service:

• Account information: Email address, name, and hashed password.
• Monitor configurations: Monitor names, cron expressions, schedule settings, and tags you create.
• Ping data: Exit codes, execution duration, stderr/stdout output (truncated to 10KB/5KB), signal type, IP address, and user agent sent with each ping.
• Payment information: Processed and stored by Stripe. We do not store credit card numbers.
• Usage data: Alert history, diagnosis results, and plan tier.

2. How We Use Your Data

• To provide the monitoring service: detecting missed pings, classifying severity, and sending alerts.
• To generate AI-powered root cause diagnoses for failed jobs.
• To process payments and manage your subscription.
• To send transactional emails (alerts, account notifications).
• To improve the service (aggregate, anonymized usage patterns).

3. Third-Party Services

We share data with the following third-party services, only as needed to operate CronGuard:

• Stripe — Payment processing. Receives your email and payment details. Stripe Privacy Policy
• OpenAI — AI diagnosis. Receives monitor name, exit codes, stderr/stdout snippets, and schedule information. No personally identifiable information is sent. OpenAI Privacy Policy
• Resend — Email delivery. Receives recipient email addresses and alert content. Resend Privacy Policy
• Vercel — Hosting and infrastructure. Vercel Privacy Policy
• Supabase — Database hosting. All data is stored in a Supabase-managed PostgreSQL database, encrypted at rest. Supabase Privacy Policy

4. Data Retention

Ping and alert history is retained based on your plan tier:

• Free: 7 days
• Starter: 30 days
• Pro: 90 days

Account information is retained until you delete your account. Upon deletion, all associated data (monitors, pings, alerts, diagnoses) is permanently removed within 30 days.

5. Data Security

Passwords are hashed with bcrypt. Sessions are stored in the database with automatic expiry. All data is transmitted over HTTPS. The database is encrypted at rest. We follow the principle of least privilege for all service integrations.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your data — view all monitors, pings, and alerts in your dashboard.
• Delete your account and all associated data.
• Export your data — contact us for a full data export.
• Correct inaccurate information via the settings page.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights under GDPR including the right to data portability, the right to restrict processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

7. Cookies

CronGuard uses a single essential cookie (cronguard_session) for authentication. We do not use analytics cookies, tracking cookies, or third-party advertising cookies.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify registered users of material changes via email. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

9. Contact

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact us at privacy@cronguard.ai.