Privacy Policy

Workcoholic Studio LLC, operating as codezilla ("we," "us," or "our"), is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use the codezilla AI interview prep platform (the "Service").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Service, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, do not access or use the Service.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Service.

We collect several categories of information in connection with the Service:

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

• Account information: Name, email address, and password when you create an account.
• Profile information: Goals, target role, interview prep preferences, and other information you provide during onboarding or in your account settings.
• Test responses and practice submissions: Answers, code solutions, and other content you submit when completing learning loop stages (Explain sessions, Practice code submissions, Test answers).
• Socratic session content: Messages exchanged during the Explain stage with the AI interview prep system.
• Communications: Information you provide when you contact us for support or give us feedback.

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

• Usage data: Pages visited, features used, time spent on the Service, click patterns, and other interactions.
• Device information: IP address, browser type, browser version, operating system, device identifiers, and language preferences.
• Log data: Server logs, error reports, and performance data.
• Cookies and similar technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies as described in Section 8 below.

2.3 Information From Third Parties

• Authentication providers: If you sign in using a third-party service (such as Google), we receive certain profile information from that provider subject to your privacy settings with them.
• Analytics providers: Aggregated analytics data from third-party services we use to understand how the Service is used.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

3.1 Providing the Service

• Creating and managing your account.
• Generating personalized test questions, code review feedback, and Socratic explain sessions tailored to your pattern context and readiness level.
• Delivering personalized practice sessions, test feedback, and code review based on your goals and progress.
• Tracking and displaying your progress over time.
• Responding to your requests and support inquiries.

3.2 AI Personalization

Your practice history, test responses, and learning loop stage completion data are used to provide contextually relevant AI interview prep. Specifically, when you use the Explain stage or receive test feedback, our AI loads your readiness score, completed patterns, previous session history, and learning loop stage completion data to deliver relevant questions and feedback. See Section 4 for more detail on AI data use.

3.3 Improving the Service

• Analyzing usage patterns and trends to improve platform functionality.
• Debugging errors and improving reliability.
• Developing new features and services.

3.4 Communications

• Sending transactional emails (account confirmation, password resets, etc.).
• Sending product updates, coaching tips, and promotional communications where you have consented, or as otherwise permitted by law.
• Notifying you of changes to our Terms or this Privacy Policy.

3.5 Legal and Safety

• Complying with applicable laws and regulations.
• Enforcing our Terms of Service.
• Protecting the rights, property, and safety of our users and the public.

Because the core of our Service is personalized AI interview prep, it is important to be transparent about how your data powers that experience:

• Context loading: When you use the Explain stage or receive test feedback, we provide the AI model with relevant context including your pattern context, readiness score, previous session history, and learning loop stage completion data. This is necessary to deliver a consistent, personalized interview prep experience.
• Third-party AI providers: We use third-party AI model providers (such as large language model APIs) to generate test questions, Socratic responses, and code review feedback. Your practice content may be transmitted to these providers for inference purposes. We contractually require these providers to treat your data with appropriate confidentiality and not use it to train their own models.
• Model improvement: We may use aggregated, de-identified data derived from user interactions to improve our AI systems. We will not use your personally identifiable information for AI training without your explicit opt-in consent.
• No sensitive career data: Our Service is designed for interview skill development. Do not submit confidential employer information, proprietary code, or NDA-protected materials. If you do, we treat it as User Content subject to this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

• Service providers: We share information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, including cloud hosting, authentication, analytics, email delivery, and AI inference providers. These parties are contractually bound to use your information only to provide services to us.
• Business transfers: If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency), or to protect the rights, property, or safety of codezilla, our users, or the public.
• With your consent: We may share your information with third parties when you have explicitly consented to such sharing.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you the Service. We may retain certain information after your account is closed to:

• Comply with legal obligations (including tax and financial record requirements).
• Resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
• Maintain security and prevent fraud.

When we no longer need your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it. De-identified data may be retained indefinitely for analytical and service improvement purposes.

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• Encryption of data in transit using TLS/SSL protocols.
• Encryption of data at rest using strong encryption standards.
• Access controls limiting who can access personal data internally.
• Regular security assessments and vulnerability testing.
• Authentication and session management practices designed to prevent unauthorized account access.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. If you become aware of any breach of your account security, please notify us immediately at privacy@codezilla.ai.

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate and improve the Service. Cookies are small files placed on your device. We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies: Required for authentication, session management, and core Service functionality. These cannot be disabled.
• Performance and analytics cookies: Help us understand how users interact with the Service so we can improve it. We use privacy-friendly analytics tools where possible.
• Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences across sessions.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may impact your ability to use some features of the Service. We do not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., legal compliance).
• Portability: Request that we provide your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Restriction: Request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Objection: Object to our processing of your personal information where we rely on legitimate interests as our lawful basis.
• Withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@codezilla.ai. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), including the right to know about personal information collected, the right to delete, the right to opt out of sale or sharing (we do not sell your data), and the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights. To submit a request, contact us at the email above.

EEA / UK Residents (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, our legal bases for processing your personal information include: performance of a contract (providing the Service), legitimate interests (improving the Service, preventing fraud), compliance with legal obligations, and your consent where applicable. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 18, please contact us at privacy@codezilla.ai and we will promptly delete such information.

We are based in the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

For transfers of personal data from the EEA or UK to countries not deemed to have adequate data protection, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

The Service may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you access through links on our platform. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by:

• Sending an email to the address associated with your account, and/or
• Displaying a prominent notice within the Service.

The "Effective date" at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our Privacy team at:

We take privacy concerns seriously and will respond to all requests within 30 days.