Privacy Policy for Orcarina
Orcarina is a Google Slides™ add-on developed by OrcaEcho.ai. It provides an AI assistant directly within the Slides™ interface to help users brainstorm ideas, refine text, and enhance presentation content.
🧠 Information Handling
Orcarina respects your privacy and limits all data access to what’s strictly necessary for providing its core functionality. The add-on requests the following Google OAuth scopes:
| Scope | Purpose |
|---|---|
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request |
Allows the add-on to securely send HTTPS requests to OrcaEcho’s backend (e.g., orcaecho-engine API) to process AI responses. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.container.ui |
Enables the add-on to create and display custom user interfaces such as chatboxes, sidebars, and dialogs directly within Google Slides™. Required for interactive in-product communication. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file |
Grants the add-on permission to view and manage only the specific files you open or create using Orcarina. It cannot access any other files in your Google Drive™. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations.currentonly |
Lets the add-on read and modify the currently open presentation only to analyze or generate slide content. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.locale |
Reads your language and locale settings to adapt the add-on’s interface. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email |
Retrieves your Google Account email address for secure session identification. |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.profile |
Accesses your public Google profile name and avatar to personalize your in-app experience. |
Types of Data Accessed
All data accessed by Orcarina is strictly limited to the currently opened Google Slides™ presentation. The add-on does not access any other files in your Google Drive™.
- Slide text, speaker notes, and layout metadata from the current presentation
- Structure and formatting information for the current presentation
- File ID, file name, and related Drive metadata for the current file only
- User email, display name, avatar, language, and locale
- UI-related metadata required to render chat panels and dialogs
- Text you explicitly enter into the chat panel
📊 Data Collection and Usage
- The add-on processes only data relevant to your active Google Slides™ session.
- Slide text and structure are analyzed temporarily when you invoke AI features to generate, refine, or format content.
- Drive file metadata is used solely to identify and update the open presentation.
- Messages typed into the chat panel are transmitted securely to OrcaEcho’s backend for processing with the Google Gemini™ API.
- Your email and profile information are used only for session association, access control, and maintaining secure operation.
- Locale information is used to provide appropriately localized output.
No data is used for advertising, analytics, behavioral profiling, or any unrelated purpose.
🔐 Data Storage and Protection
- Orcarina does not permanently store any Google user data.
- All slide content, metadata, and chat messages are processed in memory only and deleted immediately after generating a response.
- No presentation content, Drive files, or user profile information is retained on OrcaEcho systems.
- OAuth tokens and credentials are handled entirely by Google OAuth and are never stored by Orcarina.
- All communication between the add-on, Google APIs, and the OrcaEcho backend uses encrypted HTTPS.
🤝 Data Sharing
- Orcarina does not sell, share, or disclose Google user data to any third parties.
- Limited data (such as user-submitted chat messages or slide content excerpts) is transmitted only to:
- Google APIs
- OrcaEcho’s secure backend
- Google Gemini API
Google Gemini processes data only to generate responses.
Google does not use this data to train or improve generalized AI or ML models.
🗑️ Data Retention and Deletion
- Orcarina retains no personal data or presentation data after processing.
- All processed data is immediately discarded once a response is produced.
- You may revoke Orcarina’s access at any time via your Google Account Permissions page.
🤖 Use of Google Gemini
- AI responses are powered by the Gemini API via Google Cloud™.
- In accordance with Google Cloud’s data privacy terms, customer-submitted data is not used for model training unless explicitly opted in by the user or organization.
- Users maintain full control over their Google Account data-usage settings.
📬 Contact
For any questions, feedback, or privacy concerns, please contact:
support@orcaecho.ai
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