The short version. Visiting this website does not give it access to your courses, browser tabs or desktop app. The desktop app stores its workspace on your computer. Optional Drive sync, cloud AI, online verification and email alerts send information to the services you choose to use.
This website currently offers no public app download, account registration, checkout, newsletter signup or upload form.
1. Who we are and what this covers
PASSINATOR is a learning companion provided by RankDat. In this policy, “we,” “us” and “our” refer to RankDat in connection with PASSINATOR. This policy covers passinator.rankdat.com and the desktop app’s described features. Websites you visit, services you connect and the separate RankDat contact website have their own privacy practices.
2. Information from this website
Our hosting and network providers process information needed to deliver the site, maintain reliability and investigate abuse. This can include an IP address, request time, requested page, browser or device information, referring page and technical error or security records.
We have not added advertising pixels, audience analytics scripts, session recording, third-party font requests or embedded course players to this website. The interactive product example runs in your browser without saving your selections or sending them to us. Our page code does not set cookies or use local storage. Hosting providers may use essential technical cookies or other infrastructure measures.
External links, including Contact RankDat, take you to a separate service or website. If you choose to send a message there, that destination receives the information you provide.
3. Information stored by the desktop app
PASSINATOR maintains a workspace on your computer. Depending on what you use, it may contain:
- Course and lesson titles, URLs, navigation outlines, study schedules and progress.
- Captured page text, captions, pictures, screenshots, downloaded attachments and resource links.
- Questions, answer choices, suggested answers, evidence excerpts, corrections and verification results.
- Full notes, cliff notes, tool lists, plans, chat messages and pasted question drafts.
- Settings, connection information, model request metadata, timings, activity events, errors, exports and backups.
- Google account details and authorization tokens when Drive is connected, or provider and mail credentials that you enter for optional integrations.
These records support note taking, evidence retrieval, answering, progress recovery, synchronization and troubleshooting. With the included local AI, processing takes place on your computer. The website does not automatically receive this workspace. Course websites and optional services still receive their normal requests when you use them.
Capturing a picture or screenshot may include other visible information on the course page. Clipboard actions place the requested content on your system clipboard. Review material before sharing it outside the app.
4. Browser connections and signed-in sessions
You can use a separate app-managed browser or connect an existing Chrome session using supported connection methods. Depending on the method and browser permissions, a connection can expose tab contents, page controls, URLs and signed-in sessions, and may permit access to other tabs in the connected browser profile.
PASSINATOR uses that connection to observe learning material and perform the browser actions enabled in your settings. A browser connection is broader than simply pasting a course link. Review the browser or extension permission prompt, connect only a profile you intend to use, and disconnect or remove the extension when you no longer want that access.
Sign-in credentials and cookies remain subject to the connected browser’s storage and the websites’ own policies. Browser interactions are sent to the destination websites as normal browsing activity. Visiting this product website alone does not establish a desktop browser connection.
5. Optional Google Drive connection
Google Drive synchronization is optional and requires your authorization. The app uses Google account information to show the connected account, lists available folders so you can choose a destination, and creates or updates course-note files in the folder you select. It reads relevant existing note content and file metadata to avoid duplicate files and preserve remote edits.
The current desktop integration requests the Google Drive permission scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive. This is a broad Drive permission that can allow viewing, editing, creating and deleting Drive files; the authorization itself is not technically limited to the single folder you select. The implemented notes workflow uses your selected destination. Review Google’s consent screen before granting access.
Authorization tokens, account details, destination information and synchronization status are stored in the local app workspace. Selected notes and file metadata are exchanged directly with Google to carry out synchronization. We do not automatically receive a separate copy of those notes through this website.
Information obtained through Google APIs is used to provide the visible Drive features described here. Our use and transfer of that information is subject to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. We do not sell Google user data, use it for advertising, or use it to train general-purpose AI models.
You can disconnect Drive in the app and revoke its authorization through your Google Account’s third-party connections. Revoking access prevents future authorized requests; it does not by itself delete files already saved in Drive or local backups.
6. AI providers, online verification and alerts
Included local AI
The bundled reasoning and image components run locally. Course content supplied to that local engine is not sent to a cloud AI provider for that request. Local processing does not make the course website itself offline.
Optional cloud AI or another runtime
If you configure an external model provider or a runtime on another computer, the app sends the prompt and relevant context to that endpoint. This may include notes, questions, choices, course or lesson titles, chat text and images when needed. The provider’s terms, retention rules and training settings apply. Choose a provider and settings appropriate for the information you send.
Google checks and research prompts
When you use online answer comparison, research links or copied prompts, the receiving search engine, website or AI service may receive the question, choices, course or section context and selected note excerpts. Browser history and the service’s logs may retain that activity. Those services’ privacy policies apply; an outside check is not purely local processing.
Email alerts
If you enable email alerts, the app sends the configured alert text through the mail server and to the address you choose. The receiving mail services process and may retain that message. Local popups, sounds and installed Windows speech voices do not require sending the answer to an email service.
8. Retention, deletion and your choices
Local workspace data remains on your device until removed using app controls or by managing those files. You can export notes and other supported records, make backups, remove courses and use the app’s selective deletion controls. Removing a record from PASSINATOR does not erase separately exported files, earlier backups, browser history, website records or Drive copies. Selective deletion is not a promise of forensic erasure from a disk or backup.
Normal app updates preserve the workspace. Uninstalling the program may leave its data behind. Manage backups and local storage separately if you want those copies removed. Disconnecting a provider stops new use of that connection; you may also need to revoke access or delete data at the provider.
Technical website records are retained according to our hosting providers’ operational and security needs. Support information is retained for handling requests and reasonable troubleshooting, legal or administrative needs. We do not specify a universal retention period because the record type and service differ.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information, obtain a copy, object to certain processing or raise a concern with a privacy authority. Contact us to make a request. We may need information to verify it and will explain any applicable limits. We cannot directly remove information stored only on your device or held by an unrelated course platform.
9. Protecting information
The website uses HTTPS. Local app files and backups rely on your device, operating-system account and storage protections; they should not be treated as an encrypted password vault. Secure your computer and browser profiles, choose connections carefully, and protect exported backups. No method of storage or transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Providers may process data in countries other than your own. Where information is sent depends on the website, hosting service, model provider, email service or Drive connection you use.
10. Children
PASSINATOR and this website are intended for a general adult audience and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information to us, contact RankDat so we can review and address it.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the website or app changes. The updated policy will show a revised date. Material changes to connected-service data use will be explained before the new use, with additional consent where required. This policy describes the current website and app features; a future release may have different integrations or requirements.
12. Contact and privacy requests
For PASSINATOR privacy questions or requests, use the RankDat contact page or call 504.296.9696. Identify your message as a “PASSINATOR privacy request” and describe the information or concern involved. Please do not include passwords or private course material unless it is needed and you choose to share it.
The contact page is a separate RankDat website with its own forms and data handling.