Introduction
AB Collection LLC ("we", "us", "our") operates Solvias, an AI-assisted customer support platform for ecommerce businesses ("Service"). This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, with whom we share it, and what rights you have in relation to it.
By using Solvias you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
Who This Policy Covers
This policy applies to two groups of people:
- Store owners / team members — ecommerce brand owners and their staff who create a Solvias account, connect integrations, and manage support tickets ("Users"). Users are the data controllers for End Customer data processed through their connected mailboxes; AB Collection LLC acts as a data processor with respect to that End Customer data.
- End Customers — individuals who send emails to a store's support address and whose email content is processed by Solvias on behalf of the store owner who controls that mailbox ("End Customers"). End Customers do not have a Solvias account and do not have a direct contractual relationship with AB Collection LLC.
For data Users provide to us directly (account information, integration credentials, billing data, usage of the Solvias dashboard), AB Collection LLC is the data controller.
Data We Collect
Account and Profile Data
When you register for Solvias we collect:
- Full name and email address
- Password (stored as a bcrypt hash — we never store plaintext passwords)
- Organisation / store name
Store Integration Data
When you connect third-party services we collect the credentials and tokens necessary to access those services on your behalf:
| Integration | Data collected |
|---|---|
| Gmail | OAuth 2.0 refresh token (AES-256-GCM encrypted at rest); Gmail history ID for change polling; the email messages described below |
| Shopify | Store domain; API client ID and secret (encrypted at rest) |
| ParcelPanel | API key (encrypted at rest) |
Gmail Data (Sensitive and Restricted Scopes)
Solvias accesses your Gmail mailbox using two scopes:
| Scope | What is accessed |
|---|---|
| gmail.readonly | Email message metadata (sender address, recipient address, subject line, date, thread ID, message ID) and message body content of inbound emails received at the connected mailbox |
| gmail.send | The ability to send a reply email on your behalf using the connected mailbox's address |
Scope of access in practice. Although the gmail.readonly scope grants technical access to all messages in the connected mailbox, our application code only reads messages that arrive in the connected mailbox's primary inbox after the connection date, and only for the purpose of creating support tickets. We do not index, search, retrieve, or expose historical messages, archived messages, sent items, drafts, or other Gmail folders or labels. We strongly recommend connecting a dedicated support mailbox (e.g., support@yourstore.com) rather than a personal mailbox to ensure clear separation between support correspondence and personal email.
Specifically, we read and process:
- Inbound email subject lines and body text (plain text and HTML)
- Sender name and email address
- Gmail thread IDs and message IDs (used to associate messages with support tickets and to send replies into the correct thread)
- Email attachment metadata (file name, content type, size) and attachment files where present
Support Ticket and Message Data
When an inbound customer email arrives, Solvias creates a support ticket. We store:
- The full email content (subject, body, sender) associated with that ticket
- AI-generated draft replies and the final sent reply
- Agent actions (draft approval, edits, manual replies)
- Attachments uploaded to Vercel Blob Storage
Order and Tracking Data
When a ticket is related to an order (shipping, return, etc.) we fetch and temporarily store:
- Shopify order data: order number, items, fulfilment status, customer name and address
- ParcelPanel tracking data: carrier, tracking number, delivery status events
This data is fetched in real time per ticket and stored alongside the ticket for support purposes.
Usage and Log Data
We collect:
- Activity logs (who approved a draft, who sent a reply, AI mode changes)
- AI token usage logs: model used, token counts, action type (classify / generate / refine)
- AI generation audit logs: the system prompt used, the customer email, the AI response, confidence score, and which knowledge-base articles were referenced
These logs are used for billing, debugging, and auditability.
Technical Data
Standard server and application logs: IP address, browser type, pages visited, timestamps. Used for security monitoring and debugging.
How We Use Your Data
Core Service Delivery
We use the data described in section 3 to:
- Operate the support ticketing inbox — create tickets from inbound emails, display them in the Solvias dashboard
- Generate AI-assisted draft replies using the email content, order context, and your store's knowledge base
- Send approved replies on your behalf via Gmail (gmail.send) so the reply appears in the customer's existing email thread from your store's support address
- Fetch Shopify order data and ParcelPanel tracking data to enrich relevant tickets
- Log activity and AI usage for your own auditing and billing purposes
AI Processing of Gmail Data
Solvias passes the text content of inbound customer emails to the Anthropic Claude API for two purposes:
- Classification — identifying the ticket category (e.g., shipping inquiry, return request) and extracting an order number if present
- Draft generation — producing a suggested reply based on the email, order context, and your store's knowledge base and instructions
This processing is performed in real time, on a per-ticket basis, solely to produce a reply for the authenticated store account that owns that email thread.
Anthropic data handling. Under Anthropic's commercial terms applicable to the Claude API, Anthropic does not use API inputs or outputs to train or improve its models. Anthropic retains API inputs and outputs for up to 30 days for Trust & Safety and abuse-monitoring purposes, after which the data is automatically deleted from Anthropic's systems. Anthropic acts as our sub-processor under a data processing agreement and is not permitted to use this data for any purpose other than providing the Claude API service to us.
Gmail message content is never used to train, fine-tune, or improve any AI or machine learning model — whether our own, Anthropic's, or any other third party's.
Service Improvement
We may use aggregated, de-identified usage statistics (counts, durations, error rates — never linked to individual email content or identifiable users) to improve the platform.
Legal and Safety
We may use or disclose data where required by law, court order, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AB Collection LLC, our users, or others.
Google API Services — Limited Use
The use of information received from Google Workspace APIs (including data obtained via gmail.readonly and gmail.send) will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
In compliance with Google's Limited Use requirements, Solvias affirms that Gmail user data:
- Is used only to provide the customer support ticketing features described in this policy and visible to the authenticated user who authorised access
- Is not transferred, sold, or used to serve advertisements — including personalised, interest-based, or retargeted advertising
- Is not transferred or sold to third parties, except to the sub-processors listed in Section 5, who process data on our behalf under data processing agreements solely for the purpose of delivering the Service
- Is not used to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
- Is not used to build permanent profiles beyond what is necessary to operate the support inbox for the authenticated account
- Is not used to train, fine-tune, or improve any generalised AI or machine learning model — whether our own systems, Anthropic's models, or any other third-party model
- Is passed to the Anthropic Claude API solely for real-time, per-ticket response generation for the account that authorised access; this is a user-directed processing action equivalent to the user pasting an email into a tool to draft a reply, and does not constitute training data use
- Is subject to human access only where the user who authorised access explicitly requests support, where we believe in good faith that human access is necessary for security incidents or legal obligations, or where required by law — and only to the minimum necessary extent
Data Retention
Active Accounts
While your Solvias account is active, we retain data as follows:
| Data type | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Email message content (ticket messages) | Lifetime of the support ticket, plus 12 months after the ticket is closed, then permanently deleted |
| AI generation logs and audit records | 24 months from creation |
| Activity logs | 12 months from creation |
| AI token usage logs | 24 months from creation |
| OAuth refresh tokens | Deleted immediately upon Gmail disconnection |
| Shopify / ParcelPanel credentials | Deleted immediately upon integration disconnection |
Account Deletion
When you delete your Solvias account, all Gmail-derived data and associated records are deleted on the timeline below, regardless of any other retention period stated above:
| Data type | Deletion timeline |
|---|---|
| OAuth refresh tokens (Gmail, Shopify, ParcelPanel) | Within 24 hours of account deletion request |
| Email message content (ticket messages) and attachments | Within 30 days of account deletion request |
| AI generation logs and audit records | Within 30 days of account deletion request |
| Account and profile data | Within 30 days of account deletion request |
| Activity logs and AI token usage logs | Within 30 days of account deletion request |
We retain de-identified, aggregated statistics (counts of tickets processed, total token usage) that cannot be linked back to you or your End Customers.
We may retain limited records longer where strictly necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements; in such cases, only the minimum necessary records are retained, and Gmail-derived content is excluded from any such retention.
Data Security
We implement the following technical and organisational measures to protect your data:
- Encryption in transit — All connections between your browser, our servers, and third-party APIs use TLS 1.2 or higher
- Encryption at rest — OAuth tokens, API keys, and other secrets stored in our database are encrypted using AES-256-GCM with a 32-byte key held in a separate environment secret
- Access controls — Multi-tenant architecture: each store's data is scoped to that store's account. Cross-tenant access is prevented at the database query level
- Least-privilege API access — We request only the Gmail scopes required for the described features. We do not request write access beyond gmail.send
- Audit logging — All AI actions, draft approvals, and sent replies are logged with timestamps and user identifiers
- No plaintext secrets — Credentials are never logged in plaintext; logs are sanitised before storage
Your Rights
Rights Applicable to All Users
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Correction — request correction of inaccurate data
- Deletion — request deletion of your account and associated data (deletion timelines are listed in section 7)
- Data portability — request an export of your data in a machine-readable format
- Objection / restriction — object to or request restriction of certain processing
To exercise these rights, email us at info@solvias.io.
Revoking Gmail Access
You can disconnect Solvias from your Gmail account at any time:
- In Solvias: go to Store Settings → Integrations and click Disconnect Gmail
- Alternatively, visit myaccount.google.com/permissions, find Solvias, and click Remove Access
Upon disconnection, we delete the stored OAuth refresh token within 24 hours. Existing ticket message records follow the active-account retention schedule in section 7. To request immediate deletion of all Gmail-derived data without deleting your account, email info@solvias.io.
End Customer Rights
End Customers (individuals who emailed a store's support address) who wish to exercise data rights regarding their personal data should contact the store owner directly, since the store owner is the data controller for that data. We will support store owners in fulfilling such requests. End Customers may also contact us at info@solvias.io and we will route the request appropriately.
California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)
California residents have the right to:
- Know what personal information is collected, disclosed, or sold
- Delete personal information (subject to legal exceptions)
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information — we do not sell or share personal information
- Non-discrimination for exercising these rights
To submit a verifiable consumer request, email info@solvias.io from the email address associated with your account.
European / UK Residents (GDPR / UK GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, your personal data is processed on the following legal bases:
- Contract performance — processing necessary to deliver the Service you signed up for
- Legitimate interests — security monitoring, fraud prevention, aggregate analytics
- Legal obligation — where required by law
You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
International Data Transfers
AB Collection LLC is based in the United States. By using Solvias, data may be transferred to and processed in the United States and other countries where our sub-processors operate. We ensure appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place for transfers from the EEA or UK to the United States.
Children's Privacy
Solvias is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. End Customer emails received via connected mailboxes are processed under the store owner's existing relationship with that End Customer; we do not collect End Customer ages, do not direct support communications at children, and rely on the store owner to comply with applicable child-protection laws (such as COPPA) in their relationship with their customers. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child, contact us at info@solvias.io and we will delete it promptly.
Third-Party Links
The Service may contain links to third-party websites (e.g., Shopify, Gmail). This policy does not cover third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any site you visit.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you by email (to the address on your account) and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this document. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions, requests, or complaints about this privacy policy or our data practices:
AB Collection LLC — Attn: Privacy — 15442 Ventura Blvd. Ste 201-2072, Sherman Oaks, California 91403, United States of America
Email: info@solvias.io
We aim to respond to all privacy requests within 30 days.