Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 29, 2026
What Open Campus Advisor does
Open Campus Advisor provides AI-powered academic advising by fetching publicly available data from college and university course catalogs, faculty pages, and research databases. It works through Claude (Anthropic) and ChatGPT (OpenAI).
Data we collect
We do not create user accounts. We do not collect names, email addresses, or any personally identifiable information.
When you use the API (via ChatGPT or direct requests), we log anonymized usage events — specifically: which institution was queried, which tool was used, and what keyword was searched. These events contain no personal information and are used only to understand aggregate usage patterns.
API usage analytics are processed by PostHog. When using the MCP server locally via Claude Desktop or Claude Code, no data is sent to our servers — requests go directly from your machine to the institution's public catalog.
This website (opencampusadvisor.org) uses Google Analytics 4 to measure aggregate page traffic. Google Analytics collects anonymized usage data including pages visited and approximate location (country/region). No personally identifiable information is sent.
Institution data
All course catalog data, faculty profiles, and research information is fetched from publicly accessible college and university websites and APIs. Grant data comes from the NIH Reporter public API. We do not store this data permanently — it is fetched live and cached for up to 60 minutes to reduce load on institution servers.
Third-party AI services
Open Campus Advisor is accessed through third-party AI platforms (Claude by Anthropic, ChatGPT by OpenAI). Your conversations with those assistants are governed by their respective privacy policies — not this one.
Cookies
This website uses cookies set by Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_*) to distinguish unique visitors and measure aggregate traffic. These cookies contain a randomly generated identifier — no personal data — and expire after 2 years. The API (api.opencampusadvisor.org) does not set cookies on your browser.
Contact
Questions about this privacy policy? hello@opencampusadvisor.org