Privacy & AI

How we use AI

merit uses AI to enhance your creative writing process through features like character development, section analysis, and resume enhancement. When you use these features, we send your content, along with the necessary context, to our AI providers to generate relevant suggestions and analysis.

Key AI features

• Section analysis and beat extraction
• Character development and relationship mapping
• Dialogue enhancement and consistency checking
• Storyboard generation with customizable styles
• Voice generation for character readings
• Production analysis and insights

Data handling

When you use merit's features, we process:

• Resume content and revisions
• Character descriptions, backstories, and dialogue
• Section descriptions and analysis requests
• Production notes and feedback
• Generated storyboards and visual content
• Voice samples and generated audio content
• Resume version history and changes
• Production analysis data

Specific feature privacy

Storyboard generation

When using our storyboard generation feature:

• Section descriptions are processed to generate visual prompts
• Generated images are stored in our system for your use
• You can customize and regenerate images as needed
• Image data is associated with your resume and sections

Voice features

For our voice generation and management features:

• Character voice samples are processed and stored
• Generated audio content is linked to your resume
• Voice preferences and settings are saved per character
• Audio files are managed within your resume's workspace

Resume analysis

During resume analysis and enhancement:

• Section structure and content are analyzed
• Character arcs and relationships are mapped
• Dialogue patterns are processed for consistency
• Production metrics and insights are generated

Our AI partners

merit integrates with leading AI providers including OpenAI and Anthropic. These services typically:

• Retain data temporarily for service improvement and abuse prevention
• Follow strict data privacy and security protocols
• Do not use customer data to train their models without explicit consent

Data protection

We take several measures to protect your creative work:

• We only store essential data needed to provide our services
• Access to your content is strictly controlled
• You maintain ownership of all your creative work
• We implement industry best practices for data security
• Regular backups ensure your work is preserved
• Organization-level access controls for team collaboration

Version control and history

merit maintains a version history of your work:

• Resume versions are tracked and stored
• Changes are logged for review and rollback
• Collaborative edits are tracked by user
• History can be accessed through the platform

Future improvements

We are constantly working to improve our privacy practices and AI capabilities. Some areas we are exploring include:

• Enhanced data minimization techniques
• More granular control over AI feature usage
• Additional AI provider options
• Improved transparency in AI-assisted content generation
• Advanced security measures and data protection
• Expanded collaboration and sharing controls
• Enhanced version control and history tracking

Contact us

We value your feedback and are committed to transparency about our AI usage and data handling. If you have questions, concerns, or suggestions, reach out to our team at support@merit.ai.