Privacy Policy

Who runs Proto

Proto is a research service operated by the Laboratory of Evolutionary Design at Stanford University.

What Proto handles

Depending on the features you use, Proto handles:

• Account and workspace data, including your email address, user ID, and workspace membership.
• Content you submit or create, such as projects, biological sequences, programs, files, prompts, tool inputs, and results.
• Connection details for third-party services you choose to connect.
• Feedback and diagnostics. Feedback includes what you write, the current page, and basic browser details. Bug reports may include recent application errors.

Logged-out drafts, interface settings, and some recent run state can be stored only in your browser.

How Proto uses it

Proto uses this information to:

• Provide accounts, workspaces, and saved projects.
• Run the tools, models, compute jobs, and integrations you request.
• Operate, debug, and improve the service.
• Reply when you ask us to contact you.

Proto sends information to the providers needed for those actions. This includes Supabase for accounts and storage and GitHub for feedback. A compute, model, or scientific service receives the inputs required when you choose to use it. Those services have their own terms and privacy practices.

Feedback choices

Feedback is filed in the team's GitHub issue tracker. Signed-in reports include account and workspace details. Anonymous reports include an email address only when you select “Okay to email me about this” and provide one.