AI & your family's data

Park Bench uses AI in two places: the chat assistant and the Discover recommendations. Here's exactly what data each feature uses and how it's handled.

Chat assistant

When you chat with the Park Bench assistant, it can see:

• Your messages in the current conversation
• Your family's events (so it can search and modify your calendar)
• Your family profile (children's first names and ages, schools, neighborhood)
• Memory items you or the assistant have saved (family preferences, recurring notes)

It cannot see:

• Other families' data
• Your email address or authentication details
• Data from circles or other community members
• Your Google Calendar credentials

Your conversations are stored in Park Bench's database so the assistant can reference earlier context. They are not shared with other users or used to train AI models.

Discover recommendations

The recommendation engine uses:

• Your children's ages (to filter age-appropriate events)
• Your neighborhood (to calculate travel times)
• Your saved preferences (from the Memory system)
• Your calendar (to avoid conflicts)
• Your dismiss/save history (to learn what you like)

This data is processed server-side. The AI model that ranks recommendations sees a summary of your family profile and event details — not raw personal data.

Third-party AI services

Park Bench uses Google's Gemini Flash model for both the chat assistant and recommendation ranking. Your data is sent to Google's API for processing and is subject to Google's AI API terms. Google's API terms state that data sent via the API is not used to train their models.

Your controls

• Memory — View, edit, or delete anything the assistant remembers in Settings > Memory
• Chat history — Your conversations are stored per-thread and can be referenced for context
• Recommendations — Dismiss events you're not interested in to improve future suggestions
• Delete account — Deleting your account permanently removes all data, including chat history and memory