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 securely so the assistant can reference earlier context. They are not shared with other users or used to train AI models.

Discover recommendations

To personalize your recommendations, Park Bench considers:

• Your children's ages (to find age-appropriate events)
• Your neighborhood (to prioritize nearby events)
• Your saved preferences (from Settings > Memory)
• Your calendar (to avoid conflicts)
• Your dismiss/save history (to learn what you like)

The AI sees a summary of your family's interests and the event details — it does not have access to your raw personal data.

AI model & your privacy

The AI that powers Park Bench does not use your data to train or improve its models. Your family's information is only used to generate responses and recommendations for you.

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