Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 September 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how we process personal information that we collect through the Manus and the products, features and services we make available for individuals from time to time, including but not limited to AI agents; applications, software, browser extensions and websites; connected-account, communication and automation features; local, remote and hosted computing environments; and tools for creating, deploying or operating digital projects

For content-safety, see User Safety & Content Policy.

For Prohibited AI Practices, see the Usage Policy.

We may act as a data processor and process personal information in accordance with the instructions of Space Owners, API Customers, or Team Plan Owners. An "API Customer" is a customer of our API services. A "Team Plan Owner" (also referred to as "Owner" in the context of team roles) is the owner of a Team Plan subscription who determines how team workspace data is processed. This includes: (i) personal information of End Users collected through Spaces or API applications, and (ii) personal information of Team Members generated within Team Plan workspaces. In such cases, the privacy policies of the relevant Space Owner, API Customer, or Team Plan Owner (as applicable) will govern the processing of that data.

NOTICE TO EUROPEAN USERS: Please see the Notice to European Users section for additional information for individuals located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom (which we refer to as “Europe”, and “European” should be understood accordingly) below.

Index

Your activity and information that you provide

Information you provide to us. Depending upon the context in which you interact with us, personal information you may provide to us through the Service includes:

Third-party sources. We may combine personal information we receive from you with personal information that we obtain from other sources, such as:

Automatic data collection. We, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically log information about you, your computer or mobile device, and your interaction over time with the Service, our communications and other online services, such as:

Personal Information of End Users and Team Members. When we process personal information to help Space Owners operate their Spaces, API Customers operate their applications, or Team Plan Owners manage their team workspaces, we do so solely at their direction, in our capacity as a data processor. The purposes and means of processing such personal information are determined by the relevant Space Owner, API Customer, or Team Plan Owner.

Cookies and similar technologies. Some of the automatic collection described above is facilitated by cookies and other technologies.

For more information see our Cookie Policy.

How we use your information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described at the time of collection:

Service delivery and operations. We may use your personal information to:

Service personalization, which may include using your personal information to:

Service improvement and analytics We may use your personal information to analyze your usage of the Service, improve the Service, improve the rest of our business, help us understand user activity on the Service, including which pages are most and least visited and how visitors move around the Service, as well as user interactions with our emails, and to develop new products and services. For more information on analytics, see our Cookie Policy.

Marketing and advertising. We, our service providers and our third party marketing partners may collect and use your information for marketing and advertising purposes:

Compliance and protection. We may use your personal information to:

Data sharing in the context of corporate events, we may share certain personal information in the context of actual or prospective corporate events – for more information, see How we share your personal information, below.

To create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data. We may create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data from your personal information and that of other individuals whose personal information we collect. We may make personal information into de-identified and/or anonymized data by removing information that makes the data identifiable to you. We may use such data to analyze, improve, develop and protect the Service, including to develop and improve our models and related technologies. We may share such data with service providers that process it on our behalf, and with other third parties where the data has been aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized in accordance with applicable law. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may opt out by contacting us at the email address provided below.

Processor services for Spaces and API. When you create and operate a Space or use the API to process personal information about your End Users, you (or your organization), as a Space Owner or an API Customer, act as the data controller for that processing activities and we act as your data processor, handling such personal information only on your documented instructions and our Data Processing Addendum (”DPA”), to host your Space, or execute your API requests.

Further uses, in some cases, we may use your personal information for further uses, in which case we will ask for your consent to use your personal information for those further purposes if they are not compatible with the initial purpose for which information was collected.

Retention

We’ll retain your personal data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations. How long we retain personal data depends on the type of data, how we use it, and in many cases your settings:

Note the following concerning how we retain and handle personal information for particular Services:

How we share your information

We may share your personal information with the following parties and as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy, in other applicable notices, or at the time of collection.

This information can be seen, collected and used by others, including being cached, copied, screen captured or stored elsewhere by others (e.g., search engines), and we are not responsible for any such use of this information.

Personal and organizational data. The Team access rights described above apply only to data within the relevant Team workspace. Joining a Team or enterprise workspace does not by itself give the organization access to Health Data held in your personal account. If you choose to share Health Data with an organizational workspace, its visibility will depend on the applicable workspace permissions, subject to this Policy’s Health Data restrictions.

Your choices

In this section, we describe the rights and choices available to all users. Users who are located in Europe can find additional information about their rights below.

Other sites and services

The Service may contain links to websites, mobile applications, and other online services operated by third parties. In addition, our content may be integrated into web pages or other online services that are not associated with us. These links and integrations are not an endorsement of, or representation that we are affiliated with, any third party. We do not control websites, mobile applications or online services operated by third parties, and we are not responsible for their actions. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the other websites, mobile applications and online services you use.

Security

We employ technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. Security procedures are in place to protect the confidentiality of your data. Despite commercially reasonable safeguards, online and email transmissions are not fully secure. Please submit information at your own discretion; we accept no liability for any unauthorized circumvention of the Services’ or third-party privacy or security measures. Without prejudice to the foregoing, we maintain technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information we process. For Health Data, these include encryption in transit and at rest, access limited to authorized personnel who need it for permitted purposes, and safeguards for processing by our service providers. We do not store personal health information in iCloud. If a personal data breach occurs, we will notify affected individuals, relevant authorities, and any other required recipients where required by applicable law and within the applicable time limits.

International data transfers

We are headquartered in Singapore and may use service providers that operate in other countries. Your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.

Users in Europe should read the important information provided below about transfer of personal information outside of Europe.

Children

The Service is not intended for use by anyone under 18 years of age. If you are a parent or guardian of a child from whom you believe we have collected personal information in a manner prohibited by law, please contact us. If we learn that we have collected personal information through the Service from a child without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will comply with applicable legal requirements to delete the information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date of this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Service or other appropriate means. Depending on the change that we make to this policy, we might notify you of the change or ask for your consent to it. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our posting the modified version (or as otherwise indicated at the time of posting).

Privacy Policy Changes Related to End Users. Space Owners and/or API Customers may update their own privacy policies from time to time with respect to their processing of End Users’ personal information. As a data processor, we may adjust our processing activities related to such personal information in accordance with the updated privacy policies and instructions of the relevant Space Owner and/or API Customer.

How to contact us and our Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer responsible for overseeing privacy compliance.

Contact: privacy@manus.im.

Addendum

Notice to European users

General

Where this Notice to European users applies. The information provided in this “Notice to European users” section applies only to individuals in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (i.e., “Europe” as defined at the top of this Privacy Policy).

Personal information. References to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy should be understood to include a reference to “personal data” (as defined in the GDPR) – i.e., information about individuals from they are either directly identified or can be identified.

Controller. Butterfly Effect is the controller in respect of the processing of your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection legislation (i.e., the EU GDPR and the so-called ‘UK GDPR’ (as and where applicable, the “GDPR”)). See the ‘How to contact us’ section above for our contact details.

Processor. For personal data that we process on behalf of Space Owners or API Customer, the Space Owner or API Customer is the controller and we are their processor under the GDPR. For processor-context questions or to exercise your rights, please contact the relevant Space Owner or API Customer.

Team Plan Processing. For personal data that we process on behalf of Team Plan Owners, the Team Plan Owner (typically the employer organization) is the controller and we are their processor under the GDPR. Team Members should direct data subject requests to their Team Plan Owner in the first instance.

Our GDPR Representatives. We have appointed the following representatives in Europe as required by the GDPR – you can also contact them directly should you wish:

Our Data Protection Officer. We have appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO). The DPO independently performs their duties—informing and advising us and monitoring our compliance with the EU GDPR and the UK GDPR (as applicable). The DPO’s contact details are provided in the “How to contact us and our Data Protection Officer” section.

Our legal bases for processing

In respect of each of the purposes for which we use your personal information, the GDPR requires us to ensure that we have a “legal basis” for that use.

Our legal bases for processing your personal information described in this Privacy Policy are listed below.

We have set out below, in a table format, the legal bases we rely on in respect of the relevant Purposes for which we use your personal information – for more information on these Purposes and the data types involved, see ‘How we use your personal information’

PurposeCategories of personal information involvedLegal basis
Advertising· Contact data· Device data· Online activity data·· Consent
Service delivery and operations· Contact data· Profile data· Communications data· Transactional data· Inputs, prompts and user-generated content· Derived data· Payment data· Data from Third Party Services· Device data
· Financial data
· Third-party purchase data
· Local and remote computer data
· Agent call records
· Contractual Necessity
Legitimate interests, where we process personal data of individuals who are not parties to a contract with us but are involved in the Services you request or initiate.
Providing the optional health-related features you requestHealth DataConsent. This includes explicit consent to the processing of Health Data.
Security· Contact data· Device data· Online activity data· Location data· Compliance with Law· Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the ongoing security and proper operation of our Service and associated IT services, systems, and networks.
Service improvement and analytics· Contact data· Profile data· Device data· Online activity data· Location data· Inputs, prompts and user-generated content· Derived data· Data from Third Party Services· Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in providing you with a good service, which is personalised to you and that remembers your selections and preferences.· Consent, in respect of any optional cookies used for this purpose.
Direct marketing· Contact data· Profile data · Communications data · Transactional data· Marketing data· Legitimate Interests. We have a legitimate interest in promoting our operations and goals as an organisation and sending marketing communications for that purpose.· You have the choice to opt-out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
Compliance and protection· Any and all data types relevant in the circumstances· Compliance with Law.· Legitimate interest. Where Compliance with Law is not applicable, we and any relevant third parties have a legitimate interest in participating in, supporting, and following legal process and requests, including through co-operation with authorities. We and any relevant third parties may also have a legitimate interest of ensuring the protection, maintenance, and enforcement of our and their rights, property, and/or safety.
Research and development /To create aggregated, de-identified and/or anonymized data· Any and all data types relevant in the circumstances· Legitimate interest. We have legitimate interest, and believe it is also in your interests, that we are able to take steps to ensure that our Services operate as intended.
Further uses· Any and all data types relevant in the circumstances· The original legal basis relied upon, if the relevant further use is compatible with the initial purpose for which the Personal Information was collected.· Consent, if the relevant further use is not compatible with the initial purpose for which the personal information was collected.

Other info

We may use limited profiling to personalise advertisements and measure performance.

Your rights

European data protection laws give you certain rights regarding your personal information. If you are located in Europe, you may ask us to take the following actions in relation to your personal information that we hold:

Exercising these rights. You may submit requests by email to our email address provided below. We may request specific information from you to help confirm your identity and process your request. Whether or not we are required to fulfill any request you make will depend on several factors (e.g., why and how we are processing your personal information). If we reject any request you may make (whether in whole or in part) we will let you know our grounds for doing so at the time, subject to any legal restrictions.

Your Right to Lodge a Complaint with your Supervisory Authority. In addition to your rights outlined above, if you are not satisfied with our response to a request you make, or how we process your personal information, you can make a complaint to the data protection regulator in your habitual place of residence.

For users in the European Economic Area – the contact information for the data protection regulator in your place of residence can be found here: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/board/members_en

For users in the UK – the contact information for the UK data protection regulator is below:

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Water Lane, Wycliffe House

Wilmslow - Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel. +44 303 123 1113

Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Data Processing outside Europe

We may share your personal information with third parties who are based outside Europe.

Where we share your personal information with third parties who are based outside Europe, we try to ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing one of the following mechanisms:

Transfers to territories with an adequacy decision. We may transfer your personal information to countries or territories whose laws have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal information by the European Commission or UK Government (as and where applicable) (from time to time) or under specific adequacy frameworks approved by the European Commission or UK Government (as and where applicable) (from time to time).

Transfers to territories without an adequacy decision.

We may transfer your personal information to countries or territories whose laws have not been deemed to provide such an adequate level of protection (e.g. the United States, Singapore).

However, in these cases:

we may use specific appropriate safeguards, which are designed to give personal information effectively the same protection it has in Europe – for example, standard-form contracts approved by relevant authorities for this purpose; or in limited circumstances, we may rely on an exception, or ‘derogation’, which permits us to transfer your personal information to such country despite the absence of an ‘adequacy decision’ or ‘appropriate safeguards’ – for example, reliance on your explicit consent to that transfer.

You may contact us if you want further information on the specific mechanism used by us when transferring your personal information out of Europe. You may have the right to receive a copy of the appropriate safeguards under which your personal information is transferred by contacting us.

Notice to users in the State of California

This section applies to individuals in the State of California and, where applicable, to our provision of Services that is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (”CPRA”). We may disclose personal information to third-party service providers or contractors for the purpose of providing our Services, subject to written contracts restricting their use of the information.

Health information. Health information is sensitive personal information under the CCPA. We use Health Data only for the health features you request and other purposes in accordance with this Policy.

You have the Right to Opt Out of Sharing for Advertising Purposes: The right to opt out of the processing of your Personal Information for purposes that may be considered “sharing” as defined by the CCPA for marketing purposes, such as sharing identifiers about you with our marketing vendors to promote Meta products and services on other platforms.

Here’s how you can exercise the right to opt out of sharing of your Personal Information for purposes of marketing: Where applicable, you can visit the section titled “Ads About Manus” in your Settings in your settings to control whether we share your Personal Information for purposes of targeted advertising. You may also access this control by clicking on Your Privacy Choices, which is located in the footer of our websites.

Notice to South Korea users

This section applies to individuals in the Republic of Korea and, where applicable, to our provision of services that is subject to Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).

We have appointed a Personal Information Protection Officer under the PIPA—see How to contact us for contact details. Other PIPA disclosures are set out in this Privacy Policy.

We transfer personal information to service providers outside of South Korea for hosting, storage, customer support and security. Because these transfers are necessary to provide the Service, we rely on the bases permitted under the PIPA for cross-border outsourcing/storage and we supervise such providers.

For the Korean translation of the Privacy Policy, please see: 개인정보처리방침

Notice to Japan users

This section applies to individuals in Japan under the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (APPI), including APPI’s extraterritorial provisions where applicable. Butterfly Effect is the “personal information handling business operator” for the processing covered by this Privacy Policy.

For the Japanese translation of the Privacy Policy, please see:プライバシーポリシー

Notice to Singapore users

This section applies to individuals in Singapore and is subject to the Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (PDPA) and its regulations and guidelines.

Butterfly Effect is a company incorporated in Singapore, act as data controller and is responsible for the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy.

If a notifiable data breach occurs, we will notify the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and affected individuals where required, within the timelines prescribed by law.

When transferring personal data outside Singapore, we ensure that the recipient provides a standard of protection that is comparable to the PDPA.