What you upload
You upload a raw genetic data file you downloaded from a consumer testing service such as 23andMe, AncestryDNA, or MyHeritage. This file typically lists single-nucleotide variants (SNPs) and your genotype at each one.
What we parse
Variant Pilot reads the SNPs in your file and matches them against an internal catalog of variants that have published research associations with wellness traits.
Raw file deletion by default
After successful processing, your raw DNA file is deleted from our storage by default. Only the parsed variant data needed to power your insights is retained.
Optional raw file retention
You can opt-in from Settings to keep your raw file stored so you can reprocess it later if our catalog grows. You can disable this at any time and delete the raw file with one click.
Parsed variant storage
Parsed variants are stored against your account and used to generate your insights, power the assistant, and surface new findings as our catalog evolves.
Use for insights
Your variants and the educational summaries derived from them are visible only to you and to systems acting on your behalf to render the app.
Research matching
When you opt-in to research alerts, we match your variants against newly published studies and notify you. We do not share your variants with research partners.
AI disclosure
AI-powered features are optional and off by default. Nothing about you is sent for AI processing unless you explicitly turn AI on, and you can turn it back off at any time in Settings → AI & data processing.
When AI is on, the information relevant to the feature you use — which may include your genetic variants and genotypes, health-related insights, research matches and the questions you type into the assistant — is transmitted to a third-party AI processing provider so a response can be generated. Requests are routed through the Lovable AI Gateway to third-party large language model providers (currently Google Gemini models). We do not authorize those providers to use your information to train their models.
Turning AI off stops all further transmission immediately and deletes the AI-generated summaries, suggestions and assistant conversations stored in your Variant Pilot account. We cannot delete anything already held by the AI provider under their own retention terms.
AI-generated text is clearly labelled, is educational only, and may be incomplete or wrong. Treat it like a starting point, not medical guidance.
Everything else in Variant Pilot — your results, evidence grades, research alerts and daily briefings — works fully without AI.
No sale of genetic data
We do not sell your genetic data, ever. We do not share it with insurers, employers, advertisers, or research partners without your individual, opt-in consent.
Deletion controls
From the Privacy page you can: delete your raw DNA file only, or delete your entire account including raw file, parsed variants, insights, chats, watchlist, alerts, preferences, consent records, and login.
Educational-only limitation
Variant Pilot is not a clinical test and is not validated for clinical decisions. Speak with a qualified healthcare professional for medical questions.