Privacy Policy
Last updated November 7, 2026.
1. Who we are and what this covers
Dental Mock Interviews ("we", "us") runs dentalmockinterviews.com, a practice tool for dental school and dental residency interviews. This policy explains what information we handle when you use the site, why, and the choices you have. It does not cover other websites we link to.
2. Information we handle
- Account details. Your email address and, if you set one, a password, which is stored in scrambled form. Your account is shared with Dental School Map, which has the same owner, so one sign-in works on both sites.
- Your practice answers. What you say in a session is turned into text and sent to our AI provider so the interviewer can reply and grade you. We do not keep recordings or transcripts of your sessions on our servers.
- Application materials you choose to upload. A resume, personal statement, transcript or test scores. These are optional. The files are read once to write a short summary and are not stored by us. The summary is kept in your own browser for the current visit, where you can edit or delete it.
- Session records. That a session took place: its mode, the school or specialty you chose, when it started, how long it ran, and counts of replies and voice requests. We use these to apply your plan's limits.
- Scores and interview dates. The scores from each graded interview (overall, by area, your pace and filler words, and the question you answered best), so you can see your progress. If you add the dates of your real interviews, we save each date with the school or program and format on your account, to show your countdown and daily plan. You can remove a date at any time.
- Payment information. Payments are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your card number. We receive whether a payment succeeded, which plan you bought, and a customer reference.
- Abuse-prevention fingerprints. To keep the free trial to one per person, we store a scrambled fingerprint of your email address and of your network address. The fingerprints cannot be turned back into the originals.
- Technical information. Our hosting provider records standard request logs, such as network address, browser type and the pages requested, for security and troubleshooting.
3. Voice and audio
When you answer out loud, your browser records the answer and sends the recording through our server to a speech-to-text provider, which turns it into text. We ask that provider not to use your recordings to train its models. We do not keep the recording: once it has been turned into text it is discarded, and only the text is used for the session. In Tutor mode your browser also keeps your last spoken answer on your own device, so you can play it back, and, when you try a question again, your first try at it, so you can compare the two; your last answer is replaced by your next one, your first try is dropped when you move to a new question, both are gone when the session ends, and neither is ever stored by us. The interviewer's voice is produced by a text-to-speech provider, which receives the interviewer's words, including feedback that may quote parts of your answers. If you prefer, you can turn voice off and type your answers.
4. AI features
- The interviewer, the feedback, the scorecard and the summary of your materials are generated by AI. They are practice and education tools. They are not used to make any decision about you, and no school or program sees them.
- We do not use your answers or your materials to train AI models.
- AI output can be wrong. Please use your own judgment and your advisers' guidance.
5. How we use information
- To run your practice sessions and give you feedback.
- To manage your account, plan, payments and usage limits.
- To prevent abuse of the free trial and keep the service secure.
- To email you a few days before a Monthly or Season plan ends, with a summary of your practice (sessions, scores and the skill to work on next) and how to keep practicing. Every such email has a link to stop them.
- To improve the service: we look at practice in aggregate (for example, which skills score lowest and where sessions stall) to decide what to build. This uses your sessions and scores, not your recordings, which we do not keep.
- To answer you when you contact us.
- To meet legal and accounting obligations.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your materials or answers for advertising.
6. Who we share information with
We share information only with the service providers that make the site work, and only what each needs:
- Anthropic, our AI provider, receives your answers, your materials and their summary to generate replies and feedback, and the part of your email address before the @ to work out your first name for a welcome note.
- ElevenLabs, our voice provider, receives the interviewer's words to produce speech.
- Deepgram, our speech-to-text provider, receives the recording of each spoken answer to turn it into text.
- Supabase, our database provider, stores accounts, session records, interview scores and the interview dates you add.
- Google (Google Workspace email) carries our own notices to the site's owner, such as a note when a new account first uses the site, which includes that account's email address.
- Stripe processes payments.
- Vercel hosts the website.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or as part of a sale or transfer of the service, in which case this policy would continue to apply to your information. We never share your materials or answers with any school, residency program or admissions committee.
7. How long we keep information
- Uploaded files, recordings and transcripts: not kept by us.
- Account details, session records, interview scores and interview dates: for as long as your account exists. You can remove an interview date yourself at any time, and dates more than a week past are removed automatically when you next change your list.
- Payment and tax records: as long as the law requires.
- Abuse-prevention fingerprints: for as long as the related session record exists. If you used a free trial and then delete your account, we keep a scrambled fingerprint of your email address and which trial you used, so the trial cannot be repeated. It cannot be turned back into your address.
8. Your choices and rights
You can ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your account and session records. Depending on where you live, you may have further rights under your local law, such as those given to California residents. To make a request, email studentsofdentistry@gmail.com. We aim to respond within 30 days. Deleting your account here also deletes it on Dental School Map, because the account is shared. Deleting it ends any Weekly subscription right away and ends any remaining time on a pass. Payment and tax records stay with Stripe as the law requires.
9. Cookies and browser storage
We use your browser's storage to keep you signed in; to hold, for that browser tab only, the summary of your materials, your stories and a session in progress (so a reload does not lose it); and to remember on that device the questions you were asked lately (so they are not repeated), the questions you scored lowest on (for "my weakest answers"), and whether you have done the sound check and a Tutor session. Signing out, or a different account signing in, clears the practice history kept on that device. We do not use advertising cookies or sell data to advertisers.
10. Security
Connections to the site are encrypted, access to our systems is restricted, and payment details are handled only by Stripe. No method of storing or sending information is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we learn of a breach that affects you, we will tell you as the law requires.
11. Children
The service is for adults applying to dental school or dental residency, and you must be at least 18 to use it. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has given us information, email us and we will delete it.
12. Where information is processed
We and our providers process information in the United States. If you use the site from another country, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States.
13. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy we will update the date at the top, and for significant changes we will tell you by email or on the site. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.