Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 2026

1.Introduction

This privacy policy explains how Gamebook Creator collects, uses, and protects your personal information.

2.Data We Collect

  • Email address — for account authentication.
  • Username — for account identification.
  • Display name — shown publicly on your books.
  • Password — stored securely as a one-way hash. We never see or store your actual password.

3.How We Use Your Data

  • Account authentication and identification.
  • Displaying authorship on published gamebooks.
  • Account recovery (password reset via email).

We do not use your data for advertising, profiling, or marketing.

4.Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third parties. Period.

5.Cookies and Tracking

  • We do not use tracking cookies or analytics services.
  • Authentication uses JWT tokens stored in your browser's local storage (not cookies).
  • If single sign-on (SSO) is used, a short-lived technical cookie (10 minutes) is used solely for the login handshake and then discarded.

6.Comments and Interactions

When you post comments on published gamebooks, we collect and store:

  • Comment content — the text you write in your comments and replies.
  • Display name — shown alongside your comments.
  • Likes — which comments you have liked.
  • Timestamps — when comments were posted and edited.

7.Content Moderation Data

To maintain community standards, we may collect and process:

  • Reports — if you report a comment, we store the reason and optional description you provide.
  • Moderation actions — records of content that was hidden, restored, or suspended by moderators.
  • This data is used solely for enforcing our terms of service and is not shared externally.

8.Data Storage and Security

  • Your data is stored on secured servers.
  • Passwords are hashed using industry-standard algorithms — we cannot read your password.
  • We take reasonable measures to protect your data, but no system is 100% secure.

9.Data Retention

Your data is retained for as long as your account exists. When you delete your account, your personal data and sole-authored content are permanently removed. Comments you posted are anonymized (your display name is replaced with "Deleted User") but the comment text remains to preserve conversation context. Your comment likes and reports are permanently deleted.

10.Your Rights

  • Access: You can view your account information in your profile settings.
  • Rectification: You can update your display name through your profile settings.
  • Deletion: You can delete your account at any time, which removes your personal data and sole-authored content.
  • Data Export: You can export your gamebooks individually through the book export feature.

To exercise any of these rights, use the features in the application or contact us at the email below.

11.Children

If you are under the age of 13, you must obtain permission from a parent or legal guardian before creating an account or using Gamebook Creator. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 without parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal data without your consent, please contact us at the email below so we can take appropriate action.

12.Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top will reflect the most recent revision.

13.AI Data Processing

When you use the AI writing assistance feature, the following data is sent to an AI language model:

  • The paragraph text you are editing
  • Your writing instruction (e.g., "make it more dramatic")
  • The book's theme (if set)
  • Recent conversation history with the AI for that paragraph

This data is processed solely to generate the requested content suggestion. The AI feature is entirely optional — your gamebooks work fully without it.

14.Third-Party Sign-On

When you log in using a third-party provider (Google or Microsoft), we receive the following information from that provider:

  • Your email address
  • Your display name
  • Your profile identifier

We use this data solely to create and authenticate your account. Your use of third-party sign-on is subject to that provider's own terms and privacy policy.

16.Contact

For privacy-related questions or concerns, contact us at gamebookcreator@gmail.com.