Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Poetry Now ("we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services (collectively, the "Platform").

By using the Platform, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at contact@poetry-now.com.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us and information that is automatically collected when you use our Platform.

A. Information You Provide to Us

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect your email address. If you register using Google Sign-In, we may also collect your name and profile picture as provided by Google, based on your Google account settings.
• User Content: We collect the poems and any other content you submit to the Platform.
• Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

B. Information We Collect Automatically

• Log and Usage Data: We may collect information about your access to and use of the Platform, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages viewed, access times. This data is anonymous.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Platform and hold certain information. Please refer to our Cookies Policy for more details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our Platform.
• Improve, personalize, and expand our Platform.
• Understand and analyze how you use our Platform.
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality.
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the Platform, and for marketing and promotional purposes (in line with the license granted in our Terms of Service for poems).
• Process your transactions (if applicable).
• Send you push notifications (if applicable and you have opted-in).
• Find and prevent fraud.
• Enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.
• Comply with legal obligations.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share your personal information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work (e.g., website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, customer service, and marketing efforts like Google Analytics).
• For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.
• Publicly Shared Information: Poems you submit will be visible to other users of the Platform and the public, as described in our Terms of Service.
• To Comply with Laws: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.
• To Protect Rights: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. User-generated content like poems may be retained as per the license granted in our Terms of Service, even after account deletion, for platform operation and promotional purposes.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: contact@poetry-now.com.

7. Third-Party Services

Our Platform may contain links to other websites or services that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We use third-party services such as Google Sign-In and potentially Google Analytics. These services have their own privacy policies.

• Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

8. Children's Privacy

Our Platform is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold if required by applicable law in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.