Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

At StoryDrop, we are committed to protecting your privacy. We collect the following types of information when you use our platform:

• Personal Information: Your name, username, email address, mobile number, and profile picture provided during registration or Google Sign-In.
• User Content: Stories, chapters, daily news, job updates, and help centre messages you submit.
• Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our application, including reading history, votes on news, and premium content access.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our services.
• To process transactions for premium features.
• To personalize your experience, such as showing your "Continue Reading" history.
• To communicate with you regarding updates, security alerts, and support messages.

3. Data Storage and Auto-Deletion

We believe in minimal data retention. To protect your privacy and optimize our storage:

• Daily News & Job Updates: Automatically deleted 15 days after posting.
• Support Tickets: Messages and image attachments sent via the Help Centre are automatically deleted 30 days after submission.

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information with our business partners and advertisers. We use secure third-party services (like Google Sign-In and Payment Gateways) which have their own strict privacy policies.

5. Data Security

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction information, and data stored on our Site. Passwords are securely hashed before saving to our database.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

StoryDrop has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage Users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us using the Help Centre.