Privacy Policy for GenStory

Introduction

Welcome to GenStory, the AI-powered storybook platform designed to help you create and share interactive storybooks using Google's Gemini AI technology. At GenStory, your privacy is of utmost importance to us, and this privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our services.

Information Collection and Use

We collect the following types of data to provide you with a better experience while using GenStory:

1. Account Information

   • What We Collect: This includes your name, email address, and any other information you provide when creating an account.
   • Purpose: To manage your account and provide customer support.

2. Usage Details

   • What We Collect: Information about how you use GenStory, including your story creation activities, reading patterns, and feature interactions.
   • Purpose: To analyze user engagement and improve our AI story generation services.

3. Device Information

   • What We Collect: Data regarding the devices you use to access GenStory, such as device type, operating system, and browser type.
   • Purpose: To optimize our services for different devices and ensure compatibility.

4. Cookies

   • What We Collect: Small data files placed on your device that help us track user preferences and improve user experience.
   • Purpose: To enhance the functionality of our services and personalize your storybook experience.

5. Story Content

   • What We Collect: The stories you create, prompts you use, and interactions with AI-generated content.
   • Purpose: To improve our AI story generation capabilities and provide personalized recommendations.
   • Commercial Use: By creating content on our platform, you grant GenStory a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and perform such content for commercial purposes, including but not limited to marketing, advertising, promotional materials, and product development.

6. Payment and Billing Information

   • What We Collect: Information regarding your payment methods, such as credit card number, billing address, and any details required for transaction processing.
   • Purpose: To facilitate billing and payment processing for our services.

Data Storage and Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously. The data we collect is stored securely on our servers, and we implement a variety of security measures including encryption and access controls to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

User-Generated Content and Commercial Rights

By using GenStory to create storybooks, stories, illustrations, or any other content on our platform, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

Content License Grant: You hereby grant GenStory and its affiliates a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to:

• Use, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, display, and perform your user-generated content
• Create derivative works based on your content
• Use your content for commercial purposes, including but not limited to:
  • Marketing and promotional materials
  • Advertising campaigns
  • Product showcases and demonstrations
  • Educational and training purposes
  • Platform feature development and improvement

Content Ownership: While you retain original ownership of the content you create, the license granted above allows GenStory to utilize your content as described.

Content Standards: You remain responsible for ensuring your content complies with our community guidelines and does not infringe upon third-party rights.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties, except in the following circumstances:

• To comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests from public authorities.
• To protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our users or others.
• To provide services through trusted third-party partners who assist us in operating our website or conducting our business, subject to confidentiality agreements.
• To improve our AI story generation capabilities through secure, anonymized data analysis.
• To utilize user-generated content for commercial purposes as described in the Content License Grant above.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "effective date" at the top of this 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Copyright Owner: GenStory Email: support@genstory.app

By using GenStory, you consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms. Thank you for trusting us with your information!