Privacy policy

• Account details you give us: username, e-mail address, display name, an optional bio, and a securely hashed password (or your Google account ID if you sign in with Google).
• What you create: novels, chapters, comments, likes and upvotes. Published work and comments are public by design.
• Reading data: reader settings, reading progress, so the site can pick up where you left off on any device.
• Technical data: IP address and basic request details, kept briefly for security, abuse prevention and rate limiting.

To run your account, show your work to readers, keep the site secure and answer support requests. We don't sell your personal information.

• Essential: a sign-in session cookie and security tokens. The site can't work without these.
• Preferences: your theme, reader settings and reading progress, stored in your browser (and in your account if you're signed in).

Service providers that help run the site: hosting (Vercel), database (Neon), file storage for cover images (Vercel Blob), e-mail delivery when enabled, Google sign-in if you choose it. They process data on our behalf or under their own privacy terms. We may also disclose information if the law requires it or to protect users and the site.

• Edit your profile or change your password in account settings.
• Delete your account there at any time. This removes your profile and comments; it can't be undone.
• Block or clear cookies in your browser. Essential cookies are needed to stay signed in.
• Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export or erase your data, or to object to certain processing.

Account data is kept while your account exists. Security logs are short-lived.

Inkvellum isn't directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we don't knowingly collect their personal information.

If this policy changes in a meaningful way, we'll update the date above and, for significant changes, let signed-in users know on the site.