Privacy Policy
This privacy policy applies to the Novelist - AI Story Generator app (hereby referred to as "Application") for mobile devices that was created by Team Novelist (hereby referred to as "Service Provider") as a Free service. This service is intended for use "AS IS".
Information Collection and Use
The Application collects information when you download and use it. This information may include information such as
• Your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address)
• The pages of the Application that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages
• The time spent on the Application
• The operating system you use on your mobile device
• Anonymous device identifiers and usage data (such as feature interactions and story generation events) strictly for internal analytics to help us improve the app experience.
The Application does not gather precise information about the location of your mobile device.
The Application uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance user experience and provide certain features. The AI components may process user data to deliver personalized content, recommendations, or automated functionalities. Story prompts and stories you write are processed securely by our third-party AI provider (DeepSeek) to generate your story. They are stored only on your device, unless you choose to share a story as a gift (see "Shared Stories" below). All AI processing is performed in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable laws. If you have questions about the AI features or data processing, please contact the Service Provider.
The Service Provider may use the information you provided to contact you from time to time to provide you with important information, required notices and marketing promotions.
For a better experience, while using the Application, the Service Provider may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to Email address, user-generated text/prompts (for story generation). The information that the Service Provider request will be retained by them and used as described in this privacy policy.
Shared Stories (Story Gifts)
If you choose to send a story to someone, the Application creates a private link to a web page with that story. To do this, the Service Provider stores the following on servers hosted by Cloudflare:
• The story's title and text
• The recipient's name
• Your name, unless you choose "Secret admirer"
• Any "Guess who?" hints you add
• The story's language and page settings
• A random install identifier, used only to limit how many links can be created per day. It is not linked to your name, email or Apple ID.
Before a link is created, and again whenever you update a shared story, its text is checked automatically by our AI provider (DeepSeek) to block harmful content. Stories are not reviewed by people. They are not used for advertising or to train AI models, and they are never sold.
Anyone who has the link can read the story, so share it only with people you trust. Shared pages are hidden from search engines. The page records when it was first opened, and whether the reader tapped the heart, so you can see this in the Application. It does not use cookies or advertising trackers.
How long we keep it: a shared story stays online until you tap "Stop sharing" or delete the story in the Application, and is then removed from our servers immediately. If a page is reported by a reader, it is hidden at once and deleted within 30 days.
Reporting: anyone who receives a link can report it from the page. To prevent abuse, we keep an anonymized, one-way coded form of the reporter's network address for up to 31 days, so the same person cannot report a story twice. Our hosting provider processes IP addresses to deliver pages and prevent abuse, and keeps short-lived technical logs. These logs never contain the story text.
If you received a story and want it removed, use the report button on the page or email inkspire.support.2026@gmail.com.
Third Party Access
Only aggregated, anonymized data is periodically transmitted to external services to aid the Service Provider in improving the Application and their service. The Service Provider may share your information with third parties in the ways that are described in this privacy statement.
Please note that the Application utilizes third-party services that have their own Privacy Policy about handling data. Below are the third-party service providers used by the Application:
• DeepSeek (AI story generation and safety checks)
• Cloudflare (hosting of shared story pages)
• RevenueCat (subscriptions)
• PostHog (anonymous analytics)
The Service Provider may disclose User Provided and Automatically Collected Information:
• as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena, or similar legal process;
• when they believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect their rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request;
• with their trusted services providers who work on their behalf, do not have an independent use of the information we disclose to them, and have agreed to adhere to the rules set forth in this privacy statement.
Opt-Out Rights
You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling it. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network. Uninstalling does not remove stories you have already shared; tap "Stop sharing" in the Application first, or contact the Service Provider.
Data Retention Policy
The Service Provider will retain User Provided data for as long as you use the Application and for a reasonable time thereafter. Shared stories are kept as described in "Shared Stories" above. If you'd like them to delete User Provided Data that you have provided via the Application, please contact them at inkspire.support.2026@gmail.com and they will respond in a reasonable time.
Children
The Service Provider does not use the Application to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13.
The Application does not address anyone under the age of 13. The Service Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case the Service Provider discover that a child under 13 has provided personal information, the Service Provider will immediately delete this from their servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact the Service Provider (inkspire.support.2026@gmail.com) so that they will be able to take the necessary actions.
Security
The Service Provider is concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. The Service Provider provides physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect information the Service Provider processes and maintains.
Changes
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time for any reason. The Service Provider will notify you of any changes to the Privacy Policy by updating this page with the new Privacy Policy. You are advised to consult this Privacy Policy regularly for any changes, as continued use is deemed approval of all changes.
This privacy policy is effective as of 2026-11-08
Your Consent
By using the Application, you are consenting to the processing of your information as set forth in this Privacy Policy now and as amended by us.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding privacy while using the Application, or have questions about the practices, please contact the Service Provider via email at inkspire.support.2026@gmail.com.