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Beletrystyka Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 3rd, 2025

Welcome to Beletrystyka! Beletrystyka ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website located at beletrystyka.com (the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and providing a transparent and secure experience for our global community of readers.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

PLEASE READ THIS POLICY CAREFULLY. BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT OR USING THE SERVICE, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ALL THE TERMS OF THIS POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICE.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide, secure, and improve our Service. The information falls into the following categories:

1.1. Information You Provide Directly

  • Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, a username of your choice, and your date of birth to verify your eligibility and create your account.
  • Profile Information: You may choose to enhance your profile by adding a display name, avatar, biography, and social media links. Please be aware that this information is publicly visible to other users. We strongly advise against including any sensitive personal data (e.g., religious beliefs, health information, financial details) in your public profile.
  • User-Generated Content: This is the core of our Service and includes feedback you leave, and reading lists you create.
  • Communication Records: When you contact our customer support team, participate in surveys, or provide feedback, we collect the content of your messages and your contact information.
  • Payment Information: Purchases and subscriptions are processed by third-party payment processors (e.g., Stripe, PayPal). We do not collect or store full credit card numbers on our servers. However, we receive and store transaction details such as the purchase amount, date, time, and the type of virtual good purchased to fulfill your orders and for our financial records.

1.2. Information Collected Automatically

  • Usage Data: We automatically collect data about your interaction with the Service. This includes the pages you visit, stories you read, time spent on pages, search queries, features you use, and your interactions with other users. This data is primarily collected through log files and tracking technologies.
  • Device and Browser Information: We collect data about the device and browser you use to access our website, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, and information about your activity on our Service.
  • Location Data: We may derive your approximate location (at the city or country level) from your IP address to provide you with localized content, promotions, and to comply with regional regulations.
  • Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies: We and our partners use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and local storage to track user activity, remember your preferences (like login status), analyze trends, and deliver personalized advertising. You can control the use of cookies through your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following business purposes:

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: To create and manage your account, authenticate your identity, provide personalized story recommendations, and enable social features like following and commenting.
  • To Process Transactions: To complete your purchases, deliver virtual goods, and send you transaction confirmations and receipts.
  • To Communicate with You: To send you service-related communications, including security alerts, administrative messages (e.g., account verification), and updates to our Terms of Service or Privacy Policy. You cannot opt-out of these communications. To send you promotional communications (e.g., about new features, books, or promotions) with your prior consent, where required by law. You can opt-out of these at any time.
  • For Personalization: To customize your reading experience, suggest content that matches your interests, and display personalized advertising (with your consent).
  • For Analytics and Service Improvement: To analyze usage patterns, conduct research, test new features, and troubleshoot issues to improve the overall performance, content, and layout of the Service.
  • For Security and Fraud Prevention: To detect, prevent, and address fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues; to verify your identity; and to prevent the creation of fake or malicious accounts.
  • For Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA, UK, and other relevant users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or other regions with similar data protection laws, we process your personal data on the following legal grounds:

  • Performance of a Contract: When processing is necessary to provide the Service under our Terms of Service (e.g., creating your account, delivering purchased content).
  • Consent: When we rely on your explicit consent for specific activities (e.g., sending marketing emails, using non-essential cookies). You may withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests (e.g., improving the Service, fraud prevention, marketing analytics), provided that your fundamental rights and freedoms do not override those interests.
  • Legal Obligation: When processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

4. How We Share and Disclose Your Information

We may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • With Trusted Service Providers: We share data with vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as cloud hosting (e.g., Amazon AWS), data analytics (e.g., Google Analytics), customer support platforms, payment processors, and email delivery services. These partners are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
  • With Advertising Partners: We work with third-party ad networks to serve ads on our website. We may share a limited set of data (e.g., cookie data, non-precise location) to enable them to show you Interest-Based Ads. You can opt-out of personalized advertising as described in Section 8.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to: comply with a law, regulation, or legal request; protect the safety, rights, or property of our users, the public, or Beletrystyka; or enforce our Terms of Service.
  • In Connection with a Business Transfer: In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the new entity, subject to the promises made in this Policy.
  • With Your Consent or At Your Direction: We share information when you direct us to (e.g., if you connect your social media account) or when you choose to make your profile and content public.

5. International Data Transfers

Your personal information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from your jurisdiction.

When we transfer personal data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to countries not deemed to provide an adequate level of protection, we rely on approved legal mechanisms, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, to ensure your data is adequately protected.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption in transit (using SSL/TLS), access controls, and regular security reviews.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

  • Account Data: Retained for the life of your account. You may request deletion.
  • Usage Data: Typically retained in an aggregated or anonymized form for up to 24 months for analytics.
  • Transaction Records: Retained for 7 years to comply with accounting, tax, and financial regulations.
  • Marketing Data: Retained until you withdraw your consent or opt-out.
  • Upon account deletion, we will initiate the process of removing your personal data from our active systems, though some data may persist in backups for a limited time.

8. Your Rights and Choices

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

  • Access & Portability: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Correction (Rectification): Update or correct inaccurate data.
  • Deletion (Erasure): Request deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
  • Restriction of Processing: Request we temporarily stop processing your data.
  • Objection to Processing: Object to our processing of your data based on our legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw Consent: Withdraw your consent for future processing at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
  • Opt-Out of Marketing: Unsubscribe from promotional emails via the link in every email.

9. Children's Privacy

The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the European Economic Area). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under this age threshold. If we learn that we have collected such data, we will take steps to delete it immediately. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with information, please contact us.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top will indicate when changes were made. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting a notice on the website, via email, or by other means to provide you an opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please don't hesitate to contact us at:

Email: beletrystyka@outlook.com