Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 6, 2026

In this Privacy Policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to BookPressed™. This policy explains what information we collect when you use the BookPressed™ platform, how we use it, and the choices you have. We may update this policy from time to time and will post any changes on this page.

1. Information we collect and how we use it

1.1 Account and profile information

To use the Service you create an account, which requires a display name, a username, an email address, and a password. Your display name and username are public; you may use a real name or a pseudonym. You may optionally add to your public profile:

• A profile photo (avatar)
• A writing level

We use this information to operate your account and provide the community features of the Service. Most activity on BookPressed is public — including your profile, your published chapters, your races and challenge entries, and who you follow. Please consider carefully what you choose to make public.

1.2 Contact information

We use your email address to authenticate your account, keep it secure, help prevent fraud and abuse, and send you account and notification messages (such as password resets, login verification, and alerts about feedback, messages, or activity you’ve subscribed to). You can manage which notifications you receive in your account settings or unsubscribe from non-essential email. If you email us, we keep your message and contact details to respond.

1.3 Content and messages

We store the Content you create on the Service — chapters, feedback, races, challenge entries, profile information, and direct or group messages. We share the content of your messages only with the people you send them to; we do not use your messages to serve advertising. Remember that recipients keep their own copy of messages you send, which may remain available to them even if you delete yours.

1.4 Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data stored on your device. We use a small number of cookies that are necessary to operate the Service:

• Authentication and status — to sign you in and keep you signed in.
• Security — as part of the measures that protect accounts and prevent fraudulent logins.

We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and we do not run third-party analytics or advertising trackers. Some essential features may not work if you disable cookies.

1.5 Technical and security data

To keep the Service secure we process limited technical information, such as your IP address, when you sign in or perform sensitive actions. This is used for security and abuse prevention only — for example, to detect suspicious logins. We do not build advertising or behavioural profiles from this data.

2. Information we share and disclose

2.1 Public information

Information you make public — your profile and the content you publish — can be read, collected, and used by anyone who accesses the Service. Some public information may remain visible even after you close your account. To request removal of specific information, please contact us; in some cases we may be unable to remove it and will tell you why.

2.2 Service providers

We share information with a small number of third parties only as needed to operate the Service, under instructions and safeguards designed to protect your data:

• Stripe — processes Subscription payments. See Stripe’s privacy policy at stripe.com/privacy.
• Cloudflare — protects sign-in and forms from bots and abuse, which involves sending your IP address and a challenge token to Cloudflare. See cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.
• Email delivery and hosting providers — deliver our notification emails and host and back up the Service.

2.3 Links to third-party sites

The Service may link to other websites whose privacy practices differ from ours. Any information you submit to those sites is governed by their policies, not this one. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit.

2.4 Law, harm, and the public interest

We may preserve, use, or disclose your information if we reasonably believe it is necessary to comply with a law or legal process; to protect the safety of any person; to protect the integrity of our platform and prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues; or to protect our rights or property. Nothing in this policy limits any legal defenses or objections you may have to such a request.

2.5 Non-personal information

We may share or disclose aggregated, non-identifying information, such as overall community statistics or the number of views on a piece of content.

3. Accessing and controlling your information

If you have an account, your account settings let you access, correct, and update much of your personal data. You may also:

• Request a copy of your basic account information and the content you have created.
• Request deletion of your account and associated personal data and content. Note that search engines and other third parties may still retain copies of information that was previously public.
• Restrict or object to certain processing, or withdraw consent you previously gave. We may need time to investigate such requests, and some may be limited where fulfilling them would reveal another person’s information or where we are legally required or permitted to retain the data.
• Opt out of non-essential email using the unsubscribe link in any message or your notification settings.

4. How we store and secure information

We use reputable hosting providers and technical measures to protect your data, and passwords are stored only in hashed form. No system is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee that data is absolutely safe from intrusion during transmission or storage.

5. Children

The Service is not directed to children, and you may not create your own account if you are under 18 (or the age of digital consent in your country). The Service offers optional child accounts that may be created and managed only by a consenting parent or guardian; these accounts are limited to the games area and are the responsibility of the managing adult.

6. Online policy only

This policy applies only to information collected through the Service and not to information collected offline.

7. Your consent

By using the Service, you consent to this Privacy Policy.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If a change is material, we will provide notice — by email and/or a prominent notice on the Service — before it takes effect, and update the date at the top of this page. Please review this page periodically.

9. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.