🔐 Privacy Policy

1. What We Collect

To offer you the best retro character generation experience, we may collect the following:

• Account Information: When you sign up (e.g., via Google Sign-In), we receive your email address, display name, and profile picture as provided by the authentication service.
• Uploaded Images: Images you upload are processed by our AI to generate your retro character. These are stored temporarily for generation and then, if you save your result, associated with your account history.
• Generated Content: The pixel art images and character descriptions created by our AI based on your inputs.
• Quiz/Personality Inputs: Your selections in quizzes or answers to personality tests used to tailor character generation.
• Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our service, such as features used, pages visited, and generation parameters. This is done through standard web analytics (e.g., Vercel Analytics).
• Payment Information: If you purchase tokens or subscribe, our payment processor (Stripe) collects and processes your payment details. We do not store your full credit card information on our servers.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To Provide the Service: To authenticate you, generate your retro characters, manage your account, tokens, and image history.
• To Improve Our Service: Analyzing usage data helps us understand what features are popular, identify areas for improvement, and enhance the AI models.
• Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries and provide assistance.
• Communication: To send you important service-related notifications (e.g., updates to terms, security alerts). We will only send marketing communications if you opt-in.
• Payment Processing: To process your token purchases and subscriptions via Stripe.

3. Data Storage, Security, and Sharing

Storage: Your account data, generated history (including images you choose to save), and related metadata are stored securely using Firebase services. Uploaded images used for generation are typically processed and not stored long-term unless they become part of your saved history.

Security: We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data. However, no online service can be 100% secure.

Third-Party Services:

• Firebase (Google): Used for authentication, database, and storage.
• Stripe: Used for payment processing.
• Vercel: Used for hosting and analytics.
• OpenAI (or similar AI providers): Used for image and text generation. Data sent to these services is subject to their respective privacy policies. We aim to send only necessary data for generation.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized or aggregated data for research or service improvement.

4. Your Rights and Choices

• Access & Correction: You can access and update most of your account information through your account settings (if available) or by contacting us.
• Deletion: You can delete images from your history. To request full account deletion, please contact us.
• Image Visibility: You control the public/private status of your generated images shown in your history.
• Cookies: Our site may use essential cookies for functionality (e.g., session management). Vercel Analytics is privacy-focused and does not use invasive tracking cookies.

5. Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or a higher age threshold depending on your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on our site or through other communication.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:retrogameme@email.com