Privacy Policy

When you create an account on GenTales, we collect the information you provide through our authentication provider (Clerk), including your name, email address, and profile picture. We also collect usage data such as stories you read, like, or bookmark.

• To provide and maintain the GenTales platform
• To personalize your feed and recommendations
• To enable social features (following, likes, bookmarks)
• To track anonymous view counts and engagement metrics
• To communicate with you about your account or service updates

GenTales uses locally-hosted AI models via Ollama for story generation. Your prompts and generated content are processed on our server infrastructure and are not sent to third-party AI providers. Generated stories are stored in our database and associated with your account.

Your data is stored in MongoDB databases with standard security measures. Authentication is handled by Clerk, a trusted third-party authentication provider. We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction.

We use essential cookies required for authentication and session management. We collect anonymous view data using IP-based hashing (your actual IP address is never stored). We do not use third-party advertising trackers.

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated data for analytics purposes. Your public stories and profile information are visible to other users as part of the platform's social features.

• Access and download your personal data
• Update or correct your profile information
• Delete your account and associated data
• Control the visibility of your stories (public/private)

GenTales is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated revision date.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at virajnalbalwar@gmail.com.