Privacy Policy

    Last updated: 5/20/2025

    1. Introduction

    Welcome to Novelyst. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

    2. Data We Collect

    We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

    • Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
    • Contact Data includes email address and telephone numbers.
    • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
    • Profile Data includes your username and password, your interests, preferences, feedback, and survey responses.
    • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products, and services.
    • Creative Content includes novels, writings, exercises, and other creative content that you create using our platform.

    3. How We Use Your Data

    We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

    • To register you as a new customer.
    • To process and deliver your orders.
    • To manage our relationship with you.
    • To improve our website, products/services, marketing, or customer relationships.
    • To recommend products or services that may be of interest to you.
    • To analyze usage patterns and optimize user experience.

    4. Data Security

    We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

    5. Data Retention

    We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

    6. Your Legal Rights

    Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

    • The right to request access to your personal data.
    • The right to request correction of your personal data.
    • The right to request erasure of your personal data.
    • The right to object to processing of your personal data.
    • The right to request restriction of processing your personal data.
    • The right to request transfer of your personal data.
    • The right to withdraw consent.

    7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

    We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "last updated" date at the top of this privacy policy.

    8. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

    Email: privacy@novelyst.com
    Address: 123 Writing Lane, Author City, AC 12345