Privacy Policy

TaleCompiler turns a script into a story you can interrupt. This page says exactly what that involves for your data. It is short because the service collects little.

Who we are

TaleCompiler is an independent project, currently in alpha. For anything on this page, contact crystal.ho@talecompiler.com.

What we collect

• Account. If you sign in with Google we receive your Google account identifier, email address and display name. If you read without signing in, we create an anonymous session with a random identifier and no personal details attached.
• Release-date sign-up. If you sign up, we store the email address you enter so we can tell you when independent story conversion is released.
• Feedback you send. If you use “Report a bug” or answer “Send feedback” on a story, we store your rating, the topic you picked, any message you write, and which story and line you were on.
• Reading progress. How far you have read in each story and how you have used interrupts.
• Saved sessions, only if you ask. The “Save progress” box is off by default. With it on, we store how your interrupts changed the story so you can pick up where you left off. Turning it off deletes what was stored. This is available to signed-in accounts only.
• What you type into a story. The words you type are sent to the AI providers below to write a reply. We also keep a copy for the story’s author, with the line you interrupted, so writers can see where readers engage. The author sees what was said, not who said it. In a shared room your words are also stored with that room, because other members are shown what was said.
• Scripts you upload and the story files generated from them, if you publish a story.
• Rooms. Which rooms you joined, the character you chose, and how the story changed while you were there.
• Ordinary server logs kept by our host, including IP address and request times.

What we do not collect

No advertising trackers, no analytics scripts, no third-party cookies, and no payment details — nothing is for sale. We do not sell or rent anything we hold to anyone.

Who else sees it

Writing a story around what you type means sending it to a service that can write. When you interrupt, we send your words and the part of the story needed to write the reply. We send no account details with it — the provider does not receive your name, email or identifier.

• AI model providers, which write the replies. Each processes the text under its own terms and privacy policy.
• Our database, sign-in and storage provider, which holds what this page says we keep.
• Our hosting provider, which runs the site.
• Google, for sign-in, if you choose to sign in with Google.

We will tell you which companies these are if you ask at crystal.ho@talecompiler.com.

These providers are in the United States and elsewhere, so using TaleCompiler means your text is processed outside your country.

How long we keep it

• Anonymous sessions and everything attached to them are deleted about 30 days after they stop being used.
• Release-date sign-ups stay until launch or until you ask us to remove yours. They are not deleted with an anonymous session.
• Feedback stays until we have acted on it or you ask us to remove it. It is not deleted with an anonymous session.
• Saved sessions stay until you untick “Save progress”, which deletes them, or until you ask us to remove your account.
• Stories you publish and their files stay until you delete the story.
• What was said in a room is deleted with the room.

Your choices

• Read without an account. An anonymous session keeps no personal details at all.
• Leave “Save progress” off, and nothing you do while reading is written down.
• Delete a story you published, which deletes its files.
• Ask us for a copy of what we hold about you, or to delete it, at crystal.ho@talecompiler.com. Depending on where you live you may have a legal right to both; we will honour the request either way.

Children

TaleCompiler is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has signed up, write to us and we will remove the account.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top. While the service is in alpha it is likely to change; material changes will be announced on the site.

See also the Terms of Service.