Privacy Notice

What information we collect and why

• Information we collect: Author Bear does not require an account and does not ask for your name or email. We keep anonymous counters of how often each feature is used, and rate limiting identifies requests by IP address.
• Why we collect it: We collect this information to provide and improve our services, to process transactions, and to communicate with you about your account and our offerings.
• Legal basis: We process your data based on your consent, the necessity of processing for a contract, or our legitimate interests in providing and improving our services.

How we use and share your information

• Internal use: We use your information to personalize your experience, analyze service performance, and prevent fraud.
• Third parties: We may share information with third-party service providers who help us operate our services. Author Bear is hosted by AWS (Amazon Web Services) and serves ads through Google AdSense. We only share data as necessary to fulfill our services or as required by law.
• Business transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the new entity.

Your rights and choices

• Access and correction: You have the right to ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to request corrections to any inaccurate data.
• Deletion: You can request the deletion of your personal information where it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
• Withdrawal of consent: You can withdraw your consent for data processing at any time.
• Other rights: Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to object to processing or request that we restrict the processing of your information.

Data security and retention

• Security: We use security measures that comply with federal law, including computer safeguards and secured files, to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use.
• Retention: We will only retain your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

Advertising and cookies

This website uses Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads on this website based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, and learn more about how Google uses your data at Google's privacy policy. This site honors the Do Not Track signal where applicable.

How to contact us

Data Controller: ECMorgan LLC is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, please contact ECMorgan LLC.