Privacy

What we keep

• Your name, username, email address and password. The password is scrambled (hashed) so nobody, including us, can read it.
• Anything you add to your profile: bio, photo and Top 5.
• What you do on InkCast: castings, books and characters you add, likes, favourites, friends, votes, badges, quotes and any photos you upload.
• Reports you send us, such as “Looks wrong?” flags on characters.

Why we keep it

Only to run InkCast: to sign you in, show your castings and profile, connect you with friends, and send you emails about your account (like password resets). We don't sell your data, show ads, or use tracking or advertising cookies.

What other people can see

Your profile, your public castings, and the books and characters you add can be seen by anyone. Private castings are only visible to you. Your email address is never shown to other readers.

Who helps us run InkCast

We use a few services to host the site, and they store data for us:

• Vercel runs the website and stores uploaded photos.
• Turso holds the database.
• Resend sends our emails.
• GitHub keeps an encrypted backup copy.
• TMDB (The Movie Database) provides actor names and photos. When you search for an actor, your search words are sent to TMDB.
• Open Library provides book details when you search for a book.

Some of these services are based outside the UK, mainly in the United States.

Cookies and your browser

We use one cookie to keep you signed in. Your browser also remembers a few small things for you, such as which spoilers you've revealed and which badges you've already seen. None of this is used for tracking.

How long we keep it

Until you delete your account. Encrypted backups are kept for a short time so we can recover from mistakes, then replaced.

Your choices

• Change your name, username, email or password in Settings.
• Delete your account in Settings. Your castings, likes, favourites, friends and badges are deleted. Books and characters you added stay so other readers' castings still work.
• Ask for a copy of your data, or ask us anything about privacy, at hello@inkcast.app.

If you're in the UK and unhappy with how we handle your data, you can also contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Age

InkCast is for people aged 13 and over.

Changes

If we change this page in a way that matters, we'll say so on InkCast.