Privacy Policy

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties except in the following circumstances:

• • With Your Consent: When you explicitly agree to share information
• • Service Providers: Trusted partners who help us operate our service
• • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights
• • Business Transfers: In connection with mergers or acquisitions
• • Public Content: Content you choose to make public (novels, reviews, profiles)

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information:

• • Encryption of data in transit and at rest
• • Regular security assessments and updates
• • Access controls and authentication measures
• • Secure hosting infrastructure
• • Regular backups and disaster recovery procedures

Under GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal bases:

• • Contract: Processing necessary to provide ForgeScroll services (account creation, reading, publishing)
• • Consent: For marketing communications, analytics, and non-essential cookies (you can withdraw at any time)
• • Legitimate Interests: Fraud prevention, security, improving platform functionality, and community moderation
• • Legal Obligation: Compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and court orders

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy:

• • Account Data: Retained while your account is active and for 12 months after account deletion (for backup and legal purposes)
• • Reading History: Retained while your account is active; deleted upon account deletion
• • Published Content: Retained as long as the content remains on the platform
• • Payment Records: Retained for 7 years (as required by tax and financial regulations)
• • Support Communications: Retained for 2 years after the last interaction

If you are a resident of the European Union or UK, you have the following rights under GDPR:

• • Right of Access: You can request a copy of all personal data we hold about you
• • Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• • Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your data, subject to certain exceptions (the "Right to be Forgotten")
• • Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to limit how we use your data
• • Right to Data Portability: You can request your data in a machine-readable format for transfer to another service
• • Right to Object: You can object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing
• • Rights Related to Automated Decision Making: You have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing
• • Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@forgescroll.com with your request. We will respond within 30 days.

ForgeScroll is hosted in the United States. When you use ForgeScroll, your personal data may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in countries outside the European Union or UK. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the EU. When we transfer data outside the EU, we implement appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to ensure your data receives adequate protection. By using ForgeScroll, you consent to this transfer of your data outside the EU.

If you believe we have violated your privacy rights or GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. The relevant supervisory authority depends on your country of residence. You can find your country's data protection authority through the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

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