Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

PottyPoet ("we", "us", "our") operates the website at www.pottypoet.com. We are a poetry discovery and publishing platform. If you have questions about this policy, contact us at hello@pottypoet.com.

2. Information We Collect

• Account information: When you sign up, we collect your email address and the pen name you choose.
• Profile information: Any bio, location, website, or social links you optionally add to your poet profile.
• Content: Poems and other content you submit to the platform.
• Usage data: Information about how you interact with the site (poems read, liked, shared) to power features like reading statistics and the Stall of Fame™.
• Technical data: Standard server logs including IP address, browser type, and pages visited.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and operate the PottyPoet platform
• To send you transactional emails (poem approval/rejection notifications, magic-link sign-in)
• To display your public poet profile and poems to other users
• To generate platform statistics and leaderboards
• To improve the site and user experience

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

4. Cookies & Tracking

We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and remember your session. We do not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies. Analytics, if used, are aggregated and anonymised.

5. Data Storage & Security

Your data is stored securely in the cloud. We use industry-standard security measures to protect it. Passwords are never stored — we use magic-link email authentication only.

6. Your Rights

• Access: You can request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction: You can update your profile information at any time from your dashboard.
• Deletion: You can request deletion of your account and associated data by emailing us.
• Portability: You can request an export of your submitted poems.

To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@pottypoet.com.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll notify registered users of material changes by email. Continued use of PottyPoet after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.