Last Updated: May 6, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how GPT4NOVEL ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you use our website gpt4novel.vip and related API services (collectively, the "Service").
Account Information: Name, email address, password (hashed), billing information (payment tokens).
Usage Data: API request logs, timestamps, IP addresses, device/browser information, credit usage.
Cookies & Tracking: Session cookies and analytics cookies to improve Site functionality and performance.
Provide & Maintain the Service: Authentication, billing, credit accounting, and customer support.
Improve User Experience: Analyze usage patterns to optimize performance and user interface.
Communications: Send transactional emails (e.g., receipts, account notifications) and service updates.
Legal Compliance & Security: Prevent fraud, respond to legal requests, and enforce our Terms.
Service Providers: Third-party processors (e.g., payment gateways, hosting providers) under confidentiality obligations.
Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect our rights, users, or the public.
Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, with notice to users.
We retain personal data only as long as necessary to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
Usage logs and billing records are stored for a minimum of one year for auditing and fraud-prevention purposes.
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond in accordance with applicable law.
Our Service is intended for adults only. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 18 years old. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a minor, please contact us to have it deleted.
If you are located outside the jurisdiction where GPT4NOVEL operates, your personal data may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions with different data protection laws. We will take steps to ensure adequate protection of your data.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Updated versions will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.