1. Who is responsible
Novellore is currently operated by Ryan Hindman as an individual. In this notice, “we” means Ryan Hindman, operating Novellore. Questions and privacy requests can be sent to support@novellore.app.
This notice covers the Novellore marketing website, closed beta applications, support and feedback, and the Novellore closed beta service. Visiting the website does not create a beta account or grant access.
3. Why we use it
We use applications to assess fit for the beta, manage invitations and communicate about your application. We use account and project information to authenticate you, provide and maintain your workspace, save and retrieve your content, respond to support requests and protect the service. Feedback helps us identify problems and improve Novellore.
Application and beta emails concern access, support, feedback and important service notices. Applying does not subscribe you to a promotional mailing list. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we rely on steps you request before an agreement and performance of that agreement for applications and the service; legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving the service where those interests are not overridden by your rights; legal obligations where required; and consent for activities that need separate permission, such as an interview recording.
4. Your writing, AI and access
You retain ownership of your writing and project content. We process it to provide the service; submitting it does not give us permission to publish your work, use it in marketing or claim ownership.
Novellore currently has no generative AI features. We do not use your project content to train generative AI models. Lore Audit checks supported structural rules; it does not write your story or replace your judgment.
Service administration and support can require access to stored information. Access should be limited to what is needed for the task. We will ask before deliberately reviewing private project content for routine support; security incidents, legal requirements or essential service recovery can require access without advance permission. Do not treat Novellore as end-to-end encrypted or assume that only you can technically access stored content.
5. Providers and other disclosures
The marketing site is hosted through Replit. Application submissions go to Formspree, which processes and stores them and sends notifications to our beta inbox. Email services also process those notification copies and correspondence. The beta uses Replit hosting and managed database and object storage, and Replit-managed Clerk for sign-in. Browser storage also holds local project data and images.
These providers process information to operate their services, including authentication, hosting, storage, delivery and abuse prevention. Provider privacy notices describe their own processing; information processed on our behalf is also governed by the relevant service agreements, including data-processing terms where applicable. See Formspree’s privacy notice, Replit’s privacy notice and Clerk’s privacy notice.
We may disclose information when legally required, to address fraud or security incidents, or to protect lawful rights. A change in the business operator may require a transfer of service records. We would give notice of the new responsible operator and relevant privacy changes; such a transfer is not permission to publish your writing or disregard existing privacy commitments.
6. Browser storage and cookies
The marketing site’s own code does not add advertising trackers or analytics cookies. Hosting and form services may still process technical information. Following an external link takes you to that provider’s website.
The beta uses sign-in technologies and browser storage, including local storage and IndexedDB, to support sessions and save local project information and images. Signing out does not necessarily erase locally saved data. Use a device you trust; clearing browser data can remove local work that has not been backed up or synced.
7. Retention and deletion
We delete applications that are not accepted within 90 days of a decision. Pending applications are kept while actively under review; you can withdraw yours at any time. Approved tester applications are kept through the closed beta and deleted within 90 days after it ends, unless you request earlier deletion or a limited legal or security reason requires us to retain particular records.
Beta account and project records are kept while needed to provide your workspace. You can request account or project deletion by email. Removing a project is not necessarily the same as removing your sign-in account, support correspondence, stored images, local browser copies or provider backups. We will explain the scope of your request and any remaining copies or retention requirements.
Deletion requests apply to records we control, including relevant form submissions and inbox copies. Provider logs and backups may persist until their retention cycles expire; we cannot promise an immediate wipe of every copy. We retain only what is necessary for applicable legal obligations, security or disputes, restrict its use, and remove it when that reason ends. Keep an independent copy of your writing and use available export tools before requesting deletion.
8. Your choices and rights
Email support@novellore.app to withdraw an application, request access to or correction of your information, request deletion, or raise a privacy concern. Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may also have rights to portability, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent or a complaint to a data protection authority.
We may need to verify that a request concerns your information, using only information reasonably needed to do so. We will respond within applicable legal time limits. Withdrawing consent does not undo processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Essential service communications may still be needed while you use the beta.
Declining an interview does not affect beta eligibility. Permission to record an interview is separate from permission to publish a quotation, testimonial, name, image, recording or project example. We will ask about each intended public use.
9. Security and international processing
We use reasonable safeguards appropriate to the information and service, but no online service or storage system is completely secure. Do not include passwords or highly sensitive personal information in an application or support message.
Our providers may process information outside your country, including in the United States, where legal protections may differ. Where applicable law requires safeguards for a transfer, those safeguards must be in place. We do not promise a particular storage region or that data never leaves your country.
10. Age limit and changes
The closed beta and its application are for people aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly solicit applications from children. Contact us if you believe a child has submitted information so we can address it.
We will date revisions to this notice and give appropriate notice of material changes, using email for beta participants when relevant. If a new use requires consent, we will ask before starting it. A future company becoming the operator will be identified rather than silently replacing the person responsible.
Questions? support@novellore.app
