Privacy Policy

WriteTheRest is operated by Alex Lougheed (trading as WriteTheRest). We run a collaborative creative-writing platform where users post prompts, write stories, vote, and comment.

For privacy questions or data requests, contact us via lougheedalex@gmail.com.

• Account data — if you sign in with Discord or Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile image from that provider. We store this in our database to identify your account.
• Content you create — prompts, stories, comments, votes, pen names, and content ratings you submit.
• Feedback — messages you send via our feedback form, plus your account details if you are signed in when you submit.
• Technical data — standard server and hosting logs (for example IP address, browser type, and request timestamps) from our host, Vercel.
• Analytics — we use Vercel Analytics to understand aggregate site usage. See Vercel's analytics privacy information.

• To provide and operate WriteTheRest.
• To display your content to other users as you intend.
• To respond to feedback and support requests.
• To protect the service (for example rate limiting and abuse prevention).
• To improve the site using aggregate analytics.

We process personal data on the following bases:

• Contract — to provide the service when you create an account or post content.
• Legitimate interests — to operate, secure, and improveWriteTheRest, balanced against your rights.
• Consent — where required for optional features or communications (we do not send marketing emails today).

We use the following categories of service providers:

• Authentication — Discord and Google (subject to their privacy policies).
• Hosting — Vercel.
• Database — our PostgreSQL provider (via hosting infrastructure).
• Email — Resend, to deliver feedback messages to us.

We do not sell your personal data.

We keep account and content data while your account exists or while the content remains on the site. Server logs are retained according to our hosts' default periods. You may request deletion by contacting us (see below).

If you are in the UK or EEA, you may have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict, or object to processing of your personal data, and to data portability where applicable. You may also lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

To exercise your rights, contact us via lougheedalex@gmail.com. We will respond within a reasonable time.

WriteTheRest is not directed at children under 16. You must be at least 16 years old to use the service. Some content may be tagged for older audiences; EXPLICIT / NSFW content is intended for users aged 18 and over. We do not verify age electronically — see our Terms of Service.

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version on this page and update the “Last updated” date.