Privacy Policy

Who We Are

This Privacy Policy describes how FirstReader LLC ("we," "us," or "FirstReader™") collects, uses, and protects information about you. FirstReader is a South Carolina limited liability company.

What We Collect

FirstReader does not collect personally identifying data outside of the account credentials you use to sign in. When you upload a manuscript, we store the manuscript text, metadata you provide (title, genre, POV mode, character list), and the analysis results FirstReader generates.

FirstReader may collect IP addresses, browser strings, page paths, clicks and visits, browser and session data, and date and time of visit from its website visitors. FirstReader uses Google Analytics on its website to collect visitor data, including sessions, views, events, conversions, changes in clicks and visits, session channel groups and visitor sources (i.e., how people find and access our website), page paths, date of visit, country, region, city, event names, day of week of visit, and level link clicks, as well as other information or data about use of our website. The information obtained by FirstReader through Google Analytics is aggregated, anonymized data, and FirstReader does not use Google Analytics to obtain any personally identifying information. Information obtained through Google Analytics is transmitted by Google and subject to Google's data privacy policies.

How We Use Your Data

• Manuscript text is sent to our AI analysis provider for processing. Your manuscript is processed and the response is stored. We do not read, share, or sell your manuscript to anyone.
• Analysis results are stored so you can access your reports at any time while service remains available.
• Email address is used for account access, password resets, and occasional product updates. We will never sell your email or share it with third parties for their marketing purposes.
• Payment information is handled entirely by Stripe. We never see or store your credit card number.

Your Manuscript is Yours

To the extent permitted under applicable law, you retain full ownership and copyright of your manuscript at all times. Uploading to FirstReader does not grant us any rights to your work beyond the limited, process-only license described in our Terms of Service.

AI Training: Our Commitment

FirstReader does not use your manuscripts to train AI models — our own or any third party's — now or in the future, without your express separate written consent.

We also take reasonable steps to ensure our AI partners do not use API inputs (your manuscript text and our prompts) to train their models.

Data Storage, Retention, and Deletion

We store your manuscripts and analysis results in a secure database. When you delete a manuscript from your account, all associated data is permanently removed: the manuscript text, scene content, analysis results, character data, and any generated reports. This deletion is irreversible.

If you delete your account, all manuscripts, reports, and personal data are permanently deleted.

Inactive account purge. If you do not sign in to your account for 24 consecutive months, we may delete your account and all associated data. We will send a reminder email to the address on file before permanent deletion. Signing in at any point during the notice window resets the inactivity clock.

Your Rights

Regardless of where you live, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Delete your data (by deleting manuscripts, reports, or your entire account).
• Export your reports in a machine-readable format (available in-app).
• Withdraw consent for processing where consent is the basis.
• Object to or restrict processing in certain circumstances.

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@firstreader.app.

If you are a resident of the European Union, the United Kingdom, or California, you have additional rights under the GDPR, UK GDPR, or CCPA, including the right to data portability and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (such as your national data protection authority or the California Attorney General). If you wish to exercise any location-based privacy rights, please submit a request to FirstReader by contacting us directly. Please keep in mind that we may require additional information from you to verify that you are the rightful owner of the personal data you wish to access.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

Third-Party Services

By using FirstReader, you consent to the following limited use of your data by parties other than FirstReader:

• Anthropic (Claude API) processes your manuscript text to generate analysis. Anthropic does not use API inputs to train their models. API inputs may be retained by Anthropic for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring, then deleted.
• Supabase provides authentication, database, and file storage.
• Stripe processes payments. FirstReader never sees your payment data, and Stripe maintains its own Privacy Policy to which you consent by using the service.
• Vercel hosts the web application.
• Resend delivers transactional emails (account confirmations, password resets, report notifications).

International Data Transfers

FirstReader is a US-based company, meaning your data may be internally transferred, stored and processed within the United States as well as any other locations where FirstReader operates and/or performs services. Further, FirstReader may transfer, process or store your data to its service providers, contractors or vendors which may be located within the United States or elsewhere around the world. This means that FirstReader may transfer, store and/or process your personal data outside of your country of residence (or outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") for individuals living within the EEA, UK or Switzerland). Any such data transfers shall be made in compliance with any applicable laws as they apply to FirstReader in its collection, use or transfer of your personal data. FirstReader has implemented adequate safeguards to protect your personal data in accordance with this Policy and such applicable laws.

Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication (keeping you logged in) and session management. We also use cookies to help understand how visitors use our website so that we can improve our offerings, make our website more accessible, and for tracking analytics.

Children's Privacy

FirstReader's Terms of Service require users to be at least 16. If we learn that we have collected information from a child under 16, we will delete it promptly.

Copyright Matters

For DMCA takedown notices and copyright-related inquiries, see our Copyright & DMCA Policy.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the service evolves. Significant changes will be communicated via email at least 14 days before they take effect, where practicable. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Contact us at privacy@firstreader.app.

FirstReader LLC
6650 Rivers Ave., Suite 100
Charleston, SC 29406