Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 31, 2025

Welcome to Textpress ("Textpress," "we," "us," or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services, including our command-line tool (collectively, the "Service").

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using the Service, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Service.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Service includes:

  • Account Creation and Authentication: If you create an account directly with Textpress, we collect your email address, a username, and optionally a password. If you choose to register or log in using a third-party authentication service (e.g., GitHub, Google, Apple), we will receive certain profile information about you from that provider. This may include your name, email address, profile picture, and a unique identifier from the third-party service. The specific information we receive depends on your privacy settings with that third-party service and the permissions you grant. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.

  • Profile Information: You may choose to provide us with additional information for your user profile, such as an account name, links to your websites or social media profiles, or other descriptive information.

  • User Content: We collect all information, data, text, images, or other materials that you choose to publish, post, or otherwise share on or through the Service ("User Content"). Please remember that any User Content you publish may become publicly accessible.

  • Communications: If you contact us directly (e.g., for support), we may collect your name, email address, and the contents of your communications.

  • Billing Information: If you engage in transactions that require payment (e.g., for premium features or subscriptions), we use a third-party payment processor (e.g., Stripe) to collect and process your payment information.

    We do not directly collect or store your full credit card numbers or other sensitive payment details. Our third-party payment processor will collect information necessary for the transaction, such as your name, credit card information, billing address, and email address. We may receive limited information from the payment processor, such as the last four digits of your card, transaction confirmation, subscription status, and billing contact information (excluding full payment details). We encourage you to review the privacy policy of our payment processor.

  • Log and Usage Data: Like most websites and online services, we may automatically collect log files and usage data when you access and use the Service. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring/exit pages, pages viewed, access times, and other usage statistics.

  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interaction with our Service, to remember your preferences, and for security and analytics purposes. You can typically control cookie settings through your browser.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To provide, operate, maintain, and improve our Service.

  • To create and manage your account, and authenticate your access.

  • To process your transactions and manage your subscriptions (facilitated by our third-party payment processor).

  • To communicate with you, including responding to your comments, questions, and requests; providing customer service and support; and sending you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages.

  • To send you marketing and promotional communications (where permitted by law and with your consent, if required), with the option to opt-out.

  • To personalize and improve your experience on the Service.

  • To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Service.

  • To enforce our Terms of Service and other policies.

  • For security purposes, to prevent fraud and abuse.

  • To comply with legal obligations.

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

We may share your information in the following situations:

  • User Content: Your User Content, by its nature, is shared publicly or with the audience you designate when you publish it through the Service.

  • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing by Stripe, website hosting, data analytics, email delivery, customer support). These service providers are authorized to use your personal information only as necessary to provide these services to us and are obligated to protect your information.

  • Third-Party Authentication Services: If you log in or connect to our Service through a third-party service (e.g., Google, GitHub, Apple), we may share basic account information with that service to facilitate the connection.

  • Legal Obligations and Rights Protection: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) comply with a legal obligation, (e.g., subpoena or court order); (b) protect and defend our rights or property; (c) prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; or (d) protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.

  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.

  • With Your Consent: We may share your information with your consent or at your direction.

  • Aggregated or De-identified Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you, for various purposes, including research and analysis.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to help personalize your experience, analyze site traffic, understand user preferences, and improve our Service. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device until you delete them).

5. Data Security

We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, please be aware that no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service, and as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. User Content you publish may remain publicly available even after your account is terminated, subject to our Terms of Service and your rights.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include:

  • Accessing and Updating Your Information: You can typically review and update your account and profile information by logging into your account settings.

  • Managing User Content: You may be able to edit or delete User Content you have published, subject to the terms of our Service.

  • Opting Out of Marketing Communications: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails from us by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in those emails or by contacting us.

  • Cookie Controls: Most web browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences.

  • "Do Not Track": Our Service does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" (DNT) signals from browsers.

  • Residents of California (CalOPPA/CCPA/CPRA): You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, as well as the categories of sources from which such information is collected, the purpose for collecting such information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share such information. You also have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions. To exercise these rights, please contact us. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

  • Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), UK, and Switzerland (GDPR/UK GDPR): If you are a resident of these regions, you have the right to access, rectify, or erase your personal data, as well as the right to data portability and the right to restrict or object to certain processing of your personal data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, please contact us.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us at the details provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to individuals under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions like the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under these ages. If we become aware that a child under the relevant age has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

9. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. For transfers of personal data from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we may rely on mechanisms like Standard Contractual Clauses.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. For material changes, we may also provide notice to you through email or a prominent notice on our Service. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: privacy@textpress.md