Effective 21 August 2026
1. The short version
QuillTide is designed around local creative work. Manuscripts, notes, reading records, planning material, and supported project files are stored on your computer unless you deliberately use a connected feature or send information to QuillTide.
QuillTide does not use artificial intelligence, submit your creative work to AI services, sell manuscript content, or use your work to train generative models.
2. Information QuillTide may receive
When you visit the website, hosting and security providers may process ordinary technical information such as an IP address, browser type, requested page, approximate time, and security signals needed to deliver and protect the site.
When purchasing and licensing become available, QuillTide and its checkout or licensing providers may process the transaction, account, device, and licence information needed to complete the purchase, issue your licence, prevent abuse, and provide support. Full payment-card details are handled by the payment provider rather than stored by QuillTide.
If you email QuillTide, request support, or choose a community or sharing feature, QuillTide receives the information you decide to provide through that action.
3. How information is used
Information is used only to provide and secure the website and software, fulfil purchases, manage lifetime licences, deliver requested connected features, respond to support, distribute updates, and meet legal obligations.
QuillTide does not use personal information for behavioural advertising and does not sell personal information.
4. Local projects and connected features
Core creative work is designed to remain local. Online actions—such as update checks, licence activity, optional lookups, purchase links, community links, or sharing tools—are separate and visible. Only information reasonably required for the chosen action should be transmitted.
Do not send private manuscripts, passwords, payment details, or licence keys through ordinary email or Discord unless QuillTide support specifically requests appropriate information through a suitable channel.
5. Providers and international processing
QuillTide may rely on service providers for website hosting, security, checkout, licensing, email, and other operations. They may process limited information on QuillTide’s behalf under their own infrastructure and safeguards. External destinations such as Discord and Ko-fi apply their own privacy terms.
6. Retention and security
Information is kept only for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose for which it was collected, including purchase records, licence administration, support, security, and legal requirements. QuillTide uses reasonable technical and organisational safeguards, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
7. Your choices and rights
You can avoid optional online features and continue using supported local workflows. Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or a copy of certain personal information. Legal exceptions may apply.
To make a privacy request, email [email protected]. QuillTide may need to verify the request before acting on it.
8. Children and changes
QuillTide is not directed to children who cannot legally consent to the processing described here. If you believe a child has provided personal information improperly, contact QuillTide.
This policy may be updated when the product, providers, or legal requirements change. The current version and effective date will remain available on this page.