Privacy Notice

1. Overview & Local-First Principle

Poetrish (https://www.poetrish.site) is designed from the ground up around a strict local-first, offline-by-default privacy architecture. We believe your manuscripts, drafts, and creative process belong solely to you.

2. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

When you use the Poetrish desktop application on macOS, Windows, or Linux:

• Manuscripts & Library Database: All poems, notebooks, tags, and revision snapshots are stored strictly inside a local SQLite database file on your personal computer.
• Phonetic & Lexical Dictionaries: The CMU Pronouncing Dictionary and WordNet 3.1 database are bundled locally inside the application package. Lookups happen entirely in local memory without network requests.
• Application Preferences & License State: Your visual theme, interface language, trial installation timestamp, and offline license activation status are saved locally in your operating system's application data directory.

3. Website Browsing (`poetrish.site`)

When you visit https://www.poetrish.site (https://poetrish.site):

• No Tracking or Advertising Cookies: We do not use third-party advertising trackers, behavioral profiling pixels, or cross-site analytics cookies.
• Local UI Preferences: The website uses browser localStorage solely to remember your chosen color scheme (Warm Paper or Night Slate) and interface language (`color-scheme` and `poetrish_site_locale`).
• Standard Server Logs: Our static hosting provider processes standard, ephemeral HTTP request metadata (such as IP address and user-agent string) solely to deliver static files and protect against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.

4. Payment Processing & Checkout Data (Paddle.com)

When you initiate a purchase on our website, the checkout overlay and payment processing are handled by our Merchant of Record, Paddle.com:

• Data Collected by Paddle: To process your order, issue tax-compliant invoices, prevent fraud, and deliver your license key, Paddle collects your email address, billing name, country/postal code, and payment method details.
• No Credit Card Storage by Poetrish: Poetrish never sees, processes, or stores your credit card number, bank account details, or raw payment credentials.
• Paddle's Privacy Practices: Paddle acts as an independent data controller for transaction and tax compliance records. You can review Paddle's Privacy Policy directly at https://www.paddle.com/legal/privacy.

5. Customer Support Communications

If you contact us directly via email at [email protected], we will use your email address and any information you voluntarily provide solely to respond to your inquiry, resolve technical issues, or assist with license management. We never sell, rent, or share your email address with third-party marketers.

6. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA, LGPD)

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data associated with your purchase or support inquiries (subject to mandatory tax and accounting retention laws applicable to our Merchant of Record, Paddle). To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected].

7. Contact Controller

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Notice or our data practices, please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.poetrish.site