Nectar is run by Thought Kraken (Estonia). This policy says what we store, why, and what you can do about it. Write to thoughtkraken@gmail.com with any question.
What we store
- Your account: email address, nickname, and, if you add them, a password (only as a hash), a bio and a photo.
- Your reading: what you read and when, your place in each Scroll, XP, levels, streaks, quests and achievements.
- What you keep and create: liked ideas, saved Scrolls, Review later, collections, friends, and any Scroll or cover you import.
- Your settings, interface language and time zone offset.
- Technical records: your IP address and the pages you request, in server logs, to keep the service secure and to enforce rate limits.
Why we use it
- To provide the service you signed up for: signing you in, showing your library and recording your progress. This is necessary to perform our agreement with you.
- To keep the service secure and free of abuse, which is our legitimate interest.
We do not sell your data, show advertising or use third-party analytics.
Who can see it
- Your profile is public by default. Anyone, including people without an account, can see your nickname, bio, photo, level, streak, reading totals and achievements. You can limit this to friends under Privacy in Settings.
- Scrolls and collections are seen by whoever you share them with: private ones only by you, friends-only ones by your friends, and public ones by anyone.
- Administrators can see account details to run the service and act on reports, and their actions are recorded in an audit log.
- Our hosting provider (OVHcloud) stores the data, and our email provider ([to be confirmed]) receives your email address to deliver sign-in messages.
Cookies and local storage
We use only the cookies needed to run the service: one keeps your session, and one keeps you signed in if you ask for that. We store your reading settings and, without an account, your reading place in your browser's local storage. Nothing here tracks you across other sites, and pages load nothing from third parties.
How long we keep it
We keep your data until you delete your account. Sessions expire after 14 days. Deleting your account removes your data, including your Scrolls and collections, from the live service at once, and your uploaded images within a few days. Records of administrator actions may remain, without your account details, and server logs and backups are removed as they age out.
Your rights
You can see and correct your details in Settings, download your data, and delete your account, all from Settings. You can also ask us about or object to how we use your data, and, depending on where you live, complain to your data protection authority.
Age
You must be at least 13 years old to create an account.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that affects you, we will say so on the site before it takes effect.