PET TALES AI PRIVACY POLICY

👋 Quick & Honest Version

We're all about making fun Pet Tales and suggesting awesome products for your pets! To do that, we need to collect some info about you and your furry friends. We promise to be upfront about what we collect and how we use it. If you're not cool with that, please don't use our service. 💖

1. Hello and Welcome! 🐶

Hey there! Pet Tales AI ("we," "us," or "our") loves your privacy. This policy explains how we handle your info when you use our website and app (the "Services"). By using Pet Tales AI, you're agreeing to this policy. If you don't agree, please don't use our stuff.

Also, check out our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy!

🚨 Important! 🚨 If you're worried about how we might use your info (like for AI training or product recommendations), please don't use our service or upload any content. We need to use data to make Pet Tales awesome and suggest products your pets might love!

2. What Info We Sniff Out 🐾

We collect a few types of info:

2.1 Info You Give Us Directly

• Dashboard Info: Email, username, and password when you sign up.
• Profile Info: Your name, profile pic, and pet details (name, breed, age, personality).
• User Content: Pet videos you upload, plus any descriptions or tags.
• Communications: What you tell us when you contact support or report a problem.
• Survey Responses: Your answers to surveys or feedback requests.
• Purchase Activity: Products you buy through our affiliate recommendations.

2.2 Info We Grab Automatically

We automatically collect some info when you use our Services:

• Device Info: IP address, device type, operating system, browser, etc.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, features used, time spent, clicks, scrolling, confession styles chosen, etc.
• Video Analysis Data: Technical stuff from processing your pet videos:
  • Pet species/breeds identification, movement patterns, environmental context
  • Behavioral analysis (playing, eating, sleeping, etc.) for both stories and product recommendations
  • Visual features for Pet Tale generation and product matching
  • Technical metadata (resolution, frame rate, lighting)
  • Performance metrics for story and recommendation generation
  • Image and video processing parameters
• Product Interaction Data: Which products you view, click, or purchase through our recommendations
• Third-Party AI Processing: When we use other AI services, they might collect technical data too.
• Location Info: General location from your IP address.
• Cookies: Info collected through cookies (see our Cookie Policy).

2.3 Info from Other Pals

We might get info from:

• Social Media: If you link your account, we might get your username and profile info.
• Analytics and Service Providers: They help us improve our Services.
• Affiliate Partners: Purchase confirmation and product performance data when you buy recommended products.

3. How We Use Your Info 🛠️

We use your info to:

3.1 Make the Service Awesome

• Create and manage your dashboard
• Generate AI Pet Tales in your chosen confession style
• Analyze pet behavior to suggest relevant products
• Personalize your experience and recommendations
• Develop new confession styles and features
• Fix technical issues
• Improve our AI story generation and product recommendation systems

3.2 Product Recommendations & Affiliate Program

• Analyze your pet's behavior in videos to suggest relevant products
• Process affiliate commissions when you purchase recommended items
• Track recommendation performance and effectiveness
• Personalize product suggestions based on your pet's activities
• Improve our recommendation algorithms

3.3 Analytics and Research

• Understand how you use our Services and which confession styles are popular
• Monitor performance of stories and product recommendations
• Improve our AI algorithms and recommendation engines
• Generate insights about pet behaviors and product preferences

3.4 Communications

• Respond to your questions
• Send important updates about new features or confession styles
• Provide customer support
• Send promotional stuff about products or features (if you're into that)

3.5 Legal Stuff

• Comply with laws
• Enforce our Terms
• Prevent fraud
• Protect our rights

3.6 Business and Commercial Uses

Amazon Affiliate Program Data Processing:We process your data for affiliate marketing purposes through our participation in the Amazon Associates Program:

• Behavioral Analysis: We analyze pet behaviors in uploaded videos to generate product recommendations
• Affiliate Link Tracking: We track clicks on Amazon affiliate links to measure recommendation effectiveness and process commissions
• Purchase Attribution: We receive confirmation from Amazon when purchases are made through our affiliate links (without personal purchase details)
• Performance Analytics: We analyze which product categories and recommendations generate user engagement

Data Shared with Amazon:

• Anonymized click-through data for commission processing
• General geographic location for tax and compliance purposes
• Device and browser information for fraud prevention
• Aggregated user engagement statistics (no personally identifiable information)

Data We Do NOT Share with Amazon:

• Your personal videos or Pet Tales content
• Individual user profiles or personal information
• Detailed purchase histories or shopping behaviors
• Any data not required for affiliate program compliance

Anonymized Data Insights (Updated):We create anonymized insights about pet behavior and product preferences that we may share with:

• Pet industry companies (for market research)
• Amazon (for affiliate program compliance and optimization)
• Research institutions (for pet behavior studies)

3.7 AI Training

We use your videos, Pet Tales, and interaction data to train our AI. This helps us make better stories, recognize pet behaviors, and improve product recommendations.

🚨 Important! 🚨 Our service depends on using your content for AI training and recommendation improvement. If you don't want us to use your content for this, please don't use our service.

4. Who We Share Your Info With 🤝

We might share your info:

4.1 With Your Okay

If you give us permission, like sharing your Pet Tales publicly in our community.

4.2 Service Providers

We share with vendors who help us, like:

• Cloud storage (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud)
• Analytics (Google Analytics)
• Customer support platforms
• Email delivery (SendGrid)
• Payment processors and affiliate networks
• AI service providers for video analysis and story generation

They can only use your info to help us and must keep it safe.

4.3 Amazon Associates Program Partners

Commission Processing Data Sharing:We share specific data with Amazon to comply with the Amazon Associates Program:

• Affiliate link click timestamps and referral codes
• Product recommendation performance metrics
• Geographic location data (country/region level only)
• Device information for fraud prevention

Legal Basis for Sharing:This data sharing is necessary for:

• Processing affiliate commissions (legitimate business interest)
• Complying with Amazon Associates Program requirements (legal obligation)
• Preventing fraud and abuse (legitimate business interest)

Amazon's Data Handling:Amazon's use of shared data is governed by their Privacy Policy and the Amazon Associates Program Operating Agreement. Amazon may use this data for their own business purposes, including improving their services and preventing fraud.

4.4 Business Transfers

If we merge or sell the company, your info might be transferred.

4.5 Legal Requirements

If the law tells us to, we'll share your info to:

• Comply with legal stuff
• Protect our rights
• Protect users' safety
• Investigate fraud

4.6 Aggregated, Anonymous Info

We might share anonymous data with third parties for research, marketing, or product development.

When we share this data:

• We remove all personal identifiers
• We prevent re-identification
• We prohibit recipients from trying to re-identify anyone

5. How Long We Keep Your Info ⏳

We keep your info as long as you have an active account, and for a bit after that, unless the law says otherwise.

5.1 User Content

• Active Accounts: We keep your pet profiles, videos, and Pet Tales while your account is active.
• Pet Tale Deletion: If you delete a Pet Tale, it's removed from public view and deleted from our systems within 30 days.
• Pet Profile Deletion: Deleting a pet profile deletes all associated Pet Tales within 30 days.
• Inactive Accounts: We might delete your content if your account is inactive for a while.
• Backups: Your content might stay in our backups for up to 90 days.
• Exceptions: We might keep some info to:
  • Comply with laws
  • Resolve disputes
  • Enforce our Terms
  • Prevent fraud
  • Maintain recommendation algorithm performance

5.2 Product Interaction Data

• Purchase history and recommendation interactions are kept for business purposes
• Anonymized product preference data may be retained indefinitely for algorithm improvement

5.3 Derived Data

We might keep anonymous, aggregated data forever:

• Statistical models
• Behavior trends and product preferences
• Pattern recognition systems
• AI performance metrics
• Recommendation effectiveness data

5.4 Deletion Process

When you delete stuff, we:

1. Remove it from public view
2. Mark it for deletion
3. Delete it from active storage within 30 days
4. Let it expire from backups within 90 days
5. Verify deletion

6. Your Rights and Choices 🦴

You have rights about your info!

6.1 Access and Update

You can update your profile and pet info in your dashboard settings:

• Update profile info
• Manage pet profiles
• Control Pet Tale privacy
• Manage Pet Tales
• Control notifications
• Manage product recommendation preferences

6.2 Data Portability

Email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com to get a copy of your data.

6.3 Content Deletion

You can delete content from your dashboard:

• Delete a Pet Tale: Deletes it from public view and our systems within 30 days.
• Delete a Pet Profile: Deletes all associated Pet Tales within 30 days.

We'll stop using deleted content for AI training and product recommendations.

6.4 Object to Processing

Email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com to object to how we use your info.

6.5 Consent Management

Manage your consent in your dashboard settings:

• Marketing preferences
• Community visibility
• Product recommendation preferences
• Third-party integrations

6.6 Opt-Out of Communications

Unsubscribe from emails or adjust your notification preferences.

6.8 Do Not Track

We don't respond to "Do Not Track" signals.

6.9 Regional Privacy Rights

You might have extra rights depending on where you live:

6.9.1 California Residents

You have rights under the CCPA/CPRA:

• Right to know what info we collect
• Right to delete info
• Right to opt-out of the sale of info
• Right to non-discrimination

Email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com to exercise these rights.

6.9.2 EEA, UK, and Similar Jurisdictions

You have rights under the GDPR:

• Right to access data
• Right to correct data
• Right to erase data
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to processing
• Right to complain to a supervisory authority

Email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com to exercise these rights.

7. Kids' Privacy 🧸

Our Services are not for kids under 18. We don't knowingly collect their info. If we do, we'll delete it. If you think we have a kid's info, email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com.

8. How We Protect Your Info 🛡️

We try our best to keep your info safe:

• Encryption in transit (TLS/SSL)
• Encryption at rest (AES-256)
• Regular security assessments
• Access controls
• Security training for our team
• Monitoring systems
• Incident response procedures
• Secure affiliate payment processing

But the internet isn't perfectly secure, so use our Services at your own risk.

We'll notify you if there's a data breach.

9. International Data Transfers 🌍

We're based in the US, so your info might be transferred there. By using our Services, you agree to this.

9.1 Safeguards

If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we'll protect your info with:

• Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)
• Binding Corporate Rules
• Adequacy decisions
• Technical and organizational measures
• Contractual provisions

Email us at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com for more info.

10. Third-Party AI & Services 🤖

We use third-party AI and services to generate Pet Tales and recommend products:

10.1 Use of AI Services

We use AI for:

• Video analysis and behavioral understanding
• Pet Tale generation in different confession styles
• Product recommendation matching
• Content moderation

10.2 Data Sharing

Your videos might be processed by these AI systems. They might use anonymized data to improve their services, but we maintain control over our proprietary workflows and prompts.

10.3 Our Relationship

We license these AI technologies and affiliate networks, but we own our specific implementation, workflows, and confession-style formats.

10.4 Selection Criteria

We choose AI providers and affiliate partners based on their technology, security, data protection practices, and product quality.

11. Third-Party Links 🔗

We might link to other websites or include affiliate links to product retailers. We're not responsible for their privacy practices. Check their policies before using them.

When you click affiliate links, you may be tracked by the retailer for commission purposes.

12. Copyright 📝

12.1 Your Content

You own your videos. Our use is governed by our Terms of Service.

12.2 Our Content

We don't own the underlying AI technology, but we own our implementation, prompts, workflows, confession-style formats, and platform design.

12.3 Claims

Email our Copyright Agent at rpc@financialplanner-ai.com if you think something infringes your copyright.

12.4 Preservation

We might preserve content for legal purposes.

13. Changes to This Policy ✍️

We might update this policy. We'll notify you by email or on our website 30 days before changes take effect.

By using our Services after the changes, you agree to the new policy.

14. Contact Us 📧

If you have questions, contact us:

Final Thoughts 💭

We hope this policy is clear and helpful! We're committed to protecting your privacy while making Pet Tales awesome and helping you find great products for your pets. Thanks for being part of our community! 🎉