This Privacy Policy explains how Afterword LLC (“Afterword,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use our websites, apps, QR-code experiences, and related services (the “Service”).
The Service is offered only to residents of the United States. If you access the Service from outside the United States, we are not directing the Service to you, and we do not intend to collect your personal information.
We use personal information to:
We do not use your User Content to train AI or machine-learning models unless you have separately and expressly opted in. We contractually prohibit our service providers from using your User Content to train their models on our behalf. If we later offer AI-based features, we will describe them clearly at the point of use and obtain any additional consents required. See Section 11 of the Terms of Service.
We share personal information only as described below:
We do not sell personal information for money. Some analytics or advertising cookies may qualify as “sharing” or “sale” under California law; we honor opt-out requests and Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as described in Section 12.
We retain personal information for as long as your account is active and as needed to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. After account closure, we retain:
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following categories:
You can manage cookies through your browser settings and through the cookie-preferences control available on our site. We respect Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where applicable.
If you record audio through the Service:
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information, including encryption in transit, encryption at rest for sensitive fields, access controls, and logging. No security program is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
If we experience a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you and applicable regulators as required by law.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
To exercise these rights, email privacy@myafterword.co or use the rights request form. We will verify your identity and respond within the timeframe required by applicable law (generally 45 days, extendable as permitted). You may designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf.
California residents have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended. In the 12 months preceding the Effective Date above, we collected the categories of personal information listed in Section 2, for the business purposes in Section 3, from the sources in Section 2.2, and shared them with the categories of recipients in Section 5. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16. You may submit requests as described in Section 11, and you may designate an authorized agent (with proof). We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as opt-outs of sale or sharing. We do not engage in financial-incentive programs.
California residents may request information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for those third parties’ direct marketing purposes. We do not currently make such disclosures. Requests may be sent to privacy@myafterword.co.
Nevada residents may submit verified requests to opt out of the sale of certain personal information under NRS 603A.340. We do not currently sell personal information, but you may submit a confirming request to privacy@myafterword.co.
Residents of states with comprehensive privacy laws have rights substantially similar to those described in Section 11, including access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-out of targeted advertising, sale, and profiling in furtherance of decisions with legal or similarly significant effects. Where state law provides an appeal right, appeals may be submitted to privacy@myafterword.co.
If your User Content includes consumer health data covered by Washington’s My Health My Data Act, you may have additional rights, including a right to withdraw consent. Requests may be sent to privacy@myafterword.co.
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. The minimum age for an Afterword account is 18. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact privacy@myafterword.co and we will delete it.
Privacy rights in most U.S. jurisdictions do not automatically extend to deceased persons. We treat deceased users’ information with respect. Legacy Contacts and authorized personal representatives may exercise certain rights on behalf of a deceased user consistent with our Terms, Section 14 of the Terms, and applicable law. Access to private communications of a deceased user is limited as described in the Terms.
User Content may include information that is sensitive by its nature (such as religious views, health-related information, or family relationships). By submitting such content, you understand that it will be processed to provide the Service and, where you have chosen to publish it, made accessible to recipients you designate. We will not use sensitive information for purposes other than those listed in this Policy without your consent.
With your consent (where required) or where permitted by law, we send marketing emails. You can unsubscribe through the link in any marketing email or by emailing privacy@myafterword.co. Transactional messages necessary to operate the Service will continue. If we send SMS or MMS, we will obtain prior express written consent consistent with the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Our Service does not respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals for opt-out of sale or sharing under applicable state laws.
We may update this Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes as described in Section 3 of the Terms. The Effective Date at the top of this Policy reflects the most recent update.