Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ManaNovel collects, utilizes, maintains, and shares data obtained from users (referred to as "Users") of the https://mananovel.com website ("Site", "Website", "App").

Copyright Infringement Statement

The website is not meant for, nor does it facilitate or possess mechanisms explicitly created for, the exchange of copyrighted material among users. Its main objective is for writers to share the stories they have authored.

Content Rights

Mana Novel does not claim or suggest ownership of any images featured on the platform. All images are the property of their respective owners. Neither Mana Novel members nor its hosting platform are responsible for any content displayed on the site. By submitting information to this site, you grant Mana Novel unconditional permission to display it. While the content remains yours, you authorize us to showcase it for an indefinite period as we deem appropriate. All other content is owned by Mana Novel and may not be utilized without prior written consent.

Personal identification information

Personal identification information may be gathered from Users through various means, including but not limited to, their visit to our site, registration, form submission, and participation in other activities, services, features, or resources provided on our Site. Users may be prompted to provide their name, email address, and other relevant details as necessary. We will only collect personal identification information from Users who voluntarily submit such information. Users have the right to decline providing personal identification information, understanding that it may limit their participation in certain activities on the Site.

Non-personal identification information

We reserve the right to gather non-personal identification information regarding Users' interactions with our Site. Such information may encompass details such as browser name, computer type, and technical specifics related to Users' means of connecting to our Site, including operating system and Internet service provider data, among other similar information.

Web browser cookies

Our Site may utilize "cookies" to improve the User experience. These cookies are stored on the User's hard drive for record-keeping purposes and occasionally to track information about them. Users have the option to configure their web browser settings to reject cookies or to receive alerts when cookies are being sent. However, it should be noted that disabling cookies may result in certain parts of the Site not functioning optimally.

How we use collected information

Mana Novel may collect and utilize Users' personal information for the following lawful purposes:

• To operate and manage our Site: Your information may be necessary to properly display content on the Site.
• To enhance customer service: Information provided aids us in promptly addressing customer service requests and supporting needs.
• To customize user experience: Aggregate data may be utilized to comprehend how Users collectively utilize the services and resources on our Site.
• To enhance our Site: Feedback provided by Users may be used to enhance our products and services.
• To deliver periodic emails: Email addresses may be used to transmit information, updates relevant to their orders, and to respond to inquiries, questions, and other requests from Users.

Automatic Information Collection

When visiting our website, certain data and information, such as IP address and/or browser and device characteristics, are automatically collected.

We gather specific and useful information automatically when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This data does not identify you personally (such as your name or contact details), but it may cover your device and usage details, such as IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, details about your Website usage, and other technical information. The primary reason for us to collect the data is to ensure the security and functionality of our Website, as well as for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

Similar to other websites, we may use cookies and comparable technologies to collect information and to enable the authentication and authorization functionality.

Protection of Your Information

We implement suitable data collection, storage, and processing practices, as well as security measures, to safeguard against unauthorized access, modification, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information, username, password, transaction details, and data stored on our Site.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We do not sale, trade, or rent of Users' personal identification information to third parties. However, we may share generic aggregated demographic information, not linked to any personal identification information, concerning visitors and users with our trusted business partners, affiliates, and advertisers for the purposes outlined above.

We disclose your information in the following circumstances:

• Compliance with Laws: We may divulge your information when legally obligated to do so to comply with applicable laws, governmental requests, judicial proceedings, court orders, or legal processes, such as in response to a court order or subpoena (including in response to public authorities to fulfill national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Protection of Vital Interests and Legal Rights: Your information may be disclosed if we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action concerning potential policy violations, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• Vendors, Consultants, and Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to carry out their work. Examples include payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing efforts. Selected third parties may also utilize tracking technology on the Sites to collect data about how you interact with the Sites over time for analysis and tracking purposes. Unless otherwise specified in this Policy, we do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
• Business Transfers: Your information may be shared or transferred in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
• Third-Party Advertisers: We may employ third-party advertising companies to serve advertisements when you visit the Sites. These companies may utilize information about your visits to our Website(s) and other websites collected through web cookies and other tracking technologies to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
• Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, ensuring their adherence to this privacy policy. Affiliates may include our parent company, subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies under common control with us.
• Business Partners: Your information may be shared with our business partners to provide you with specific products, services, or promotions.
• With Your Consent: Your personal information may be disclosed for any other purpose with your consent.
• Other Users: When you share personal information (e.g., by posting comments, contributions, or other content to the Sites) or interact with public areas of the Site or App, such information may be publicly viewed and distributed outside the Site or App indefinitely. If you engage with other users of our Sites and register through a social network (e.g., Facebook), your contacts on the social network may view your name, profile photo, and activity descriptions. Similarly, other users will be able to view activity descriptions, communicate with you within our Sites, and view your profile.

How long do we keep your information?

We retain your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy policy unless otherwise required by law.

We will only store your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this policy will necessitate us to retain your personal information for longer than 90 days past the termination of your account.

When we no longer have any ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it. If deletion or anonymization is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is feasible.

Third-Party Websites

Users may encounter advertising or other content on our Site that directs to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not govern the content or links displayed on these sites and are not liable for the practices utilized by websites linked to or from our Site. Additionally, these sites or services, inclusive of their content and links, may undergo frequent alterations. These sites and services may maintain their own privacy policies and customer service policies. The browsing and interaction on any other website, including those linked to our Site, are contingent upon the terms and policies established by that specific website.

Advertising

Advertisements displayed on our site may be provided to Users by third party advertising partners, who may employ cookies. These cookies enable the ad server to recognize your computer each time it sends you an online advertisement, compiling non-personal identification information about you or other individuals who use your computer. This information enables ad networks to, among other purposes, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of greatest interest to you. It is important to note that this privacy policy does not encompass the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Furthermore, we utilize your data for advertising objectives. We engage third-party advertising companies to serve ads in order to maintain content free of charge. To ensure the responsible use of your data by these partners, we impose additional limitations on how your data may be utilized to prevent misuse. For example, we do not permit these partners to access your information for the purpose of profiling and personalizing ads on other sites.

Google Adsense

Certain advertisements on our Website may be provided by Google. Google utilizes the DART cookie to deliver ads to Users based on their visits to our Site and other websites on the Internet. The DART cookie uses "non-personally identifiable information" and does NOT track personal information such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You have the option to opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.

Adherence to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act:

Ensuring the privacy of young individuals is of paramount importance. Therefore, we refrain from collecting or retaining information on our Site from individuals under the age of 13, whom we are aware of. Furthermore, no aspect of our website is designed to entice individuals under the age of 13.

We do not support nor engage in targeted marketing directed at children under the age of 13.

Rectification, Erasure, Blocking, or Deletion

You are entitled to request from us, without undue delay, the rectification of any inaccurate Personal Data concerning you. Considering the purposes of the processing, you also have the right to have incomplete Personal Data completed, including through the provision of a supplementary statement.

You have the right to request from us the erasure of Personal Data concerning you without undue delay, and we are obligated to erase Personal Data without undue delay if one of the following grounds applies: i) The Personal Data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed; ii) You withdraw consent, where the processing is based on your consent, and there is no other legal ground for the processing; iii) You object to the processing, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing; iv) The Personal Data is unlawfully processed; v) The Personal Data is to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in the European Union or a Member State to which we are subject; vi) The Personal Data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services directly to a child under 16 years old.

When we have made Personal Data public and are obliged to erase it, we shall take reasonable steps, considering available technology and costs, to inform other controllers processing your Personal Data that you have requested erasure of the Personal Data.

Notification: You have the right to receive notification to third parties to whom your Personal Data has been disclosed when you have obtained any rectification, erasure, blocking, or deletion, unless such notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort from us.

Data Portability: You have the right to receive the Personal Data you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit this Personal Data to another controller.

Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to obtain restriction of processing when: i) You contest the accuracy of the Personal Data, for a period enabling us to verify the accuracy of your Personal Data; ii) The processing is unlawful, and you oppose the erasure of this Personal Data, instead requesting the restriction of its use; iii) When we no longer need your Personal Data for the purposes of the processing.

Updates to This Privacy Policy

Mana Novel reserves the right to revise this privacy policy at its discretion, without prior notice. In the event of any updates, we will post a notification on the main page of our Site. We encourage Users to regularly review this page to stay informed about how we protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to periodically review this privacy policy and understand any modifications.

Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using our Services, you acknowledge and agree that we may transfer your information to and process it outside your country of residence, including in the United States. Your consent to this Privacy Policy signifies your acceptance of such transfer and processing.

The transfer of personal data to recipients outside the EU/EEA is typically restricted unless:

• The recipient's jurisdiction is deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection.
• he data exporter implements appropriate safeguards (e.g., binding corporate rules; contractual arrangements with the recipient of the personal data, utilizing standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission, adherence to a code of conduct or certification mechanism along with obtaining binding and enforceable commitments from the recipient).
• A derogation or exemption serves as justification.

Your acceptance of this policy is implied by your use of this Site. If you do not agree to this policy, please refrain from using our Site. Your continued use of the Site following any changes to this policy will be construed as your acceptance of those changes.

Contact Information

If you have any inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your interactions with this site, please reach out to us at [email protected]

This document was last updated on 17.01.2025