At NovelAnea, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our platform.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us when registering an account, creating a profile, or communicating with us, including:

• Username, email address, and encrypted account passwords.
• Security questions and answers for account recovery.
• Author profile details, avatar images, and webnovel submissions.
• Reading history, bookmarks, ratings, and chapter view analytics.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data to provide, personalize, and improve our services, including displaying personalized webnovel recommendations, processing bookmarks, sending OTP security codes, and detecting fraud.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

We use session cookies and local browser storage to keep you logged in, save your dark mode preferences, and store your reader chapter font settings.

4. Data Security

We implement industry-standard encryption (BCrypt password hashing, SSL HTTPS transmission) to protect your personal information from unauthorized access.

5. Your Rights

You have the right to update your profile information, change your security settings, or request account deletion at any time by reaching out to our support team.