Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 7, 2026

⚠️ Notice on current implementation status:

  • Published posts (title, body, images, author display name) are actually stored in our server database (Firestore).
  • We support three sign-in methods: (1) Firebase Anonymous authentication, (2) email/password sign-up, and (3) linking a Google account. When you sign up with email/password, Firebase sends a verification link email, and your password is encrypted and stored by Firebase Authentication — the company (AdEngine-X) cannot view it in plain text.
  • Credit top-ups and 70% revenue payout requests (including PayPal email and bank account entry) are still in beta/demo status: they are stored only in your browser (localStorage) and are never sent to our servers or processed as real payments or transfers.

1. Personal Information We Collect

Information AdEngine-X currently actually collects and processes includes:

  • Account identifier (Firebase UID): used to link published posts to your account.
  • Email address: stored by Firebase Authentication when you sign up or sign in with email/password or a Google account, used only for login verification and identity confirmation on the account settings screen (e.g., password changes).
  • Nickname (optional): can be set on the account settings screen; once set, it can be shown as your author display name instead of your email address on published posts.
  • Phone number (optional): can be freely entered as text on the account settings screen (not verified via SMS) and is stored on our server (Firestore) as reference information.
  • Author display name, and the title, body, and attached images of published posts: stored on our server (Firestore) when a post is published.
  • IP address: used only for temporary in-memory counting for spam and rate-limit prevention; never stored in a database.

The following fields have input boxes on screen, but until payment/settlement features are actually implemented, they are never sent to or stored on our servers — they remain only in your browser: PayPal email address, receiving bank account number and account holder name.

2. Purpose of Collection and Use

  • Providing AI-powered multilingual content generation and storage/retrieval of published posts
  • Identity verification for email/password accounts (login, and re-authentication for password/nickname/phone number changes) and email verification
  • Preventing service abuse such as click fraud and excessive requests (rate limiting)
  • (After a formal payment/settlement feature launches) paying out the 70% creator share of ad revenue and identity verification — not yet implemented

3. Global Privacy Compliance (GDPR & CCPA)

Users may request deletion of their own published posts at any time (via the delete button in the post list), which removes the corresponding post data stored in Firestore. If you wish to have your account information — such as your email address, nickname, or phone number — deleted or disclosed, please contact us using the email address you registered with, and we will review and process your request. Should real-name registration or payment features be added in the future, this policy will be updated accordingly.

4. Third-Party Advertising (Google) and Cookies

This site may use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, web beacons, and IP addresses to serve ads based on a user's visits to this site and other websites, and to measure ad performance. Users can manage or opt out of personalized advertising via Google's ad settings, linked below. For information on how Google uses data collected from partner sites, see Google's partner sites data usage policy, also linked below.