1. Introduction
Steppable Inc. ("we," "our," or "us") operates Orply, a curiosity exploration platform, and is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.
2. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you sign up for Orply, we collect:
- Email address (via OTP authentication)
- Selected topics of interest
- Reading and listening preferences
- Billing information (processed securely through Stripe)
Generated Content and Usage Data
Through your use of Orply, we collect and store:
- AI-generated books, outlines, and content
- Generated audio podcasts and narration
- Generated cover art and images
- Reading progress and bookmarks
- Listening positions and playback history
- Search queries and generated results
- Library organization and preferences
Usage and Analytics Data
We automatically collect:
- Service usage patterns and feature interactions
- Performance metrics and analytics (via PostHog)
- Error logs and debugging information (via Sentry)
- Device and browser information
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Provide and maintain the Orply platform
- Generate personalized books and podcasts based on your interests
- Create customized recommendations and library suggestions
- Process search queries and generate relevant results
- Store and sync your reading progress and preferences
- Process payments and manage subscriptions (via Stripe)
- Send service-related notifications and updates
- Improve and optimize our service
- Provide customer support
- Monitor errors and performance issues
- Comply with legal obligations
4. AI Content Generation and Processing
Orply uses AI models to create personalized content:
- Google Gemini generates book content, outlines, and recommendations
- OpenAI generates text-to-speech audio for podcasts
- Claude assists with content generation and processing
- fal.ai generates cover art and images
Your topic preferences and reading history are used to personalize content generation. We do not use your personal data to train general AI models. AI providers process content generation requests in accordance with their respective privacy policies, but do not retain or use your data beyond what's necessary for content generation.
5. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information. We share data with third-party services only as necessary to provide Orply functionality:
- Stripe: Payment processing and subscription management
- Supabase: Database hosting and authentication
- Sentry: Error monitoring and debugging
- PostHog: Analytics and product insights
- Google Gemini, OpenAI, Claude: AI content generation
- fal.ai: AI image generation
We may also share your information:
- With your explicit consent
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data:
- Encryption in transit (TLS/SSL) and at rest
- Secure authentication with email OTP
- Row-level security policies in our database
- Access controls and authentication requirements
- Regular security monitoring via Sentry
- Secure storage of generated content and user data
- Regular backups and disaster recovery procedures
7. Data Retention
We retain your data for as long as necessary to provide our services:
- Account information: Duration of account plus 30 days
- Generated content (books, podcasts, images): Duration of account
- Reading progress and preferences: Duration of account
- Billing records: As required by tax and accounting regulations
- Aggregated analytics: Indefinitely (anonymized)
8. Your Rights and Choices
You have the right to:
- Access your personal information and generated content
- Correct inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your account and data
- Export your data in a portable format
- Manage your topic preferences and interests
- Delete specific books or content from your library
- Opt-out of optional analytics tracking
- Withdraw consent for data processing
To exercise these rights, contact us at team@orply.com.
9. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Maintain your session and authentication state
- Remember your reading preferences and positions
- Analyze service usage via PostHog analytics
- Monitor errors and performance via Sentry
We do not use advertising or third-party marketing cookies. Analytics cookies help us improve Orply but can be disabled through your browser settings.
10. International Data Transfers
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States where our servers and third-party services are located. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable data protection laws.
11. Children's Privacy
Orply is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware of such collection, we will delete that information immediately.
12. California Privacy Rights
California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:
- Right to know what personal information is collected
- Right to know if personal information is sold or disclosed
- Right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights
13. GDPR Compliance
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process data under the following legal bases:
- Contract: To provide our services
- Consent: For optional features and marketing
- Legitimate interests: For service improvement and security
- Legal obligations: To comply with applicable laws
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of Orply after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
15. Contact Information
For privacy-related questions or concerns, contact us at:
Steppable Inc.
Email: team@orply.com
Website: https://orply.com