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Privacy Policy

Last Revised: 7 November 2026
  • By accessing and using our website you acknowledge that you have read and understand our privacy policy.
  • Use of this site means that you give us permission to collect and use personal information as described in this policy as required for site operation.
  • We are committed to keeping your privacy safe. As such, we only ask for minimal information, and store this securely.
  • In this policy: “we”, “us” and “our” “our site” and “Outfox” refers to Outfox Stories Online Story Services PTY LTD website, management and staff.
  • “You” or the “user” refers to you, the reader of this privacy policy, and any users or visitors of Outfox Stories.
  • “Others” or “other users” refers to any other users, whether visitors or account holders, of our site and services.
  • Our “services” refer to our existing and future content, everything accessible on this site, and any facilitated communication with us or other users.
  • “Personal information” is any information unique to you and can be used for identification, including your username, email, payment details, fingerprint information (used to count AI usage when logged out), analytics while on the website, and authentication information (such as cookies). We do not sell any information to any third party.
  • Any data collected may be used for legal purposes - including in court or out of court proceedings - for our, your and other users’ legal rights. We avoid collecting any information that is not required for site operation.
  • Any information you provide is voluntary. You have the right to access, change, delete or withdraw consent to our use of your information at any time -- you can easily clear cookies on your own device and delete your data from our site on your own, but feel free to contact us if this if there are any problems with doing so, or if you want to ensure your data is fully deleted.
  • We do not have access to your password. All passwords are encrypted before being stored on our database, and we do not have the ability to unencrypt them.
What do we collect and why do we collect it?
What do we collect? Why do we collect it?
We track basic activity across the site, such as page views, and the time spent on each page. This occurs whether or not you have an account. This information is used for site improvements.
Any information you provide in your communications with us (correspondence data) via emails, or other social media sites, such as Discord.
Username and encrypted password, and other account information you provide, such as your email address. We also collect your IP address, and browser fingerprint -- this allows us to offer AI services to logged out users, and to keep you logged in between visits.
Payment information, such as credit card information, is collected if you provide it to us, and is done so securely via Stripe, a trusted third party payment provider. We also collect your paypal email if provided. When you start a free trial, we keep the fingerprint Stripe gives your card (a code that identifies the card, not the card number), so that each card gets only one free trial.
Any comments, or written contributions to the site, generated stories, and anything you can see which is associated with your profile is also obviously collected and stored by us.
Game saves: when you play a game on the site, your progress is saved with your account (or, if you are not logged in, with your browser's anonymous identity), so you can carry on later.
The lines AI writes for you in a game, with the scene they were written for. We keep them for 28 days so we can look into a line that is reported to us.
A HTTP cookie is a small text file that a website stores on a user's computer or device when the user visits the website. It's how we know whether to keep someone signed in, and so we know who you are (called a fingerprint). We also use cookies to store chapter drafts and story preferences.
What Can Other Outfox Users See?
  • Your chosen username, everything you have published, who are your supporters and who you support. They can also see your contributions and your “favourited” stories.
  • Your bio/description (written by you and able to be changed at any time by you).
Do We Share Your Personal Information?
  • Any information shared to trusted 3rd parties is due to the necessity of this for the running of our site.
  • We use the secure site Stripe for payments and Google Analytics to track usage.
  • To write story text and game dialogue, and to draw illustrations and make videos, we send what is needed to the AI model providers we use: for stories and adventures, the text so far, its setup and any writing instructions you have set; for illustrations and videos, the passage being illustrated, its characters' descriptions and earlier pictures of them, the picture being animated, and any image style you have set; for games, the scene and the state of your playthrough (what has happened in it so far). We don't send your username, email address or account id with it.
  • If your region requires an age check, it is done either by Stripe checking a card (we don't charge it), or by our verification partner Didit checking an ID document and your face (or, where a face scan alone is accepted, estimating your age from one). We don't store your document or photos: we keep only whether you were verified and a reference to the check. If a check needs a person to look at it, we review it in Didit's systems. Didit deletes them once you are verified, and deletes any check that didn't finish when your account is deleted.
  • If you have consented/requested for us to share your information with 3rd party websites or platforms, such as social networking sites- we may do so.
  • We may share your stories to promote them - these will link back to our site and your profile.
  • We do not sell your data to advertisers, or to any third party.
Where Do We Store Your Personal Information?
  • Your personal information is protected under Australian law, and we will keep it safe to the best of our ability on our secure servers.
  • We store the data on third party servers, which have their own responsibilities and privacy policies. We work with providers to make sure the information is as safe as reasonably possible.
Access to Your Personal Information
  • You can access your personal information by going to account and account details, and via your browser's cookies.
What Happens to Your Personal Information When You Leave Outfox Stories?
  • You can delete your account yourself at any time from your account settings (or ask us to); otherwise it stays indefinitely. Deleting it cancels any subscription straight away, and 30 days later we permanently delete the account and what is in it, with the few exceptions listed under Data Retention below. Cookies may remain stored on your device, via your browser, but you can clear these at any time via your browser's settings.
Data Retention
  • Account data: Retained while your account is active. When you delete your account, it is permanently deleted 30 days later, along with your email address, your saved payment details at Stripe and any age checks still held at Didit. One exception: if another account used on the same browser is still linked to yours for our anti-abuse checks, we keep your account until that link ends.
  • Published content: Stories and comments you publish remain on the site unless you delete them or request their removal. When your account is deleted, your stories, chapters, adventures, chats and comments are deleted with it. A story that other writers have also added chapters to stays on the site with their chapters; yours are deleted. Moderation records (below) are the one exception.
  • Moderation records: We check messages and comments against our rules, and keep a record of each check, including the text that was checked. These records are not deleted with your account. Where a check found a breach, the text is removed from the record within 90 days, leaving only which rule was broken and what we did about it. Records of checks that found no breach keep the text.
  • Payment records: Transaction records are retained for 7 years to comply with tax and accounting requirements. Records of payouts we have made to you (amount and PayPal email) are kept after your account is deleted.
  • Free trial cards: The card fingerprint we keep when you start a free trial is kept after your account is deleted, so that the card can't start another free trial on a new account.
  • Browser fingerprints: Used for AI usage tracking for logged-out users, and to keep you logged in. A fingerprint and the IP address stored with it are deleted 30 days after that browser last visited. Fingerprints covered by a ban are kept while the ban lasts. Where a fingerprint links two accounts used on the same browser, we keep it, with both accounts' IP addresses, as long as both accounts exist.
  • Using the site without an account: What you create while not logged in (such as adventures and game saves) is kept with your browser's anonymous identity, and deleted once that browser has not visited for 30 days. Anonymous accounts banned for breaking our rules are kept.
  • Game saves: Kept with your account, and deleted when your account is deleted.
  • Lines AI writes for you in games: Kept for 28 days, then deleted.
  • Analytics data: Aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely but is not personally identifiable.
International Users
  • Outfox Stories is operated from Australia. By using our services, you consent to your data being transferred to and processed in Australia.
  • European Union users: We process your data on the legal basis of contractual necessity (to provide our services) and legitimate interests (to improve and secure our platform). You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, and port your personal data, as well as the right to object to processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at support@outfoxstories.com.
  • UK users: Your data is protected under UK data protection law. You have similar rights to EU users as described above.
  • If you believe we have not adequately addressed your data protection concerns, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Changes
  • We retain the right to update this policy at any time.
  • Significant changes may be communicated to you via our site, socials and/or communication channels such as email.
  • Please check this often- if there are any changes you do not consent to, please contact us or stop using our site.
How to Contact Us
Contact us with any concerns at support@outfoxstories.com