Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how BestBlogs.dev collects, uses, and protects your personal information.
Effective Date: March 24, 2026
1. Introduction
BestBlogs.dev ("we", "us", "our") is an AI-powered personalized reading workflow for quality content. We are committed to collecting only the minimum data necessary to provide our services and processing your personal information transparently. This policy applies to all personal information processing that occurs when you use our website and services.
2. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you register, we collect your email address, username, and password (securely hashed and irreversible). If you sign in via Google or GitHub, we receive your email and basic profile information from those platforms.
Profile Information
You may optionally provide a nickname, avatar, language preference, and timezone settings.
Usage Data
We collect your reading history, bookmarks, highlights, interest tags, and search queries to improve your personalized experience.
Payment Information
Pro subscription payments are processed by our third-party payment provider Creem. We do not directly store your credit card or payment card details. We only retain subscription-related records (subscription status, start/end dates, subscription ID).
Device & Technical Data
We automatically collect your IP address, browser type, device type, and other technical information for service security and performance optimization.
AI Interaction Data
When you use the AI Reading Copilot feature, your chat messages and content preferences are processed to provide personalized reading assistance.
3. How We Use Your Information
- Provide and maintain platform services
- Personalize content recommendations (interest profiles, For You feed, Daily Brief)
- Process payments and manage subscriptions
- Send service communications (verification emails, brief delivery, renewal reminders)
- Improve service quality and AI models
- Analyze usage patterns (aggregated statistics)
4. AI Processing Disclosure
- AI scoring and summarization of public content does not involve your personal data.
- AI personalization uses your behavioral signals (interest tags, reading patterns) for processing.
- The AI Reading Copilot processes your chat messages within reading sessions.
- You can control the degree of AI personalization through your interest settings.
5. Third-Party Services
We work with the following third-party services to provide platform functionality. We only share the minimum data necessary for each service:
6. Data Retention
- Account data: retained while account is active, plus 30 days after deletion
- Usage logs: 12 months
- Payment records: as required by law (typically 7 years)
- AI chat history: 90 days (you can delete it anytime in your settings)
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Delete your account and data
- Export your data
- Opt out of personalized recommendations
- Withdraw consent for email communications
To exercise these rights, contact: gino@bestblogs.dev
8. Cookies & Tracking
- Essential cookies: session management, authentication
- Analytics cookies: Google Analytics
- We do not use advertising cookies
9. International Data Transfers
Your data may be processed in regions where our third-party services operate (including but not limited to the US, EU, etc.). We require our partners to comply with applicable data protection regulations and implement safeguards such as encrypted transmission to protect data during transfer.
10. Children's Privacy
Our service is intended for users who have reached the minimum legal age in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we become aware that we have collected data from a minor, we will promptly delete the information.
11. Changes to This Policy
If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you via email or a site-wide notice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact: gino@bestblogs.dev