Privacy Policy

This policy describes how SaucePls collects, uses, and shares information when you use the service.

Information We Collect

Account information. We collect the email address and username associated with your account. You may also provide a profile description and avatar. If you sign in with Google, Google provides account information such as your email address so we can authenticate you and associate you with an account.

Content and activity. We store the requests, images, descriptions, answers and source links, comments, tags, likes, bookmarks, follows, and other content or activity you submit. We may also keep prior versions of request text or tags as part of the service's history features.

Technical and session information. To operate sign-in and other site features, the service uses session cookies and stores session data. Session records may include your account ID, IP address, browser user agent, and session activity time. The exact session lifetime and storage depend on the service configuration.

Preferences and browser storage. If you are signed in, your mature-content display preference is stored with your account. If you are not signed in, that preference may be stored in a browser cookie. The site also uses browser session storage to remember scroll positions within a tab.

How We Use Information

We use information to provide and maintain accounts, authenticate users, publish and display content, support search and site features, process uploaded images, deliver in-app notifications, prevent abuse, and troubleshoot errors. Email addresses are used to send sign-in or verification codes.

When you submit an image, the service may process it to create a web-friendly copy and to provide image search, text recognition, or tag suggestions. Text recognized from an image and suggested tags may be stored with the related request.

Public Content

Published requests, public profile information, and related answers, comments, tags, and activity can be viewed by other people. Draft requests are restricted to their owner until publication. Do not include information in public content that you do not want others to see.

Service Providers

Some information is processed by providers that help operate SaucePls:

• Brevo sends email sign-in and verification codes. It receives the recipient email address and information needed to deliver the message.
• Google is used when you choose Google sign-in and processes information under Google's terms and privacy policy.
• SauceNAO may receive an uploaded image for image-source lookup.
• OCR.space may receive an uploaded image for text recognition.
• A configured tag-inference service may receive an uploaded image to suggest tags or a content rating.
• The service's hosting, database, and file-storage providers process data according to the deployment configuration.

These providers may handle information under their own privacy terms. The specific hosting, storage, processing locations, and provider-side retention periods depend on the deployment and are not described by this policy.

Cookies and Similar Storage

SaucePls uses cookies and browser storage for sign-in sessions, security, preferences, and site functionality. You can control cookies through your browser, but disabling them may prevent parts of the service from working. The application code does not include an analytics SDK; this does not describe any separate tools that may be used by the hosting provider.

Retention and Deletion

We keep information for as long as needed to operate the service, subject to the service's configuration and applicable requirements. Sign-in codes have a limited validity period, and session expiration is configuration-dependent. We do not have one fixed retention period for all account, content, log, or provider data.

Some deletion actions remove content from normal use without immediately erasing its database record. Deleting a published request removes its uploaded image from application storage, while canceling a draft may not immediately remove its image file. SaucePls does not currently provide a self-service account-deletion workflow. To ask about access, correction, or deletion of your information, contact ionvop@gmail.com.

We cannot confirm from the application alone how long backups, infrastructure logs, or copies held by service providers are retained, or whether deletion from those systems is immediate.

Contact and Changes

For privacy questions or requests, contact ionvop@gmail.com.

We may update this policy as the service changes.