Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Account Information

If you create an account, we may collect information such as:

• Name
• Email address
• Profession
• Account type
• Country

This information is used to create and manage your account, personalize your experience, provide account-related features, and communicate with you when necessary.

Some profile information, such as your name, profession, account type, or country, may be displayed publicly if you choose to make your profile or related information public.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

• Create and manage your account
• Provide access to account features
• Allow you to follow authors
• Send notifications about new quotes from followed authors
• Improve website functionality and user experience
• Understand how our website is used
• Detect and prevent abuse, fraud, and security issues
• Maintain and protect our services

We do not sell your personal information.

3. Quotes and Public Content

Quotes, authors, categories, themes, languages, and related content displayed on Koniat may be publicly accessible.

If you contribute information or content that is intended to be public, you should not include personal or confidential information unless you are comfortable with it being publicly available.

4. Notifications

If you enable notifications, we may use information associated with your account or device to deliver notifications, including notifications about new quotes from authors you follow.

You can disable notifications through the available account or device settings.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Koniat may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• Keep you signed in
• Remember preferences
• Maintain security
• Understand website usage
• Improve website performance

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings, although some features may not work correctly if cookies are disabled.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use trusted third-party services to operate and improve Koniat, such as authentication, hosting, analytics, database, notification, or security providers.

These providers may process information on our behalf and are expected to handle information according to applicable privacy and security requirements.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no internet-based service can guarantee complete security.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

If you delete your account, we may delete or anonymize associated personal information, subject to information that we are legally required or reasonably permitted to retain.

9. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to:

• Access your personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your account or personal information
• Withdraw consent where applicable
• Manage notification preferences
• Ask questions about how your information is used

To make a privacy-related request, please contact us using the contact information provided on our website.

10. Children's Privacy

Koniat is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children without appropriate consent where required by law.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to Koniat, our practices, or applicable laws.

When we make changes, we will update the Last updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your information, please contact us through the contact information available on Koniat.