CCPA/CPRA Privacy Statement

Effective date: February 11, 2026

This statement provides California privacy disclosures under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We may collect the following categories:

• Identifiers: GitHub user ID, username, and email (if provided by GitHub).
• Internet activity: basic usage logs and diagnostics.
• Content you provide: manuscripts and research documents you choose to sync or upload.

We do not sell personal information.

Sources of Information

• Directly from you when you sign in with GitHub and use the service.
• From GitHub as part of OAuth authentication.

Business or Commercial Purposes

• To provide and operate the service.
• To secure accounts and prevent abuse.
• To improve performance and reliability.

Sharing of Personal Information

We share information with service providers only to operate Authorial:

• GitHub for authentication and repository sync
• Stripe for billing
• OpenAI and Anthropic for AI analysis (only when you invoke AI features)
• Stable Diffusion if you configure a BYO endpoint

These providers process data under their own terms of service. Use of Authorial requires compliance with those terms.

Your Rights (California)

You may have the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose.
• Request deletion of personal information (subject to legal exceptions).
• Correct inaccurate personal information.
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (not applicable because we do not sell or share for cross‑context behavioral advertising).

How to Submit Requests

Email: [email protected]

We may need to verify your identity before processing requests.

Non‑Discrimination

We do not discriminate against users who exercise privacy rights.

Updates

We may update this statement. The effective date will be updated when changes are made.