Privacy Policy

Summary

mynovelty.io is a chess analysis platform. We collect only the data necessary to run the service and do not sell your personal information to third parties.

DRAFT — This document has not been reviewed by legal counsel. Do not rely on it as a binding legal agreement. See issue #802.

Your Account

When you create an account, we collect your email address, display name, and authentication credentials (or OAuth tokens if you sign in via a third-party provider). This information is used to authenticate you and provide the service.

Data Collection

We collect the following categories of data:

• Account data — email, display name, plan tier, token balance
• Game data — PGN files and repertoire data you upload
• Engine usage — analysis requests and token consumption for billing
• Log data — server logs including IP addresses and request timestamps, retained for 30 days
• Cookies — session tokens and preference cookies (see our Cookie Policy)

Sub-processors

We share data with the following sub-processors to deliver the service:

• Stripe — Processes payment card data on our behalf. Stripe is PCI-DSS certified. We do not store full card numbers.
• Google — Provides OAuth sign-in. Subject to Google's Privacy Policy.
• Chess.com — Provides OAuth game import. Subject to Chess.com's Privacy Policy.
• Lichess — Provides OAuth game import. Subject to Lichess's Privacy Policy.

User Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access your personal data
• Right to correct inaccurate data
• Right to deletion (“right to be forgotten”)
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to processing

You can export or delete your account data from the Settings page. For other requests, contact us at privacy@mynovelty.io.

Termination

When you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required by law to retain it (e.g., billing records for tax purposes, which are retained for 7 years).

Contact

Privacy questions or requests? Email privacy@mynovelty.io.