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Last updated: July 31, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Yearn Media, Inc. ("Yearn," "we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use the Yearn mobile application, our website at yearn.media, and related services (together, the "Services"). We built Yearn for readers, and we treat your data the way we'd want ours treated: collected sparingly, used transparently, and never sold.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly, information generated by your use of the Services, and limited technical data from your device.

  • Account information — email address, name, and, where you provide it, a phone number, used to create and secure your account.
  • Profile and preference data — reading preferences such as favorite tropes, subgenres, and spice-level settings, plus lists, follows, and community activity you choose to create.
  • Usage data — interactions with the app, such as titles opened, reading and listening progress, searches, and feature usage. This powers sync and personalized recommendations.
  • Purchase information — subscription status and transaction identifiers from Apple or Google. We never receive or store your full payment card details; billing is handled by the App Store or Google Play.
  • Diagnostics — crash logs and performance data used to keep the app fast and stable.
  • Device and technical data — device model, operating system version, app version, language, and identifiers necessary to deliver the Services.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Provide and operate the Services — accounts, your library, downloads, cross-device sync, and community features.
  • Personalize your experience — recommendations based on the tropes, subgenres, and spice levels you choose.
  • Maintain safety and integrity — preventing fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms.
  • Improve the product — analytics on aggregate usage and diagnostics to fix bugs and prioritize features.
  • Communicate with you — service messages, and, with your consent where required, product news you can opt out of at any time.
  • Comply with legal obligations.

3. What We Never Do

  • We do not sell your personal information.
  • We do not use your reading data to train generative AI models — consistent with our human-written content guarantee.
  • We do not share your individual reading history publicly without your action (for example, posting a list or joining a discussion).

4. How Information Is Shared

We share information only with service providers who help us operate the Services (such as cloud hosting, analytics, and customer support tooling), each bound by contractual confidentiality and data-protection obligations; with Apple or Google to process subscriptions; with authorities where required by law; and in connection with a corporate transaction such as a merger or acquisition, in which case this policy will continue to apply to your data until amended.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Services. You may delete your account at any time from the app's settings or by contacting us; upon deletion we remove or de-identify your personal information within 30 days, except where retention is required by law (for example, transaction records).

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or port your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing.

  • Access & portability — request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction — update inaccurate information in the app or by contacting us.
  • Deletion — delete your account and associated personal data.
  • Opt-out — unsubscribe from marketing communications via the link in any message or in app settings.
  • California residents — rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know, delete, and opt out of "sharing" as defined by law. We do not sell personal information.
  • EEA/UK residents — rights under the GDPR, including the right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority. Our legal bases are contract performance, legitimate interests, consent, and legal obligation.

7. Security

We protect your information with industry-standard measures, including encryption in transit, access controls, and regular security reviews. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure; if we learn of a breach affecting your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law.

8. Age Requirement

Yearn is intended for adults. You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18; if we learn that we have, we will delete it promptly.

9. International Data Transfers

We are based in the United States and process data there. Where we transfer personal information from other regions, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you in the app or by email before the changes take effect. The "Last updated" date above reflects the current version.

11. Contact Us

Questions, requests, or complaints: support@yearn.media. We answer with humans, usually within a day.

Yearn Media, Inc. — United States.