Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how PaperBanana ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our AI academic illustration generation platform at paperbanana.me.

Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

Account Information: Name, email address, and profile details you provide when creating an account via Google OAuth or email registration.
Payment Information: Billing details processed securely through Stripe. We do not store your full credit card number on our servers.
Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our services, including illustrations generated, credits consumed, prompts submitted, and feature usage.
Device Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers used to access our platform.
Generated Content: Text prompts, uploaded images, and AI-generated illustrations you create using our tools.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

Provide and maintain our AI illustration generation services (Text to Illustration, Image to Illustration, Illustration Editor)
Process payments, manage subscriptions, and track credit balances
Improve our AI models and service quality
Send transactional emails (account verification, payment confirmations, generation notifications)
Detect and prevent fraudulent activity and abuse
Comply with legal obligations

Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures including encrypted data transmission (HTTPS/TLS), secure authentication via Better Auth, and payment processing through PCI-compliant Stripe infrastructure. Generated content and user data are stored on secure cloud infrastructure.

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

Stripe for payment processing
Google for OAuth authentication
Cloudflare for hosting and content delivery
AI model providers for image generation processing

These services have their own privacy policies governing data handling.

Data Retention

We retain your account information and generated content as long as your account is active. Credit transaction history is maintained for billing accuracy. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of your account and data
Withdraw consent for data processing where applicable