Privacy Policy
How Payge collects, uses, and protects your information across the reader and author marketplace ecosystems.
Section 1
Introduction
Welcome to Payge ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal privacy and providing a secure digital reading environment. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, use our web application, or participate in our reader and author marketplace ecosystems.
Section 2
Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for an account, expressing an interest in obtaining information about us, or using our services.
- Personal Data: Name, email address, username, password, and profile preferences.
- Platform Activity Data: Reading history, chapter progress, gem ledger balances (Gold and Silver Gems), library bookmarks, and cosmetic avatar configurations.
- Technical & Device Data: IP address, browser type, device identifiers, operating system, and session timestamps.
Section 3
How We Use Your Information
We process your personal information for legitimate business purposes, including:
- To facilitate account creation, authentication, and user profile management.
- To administer our "Read-to-Earn" reward mechanics, tracking reading time to issue virtual gems accurately.
- To enable author publishing tools, book monetization quotas, and subscription access tiers.
- To deliver programmatic advertising, platform updates, and transactional security notices.
Section 4
Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense
This platform uses Google AdSense and other third-party vendor services to serve advertisements when you visit our website.
- Cookies & Ad Serving: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to Payge or other websites on the Internet.
- Personalized Advertising: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve targeted ads to our visitors based on their browsing patterns.
Section 6
Data Security and Protection
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures, including HTTPS encryption and secure database controls, to safeguard your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration.
Section 7
Data Rights & Contact Information
Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable data protection laws (such as GDPR or CCPA) to access, update, or request the deletion of your personal data. For privacy-related inquiries or data requests, please contact us at support@payge.app.
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Payge · Last Updated: September 2026