MyVibeCodedAppPrivacy Policy
Last updated: March 15, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how MyVibeCodedApp ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website located at myvibecodedapp.com.
1. 📥 Information We Collect
1.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you register, submit an app, or interact with our platform, we may collect:
- Account Information: Username, email address, password (stored as a secure hash), and optional profile details (bio, profile picture, social links).
- App Submissions: App name, description, screenshots, video URLs, external links, category, and any other content you submit.
- Communications: Messages you send via support tickets, comments, or contact forms.
- Payment Information: Billing name, billing address, and payment method details (processed securely through our payment processor — we do not store full card numbers).
1.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit MyVibeCodedApp, we automatically collect:
- Log Data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and timestamps.
- Device Information: Device type, screen resolution, and hardware identifiers.
- Usage Data: Pages viewed, app listings clicked, ratings submitted, time spent on pages, and navigation paths.
- Geolocation Data: Approximate geographic location derived from your IP address (country, region, city). See Section 3 for details.
- Cookies & Tracking Data: See Section 4 for full details.
1.3 Information from Third Parties
- Google OAuth: If you sign in with Google, we receive your Google account email, display name, and profile picture as permitted by your Google account settings.
- Payment Processors: We receive transaction confirmation and billing details from our payment processor (e.g., Stripe) to manage your subscription.
- Analytics Providers: Aggregated and anonymized usage data from analytics services.
2. ⚙️ How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Create and manage your account and profile
- Process and display your app submissions
- Process subscription payments and manage billing
- Send transactional emails (account verification, password resets, subscription receipts)
- Send optional notification emails (new comments, app updates) — you may opt out at any time
- Display personalized or geographically relevant content and advertisements
- Analyze usage patterns to improve the platform
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms of Service
- Comply with legal obligations
- Respond to support requests and communications
- Generate anonymized analytics and leaderboard statistics
3. 🌍 Geolocation Data
MyVibeCodedApp collects approximate geolocation data derived from your IP address. This is used to:
- Display analytics to app creators showing where their visitors are located (country/region level only)
- Serve geographically relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Detect and prevent fraudulent activity
- Comply with regional legal requirements
We do not collect precise GPS-level location data. Location is estimated at the city or region level based on your IP address. We do not share your individual location data with third parties beyond what is described in this policy.
Visitor location data shown in creator analytics dashboards is aggregated and does not identify individual users.
5. 📢 Google AdSense & Advertising
MyVibeCodedApp uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.
- Google may use your browsing data to show you personalized ads
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet
- We do not control the content of Google's advertisements
- Ad revenue helps us keep MyVibeCodedApp free for all users
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or Google Ad Settings.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our site, please visit Google's Privacy & Terms.
6. 💳 Subscriptions & Payment Data
MyVibeCodedApp offers optional paid subscription plans that unlock premium features such as featured listings, increased submission limits, and enhanced analytics.
What We Collect for Payments
- Billing name and email address
- Billing address (for tax and fraud prevention purposes)
- Subscription plan and billing cycle
- Transaction history and payment status
How Payment Data Is Handled
- We do not store your full credit card number, CVV, or raw payment credentials. All payment processing is handled by our third-party payment processor (e.g., Stripe), which is PCI-DSS compliant.
- We store a tokenized reference to your payment method for recurring billing purposes.
- Transaction records are retained for accounting, tax compliance, and dispute resolution.
Subscription Management
You may cancel your subscription at any time from your account dashboard. Upon cancellation, your subscription benefits will remain active until the end of the current billing period. Refunds are handled in accordance with our Terms of Service.
7. 🤝 Data Sharing & Third Parties
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your data with:
- Payment Processors (e.g., Stripe): To process subscription payments securely.
- Google (AdSense, OAuth, Analytics): For advertising, authentication, and analytics as described in this policy.
- Amazon Web Services (AWS): For cloud hosting, file storage (S3), and email delivery (SES).
- Email Service Providers: To send transactional and notification emails.
- Law Enforcement / Legal Authorities: When required by law, court order, or to protect the rights and safety of our users or the public.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our site.
All third-party service providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purposes for which it was shared.
8. 🗄️ Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with legal obligations:
- Account Data: Retained for the lifetime of your account. Upon account deletion, personal data is removed within 30 days, except where retention is required by law.
- App Submissions: Retained until you delete them or your account is closed. Approved public listings may be retained in anonymized form for historical records.
- Payment Records: Retained for a minimum of 7 years for tax and accounting compliance.
- Log Data: Retained for up to 90 days for security and debugging purposes.
- Analytics Data: Aggregated and anonymized analytics may be retained indefinitely.
9. ✅ Your Rights & Choices
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten"), subject to legal retention requirements.
- Portability: Request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
- Objection: Object to processing of your data for direct marketing or profiling purposes.
- Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
Canadian Residents (PIPEDA): You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by us.
EU/EEA Residents (GDPR): You have additional rights including the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at support@myvibecodedapp.com. We will respond within 30 days.
10. 👶 Children's Privacy
MyVibeCodedApp is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU/EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at support@myvibecodedapp.com and we will take steps to delete such information.
11. 🛡️ Security
We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information, including:
- HTTPS/TLS encryption for all data in transit
- Encrypted storage of passwords using industry-standard hashing algorithms
- Secure cloud infrastructure (AWS) with access controls
- Regular security reviews and updates
- reCAPTCHA to prevent automated abuse
No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security. In the event of a data breach that affects your rights, we will notify you as required by applicable law.
12. 📬 Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
- 📧 Email: support@myvibecodedapp.com
- 🌐 Website: myvibecodedapp.com
- 📝 Support Ticket: Submit a Support Ticket
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting a notice on our website or sending an email to your registered address. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.