Privacy Policy

1. About This Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Lifict ("Lifict", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you access or use the Lifict website, Closed Alpha, applications, and related services (collectively, the "Service").

Lifict is an interactive storytelling platform intended exclusively for adults aged 18 and over.

Lifict is currently operated as a pre-launch service. Information identifying the responsible service provider will be published where required by applicable law as the Service moves toward public commercial operation.

Privacy questions and requests may be submitted through our Contact page.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you use the Service.

2.1 Account and Registration Information

When you apply for the Closed Alpha or create an account, we may collect information such as:

• email address;
• username or display name;
• authentication and account identifiers;
• account preferences and settings;
• Closed Alpha application information you choose to provide;
• confirmation that you meet our 18+ eligibility requirement; and
• records showing your acceptance of our Terms and applicable policies.

We generally do not need your full date of birth simply to operate an adult-only account unless additional age information is required for legal or verification purposes.

2.2 Age Eligibility and Age Assurance

Lifict is available only to users aged 18 or older.

In some jurisdictions, self-declaration may not be sufficient to establish adult eligibility. We may therefore require additional age assurance or age verification where required by law, where necessary to comply with applicable regulatory obligations, or where we reasonably need additional assurance that a user is eligible to use the Service.

Where possible, age assurance will be performed by a specialized third-party provider rather than by Lifict directly.

Our goal is to receive and retain only the minimum information necessary to establish eligibility. Depending on the verification method, Lifict may receive information such as:

• whether you have been verified as 18 or older;
• the verification or assurance level;
• the date or validity period of the verification;
• the jurisdiction to which the verification applies; and
• a pseudonymous verification reference.

Lifict does not intend to receive or store copies of passports, identity documents, selfies, biometric templates, or similar verification materials where age assurance can be completed without doing so.

Information provided directly to an age-assurance provider is processed under that provider's own privacy terms and our contractual arrangements with that provider.

2.3 Characters, Stories, Personas, and Conversations

When you use Lifict, we process the content necessary to provide interactive storytelling features. This may include:

• characters and character descriptions;
• stories and story settings;
• personas;
• prompts and instructions;
• chat messages;
• AI-generated responses;
• message edits and alternative generations;
• story branches;
• relationship and story-state information;
• summaries and memory records used to maintain continuity;
• preferences relating to characters and stories; and
• other content you create, upload, or interact with.

Private conversations are not publicly visible unless you intentionally use a feature that publishes or shares content.

Because Lifict is designed for long-running stories, some information from conversations may be transformed into summaries, structured memory, relationship state, or other continuity data associated with your story or account.

2.4 Content You Make Public

If Lifict provides public characters, stories, creator profiles, comments, or similar community features and you choose to publish content through them, that content may become visible to other users or to the public.

Do not include information in public content that you do not want others to see.

2.5 Technical and Usage Information

We may automatically collect technical information necessary to operate, secure, and improve the Service, including:

• IP address;
• browser type and version;
• device and operating-system information;
• session and account identifiers;
• approximate geographic location derived from network information;
• timestamps;
• pages and features used;
• request and performance information;
• error and crash information;
• security events;
• rate-limit and anti-abuse signals; and
• similar technical logs.

Where appropriate, we may use pseudonymous or hashed identifiers for security and abuse prevention instead of directly identifying information.

2.6 Support and Communications

If you contact us, we may process:

• your contact information;
• the contents of your request;
• screenshots or attachments you provide;
• support history; and
• other information you voluntarily provide.

2.7 Payments and Subscription Information

If Lifict offers paid services, payments may be processed by third-party payment processors or merchants of record.

Lifict does not intend to store full payment-card numbers or similar payment credentials.

We may receive and retain information necessary to manage purchases, including:

• transaction reference;
• payment status;
• subscription status;
• purchase date;
• product or plan purchased;
• billing country; and
• amount paid.

3. Sensitive Information

Lifict does not require users to provide sensitive personal information in order to participate in fictional roleplay.

Because conversations may involve personal or emotional subjects, information you voluntarily include in a conversation may nevertheless reveal sensitive details about you.

Please avoid providing real-world information that is not necessary for your storytelling experience, particularly passwords, government identification numbers, financial credentials, medical records, precise home addresses, or private information belonging to another person.

4. How We Use Information

We use information where reasonably necessary to:

• provide, operate, and maintain Lifict;
• create and manage user accounts;
• confirm eligibility to use an adults-only Service;
• authenticate users and protect accounts;
• generate AI-powered character and story responses;
• maintain story continuity and long-term memory;
• personalize characters and stories based on your choices;
• operate branching, regeneration, editing, and related story features;
• communicate with Closed Alpha applicants and users;
• provide customer support;
• process subscriptions or purchases;
• detect fraud, scraping, automated abuse, security threats, and attempts to evade platform restrictions;
• enforce our Terms of Service and Content Policy;
• investigate reports and safety incidents;
• maintain and improve reliability and performance;
• understand how Service features are used;
• comply with applicable law and lawful legal requests; and
• establish, exercise, or defend legal rights.

5. AI Models and Service Providers

Lifict relies on third-party technology providers to operate parts of the Service.

When you send a message or perform another AI-powered action, information necessary to generate the requested response may be sent to an AI model provider or routing provider. This may include:

• your current message;
• relevant recent conversation history;
• character instructions;
• persona information;
• selected story context;
• relevant memory or summaries; and
• technical information required to process the request.

We seek to limit the information sent to providers to what is reasonably necessary for the requested functionality.

Lifict may also use service providers for:

• hosting and cloud infrastructure;
• databases and storage;
• authentication;
• email delivery;
• analytics;
• security and fraud prevention;
• content moderation;
• age assurance;
• customer support; and
• payment processing.

Service providers may process information only as permitted by applicable agreements, instructions, and law.

6. Private Conversations, Advertising, and AI Training

We do not sell private conversations to advertisers.

We do not use the contents of private conversations for targeted advertising.

Lifict does not use private conversations to train a general-purpose AI model operated by Lifict unless we clearly introduce such a program in the future and provide any notice, choice, or consent required by applicable law.

Where third-party AI providers process content through their API or business services, we seek to use provider terms and settings that restrict use of customer content for general model training where such controls are available.

Provider retention for limited purposes such as security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, or service operation may still occur according to the applicable provider arrangement.

We may use aggregated, de-identified, statistical, or technical information to understand and improve Lifict where that information is no longer reasonably linked to an individual user.

7. Content Moderation and Safety Processing

Lifict may use automated systems to identify content or activity that may violate our Terms of Service, Content Policy, security rules, or applicable law.

Private conversations are not routinely published or made available to other users.

Authorized human access to private content may occur where reasonably necessary, including:

• when you request support and provide relevant content;
• when content is reported or flagged for a serious policy or safety issue;
• when investigating fraud or security incidents;
• where necessary to enforce our policies;
• where required by law; or
• where necessary to protect users or others from serious harm.

Access to such content should be limited to authorized personnel with a legitimate need to review it.

8. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the GDPR, UK GDPR, or similar data-protection laws apply, we rely on one or more legal bases depending on the processing activity.

Contract

We process information where necessary to provide the Service you requested, including account management, AI generation, story continuity, and customer support.

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where necessary for legitimate interests such as:

• protecting the Service;
• preventing fraud and abuse;
• maintaining platform security;
• improving reliability;
• enforcing our policies; and
• protecting our legal rights,

provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

Legal Obligation

We process information where necessary to comply with legal obligations, including applicable safety, age-assurance, accounting, tax, or law-enforcement requirements.

Consent

Where applicable law requires consent, we will rely on consent for the relevant processing, such as certain optional cookies, marketing communications, or other optional features.

You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

9. When We Share Information

We may share information with service providers where necessary to operate the Service as described above.

We may also disclose information:

• when required by applicable law, regulation, court order, or lawful governmental request;
• to investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• to enforce our Terms or policies;
• to protect the rights, safety, or property of Lifict, our users, or others;
• in connection with intellectual-property or other legal complaints;
• during a merger, financing, restructuring, acquisition, or transfer of all or part of the Service; or
• with your direction or consent.

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration.

10. International Data Transfers

Lifict may use service providers located in different countries.

As a result, personal information may be processed outside the country in which you live.

Where required by applicable law, we will use recognized safeguards for international transfers, such as adequacy decisions, Standard Contractual Clauses, or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Retention periods depend on factors such as:

• how long your account remains active;
• whether information is required to provide an ongoing story or memory feature;
• security and abuse-prevention needs;
• legal obligations;
• dispute-resolution needs; and
• your deletion choices.

Account information and private story content may generally be retained while your account remains active.

When an account or story is deleted, associated information may remain for a limited period in backups, security records, or other systems where immediate deletion is not technically feasible or where retention is legally required.

Payment and transaction records may be retained for periods required by tax, accounting, or other law.

Age-assurance status may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to establish eligibility or comply with applicable law.

12. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:

• access personal information we hold about you;
• receive a copy of certain information;
• correct inaccurate information;
• request deletion;
• restrict certain processing;
• object to certain processing;
• obtain certain information in portable form;
• withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; and
• lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority.

Requests may be submitted through our Contact page.

We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

13. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Lifict may use cookies and similar technologies necessary for authentication, security, preferences, and basic Service functionality.

Optional analytics or other non-essential technologies may be used where appropriate and, where required by law, only after obtaining the relevant consent.

Cookie controls may be provided separately where necessary.

14. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. These may include:

• encrypted network communications;
• access controls;
• authentication safeguards;
• secure development practices;
• logging and monitoring;
• separation of production access; and
• abuse-prevention systems.

No online system can guarantee absolute security.

15. Adults Only

Lifict is not intended for anyone under 18.

If we reasonably believe that a user is under 18, we may restrict access, request additional age assurance, suspend the account, or terminate the account.

If we determine that personal information was collected from a person who was not eligible to use the Service, we may delete that information where appropriate and legally permitted.

16. Third-Party Links

The Service may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties.

Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.

17. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Lifict evolves or as legal and technical requirements change.

The current version will display its latest update date.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice before material changes take effect.

18. Contact

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, please use the Contact page available on Lifict.

Additional legally required service-provider information will be published when applicable.