Last updated: October 16, 2025
Welcome to AI Story Maker (the “Site”, “Plugin”, or “Service”).
Our website address is: https://www.storymakerplugin.com.
This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your personal data.
1. Who We Are
AI Story Maker is developed and maintained by Hayan Mamoun.
For privacy-related questions, contact us at:
📧 admin@storymakerplugin.com
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images containing embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images displayed on the site.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience—so you don’t have to re-enter them next time. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen preferences:
- Login cookies last two days.
- Screen option cookies last one year.
- If you select “Remember Me,” your login persists for two weeks.
Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, another cookie is saved in your browser, containing only the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you visited the other website directly.
These external sites may collect data, use cookies, embed tracking tools, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—especially if you are logged in to those platforms.
6. Information We Collect Through the Plugin
When using the AI Story Maker plugin, we may collect:
- Basic plugin usage data (version, site domain hash, settings used).
- Optional analytics (number of generated stories, performance metrics).
- Prompts and generated content processed through connected AI APIs (never stored on our servers).
- API keys and credentials, stored locally in your WordPress database, never transmitted to us.
This data helps improve plugin reliability and provide technical support.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
- If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- AI generation and social media publishing features rely on secure, external APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Facebook, LinkedIn). We do not share your data with these services beyond what’s required for the requested action.
8. How Long We Retain Your Data
- Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely for automatic follow-up approval.
- For registered users, personal information in profiles is stored until deleted. Users may view, edit, or delete their data anytime (except usernames).
- Plugin analytics, prompts, and generation logs are retained locally until manually cleared or plugin data is reset.
9. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- Deletion of any personal data we hold (excluding data we must retain for legal or security reasons).
Requests can be sent to admin@storymakerplugin.com.
10. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked by automated spam detection or anti-abuse services.
AI content requests are processed securely via API calls to external providers, using your API keys. We do not retain or reuse your prompts or generated content.
11. Data Security
We use encryption, HTTPS, and access controls to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure of your data.
Your data is stored locally on your WordPress site, under your control.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy periodically to reflect new features, legal requirements, or privacy best practices. The updated date will always appear at the top of this page.
13. Contact Information
For any privacy-related inquiries or data requests, please contact:
Hayan Mamoun
📧 admin@storymakerplugin.com
🌐 https://www.storymakerplugin.com