Privacy
Where your manuscript lives
Last updated 5 October 2026.
Where your writing is stored
Google sign-in is required to open your library. Your manuscript stays in this browser on this device. Signing in does not sync or back up your writing.
While it reads not synced
In the browser-only writing preview, riter saves your books and chapters in this browser rather than uploading them to an account. We hold no backup copy to restore.
- Someone with access to this browser may be able to open your saved writing. Signing out does not remove the browser copy.
- Clearing your browser data deletes your work for good. There is no copy on our side to restore from.
- Your work does not follow you to another device or another browser.
- Export what matters. Markdown export is there for exactly this.
What we collect
- Feedback you deliberately record. When you rate a page or write a note, your answers, comment, page context and app version are recorded in this browser. They are not delivered to support. Do not paste manuscript text into feedback.
- An account, only if you make one. Signing in with Google gives us your email address, name and profile picture. We do not receive your Google password. If you do not sign in, no account and no identifier are created, and you are not tracked anonymously either.
- Web server logs held by our hosting provider: the IP address, the time and the page requested, kept to run the site and to spot abuse.
What we do not do
- No advertising, and no sale of your personal data or writing.
- No third-party analytics, and no tracking pixels.
- Your writing is never used to train a model, ours or anyone else’s.
- The editor checks writing in this browser. It does not produce a personalised voice comparison.
Signing in, and getting back in
Signing in with Google shares your email address and name with us. We do not receive your Google password and we have no access to your Google account beyond that basic profile.
Signing out does not delete the writing stored in this browser.
Who is responsible
riter app is operated by AlphaHive Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company no. 16171264. It is the data controller for the data above. This site does not currently provide a monitored support or privacy contact channel. The feedback form records notes locally and cannot deliver a request to us.
| Data | Basis | Kept |
|---|---|---|
| Your manuscript, not synced | Not processed by us; it stays in your browser | Until you delete it |
| Your email address and name | Contract: you asked us to create an account | Until you ask us to close it |
| Feedback you record | Legitimate interest: improving the product | In this browser, until you clear it |
| Server logs | Legitimate interest: running the site | As held by Firebase Hosting |
Data is processed in the UK, the EU and the US, because Firebase is a Google service with a global network.
Your rights
Under UK and EU data protection law you can ask for a copy of your data, ask for it to be corrected or deleted, and object to how it is used. While your manuscript reads not synced, you do not need to ask us for any of that: it is in your browser, you can export it, and clearing site data deletes it.
Feedback you have recorded is in this browser, so clearing your site data removes it. The local feedback form cannot deliver an account or privacy request. A monitored contact channel is not currently provided on this site.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to a supervisory authority. In the UK that is the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk; in the EU it is the authority in your country of residence. You do not have to raise it with us first.
Changes
This page changes when the product does, and above all when what we keep changes. The date at the top is the version.