Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect minimal information necessary to operate the site, deliver AI roleplay features, measure performance, and fulfill legal obligations. The categories of data we may collect include:

• Usage data: pages viewed, time spent on pages, referring URLs, approximate geographic region (country or city level), device type, operating system, browser type and version, screen resolution, and interactions such as clicks on links, character selections, and scenario starts.
• Session data: when you interact with AI roleplay characters, the platform processes the text, voice inputs, and scenario preferences you provide during your session to generate contextually appropriate responses. Session memory features store conversation context to maintain continuity across interactions.
• Cookies and identifiers: small files stored on your device used to remember your age confirmation, measure site performance, track referral attribution to partner platforms, maintain session state, and distinguish unique visitors from repeat visits.
• Information you voluntarily provide: if you contact us via email at support@18roleplayai.com, we receive whatever information you include in your message — typically your email address, name, and the content of your inquiry. We do not operate registration forms or comment systems on 18roleplayai.com itself.
• Server logs: our hosting provider automatically records IP addresses, request timestamps, HTTP status codes, and user-agent strings. These logs are used for security monitoring and abuse prevention, and are deleted on a rolling basis.
• Voice and media data: if you use voice roleplay features, audio data is processed in real-time to generate character responses. We do not store raw audio recordings after processing unless required for troubleshooting active technical issues.

2. How We Use Information

We use collected information for the following purposes:

• Service delivery: powering AI roleplay interactions, maintaining session memory across conversations, generating character voice and photo responses, and personalizing the experience based on your scenario preferences.
• Site operation and improvement: ensuring pages load correctly, identifying broken links or errors, improving navigation and content based on aggregate usage patterns, and optimizing AI character response quality.
• Analytics and performance measurement: understanding which characters, scenarios, and features attract the most engagement, measuring traffic sources, and evaluating the effectiveness of content and feature updates.
• Referral attribution: tracking when a visitor clicks an affiliate link to a partner platform so that the referral is properly credited.
• Security and abuse prevention: detecting and mitigating bot traffic, scraping attempts, denial-of-service attacks, underage access attempts, and other malicious or prohibited activity.
• Legal compliance: responding to lawful requests from authorities and fulfilling obligations under applicable data protection laws.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

18 Roleplay AI uses cookies and similar technologies (such as pixel tags, local storage, and session identifiers) to enhance your experience and measure site performance. The types of cookies we use include:

• Essential cookies: required for the site to function properly. These handle age verification confirmation, session management, security tokens, and basic navigation. They cannot be disabled without breaking core functionality.
• Analytics cookies: used to collect aggregated, anonymized information about how visitors use the site — page views, session duration, bounce rates, and navigation paths. We use this data to improve content and user experience. Our analytics tools include Vercel Analytics and may include Google Analytics or similar services.
• Referral and attribution cookies: track the source of your visit and record when you click through to a partner platform. These cookies enable accurate affiliate attribution and typically expire after 30 to 90 days.
• Preference cookies: remember choices you make on the site, such as language preference, age confirmation status, or display settings, so they persist across sessions.

4. Third-Party Services

We work with a limited number of third-party service providers to operate the site and deliver AI roleplay features. These partners may process data on our behalf or receive data through your interactions with the site:

• Hosting and infrastructure: our site is hosted on Vercel. Their servers process your requests and may log IP addresses and request metadata in accordance with their own privacy policies.
• AI processing partners: AI-generated text, voice, and photo responses are powered by third-party machine learning services. Conversation data is transmitted to these providers for real-time processing. We require our AI partners to process data solely for service delivery and not for independent model training on your personal conversations.
• Analytics providers: we may use Vercel Analytics, Google Analytics, or comparable services to gather aggregate usage statistics. These services may set their own cookies and collect data subject to their respective privacy policies.
• Content delivery networks: static assets (images, fonts, scripts) may be served through CDN providers who process your IP address and request headers to deliver content efficiently.
• Affiliate platforms: when you click a referral link to a partner site, that partner receives referral data (typically a referral code, timestamp, and landing page) but not your personal information from our site.

5. Data Retention

We retain data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy:

• Server logs: automatically deleted on a rolling basis, typically within 30 to 90 days.
• Analytics data: retained in aggregated, anonymized form for up to 26 months for trend analysis, after which it is purged.
• Session and conversation data: AI roleplay session memory is maintained to provide continuity features. You may request deletion of your session history at any time by contacting us.
• Cookies: essential and preference cookies expire when your browser session ends or after a maximum of 12 months. Analytics and referral cookies expire within 30 to 90 days depending on the provider.
• Contact correspondence: emails and support requests are retained for up to 24 months to handle follow-ups and legal obligations, then deleted unless a longer retention period is required by law.
• Backup copies: data included in system backups may persist for up to 90 days beyond the primary deletion date, after which backups are cycled out.

6. Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have specific rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent local laws. These include:

• Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: you may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• Right to erasure: you may request deletion of your personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.
• Right to restriction: you may ask us to restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances, such as while we verify the accuracy of contested data.
• Right to data portability: where processing is based on consent or a contract and carried out by automated means, you may request your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to object: you may object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling. We will stop processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds.
• Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

7. Your Rights Under CCPA

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grant you additional rights:

• Right to know: you may request details about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, the sources, the business purposes, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to delete: you may request deletion of personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Right to opt out of sale or sharing: we do not sell your personal information. We do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
• Right to non-discrimination: we will not deny you services, charge different prices, or provide a different quality of service because you exercised any CCPA right.

8. Children's Privacy

18 Roleplay AI is strictly an adults-only platform. All content and services are intended exclusively for individuals who are at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is higher).

We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. The site employs an age verification gate that requires visitors to confirm their age before accessing content. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a minor, we will delete that information immediately and terminate any associated session data.

If you believe a minor has accessed 18roleplayai.com or provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at support@18roleplayai.com so we can take appropriate action.

9. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the information we process against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

• All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using TLS (HTTPS).
• Access to server infrastructure and databases is restricted to authorized personnel using strong authentication and role-based access controls.
• We conduct regular security reviews of our hosting environment and third-party integrations.
• AI conversation data is processed through encrypted channels and is not accessible to our staff except during authorized troubleshooting.

10. International Data Transfers

18roleplayai.com is operated from the United States. If you access the site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other countries where our hosting providers, AI processing partners, and analytics services operate. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those of your jurisdiction.

Where personal data is transferred from the EEA, UK, or Switzerland to a country not deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or we ensure that the recipient is certified under an applicable data transfer framework.

By using our services, you acknowledge and consent to the transfer and processing of your information as described in this section.

11. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers transmit a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal to websites. There is currently no universally accepted standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. At this time, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices in response to DNT signals. If a uniform standard is adopted in the future, we will update this policy to reflect our compliance approach.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other operational reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your data.

Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. If a change materially reduces your rights, we will make reasonable efforts to notify affected users.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, or need to report a privacy concern, please contact us:

Email: support@18roleplayai.com

Website: 18roleplayai.com

Entity: 18 Roleplay AI

We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. In complex cases or during periods of high volume, this period may be extended by an additional 60 days, in which case we will notify you of the extension and the reason for it.