Privacy Policy
Learn how KuroScans collects, protects, and manages your personal information.
At KuroScans ("we", "us", or "our"), your privacy is of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by KuroScans and how it is used.
By accessing or using our Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agreed to our collection, storage, and use of your personal information as described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
A. Information You Provide Directly
- Account Credentials: When creating an account or logging in via OAuth (e.g. Google), we collect your username, email address, display name, and avatar image.
- User-Generated Content: Comments, ratings, custom collections, and reading bookmarks you save to your profile.
B. Automatically Collected Information
- Log Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and click counts.
- Device Information: Operating system, device type, and screen resolution to deliver an optimized responsive experience.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To provide, operate, and maintain your user reading experience and bookmarks.
- To compute gamification rewards, level progressions, and leaderboard standings.
- To prevent fraudulent behavior, bot abuse, and enforce comment rate limits via security verification (such as Cloudflare Turnstile).
- To understand and analyze how users interact with our platform to improve navigation, features, and performance.
3. Cookies and Local Storage
KuroScans uses cookies and browser local storage to maintain session states and store user preferences:
- Session & Authentication Cookies: Secure, HTTP-only cookies used to keep you authenticated across sessions.
- Preference Storage: Local storage used to preserve your theme preference (Dark Mode vs Light Mode) and chapter reading progress.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent; however, certain interactive features (like bookmarks and comments) may not function properly without cookies enabled.
4. Third-Party Links & Content
KuroScans contains links to external websites and index entries pointing to third-party image hosts. We do not control or operate these external services and are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website you visit.
5. Children's Privacy
Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. KuroScans does not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child has provided personal information on our platform, please contact us immediately, and we will promptly delete such information from our records.
6. Data Security & Your Rights
We implement industry-standard administrative and technical security measures to safeguard your personal data. You have the right to:
- Access, update, or edit your account information and avatar directly through your profile settings.
- Request the removal or anonymization of your account and comments.