Privacy Policy & Data Governance
A comprehensive statement detailing how SCARLET ARCHIVE collects, processes, secures, and safeguards personal information across our global publishing network.
1. Policy Scope & Regulatory Alignment
SCARLET ARCHIVE ("we", "our", "us") values the trust of our readers, creators, and partners. This Privacy Policy outlines our transparent data handling practices across comicworld.site and associated services. We uphold high data privacy benchmarks aligned with international standards including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and applicable global digital communication frameworks.
By accessing our website, reading serialized narratives, interacting with our media players, or submitting inquiries, you acknowledge the data handling practices described herein.
2. Categories of Information Collected
We believe in data minimization. We only collect information strictly required to deliver, secure, and improve our literary and visual content services:
| Category | Specific Data Points | Collection Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Directly Provided Information | Name, email address, inquiry topic, message body, optional Telegram handle. | Responding to customer support, processing creator submissions, and editorial communications. |
| Technical & Automated Telemetry | Anonymized IP addresses, browser engine, operating system, screen dimensions, referring URL. | Ensuring cross-device reading compatibility, diagnosing edge latency, and preventing malicious scraping. |
| Reader Preferences (Local Storage) | Dark/light reading theme preference, reading font size, chapter bookmarks. | Preserving user reading continuity across visits strictly stored client-side in browser storage. |
| Aggregated Analytics | Aggregated page view durations, scroll depth milestones, and chapter navigation patterns. | Editorial optimization, determining narrative pacing, and platform infrastructure planning. |
3. Cookies, Web Beacons & Advertising Disclosures
Our website utilizes standard HTTP cookies, session tokens, and web beacons to optimize page delivery and deliver contextual advertising.
Essential & Operational Cookies
These cookies enable essential navigation, UI persistence (such as mobile menu state and reading orientation), and bot mitigation through Cloudflare/enterprise proxies. These cannot be disabled without impairing core site functionality.
Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookies
Google is a certified third-party vendor on SCARLET ARCHIVE. Google utilizes cookies, including the DoubleClick DART cookie, to serve relevant, non-intrusive advertisements to visitors based on their visit to our site and other destinations across the web.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google My Ad Center or by reviewing the Google Advertising Privacy Policy.
- Alternatively, you can manage or opt out of third-party vendor cookie usage for interest-based advertising via the Digital Advertising Alliance WebChoices Tool or Your Online Choices (EU).
Tag Management & Performance Metrics (Google Tag Manager)
We deploy Google Tag Manager with privacy-compliant settings and IP masking enabled to analyze aggregated performance metrics, identify broken reader panels, and maintain high performance across mobile cellular connections.
4. Legal Bases for Data Processing (GDPR Compliance)
When processing personal data of users located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we rely upon the following recognized legal bases under Article 6 of the GDPR:
- Consent: Where you explicitly opt in to newsletters, submit support inquiries, or permit optional advertising cookies.
- Contractual Necessity: To fulfill requested reader services, transactions, and creator collaboration agreements.
- Legitimate Interests: To secure our digital infrastructure against DDoS attacks, safeguard copyrighted works against automated scraping, and improve platform ergonomics.
- Legal Obligation: To comply with mandatory statutory, judicial, tax, or regulatory directives.
5. Data Retention & Erasure Protocols
We retain personal information only for the minimum duration required to satisfy the operational purposes outlined in this policy:
- Inquiry Records: General contact and reader support inquiries are archived for a maximum of 180 days before automated deletion.
- Creator Agreements: Professional contributor records are retained in accordance with statutory accounting and copyright licensing laws.
- Telemetry Logs: Server access and CDN diagnostic logs are scrubbed and anonymized within 30 days.
6. Information Security & Encryption Measures
SCARLET ARCHIVE implements enterprise-grade technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized modification, or unlawful disclosure:
- Mandatory Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) encryption enforced across all domain routes and static asset endpoints.
- Strict Content Security Policy (CSP), HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), and XSS mitigation headers.
- Restricted, role-based administrative access governed by multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Continuous perimeter threat monitoring and automated vulnerability audits.
7. Individual Privacy Rights & Self-Determination
Depending on your geographic jurisdiction (including GDPR, CCPA, and CPRA), you enjoy defined statutory privacy rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of Access & Portability: You may request a structured, machine-readable export of any personal data we maintain concerning you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request the permanent deletion of your personal records, subject to statutory retention obligations.
- Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: You may restrict certain processing activities or object to direct communications.
- Non-Discrimination: We never discriminate against any reader for exercising their legitimate privacy rights.
To exercise any of these rights, contact our Data Protection Office directly at [email protected]. Verified requests are addressed within thirty (30) business days.
8. Protection of Children & Minors
SCARLET ARCHIVE does not knowingly collect, solicit, or maintain personally identifiable information from individuals under the age of thirteen (13), or sixteen (16) where mandated by local law. Our curated literary catalog is engineered for general readers and discerning literature enthusiasts. If we discover that personal data of a minor has been collected without verified parental consent, we take immediate corrective steps to remove such information from our records.
9. Amendments & Policy Updates
We periodically review and update this Privacy Policy to reflect evolving regulatory mandates, technical upgrades, and platform features. Whenever substantial modifications occur, we will update the "Last Updated" timestamp at the top of this document. We encourage readers to periodically review this page to stay informed of our data protection practices.