1. What we collect
When you sign in with Google, WebNovelHub receives your Google account's display name, email address, and profile photo. We do not receive or store your Google password. We also store your account's unique ID in our database.
While you use the site we store the content you create: your reading library, chapter progress, reviews, ratings, follows, lists, comments, discussion posts, and notifications. This is the data that powers your profile and the community features.
We do not host chapters and do not collect or store your reading history from Webnovel or any other site.
2. Why we collect it
This data exists to provide the service: to keep your library synced across devices, show your public profile and reviews, power leaderboards and streaks, and let other readers find and follow your activity. Counters (XP, review counts, follower counts) are derived from your activity.
3. Who we share it with
Your public profile, reviews, lists, and comments are visible to anyone visiting the site — that is the point of a public community database. Your private library and chapter progress are visible only to you.
The infrastructure that runs the site involves these third parties:
- Firebase (Google) — sign-in, Cloud Firestore database, and Cloud Storage. Google's Firebase privacy policy applies to this processing.
- Cloudflare — hosts the site on Cloudflare Pages and serves network traffic. Cloudflare's privacy policy applies.
- Plausible Analytics — privacy-friendly, cookieless usage analytics. It does not identify you personally.
We never sell your personal data and never share it with advertisers.
4. Cookies and analytics
WebNovelHub uses no tracking cookies. Google sign-in may set first-party cookies needed to maintain your session. Plausible Analytics is cookieless and does not track you across other sites.
5. Children
The site contains novels rated for adult readers, and some content is 18+. The service is intended for readers aged 13 and over. If you are under 13, please do not create an account. Mature (18+) content is hidden by default and gated by a visible warning.
6. Data retention and deletion
Your account data is kept while your account is active. If you want to delete your account and its content, email the address below and we will remove your profile, reviews, and personal data within 30 days. Content you posted that others rely on (e.g. reviews) may be kept in anonymized form, and your reviews may be re-attributed or removed at our discretion.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (e.g. GDPR in the EU/EEA, CCPA in California), you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict processing. Contact us at the address below to exercise these rights.
8. Security
All traffic is served over HTTPS. Firestore access is governed by security rules that restrict reads and writes to authorized users, and bans are enforced server-side. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your data.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy? Reach out via our community Discord (linked in the footer) or by email at privacy@webnovelhub.example.