Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

NewsTune is operated by Ethan Chen ("NewsTune," "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect when you interact with NewsTune, including through our landing site, account system, waitlist, beta app, public pages, voice tools, and customer support channels.

By using NewsTune, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy and in our Terms of Service.

2. Information we collect

Account and identity information

• Information associated with sign-in and authentication, such as your email address, display name, profile image, and account identifiers.

Billing and transaction information

• Subscription status, plan details, payment state, billing history, invoice metadata, and limited payment identifiers provided by our payment processors.

Content and usage information

• Topics, prompts, source selections, links, series settings, voice or host settings, cover requests, generated text, generated audio metadata, and project activity.

Voice-related information

• If you use voice features, we may collect and process reference audio clips, cloned voice settings, selected voice model identifiers, preview requests, adopted external voice metadata, and related technical records needed to provide voice generation or playback.

Waitlist and communications

• Information you submit through our waitlist or contact forms, such as email, locale, role, requested features, and communication preferences.

Technical and browser information

• Device, log, and browser information, plus cookies, local storage, session storage, and similar technologies used to keep you signed in, remember app state, handle billing return flows, and protect service security.

3. How we use information

We use personal information to:

• provide, operate, maintain, and secure NewsTune;
• authenticate users and manage accounts;
• process purchases, subscriptions, billing events, renewals, cancellations, and payment-related support;
• generate, transform, store, and deliver podcast episodes, summaries, public pages, RSS feeds, voice previews, cloned voice workflows, and related outputs;
• respond to customer support requests and service inquiries;
• send service notices, transactional messages, and waitlist updates;
• monitor reliability, troubleshoot issues, and prevent abuse or fraud;
• comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies.

4. Service providers and disclosures

We may share information with service providers that help us operate NewsTune, including providers for authentication, billing, hosting, storage, email delivery, and AI, voice, audio, or media generation. These providers process information on our behalf or as needed to provide the services you request.

For example, prompts, source text, scripts, reference audio, selected voice settings, or related metadata may be transmitted to third-party service providers that help generate text, clone voices, synthesize audio, or produce related outputs. Please do not include sensitive personal information in prompts or source material unless you have a lawful basis and the right to do so.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights or users, to investigate fraud or abuse, or in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets.

5. Public content and RSS visibility

If you choose to make a series, episode, or RSS feed public, related content may become visible to anyone on the internet. Public information can include titles, descriptions, episode text, audio, images, RSS metadata, and any contact information or labels you choose to publish.

Search engines, podcast clients, and third parties may cache, index, or copy public content. Even if you later remove a public item from NewsTune, copies may continue to exist outside our systems.

6. International transfers

NewsTune and our service providers may process information in countries other than your own. By using NewsTune, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions with different data protection laws than those in your place of residence.

Where appropriate, we take reasonable steps to work with providers that offer suitable security and contractual protections for transferred data.

7. Retention and deletion

We generally retain personal information for as long as needed to provide NewsTune, maintain your account, support public publishing, operate voice features, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and prevent abuse or fraud.

If you submit reference audio or use voice cloning features, we generally retain related voice data only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide those features, maintain your selected settings, investigate abuse or impersonation concerns, and comply with legal obligations. You may request deletion of stored voice data associated with your account, but some service providers may retain limited records according to their own retention schedules, backup cycles, and legal obligations.

If you request account deletion, we generally aim to delete or de-identify information from active systems within a reasonable period, subject to backup cycles, legal requirements, payment and tax records, fraud prevention, and unresolved disputes.

8. Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or restriction of certain personal information. You may also opt out of non-essential product emails by using the unsubscribe mechanism in those messages.

To make a privacy request, contact [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.

We do not sell your personal information.

9. Children

NewsTune is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 13 has provided information to us, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.

Users under the age of legal majority should use NewsTune only with parental or guardian consent and supervision.

10. Changes and contact

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the effective date above. If the changes are material, we may also provide additional notice through the service or by email.

If you have privacy questions, contact [email protected].