Privacy Policy
What we collect, why, and what you can ask us to do with it.
◆The short version
We collect only what it takes to run your account and deliver what you buy. We don't run ads, we don't use tracking or analytics tools, and we don't sell or share your personal information for advertising.
◆What we collect
Account details: your email address, the display name you choose, and your password stored only as a one-way scrypt hash, so we can't read it.
Purchase records: what you bought, when, the amount, its status (paid or refunded) and the Stripe reference IDs for the payment.
A sign-in cookie: one cookie that keeps you logged in for up to 30 days. It isn't used for tracking. We store only a scrambled (hashed) version of it.
On your device only: the site saves your saved and recently viewed guides in your browser's local storage. That data never leaves your device.
Payment details: typed into Stripe's secure payment form (or Apple Pay, Google Pay or Link) and sent straight to Stripe, never to our servers. Stripe handles your card under its own privacy policy; we receive only the payment result, never your full card number.
Technical data: like any website, our server sees your IP address when you connect. We use it briefly to protect against abuse (for example, limiting repeated login attempts) and do not store it in our database.
◆How we use it
To create and secure your account, deliver and re-deliver your guides, process refunds, prevent fraud, answer support requests, and keep the business records the law requires (such as sales records for taxes).
◆Who we share it with
Stripe, which processes payments. Our hosting provider, which runs the server the site and database live on. Google Fonts, which serves the site's typefaces, so your browser connects to Google when pages load.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the site and its users from fraud or abuse. That's it. We don't sell your data and don't share it with advertisers.
◆How long we keep it
Account details are kept while your account exists. Purchase records are kept as long as needed for tax and accounting obligations, generally up to 7 years. Database backups are kept for 14 days and then deleted.
◆Your choices and rights
You can change your name and password from your account at any time. To get a copy of your data, correct it, or delete your account, email support@debroke.com from the address on your account. We'll respond within 30 days. After deletion we keep only the purchase records the law requires us to keep.
Depending on where you live (for example California, under the CCPA), you may have additional rights to know, delete or correct your personal information and to not be discriminated against for using them. Email us to use any of them.
◆Security
The site runs over HTTPS, passwords are hashed, guide files sit in private storage that only paying accounts can download from, and access to the server is restricted. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
◆Age
DEBROKE is for adults 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18; if you think we have, email us and we'll delete it.
◆Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top, and we'll note significant changes on the site.