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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 10, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data Indie Need collects, why, and what control you have over it. We aim to collect only what we need to run the Service well.

Data we collect

  • Account data: your name or handle, email address, and profile details you choose to add.
  • Content data: products, launches, comments, reviews, votes, and media you submit.
  • Usage data: basic logs needed to keep the Service secure and working, such as request metadata and rate-limit signals.

How we use it

We use your data to operate your account, display your public profile and contributions, run discovery and ranking features, send notifications you have opted into, prevent abuse, and comply with legal obligations. We do not sell your personal data.

What is public

Your profile, your published products and launches, your comments and reviews, and your public vote counts are visible to others. Your email address, draft or pending submissions, private settings, and moderation history are not public.

Third-party services

We rely on trusted providers to run the Service, including authentication and database hosting, and optional email delivery. These providers process data on our behalf under their own security and privacy commitments.

Advertising

Indie Need is free for makers and visitors. To cover the cost of hosting, moderation, and ongoing development — and to keep the platform free — we display advertising served by third-party vendors, including Google AdSense.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings at https://www.google.com/settings/ads, and you can learn more about how Google uses data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. Where required, we ask for consent before setting non-essential advertising cookies.

Your rights

You can access and update most of your data from your settings. You may request a copy of your data or deletion of your account by contacting us. We retain data only as long as needed to provide the Service or meet legal requirements.