Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Cover Stories. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our service to generate magazine-style covers from your social media content.

2. Information We Collect

When you use Cover Stories, we may collect:

• Username Information: The social media username you provide to generate covers.
• Public Social Media Data: We access publicly available tweets, posts, or content from the username you provide to generate your cover story.
• Generated Content: The AI-generated stories and cover images created for you.
• Usage Data: Basic analytics about how the service is used.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information to:

• Generate personalized magazine-style covers based on your social media content.
• Store generated images temporarily to enable sharing functionality.
• Improve our service and user experience.
• Cache results to provide faster responses for repeated requests.

4. AI-Generated Content

Cover Stories uses artificial intelligence (including services like Grok and GPT-5-mini) to analyze your public social media content and generate creative magazine-style headlines and stories. Please note:

• AI-generated content may be inaccurate, fictional, or not representative of your actual views or achievements.
• The generated content is for entertainment purposes only.
• We are not responsible for any misinterpretation of AI-generated content.

5. Data Storage and Retention

Generated cover images are stored on secure cloud storage (Vercel Blob) to enable sharing functionality. Cached story data may be retained temporarily to improve service performance. We do not permanently store your social media credentials or private information.

6. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• X/Twitter API: To fetch public tweet data.
• Instagram: To access public Instagram content when selected.
• AI Services (Grok, GPT-5-mini, Gemini): To generate stories and images.
• Vercel: For hosting and image storage.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Choose not to use our service.
• Request information about data we may have collected.
• Request deletion of generated content associated with your username.

8. Disclaimer

Cover Stories is not affiliated with any magazine, journal, or publication. All generated covers are fictional and for entertainment purposes only. We are not affiliated with X/Twitter, Instagram, or any other social media platform.

9. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, please reach out through the creators listed on our website.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of any significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.