Privacy Policy
How UrChapter2 handles your data
Updated April 13, 2026
Introduction
In our mission to empower women restarting their careers, we collect and use information about you, our:
- readers who visit UrChapter2 to read stories, explore career resources, and find inspiration for their second chapter
- writers who contribute stories, insights, and experiences on our platform
- subscribers who sign up for our newsletter to receive updates, resources, and opportunities
This Privacy Policy describes how we collect and use your personal information, and your rights over that information. It applies to all UrChapter2 services, including our website, newsletter, and any related services.
We're committed to protecting your privacy and handling your information with care. We believe transparency is key to maintaining trust, which is why we've written this policy in plain language to help you understand exactly what we do with your data.
Our values
We believe in being straightforward about our data practices. Our guiding principles:
- Minimal collection: We only collect information that's necessary to provide our services
- Transparency: We tell you what data we collect and why
- Security: We use industry-standard measures to protect your information
- No selling: We never sell your personal information to third parties
- Your control: You can access, update, or delete your information at any time
Why we process your information
We process your information for the following purposes:
Account & Authentication
When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile photo. We use this to create and manage your account, display your author information on posts, and enable features like commenting, bookmarking, and liking.
Content & Community
When you write stories, leave comments, or interact with content, we store that information to provide the community experience. Your published content is publicly visible with your display name and profile photo.
Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we store your email address to send you updates, stories, and career resources. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Analytics
We track basic page views and post views to understand what content resonates with our community. We do not use invasive tracking or sell analytics data.
Your rights over your information
You have the right to:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
- Correction: Update or correct inaccurate information via your profile settings
- Deletion: Request deletion of your account and associated data
- Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format
- Objection: Object to certain processing of your information
- Withdraw consent: Unsubscribe from newsletters or revoke permissions at any time
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@urchapter2.com.
Where we send your information
We use the following third-party services to operate UrChapter2:
- Cloudflare: Hosting, CDN, database (D1), and image storage (R2). Data is processed on Cloudflare's global edge network.
- Firebase (Google): Authentication via Google Sign-In. Google receives your authentication data per their privacy policy.
We do not share your personal information with advertisers, data brokers, or any other third parties for marketing purposes.
Data retention
We retain your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our services:
- Account data: Retained until you request deletion
- Published content: Retained as long as your account exists. You can delete individual posts at any time.
- Comments: Retained until you or the post author deletes them
- Newsletter subscriptions: Retained until you unsubscribe
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we'll notify you by posting a notice on our website. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of UrChapter2 after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Questions about this policy?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Email: hello@urchapter2.com
Address: UrChapter2 Team, Mumbai, India