This Privacy Policy explains how BBP Translations (“BBP,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit or use our website.
By using this website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please stop using the website.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://bedboundedpotato.com.
We do not run advertisements, and we aim to collect as little personal information as possible.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect different information depending on how you use the website.
Information you provide directly
When you create an account, comment, review, contact us, upload media, make a donation, purchase coins/Crisps, or unlock chapters, you may provide:
- Username
- Email address
- Password
- Display name
- Profile/avatar image
- Comments, reviews, ratings, replies, highlighted text, and other public posts
- Uploaded or embedded media, such as images or GIFs
- Payment-related records needed to confirm donations, coin/Crisp purchases, refunds, or chapter unlocks
- Messages you send through email or contact forms
Please do not post private personal information in comments, reviews, profiles, avatars, uploaded media, or other public areas.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, basic technical information may be collected automatically, such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Date and time of access
- Referring URLs
- Security logs, spam-prevention logs, and error logs
This information is used mainly for website security, spam prevention, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and basic site operation.
3. Accounts and Guest Use
You may use some parts of the website as a guest. Guest comments or reviews may display a guest name or temporary guest identity.
If you register an account, we store the information needed to create and maintain that account, such as your username, email address, password, display name, profile preferences, public profile information, comments, reviews, ratings, unlock history, and account activity.
Passwords are handled through WordPress’s password system and are not visible to us in plain text.
You are responsible for keeping your login details safe.
4. Public Profiles, Comments, Reviews, and Media
If you leave a comment, review, avatar, profile detail, uploaded image, GIF, or other public contribution, it may be visible to other visitors.
Public content may show your display name, avatar, profile link, role/status, comment or review text, rating, context, posting date, and related novel/chapter.
We may remove, edit, hide, reject, or moderate public content if it violates our rules, contains spam, infringes rights, contains illegal or harmful material, or is otherwise harmful to the website or community.
5. Donations, Coins/Crisps, Locked Chapters, and Payment Records
If you donate, purchase coins/Crisps, or unlock chapters, payment processing may be handled by third-party payment providers.
We may store limited transaction-related information needed to:
- Confirm payment
- Credit coins/Crisps
- Unlock eligible chapters
- Prevent fraud, abuse, and chargeback misuse
- Resolve payment issues
- Keep basic accounting records
- Handle refunds or disputes
We do not intentionally collect or store full payment card numbers.
If payment is processed through a third-party provider, that provider may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
6. Cookies
This website may use cookies for necessary functions, including:
- Logging in and keeping you logged in
- Remembering account preferences
- Remembering comment form information if you choose that option
- “Remember me” functionality
- Reply notifications, if enabled
- Security and spam prevention
- Caching and performance
- Coin/Crisp, checkout, cart, or chapter-unlock functionality
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the website may not work properly.
7. LiteSpeed Cache and Performance Tools
This website uses caching and performance tools to improve loading speed and user experience.
Caching may temporarily store duplicate copies of pages or related technical data. Cache files are temporary and may be deleted automatically or manually by the site administrator.
We may use related performance services, including QUIC.cloud, to process and cache data temporarily. Please see QUIC.cloud’s privacy policy for more details: https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/
8. Email
We may use your email address to:
- Create or manage your account
- Send password reset emails
- Send account-related notices
- Send notifications, if you choose to receive them
- Respond to contact messages
- Confirm donations, coin/Crisp purchases, refunds, or access issues
- Notify you of important policy or service changes
We do not sell your email address.
9. How We Use Information
We use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Provide accounts, comments, reviews, profiles, ratings, and community features
- Process donations, coins/Crisps, and chapter unlocks
- Prevent spam, abuse, fraud, scraping, and unauthorized access
- Improve site performance and troubleshoot errors
- Respond to support, moderation, copyright, or takedown requests
- Comply with legal obligations where required
10. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information.
We may share limited information only when necessary with:
- Website software and service providers
- Payment processors
- Security, spam-prevention, or anti-abuse tools
- Caching or performance service providers
- Legal authorities, if legally required
- Rights holders or representatives, when needed to handle valid copyright or takedown requests
11. Data Retention
We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.
For example:
- Account information may be kept while your account exists.
- Comments, reviews, ratings, and public profile content may remain unless removed by you or by us.
- Payment-related records may be kept as needed for accounting, fraud prevention, dispute handling, or legal reasons.
- Unlock and coin/Crisp records may be kept to maintain account access and prevent abuse.
- Security logs may be kept temporarily to protect the website.
If you delete your account, some public comments, reviews, transaction records, moderation records, or security records may remain where necessary for community integrity, accounting, security, fraud prevention, or legal reasons.
12. Children’s Privacy
The general website is not intended for children under 13.
Some content may be intended only for adults. Mature or 18+ content is not intended for minors. If you are under the age required to view adult content in your location, do not access mature content on this website.
13. International Visitors
This website may be accessed by users from different countries. By using the website, you understand that your information may be processed according to the systems and services used to operate the website.
You are responsible for complying with the laws of your own location when accessing the website.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date.
Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.
15. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
support@bedboundedpotato.com