Cardyla Privacy Policy

1. Our Core Privacy Philosophy

At Cardyla, we believe your personal photos, intimate handwritten messages, family milestones, and contact lists belong exclusively to you. We operate a direct customer-funded business model: we charge for premium features, not by harvesting and selling your personal data.

2. Information We Collect

• Account Information: Name, email address, password hash, and default signature preferences when you create an account.
• Card Content & Media: Text sentiments, uploaded photos, stickers, and layout customizations you create in the Cardyla Studio editor.
• Contacts & Dates: Birthday and anniversary reminders, recipient names, and RSVP responses you explicitly enter into your address book.
• Payment Information: Billing transactions are securely processed by Stripe. Cardyla does not store your raw credit card number on our servers.

3. How Your Information Is Used

We use your information strictly to provide and improve Cardyla services:

• Rendering and saving your greeting card projects and drafts.
• Generating high-resolution print-ready PDFs and envelope dielines.
• Delivering digital eCard links and group card contributor invitations.
• Sending milestone celebration reminders that you have configured.

4. Data Retention & Security

All uploaded images and card assets are stored securely using industry-standard AES-256 encryption. We retain your cards and drafts for as long as your account remains active so you can re-download or duplicate previous greetings whenever needed.

5. Your Rights: Export & Deletion

You retain complete ownership of your data at all times. From your Account Settings > Privacy tab, you can:

• Download Personal Data Archive (.JSON): Instantly export all your contacts, milestones, and card project metadata.
• Delete Account: Permanently erase your account, designs, and contact records from our databases.

6. Contact Our Privacy Team

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@cardyla.com.