1. Our Anti-Surveillance Philosophy
PublicArk is built as an antidote to algorithmic feed capture and behavioral advertising. We believe art should be experienced contemplatively without pervasive ad trackers, data brokers, or third-party behavioral profiling.
2. Information We Collect
We only collect the absolute minimum data required to deliver core functionality:
- Account Authentication: When you register or sign in via Clerk (email or Google OAuth), we store your unique user ID, display name, and email address to manage your account and curated collections.
- User Curation: When you favorite an artwork (hearts), create moodboards, or build exhibition books, these relationships are saved in our database to populate your personal collection view.
- Aggregate Interaction Telemetry: We record anonymous interaction counts (e.g. view impressions and likes) to elevate culturally resonant masterpieces in discovery feeds.
3. Third-Party Services
We rely on trusted infrastructure providers to operate:
- Clerk: Secure user authentication and session management.
- Cloudflare: Edge CDN routing, DDoS mitigation, and encrypted Cloudflare D1 database storage.
We do NOT sell, rent, or monetize your personal information with advertisers or data brokers.
4. Your Data Rights & Deletion
You retain full ownership of your account and curated collections. You may un-favorite artworks, delete boards, or request complete account deletion at any time by contacting our team or through your user profile settings.
5. Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this policy or data privacy, reach out at [email protected] or open an issue on our GitHub repository.