Last Updated: January 15, 2026
1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Verse Zine. Your privacy is important to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how Subcreation Design, LLC (“Verse Zine,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website and services (the “Service”).
Our Service exists to let you browse, license, and download creative assets—not to collect or sell your personal data. Any personal information we request is limited to what we reasonably need to operate the Service, protect it from abuse, and comply with legal obligations.
By creating an account, using the Service, or downloading any asset, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Policy and our Terms & Conditions.
2. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We keep data collection to the minimum necessary to run the Service, protect it from abuse, and improve it over time.
a. Information You Provide
- Account details – such as your name, email address, and password (your password is handled securely by our authentication provider and is never visible to us in plain text).
- Profile and plan details – such as which subscription plan you’re on, your credit balance, and your account settings.
- Communications – messages you send us (for example, support requests, feedback, or licensing questions).
b. Service Usage Information
To operate the Service and let you access your library, we store:
- Your credit balance and download history (which assets you licensed and when).
- Basic account activity such as sign-in timestamps and whether you’ve completed key actions (e.g., plan changes).
This information is used so you can:
- see and re-download assets you’ve licensed, and
- manage your subscription and credits.
c. Payment & Billing Information
All payments are processed by Stripe (via our membership provider, Memberstack) or other similar third-party processors.
- We do not store your full credit card number on our servers.
- We may receive and store limited billing information from those providers (such as the last 4 digits of your card, card type, and transaction history) so we can manage subscriptions, detect fraud, and address billing questions.
d. Cookies & Similar Technologies
We may use cookies and similar local storage technologies to:
- keep you logged in,
- remember basic preferences, and
- understand how the Service is being used in aggregate (e.g., which pages are most visited).
We do not use cookies to track your activity across unrelated websites for our own advertising purposes, and we do not sell that information to third parties.
e. Fraud Prevention & Security Data
To protect our Service, users, and business from bots, abuse, and fraudulent activity, we may collect and process:
- IP addresses and approximate location,
- device/browser information,
- security and error logs,
- information from our payment providers and fraud-prevention partners indicating suspected abuse or unusual activity.
We use this data only to secure the Service, prevent attacks, and enforce our Terms.
f. Email & Communication Preferences
When you create an account, we use your email address to send:
- essential account and transactional messages (for example, sign-in links, billing notices, license confirmations, important service updates), and
- optional product updates, newsletters, or feature announcements related to Verse Zine and Verse Zine Royalty Free.
You can opt out of non-essential emails (such as newsletters or promotional updates) at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those messages or by contacting us. We will still send emails that are necessary to operate your account and fulfill our contractual obligations to you.
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide and maintain the Service – create and manage your account, track credits, and allow you to license and re-download assets.
- Process payments and subscriptions – via Stripe and Memberstack or similar providers.
- Communicate with you – send essential account notices, licensing records, service updates, responses to support inquiries, and (where permitted) optional product news or feature announcements.
- Secure the Service – detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or attacks; enforce our Terms & Conditions; and protect our rights and the rights of our users.
- Improve the Service – understand how people use the site in aggregate so we can prioritize improvements and future features.
We do not use your personal information to build external advertising profiles, and we do not sell your personal data.
4. LEGAL BASES (IF APPLICABLE)
Depending on where you live, our legal basis for processing your personal data may include:
- Contractual necessity – to provide you with the Service you signed up for.
- Legitimate interests – to secure our Service, prevent fraud, and improve our offerings.
- Consent – for optional communications or features where consent is required.
5. HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.
We only share information with third parties that help us run the Service, including:
- Memberstack – for account management and authentication.
- Stripe (and similar payment processors) – to process subscription and one-time payments securely.
- Hosting and infrastructure providers – to host our website and data.
- Security and fraud-prevention providers – to help detect bots, abusive traffic, and fraudulent activity.
- Email and support tools – for sending essential account emails and responding to your messages.
These providers are only allowed to use your data as necessary to perform services on our behalf, consistent with this Policy and our contracts with them.
We may also disclose information if required by law, in response to valid legal requests, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Verse Zine, our users, or the public.
6. DATA SECURITY
We use industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including:
- encrypted connections (HTTPS),
- secure authentication and session management through Memberstack, and
- the security infrastructure of our payment and hosting partners.
No system is perfectly secure, but we work to keep your information safe and review our protections as the Service evolves.
7. DATA RETENTION
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to:
- maintain your account and library,
- provide and improve the Service,
- comply with legal, accounting, and tax obligations, and
- enforce our Terms & Conditions.
If you request account deletion, we will:
- remove or anonymize personal data associated with your account from our active systems, except for information we are required or reasonably need to keep (for example, billing records, security logs, and minimal audit data), which we retain only as long as necessary for those purposes.
Fraud- and abuse-related records may be retained longer where necessary to protect our Service and users.
8. YOUR RIGHTS & CHOICES
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Correct inaccurate or outdated personal information.
- Delete your account and, where applicable, request deletion of your personal information (subject to the retention needs described above).
- Object to or restrict certain types of processing, such as optional marketing emails.
- Opt out of non-essential communications.
You can update most account details directly through your account settings. For other requests, contact us at nathan@subcreation.design.
If you are in a region with formal data protection regulations (such as the EU/EEA, UK, or similar jurisdictions), you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
9. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from someone under 18, we will take reasonable steps to delete it as soon as possible.
If you believe that a minor has provided us with personal information, please contact us at nathan@subcreation.design so we can investigate and remove it if necessary.
10. INTERNATIONAL USERS
Our Service is operated from the United States. If you access the Service from outside the U.S., your information may be processed and stored in the U.S. or in other countries where our service providers operate, which may have different data protection laws than your home jurisdiction.
Where applicable law requires additional safeguards for cross-border transfers, we will rely on appropriate mechanisms (such as standard contractual clauses with our providers).
11. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as the Service evolves.
If we make significant changes, we will notify you through one or more of the following:
- an email to the address associated with your account,
- a notice on our website, or
- an in-app notification.
The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Your continued use of the Service after changes take effect means you accept the updated Policy.
