Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

Information you provide directly

Registration information, including name, username, email address, and password.
Profile information, including biography, personal description, social media links, or profile picture you choose to provide.
Creator information, including bank account or payment details needed to process payouts, as well as copyright information for your works.
Transaction information, including purchase history, sales records, and payment details.
Communications, including information you provide when contacting customer support or communicating with us.
Charity suggestions, including information about a charitable organization you suggest.

Information collected automatically

Usage data, including IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, pages visited, clickstream data, and referring URLs.
Cookies and similar technologies used to enhance user experience, analyze traffic, and personalize content.
Device information, including device type and unique device identifiers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Providing and improving services, including processing transactions, managing your account, delivering purchased content, and providing customer support.
Platform operations, including reviewing Creator submissions, managing our charitable organization list, and processing Creator payouts.
Communication, including sending service notices, updates, and promotional information. You may opt out of promotional information at any time.
Analytics and optimization, including analyzing user behavior to improve Platform functionality and user experience.
Security and compliance, including detecting and preventing fraud, abuse, or illegal activity, and complying with legal obligations.
Charitable donation management, including transferring designated donations to the vetted charitable organizations selected by Creators.

3. Legal Basis for Processing for GDPR Users

If you are located in the European Economic Area, our legal bases for processing your personal data include:

Contractual necessity, including processing your purchases, delivering content, and managing your account.
Legitimate interests, including improving our services, ensuring security, and conducting marketing.
Consent, including when you opt in to marketing communications or allow non-essential cookies.
Legal obligation, including complying with tax, anti-fraud, and other legal requirements.

4. How We Share Your Information

For the purposes of this section, "you" refers to the individual using the Platform. Because your role determines what information is shared, we have specified below whether a particular disclosure applies to you as a User, a Creator, or both.

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

With other Users, applying to Users and purchasers: if you buy a work, your username and basic purchase details, such as the title of the work purchased and the transaction date, will be visible to the respective Creator to enable them to verify and fulfill your order. Creators do not receive your full payment details or your email address unless you choose to share it with them directly.
With charitable organizations, applying to Users and purchasers: if you buy a work linked to a specific charity, we may share anonymized aggregate donation information with that charitable organization. This aggregated data does not identify you personally; we do not share your name, email, or specific purchase amount with the charity unless we have obtained your explicit separate consent.
With payment processors, applying to Creators: if you are a Creator, we share your provided payout details, such as your legal name, bank account information, or PayPal or Payoneer email address, with our third-party payment processors solely for the purpose of processing your quarterly payouts, minus the 3% admin fee. These processors are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for payment processing.
With third-party service providers, applying to all Users: we share necessary data with trusted service providers who help us operate the Platform, including hosting providers, email service providers, and analytics providers.
For legal compliance, applying to all Users: we may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of FuWiMu, our users, or others.
In a business transfer, applying to all Users: if FuWiMu is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on the Platform if such a transfer occurs and your data becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

We do not sell your personal information to anyone, for any reason.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Retention periods depend on the active status of your account, our need to provide services to you, legal and regulatory obligations, and the need to resolve potential disputes.

If you close your account, we may still retain certain information to comply with legal obligations or for legitimate business interests.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights:

Right to access: request access to the personal information we hold about you.
Right to rectification: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Right to erasure, also known as the right to be forgotten: request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to restriction: request restriction of processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to object: object to processing based on legitimate interests or direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent: withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@fuwimu.com. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law. California residents have the right to know the categories of personal information we collect, request deletion of personal information, and opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information.

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you logged in, remember your preferences, analyze Platform usage, and provide personalized content.

You can control your cookie preferences through your browser settings. For non-essential cookies, we will obtain your explicit consent before placing them, in accordance with applicable laws including GDPR. You may withdraw your consent at any time via our Cookie Preference Center.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and stored on servers located outside your country of residence, including in the United States. For data transferred from the European Economic Area, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, destruction, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's Privacy

The Platform is not directed at children under the age of 13, or the applicable age of digital consent in your jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Platform after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@fuwimu.com.