Privacy Policy

Account data: your email address and password hash.

Usage data: the public profile URLs you look up, the download rules you create, and the timestamps of those actions.

Follower data: if you connect an account you own, we store periodic snapshots of its follower and following lists so we can calculate unfollowers, non-followbacks, and new followers.

Technical data: IP address, browser type, and basic request logs used for security and abuse prevention.

We do not access private accounts or content that is not publicly available.

We do not read your direct messages.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with advertisers or data brokers.

To operate the service: fetching publicly available story content, running your download rules, and computing follower analytics.

To create and manage your account.

To send service notices, such as unfollower alerts or account notices. Marketing email is opt-in and unsubscribable.

To detect abuse, fraud, and automated scraping of our own service.

We use third-party providers for hosting, payment processing, email delivery, and data retrieval. These providers process data only on our instructions and only as needed to deliver the service.

Saved stories and follower snapshots are retained while your account is active.

You can delete individual items or your entire archive at any time from your dashboard.

When you delete your account, we remove your archive, follower history, and target list. Billing records are retained where required by law.

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, export, or delete the personal data we hold about you, and to object to certain processing.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@watcholy.com.

Data is encrypted in transit and at rest. Access to production systems is limited to personnel who need it. No system is perfectly secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Watcholy is not intended for anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect data from minors.

We may update this policy. Material changes will be announced by email or in-product notice before they take effect.

Questions about this policy: hello@watcholy.com.