Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 8, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Ripple ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website (ripple.app) and use our automation services (the "Service").

By accessing or using our Service, you signify that you have read, understood, and agree to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

A. Personal Information

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register for the Service, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products, or otherwise contact us. This may include:

  • Name and Email Address
  • Profile Information (Username, Profile Picture)
  • Billing Information (if subscribing to paid plans)

B. Meta Platform Data

Our Service interacts with the Instagram Platform via the official Meta Graph API. We collect and process the following data based on your explicit authorization:

  • Instagram Profile Data: Username, profile picture, bio, and follower counts.
  • Content Data: Images, videos, captions, and comments on your posts.
  • Insights Data: Metrics regarding the performance of your content (likes, reach, impressions).

We comply with the Meta Platform Terms and Developer Policies. We strictly do not use your data for surveillance, selling to data brokers, or any purpose other than providing the scheduling and analytics functionality of our Service.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect or receive for the following purposes:

  • To facilitate account creation and logon process.
  • To provide the automation services (scheduling posts, analyzing performance).
  • To send you administrative information, such as changes to our terms or policies.
  • To protect our Services (monitoring for fraud or abuse).
  • To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. We may share information only in the following situations:

  • Service Providers: We may share data with third-party vendors (e.g., hosting services like AWS/Vercel, payment processors like Stripe) strictly to perform services for us.
  • Legal Obligations: We may disclose information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, or a judicial proceeding.
  • Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition.

5. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. If you delete your account, we will delete your user data from our active databases within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or accounting purposes.

6. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. Given the nature of the internet, we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we implement industry standards including:

  • Encryption of data in transit (SSL/TLS).
  • Encryption of sensitive credentials (API Tokens) at rest.
  • Regular security audits and access controls.

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, or delete the data we hold about you. You may also have the right to revoke the permissions granted to us via Facebook/Instagram at any time.

To exercise these rights, or to request the deletion of your data, please contact us at the email provided below.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, or if you would like to exercise your data privacy rights, you may contact us at:

Data Protection Officer

ripple@deepeshgupta.dev