Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 2026

What we collect

• Photos and captions you upload
• IP address to track uploads, prevent abuse, and enforce rate limits
• Username and password if you create an account
• Comments and likes you make

How we use it

• Display your photos and captions on the site
• Moderate content using automated AI review (OpenAI)
• Prevent abuse through IP-based rate limiting and shadow banning
• Authenticate you if you create an account

Content license

By uploading photos to PicBecause, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, display, reproduce, and distribute your content on the site and on our social media accounts for promotional purposes. You retain ownership of your original content.

What we share

Photos and captions are publicly visible. Your IP address is never publicly displayed. If you have an account, your username appears next to your posts and comments.

We share uploaded images and text with OpenAI for automated content moderation. No other data is shared with third parties.

Cookies

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. No tracking or advertising cookies are used.