Privacy Policy

Updated: August 2026 · v2.0

START TO INVENT (starttoinvent.com, "we") owns this site and is responsible for the data collected on it. This page explains plainly what we keep, why, and your rights. Privacy questions: [email protected].

What we store, and why

Account: name, email address and verification status — so you can sign in.
Progress: which parts and steps you checked in each project — so your progress follows you across devices.
Purchases & entitlements: which projects or subscription you bought and what is unlocked for you. Card details never reach us — digital content payments are processed by our payment partner (acting as Merchant of Record) and your payment data is handled under their privacy policy; physical orders are paid using the payment methods shown at checkout.
Download log: when you download a paid file we record the file, the account, the time, the IP address and the browser type. This is the basis for our refund policy ("refund as long as no files were downloaded") and for abuse prevention.
Poll votes: voting while signed in ties the vote to your account. Voting as a guest stores only a random signed identifier — no name, no identifying details.
Google sign-in: if you use it, we only receive your name, email and profile picture. We have no access to anything else in your Google account.

Cookies & analytics

Session cookie — required for sign-in.
si-locale — remembers your language choice.
si-guest — created only if you vote in a poll as a guest; a random identifier that prevents double voting, with no personal identification.
No advertising cookies and no tracking cookies.
Usage statistics via Umami — a privacy-first analytics tool running on our own server: cookie-less, no personal identification, and the data never leaves us.

What we don't do

We don't sell or share your data with third parties for marketing.
No spam — emails are transactional only (verification, password reset, receipts).
No automated decision-making about you, no marketing profiles.

Who we do share with

Only who is needed to run the service: the payment partner (to process payment), Google (only if you chose to sign in with it), and authorities where the law requires. That's it.

How long we keep data

Account and progress data — for as long as the account exists.
Purchase and download records — for as long as they are needed as evidence in payment disputes and as required by law.
Rolling backups persist for up to 14 days.

Your rights

You can ask to view your data, receive a copy, correct it, delete the account, or object to processing — email [email protected] from your account address and we'll take care of it within 14 days.

Children

The site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data; accounts require being 18+ (see the Terms). Parents who spot their child's data — write to us and we will delete it.

Where the data lives

Data is stored on servers in Israel — a country whose data protection the European Union has recognised as adequate. Payment data is processed by the payment partner under its own policy.

Security

Traffic is encrypted, passwords are stored hashed only, and access to data is restricted. No system is 100% secure; if a material security incident occurs — we will notify as required by law.

Changes to this policy

We update this document from time to time; material changes will be announced on the site.