Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 8, 2025
Last Updated: August 8, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Vibe Coding Builders ("VCB," "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use our platform.

Our Commitment: VCB is a community platform for builders who embrace vibe coding mentality. We believe in transparency, minimal data collection, and putting our community first. We only collect information that helps us provide and improve our service.

By using VCB, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Create an account: Email address, name, profile information
  • Build your profile: Bio, skills, website links, social media handles, project descriptions
  • Use our features: Requests you submit, responses you provide, bookmarks you save
  • Contact us: Support requests, feedback, or other communications (currently via community requests)

Information We Collect Automatically

When you use VCB, we automatically collect:

  • Usage data: Pages visited, features used, time spent on the platform
  • Device information: Browser type, operating system, screen resolution
  • Log data: IP address, access times, referring websites
  • Analytics data: Through Vercel Analytics (no Google Analytics currently used)

Information from Third Parties

We may receive information when you:

  • Sign in using third-party authentication (Google OAuth)
  • Link to external content that you reference in your profiles or projects

3. How We Use Your Information

Provide Our Services

  • Create and maintain your account
  • Display your builder profile and projects to other users
  • Enable community features (requests, responses, bookmarks)
  • Provide customer support through our community request system

Improve and Promote VCB

  • Analyze usage patterns to improve our platform
  • Create curated content featuring builder projects and achievements
  • Develop new features and services
  • Promote VCB and showcase community content (with proper attribution)

Legal and Safety

  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Protect against fraud, abuse, and security threats
  • Enforce our Terms of Service and community guidelines

4. How We Share Information

Public Information

By design, certain information is public on VCB: builder profiles, project showcases, community requests and responses. This helps create a valuable discovery platform for the community.

Service Providers

We share information with trusted third parties who help us operate VCB:

  • Hosting providers (Vercel, Supabase)
  • Analytics services (Vercel Analytics)
  • Payment processors (Stripe, PayPal)
  • Authentication services (Google OAuth)

What We Don't Do

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.

5. Google Sign-In & OAuth

When you choose "Continue with Google," Vibe Coding Builders requests only basic profile information via the openid, email, and profile scopes. We use this data solely to authenticate you and create/manage your account. We do not read your Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or other Google data. We do not sell this information or use it for advertising.

You can revoke our access at any time in your Google Account: https://myaccount.google.com/permissions. If you revoke access, you can also delete your VCB account or request deletion of your personal data (see "Your Privacy Rights" and "Contact Us").

6. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

Access

Request a copy of the personal information we have about you

Correction

Update or correct inaccurate personal information

Deletion

Request deletion of your personal information

Portability

Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format

Restriction

Limit how we process your personal information

Opt-out

Opt out of analytics tracking (browser Do Not Track settings respected)

How to Exercise Your Rights: Contact us using the information provided at the end of this policy. We will respond to your request within the timeframes required by applicable law.

7. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Encryption

Data transmitted to and from VCB is encrypted using HTTPS

Trusted Infrastructure

We use secure hosting providers with strong security practices

Payment Security

Payment information is processed by PCI-compliant third parties

Access Controls

Limited access to personal data on a need-to-know basis

Important: While we implement strong security measures, no system is 100% secure. Please help protect your account by using a strong, unique password.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services and comply with legal obligations. Generally, we retain account data for 30 days after account deletion, except when retention is required for legal or safety reasons.

Public content (builder profiles, projects, community posts) may remain visible even after account deletion unless specifically requested for removal.

9. International Transfers

VCB operates primarily in the United States. If you access our service from outside the US, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for international transfers as required by applicable law.

10. Children's Privacy

VCB is intended for users aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

11. Changes to This 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 VCB after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact Us About Privacy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, please contact us:

Email: support@vibecoding.builders
Website: Vibe Coding Builders Platform
Response Time: We respond to privacy requests within 30 days