Privacy Policy
Effective September 5, 2026
Creator Compass is owned and operated by Tracey L. Tenney, a sole proprietor in Sevier County, Tennessee. Creator Compass is the trade name of this sole proprietorship.
Creator Compass is a creator-business management platform: one calm workspace for solo creators who run several businesses or income streams. This policy explains, in plain English, what information the product handles today and how it is used. It describes the app as currently built, not features we have not shipped.
1. Information we collect
- Account and authentication data. Your email address, password credentials handled by our authentication provider, your name if you provide it, and sign-in metadata such as timestamps. If you sign in with Google, we receive basic profile information from that sign-in.
- Profile and workspace preferences. Display name, time zone, default business and similar settings you choose.
- Content you create. Businesses, projects, tasks, milestones, content items, goals, notes and files you upload, and money records such as transactions and subscription/tool entries. This is your data; you decide what to put in.
- Platform account metadata. Labels you add to describe accounts on external platforms such as Etsy, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok or Shopify — for example platform name, display name, handle, an external account identifier, status and notes.
- Integration connection metadata. When you choose to connect a third-party platform, we store records describing the connection, its provider, the permission scopes you granted, and sync or health status. We also store the data the integration pulls on your behalf, such as shop listings, orders, sales context, channel or page statistics, and Pinterest boards. This data is stored in your account and treated as your content.
- Technical data. Standard server and error logs generated when the app runs, used to keep the service working.
We do not run advertising trackers, analytics trackers or cookie-based profiling in the product. We do not collect your browsing history outside Creator Compass.
2. Connected third-party platforms and APIs
Creator Compass can connect to third-party platforms through OAuth or API integrations that you authorize. Examples include Etsy, YouTube, Facebook/Instagram and Pinterest. You choose which connections to make, and you can disconnect them at any time from the app settings.
What we request. We ask only for the permissions needed for the features you turn on. For example, a read-only connection may request scopes that let us import sales context, account names, boards or analytics. We do not request permissions to post or publish on your behalf unless a future feature explicitly needs them and you choose to enable it.
What we receive. The data we receive depends on the platform and the scopes you grant. It typically includes identifiers, names, counts, dates and other business-context data. It does not include payment card numbers, bank account details or passwords from the connected platform.
Credentials and tokens. Access tokens, refresh tokens and similar secret material for integrations are held only in server-side secure storage. They are not written into ordinary application tables and are not sent to or readable by your browser. Application code reads them only through server-side functions.
2a. YouTube and Google user data
Creator Compass uses YouTube API Services. By connecting YouTube you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.
What we read. Access is read-only. When you connect your own channel and select Sync YouTube, we read: your channel name, handle, subscriber, view and video counts; the titles, publish dates and view, like and comment counts of your 25 most recent uploads; a 28-day analytics summary (views, watch time, average view duration, subscribers gained and lost); and YouTube's estimated revenue for the same 28 days when YouTube reports it. We never upload, edit or delete anything on YouTube.
How we use it. Only to show you your own channel performance and earnings estimates in your workspace. Estimated revenue is YouTube's estimate and is never recorded as income in your money records; income is recorded only from payments you enter or import.
Limited Use. Creator Compass's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We do not sell this data, use it for advertising, or share it with others except service providers that host the app. People do not read it unless you ask us to for support, it is needed for security, or the law requires it.
Storage. YouTube access tokens are held only in server-side secure storage. Saved YouTube data is visible only to your account.
Disconnecting and deletion. When you select Disconnect YouTube in Settings, we ask Google to revoke our access, delete the access we stored, and delete your saved YouTube data. You may instead choose to keep the saved data as history; it then stays until you select Delete saved YouTube data in Settings or delete your account. You can also revoke access at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions; YouTube then stops updating and Settings asks you to reconnect. Deleting YouTube data does not affect your income records or data from other platforms.
2b. Facebook and Instagram data
What we read. Facebook Login access is read-only unless you turn on Page posting (see below). When you connect with Facebook Login, we read your Facebook account name and ID and the Facebook Pages and linked Instagram professional accounts you choose to share. When you select Sync, we read their names, follower counts, 28 days of insights (such as impressions, reach, engagement and profile views) and your 25 most recent posts with their like, comment and share counts. We never message, comment, edit or delete anything on Facebook or Instagram, and we do not read earnings or payout data.
How we use it. Only to show you your own Page and account performance in your workspace. None of it is recorded as income. We do not sell Meta data, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.
Storage. Meta access tokens are held only in server-side secure storage. Page access tokens are used only during a sync and are never stored. Saved Facebook and Instagram data is visible only to your account.
Disconnecting and deletion. When you select Disconnect Facebook in Settings, we ask Meta to remove our access, delete the access we stored, and delete all saved Facebook and Instagram data for that connection. Removing Creator Compass in Facebook (Settings & privacy → Settings → Apps and Websites) or sending a deletion request from there deletes the same data. See Facebook & Instagram data deletion for instructions and request status.
Posting you approve. If you turn on Facebook Page posting or connect Instagram for posting, we post only the exact post you preview and approve, at the time you choose. We never post on our own or with AI-written content you haven't approved.
2c. Instagram Login (professional accounts)
What we read. When you connect with Instagram Login, we read your Instagram professional account ID, username, account type, follower and post counts. When you select Refresh insights, we read 28-day reach and views and your 25 most recent posts with like and comment counts. Personal accounts are not supported. We do not read messages, comments, or earnings.
What we do. We publish a single feed photo with your caption only after you approve the preview. To do that, Instagram fetches your photo through a private link that expires within an hour.
Storage and deletion. The Instagram access token is held only in server-side secure storage and renewed before it expires. Selecting Disconnect Instagram deletes the token, saved insights and your Instagram posts list, including scheduled posts. Instagram does not let apps remove their own access, so also remove Creator Compass in Instagram (Settings → Website permissions → Apps and websites). When you remove it there or send a deletion request, Instagram notifies us and we delete the same data. See Facebook & Instagram data deletion.
3. How we use information
- To provide the product: authenticate you, store and display your records, and show connected-platform context you have imported.
- To operate, maintain, debug and improve the service.
- To send account and service email, such as sign-up confirmation and password reset.
- To protect the service against abuse and to comply with legal obligations.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your content to advertise to you.
4. Sharing and service providers
We share information only with service providers that help us run Creator Compass, and only as needed for them to perform that work. These currently include our hosting and application platform, our managed database, authentication and file storage provider, and our transactional email provider. When you enable a third-party integration, we exchange data with that platform as required for the feature you enabled.
We may also disclose information if required by law, or in connection with a business transfer such as a merger or acquisition, in which case we will let account holders know.
5. Storage and security
We use reasonable technical measures appropriate for an early-stage product: encrypted connections, database access rules that scope records to the account that owns them, and a server-only boundary for integration credentials. No online service can promise perfect security, and we do not claim any security certification or audit.
6. Retention and deletion
We keep your account data for as long as your account is active. You can edit or delete individual records inside the app at any time. If you ask us to delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal data and content within a reasonable period, except where we must keep something to meet a legal obligation. Backups and logs may retain copies for a limited additional period before they age out.
7. Your choices
- Access and correct most of your information directly in the app.
- Export or delete records you created.
- Disconnect third-party integrations from the app settings at any time.
- Request account deletion, or ask what personal data we hold, using the contact details on our support page.
- Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local privacy law. We will honor valid requests to the extent the law requires.
8. Children
Creator Compass is intended for adults running a business or creative practice. It is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will remove it.
9. International users
Creator Compass is operated with infrastructure that may process and store data in countries other than the one you live in, including the United States. By using the service you understand your information may be transferred and processed in those locations under this policy.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the product develops. We will change the effective date at the top of this page and, for significant changes, tell account holders in the app or by email.
11. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to support@creatorcompasshq.com.
Creator Compass is an early-stage product. This page is starter documentation written in plain English and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. It should be professionally reviewed and revised before commercial launch.