Welcome to Product Manual Center ("we", "us", "our")
- We respect your privacy and work to protect your personal info
- This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, how we store it, and when we share it
- By using the Services, you agree to this policy
- Questions: support@productmanualcenter.com

1. Information we collect

1.1 Information you provide directly
- Account details: name, email, password, and profile details you add
- Contact details: info you send when you contact support, email us, or fill out a form
- Payment details: if you buy paid features, billing is handled by a payment provider, we do not store full credit card numbers
- Content you upload or save: manuals or files you upload or save, plus notes, tags, favorites, and other content you choose to store

1.2 Information collected automatically
- Device and usage data: browser type, operating system, device identifiers, language settings, rough location (country or city level), pages viewed, clicks, time spent, and other interaction data
- Log data: IP address, access times, features used, error logs, and performance data for security and stability

1.3 Cookies and similar technologies
- Used to remember preferences and keep you logged in
- Used to understand how the Services are used
- Used to improve performance and user experience
- Used for security and fraud prevention
- You can control cookies in your browser settings, disabling cookies may break some features

1. How we use your information
2. Provide and run the Services
3. Create and manage your account
4. Let you search, view, and download manuals
5. Save your settings, library, and preferences
6. Improve and customize the Services
7. Analyze usage to understand what works
8. Fix bugs and improve performance
9. Build new features and content
10. Respond to support requests
11. Send important service notices (changes, security updates)
12. Send optional marketing emails if you choose to receive them, you can unsubscribe anytime
13. Monitor for abuse, fraud, or security threats
14. Enforce Terms of Service
15. Comply with legal obligations and lawful requests
16. We do not sell your personal data
17. Legal bases for processing (EEA or UK users)
18. Contract: to provide the Services you sign up for
19. Legitimate interests: to run, protect, and improve the Services and communicate updates
20. Legal obligations: to follow laws and regulations
21. Consent: when required for marketing or non essential cookies, you can withdraw consent anytime
22. How we share information

4.1 Service providers
- We use trusted providers for hosting, analytics, support tools, and payment processing
- They can only use your info to provide services for us and must protect it

4.2 Business transfers
- If we are part of a merger, acquisition, or sale, your info may be transferred
- We will take steps to protect your info and notify you if required by law

4.3 Legal requirements and protection
- We may share info to follow laws, respond to legal requests, protect safety, or stop fraud and security issues

4.4 With your consent
- We may share info if you ask us to or agree to it (example: testimonials or public profile sharing)

1. Data retention
2. We keep personal info only as long as needed to run the Services and meet the purposes in this policy
3. We may keep info to meet legal, accounting, or reporting needs
4. We may keep info to resolve disputes and enforce agreements
5. When no longer needed, we delete it or anonymize it
6. Your rights and choices
7. You may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing
8. You may withdraw consent when consent is the basis
9. You may request a copy of certain info in a portable format
10. You can update some info in your account settings
11. You can contact support and we will respond within a reasonable time
12. You can opt out of marketing emails using the unsubscribe option in the email
13. Security
14. We use reasonable technical and organizational steps to protect your info
15. No online system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security
16. International transfers
17. Your info may be stored or processed in other countries
18. When required, we use safeguards to protect info moved across borders
19. Childrens privacy
20. The Services are not meant for people under 18
21. We do not knowingly collect personal info from children under 13
22. If we learn we collected it, we will delete it
23. If you think a child gave us info, contact support
24. Third party links
25. The Services may link to other websites or services
26. We are not responsible for their privacy or security
27. Their own policies apply
28. Changes to this policy
29. We may update this policy sometimes
30. We will update the "Last Updated" date when we do
31. If changes are major, we may give extra notice when required
32. Continued use means you accept the updated policy