Privacy Policy

How the Viewer protects member data

This policy explains what information the Viewer uses, why it uses it, and how it protects Patreon member data while giving eligible members access to the archive.

Effective: 9 June 2026 Patreon login Member-only access Data minimization
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Access control

The Viewer uses Patreon login to check whether your membership is active and whether your tier has access.

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Limited data

The Viewer only stores information needed for login, access checks, favorites, quota tracking, and security.

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No resale

Patreon member data is not sold, rented, or used for unrelated marketing or profiling.

1. Who operates this Viewer

This Viewer tool is operated by the creator of Naughty Neurals. It is provided as an access-controlled archive for eligible Patreon members.

The Viewer is not Patreon itself. Patreon is used for authentication and membership verification. Payments, pledges, and Patreon account management are handled by Patreon.

2. What this Viewer does

The Viewer allows eligible members to log in with Patreon and view content that is available to their membership tier.

The Viewer uses Patreon OAuth and API data to verify active membership status and unlock content securely.

3. Information collected from Patreon

When you log in with Patreon, the Viewer may receive and store limited member information, such as:

  • Your Patreon user ID
  • Your Patreon display name
  • Your Patreon avatar
  • Your Patreon membership status
  • Your Patreon tier ID or tier label
  • The date and time your Patreon access was last checked or synced

This information is used to verify whether you have access to the Viewer and which content your membership tier may unlock.

4. Information collected while using the Viewer

The Viewer may also store information created through your use of the service, including:

  • Your local Viewer user account ID
  • Your favorite sets
  • Your favorite images
  • Your monthly viewing quota usage
  • Basic session and login information
  • Basic technical logs needed for security, troubleshooting, and abuse prevention

5. Cookies and sessions

The Viewer uses necessary cookies or session storage to keep you logged in, protect requests from unauthorized use, and make the application work correctly.

These cookies are necessary for the Viewer to function. The Viewer does not use these cookies to sell personal data or track you across unrelated websites.

6. How your information is used

Your information is used to:

  • Log you in securely
  • Verify your active Patreon membership
  • Check which Patreon tier you belong to
  • Show you the correct content for your tier
  • Save your favorite sets and favorite images
  • Track your monthly viewing quota
  • Prevent misuse, scraping, abuse, or excessive automated requests
  • Maintain site security
  • Troubleshoot technical issues
  • Comply with Patreon’s requirements and applicable privacy obligations

Patreon member data is not used for unrelated marketing, resale, unrelated profiling, or any purpose unrelated to providing access to the Viewer and related membership benefits.

7. Patreon membership access

Access to the Viewer depends on your Patreon membership status and tier. If your Patreon subscription is no longer active, your tier does not include access, or your access cannot be verified, the Viewer may deny access or log you out.

The Viewer may periodically re-check your Patreon membership status to make sure access is still valid.

8. Monthly viewing quota

The Viewer uses a monthly viewing quota to keep the archive stable, fair, and affordable.

Images are stored using Cloudflare R2 or similar storage infrastructure. Serving large numbers of image requests costs real money. The quota helps prevent misuse, scraping, accidental request storms, and excessive automated traffic.

Your quota is based on your Patreon tier. Admin accounts may be excluded from quota enforcement, but their usage may still be counted for visibility and diagnostics.

9. How information is protected

Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect member data, including:

  • Patreon-based authentication
  • Membership and tier checks before protected content is shown
  • Admin-only restrictions for administrative tools
  • Server-side session protection
  • Quota controls to reduce abuse
  • Limited access to administrative features
  • Basic security logging and monitoring

No online system is perfectly secure, but reasonable steps are taken to protect member data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

10. Who has access to your data

Access to user and member data is limited to the creator/operator and the systems necessary to run the Viewer.

The Viewer does not sell your personal data and does not share Patreon member data with unrelated third parties.

Some technical providers may process data as part of operating the Viewer, such as:

  • Patreon, for authentication and membership verification
  • Hosting providers, for running the application
  • Cloudflare R2 or similar storage providers, for storing and serving image files
  • Database and server infrastructure providers, for storing application data

These providers are used only as necessary to operate the Viewer and provide membership services.

11. Data retention

Personal data is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Viewer, maintain security, comply with Patreon requirements, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or meet legal obligations.

In general:

  • Patreon membership data is kept while your account needs access to the Viewer.
  • Favorites are kept while your Viewer account exists or until they are removed.
  • Monthly quota records may be retained for operational and anti-abuse purposes.
  • Technical logs may be kept for a limited time for security and troubleshooting.

If your Patreon access ends, access to the Viewer may be removed. Some account or usage records may remain temporarily where needed for security, abuse prevention, technical reasons, or legal obligations.

12. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to:

  • Ask what personal data is stored about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate information
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Object to certain processing
  • Request a copy of your data
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Some data may need to be retained where required for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, Patreon-related obligations, or abuse prevention.

13. Security incidents

If a security incident involving Patreon member data or personal data is discovered, the issue will be investigated and appropriate steps will be taken to reduce harm.

Where required, Patreon, affected users, or relevant authorities will be notified in accordance with applicable rules and legal obligations.

14. Children and eligibility

The Viewer is intended only for users who are eligible to access the related Patreon content and who meet any applicable age requirements.

Users who are not eligible to access the content should not use the Viewer.

15. Changes to this policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. If important changes are made, the updated policy will be posted in the Viewer or otherwise made available.

Continued use of the Viewer after changes are posted means the updated policy applies.

16. Contact

For privacy questions, access requests, correction requests, or deletion requests, contact:

Naughty Neurals Email: [email protected] Patreon: Creator page

Quick summary

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Patreon verifies access Login and tier checks happen through Patreon data.
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Favorites stay local Your favorite sets and images are stored in the Viewer.
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Quota prevents abuse Request limits protect the archive from excessive automated usage.
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No selling member data Member data is not sold or used for unrelated marketing.

Plain English version

The Viewer checks your Patreon access, remembers your favorites, tracks quota usage, and keeps the archive protected. That is the job. No weird side quests.