Last updated: November 8, 2026
Coryverse ("we", "us") runs thecoryverse.com. This policy explains what information we collect and how we use it. Plain version: we collect as little as possible, and we never sell your information.
Our emails are sent through MailerLite, which processes your email address on our behalf solely to deliver our messages. Their handling of data is governed by their own privacy policy.
When you order a personalized book, you send us the book hero's first name, age, hair and eye colour, favourite colour and favourite thing, a dedication line, and 1–2 photographs of the child. A book may also include a co-star — a grandparent, sibling, or pet — built from a photograph in the same way.
Why we collect it. The photographs are used for one purpose only: to create an illustrated likeness of the child (or co-star) for that child's own book, and to check the finished illustrations against that likeness before delivery. The details are used only to write and personalise that book.
Who receives the photographs. Your photographs are stored in the order's private working folder, accessible only to the people building your book. To generate the illustrated likeness, a photo is provided to the AI image-generation services we use — OpenAI and Meta (Muse). No one else receives your source photographs: our print partner (Lulu, for printed copies) receives only the finished book files — illustrations, never your photos — and Google Drive, which we use to deliver your sample and finished book, holds the finished book files, not your source photos. If you ordered through Gumroad or Etsy, that platform processes your order and messages under its own privacy policy as well.
How long we keep photographs. We delete the source photographs 90 days after your book is delivered (for a sample-only order, 90 days after the sample is delivered). Your delivery message states the exact deletion date, and you can ask us to delete them sooner at any time. After the photographs are deleted, we keep the finished book files and the illustrated character sheet created from them — neither contains your original photograph — so we can re-deliver your book if you ever lose your files.
Your photos are never advertising. We never use a customer's photographs — a child's or a pet's — in advertising, marketing, listings, samples, or social posts. Not cropped, not blurred, not in the background. Ever.
Your finished book. The finished book itself — its cover and illustrated pages, which are our artwork — may be shown in Coryverse listings, portfolio, advertising, and social posts so other families can see what a finished book looks like. We never show your family's surname, contact details, or order information with it, and memorial or otherwise sensitive books are never shown. You can opt out at any time — in a note with your order, or later by emailing us — and we will not show the book, or will take it down, promptly. Opting out never affects your book or your files.
Your rights over photos and details. You can ask us at any time to confirm exactly what photographs and details we hold for your order, and to delete them — email thecoryverse@gmail.com and we will act promptly and confirm the deletion in writing. If you ask for deletion before your book is delivered, we will not be able to finish or rebuild the book from those photos, and we will tell you so before deleting.
Our downloads are made for kids, but our email list is for parents and guardians. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has signed up, contact us and we'll remove the address.
You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in any email, or contact us to have your email address deleted from our list entirely.
Questions about this policy? Email us at thecoryverse@gmail.com.