Privacy Policy

Copyright & Translation Rights All novels and literary works published on Soolhooaf.com are translated by Mr-Soolhooaf and the Soolhooaf Translation Team from their original Chinese versions. Each translation represents our independent work, effort, and adaptation. No part of our translations is copied or taken from any third-party websites, groups, or automatic machine translations. Legal Ownership and Permissions We hold translation rights or explicit permission from the respective authors or from the official platforms where the stories were originally released. Every novel page includes or will include credits to the original author and source platform whenever available. Our translations exist for authorized publication, educational, and cultural exchange purposes only. All content has been translated and edited by Mr-Soolhooaf to maintain linguistic accuracy and respect toward the author’s creative intent. Original Work Information Original Language: Chinese Original Authors: Credited individually on each work’s page Source Platforms: Qidian, 17K, Zongheng, or other verified and authorized online literature platforms Translator: Mr-Soolhooaf Translation Start Date: 2025 All copyrights of the original works remain with their respective Chinese authors and rights holders. Soolhooaf.com holds only the translation rights or publication permissions granted directly by those parties or allowed under publicly available terms from the platforms of origin. Respect for Intellectual Property We maintain deep respect for every creator whose work we translate. If any author, publisher, or copyright holder believes that a translation or adaptation has been posted here without the proper authorization, please contact us immediately at contact@soolhooaf.com . We will respond promptly, verify the concern, and remove or modify the content as required.

This policy applies to:

• Visitors browsing the Site (no account)
• Registered users / commenters
• Contributors, translators, and authors that submit content
• Subscribers to newsletters
• Anyone contacting us

It also covers data collected by third-party services used by the Site (advertising networks, analytics, CDN, payment processors).

4.1 Information you give us

• Account & profile data: name, username, email, password (securely hashed), profile picture (optional), bio.
• Content & submissions: translations, uploaded files, comments, forum posts, messages, and any metadata you include. By submitting content you confirm you have the necessary rights or license to do so.
• Contact messages: e-mail, messages and support tickets you send to our team.

4.2 Information collected automatically

• Log and usage data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, timestamps, and errors.
• Device & connection data: device identifiers, screen size, language, and approximate location inferred from IP.
• Cookies & tracking technologies: cookies, local storage, pixel tags, and similar technologies used for analytics, preferences and advertisement delivery.

4.3 Third-party sources

• Social login data: if you authenticate via Google, Facebook, or other providers we receive the profile data you authorize.
• Ad partners & analytics: advertising partners, ad exchanges, and analytics providers may supply us with aggregated or pseudonymous performance information.

We use personal information for the following business purposes:

• To provide & maintain the Site (content delivery, navigation, account features).
• Advertising & monetization: to display ads (personalized and non-personalized), measure ad performance, and comply with ads.txt requirements. We work with ad networks (including Google, Ezoic, PubFuture and other partners) who may use cookies and identifiers to deliver and personalize ads.
• Analytics & improvement: to analyze Site performance and user behavior and to improve content and features.
• Communications: to respond to your inquiries, send transactional emails, and send optional marketing if you opt in.
• Payments: to process subscriptions and transactions via third-party processors (we do not store full payment card numbers on our servers).
• Security & legal compliance: to prevent fraud, abuse, resolve disputes, enforce our Terms of Service, and comply with applicable law (including DMCA takedowns).
• Content licensing & attribution: to manage license and attribution metadata for licensed works.

We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize returning users, maintain sessions, save preferences, and serve ads. Types of cookies used include:

• Essential cookies (site operation)
• Preference cookies (language, UI preferences)
• Analytics cookies (usage measurement)
• Advertising cookies (ad personalization and measurement)

Personalized ads: may be shown based on your activity and profile. You can opt out of ad personalization via browser settings or ad network opt-out pages (e.g., Google Ads settings).

For EU visitors, where required by law, we present a consent banner offering granular choices (necessary, analytics, advertising). If you reject advertising cookies, you will still see contextual or non-personalized ads.

We share personal information with:

• Service providers who operate our hosting, CDN, analytics, email and payment processing (e.g., Hostinger, Cloudflare, Stripe/PayPal, analytics providers).
• Advertising partners and ad exchanges (they may use cookies and collect device data for ad delivery).
• Law enforcement or legal requests when required by law.
• Acquirers / business transfers if the Site is sold or reorganized; data will be transferred according to applicable law.

Third parties have their own privacy practices — please review their policies for details.

We publish an ads.txt file at https://soollhooaf.com/ads.txt that lists authorized sellers of our ad inventory. This helps prevent unauthorized resellers and is a requirement for many ad networks. Keep this file up to date with the seller lines from our partners. Failure to maintain a correct ads.txt may affect ad revenue. We also comply with ad network requirements for privacy disclosures and cookie consent.

Ezoic Services

This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. ("Ezoic"), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.

A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.

The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP address
• Operating system type and version
• Device type
• Language preferences
• Web browser type
• Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic's partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.

You can view Ezoic's privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic's advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic's advertising partners here.

Licensed content only: Soollhooaf publishes content that is properly licensed, provided by rights holders, or translated with explicit permission. We maintain license records and attribution as required by licensors.

Reporting infringement: If you are a rights-holder and believe content on our Site infringes your rights, please send a DMCA takedown notice to: copyright@soollhooaf.com with the information described in our DMCA procedure below. We respond promptly and, when necessary, remove or disable access to the infringing material.

DMCA takedown template (example) — see Appendix A below.

Content you post (comments, translations) may become public. Do not post personal or sensitive information you do not want to share.

You retain ownership of your original contributions but grant Soollhooaf a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display and distribute your submissions as necessary to operate the Site.

We retain personal information only as long as necessary to provide services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements. Account data may be retained until you delete the account; transactional records are retained as required for taxation and legal purposes (typically 3–7 years).

We use industry-standard measures to protect personal data including access controls, encrypted transmission (HTTPS), and regular security reviews. However no system is completely secure. In the unlikely event of a data breach affecting your personal data, we will notify you and the relevant authorities where required by law.

The Site is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or the relevant minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the applicable minimum age. If we learn that a child has provided us personal data, we will delete it promptly.

Data may be processed in locations outside your country of residence, including the United States and EU member states. Where required, we use standard contractual clauses or other legal mechanisms to ensure appropriate protection of your data.

Depending on jurisdiction you may have rights to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Rectify inaccurate personal data.
• Request deletion of personal data (subject to legal retention obligations).
• Request data portability.
• Object to or restrict certain processing, including profiling for advertising.
• For California residents: request disclosure of categories of personal information collected and opt-out of any sale (we do not knowingly sell personal data).

To exercise any rights, contact privacy@soollhooaf.com. We verify identity before responding to requests. We will respond within legal timeframes where applicable.

We use analytics (for example, Google Analytics or alternative) to analyze usage. You can opt out of Google Analytics via the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on or block cookies in your browser settings. For ad personalization opt-outs, use the ad network opt-out tools (e.g., Google Ads Settings).

Full details on cookies and durations should be published in a cookie table on a Cookie Preferences page. Provide users with the ability to accept/reject categories of cookies where EU law applies.

We link to third-party sites (publishers, licensors, partners). We are not responsible for their privacy practices — review their privacy policies before sharing personal data.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in legal requirements or our services. For material changes we will post a prominent notice and update the Effective Date.