Effective October 4, 2026
Pubinator is a production and project-management tool for publications. It is operated by Mainor Media LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information Pubinator collects, how we use it, and the choices you have.
Pubinator is used by publications (newspapers, magazines and similar) to manage their own work. If you use Pubinator as a member of a publication's staff, or as an outside contributor sending files to one, that publication decides what you're asked to do in Pubinator. We process its information on its behalf.
Account information. Your name, email address and password (stored only in hashed form), plus an optional profile photo. If you turn on two-factor authentication, we store the secret needed to check your codes.
Mobile number and text-message consent. If you add a mobile number to your profile and opt in to text messages, we store the number, your opt-in choice and when you made it.
Publication content. The articles, images, files, comments, review rounds and other material you or your colleagues create or upload, along with who created or changed them and when.
Contributor information. When a publication asks an outside contributor for files, we store the contributor's name and email address, their mobile number if the publication provided it, and the files they upload.
Security and usage records. When you sign in, sign out or fail to sign in, we record the time, IP address and browser type. We also keep a record of changes made to issues, articles, media and memberships, and of each AI feature used.
Cookies. We use only the cookies needed to keep you signed in and to protect forms against forgery. We don't use advertising or analytics cookies.
We don't sell personal information, and we don't use it for advertising.
We send text messages only to people who have given us a mobile number and agreed to receive texts. That means members who opt in on their profile page, and contributors whose number a publication provides for a file request. Texts are service notifications (for example, a new review round, a message from your publication, or a link to upload files). They are not marketing.
No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text-messaging opt-in data and consent are not shared with any third parties. We share mobile numbers only with the SMS provider that delivers our messages, and only for that purpose.
You can stop texts at any time by replying STOP, or by unticking the text-message option on your profile page. Reply HELP for help. Message and data rates may apply.
We use service providers to run Pubinator. They process information only on our instructions:
Other members of a publication can see what you create or upload in that publication. If a publication makes its issue archive public, the published issues in it can be seen by anyone.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect people's rights or safety, or as part of a sale or merger of the business. In a sale or merger, this policy would continue to apply to your information.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local law. We will honor them as required.
We protect information with encrypted connections, hashed passwords, optional two-factor authentication and access controls. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong password and keep it private.
Pubinator is not intended for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.
If we change this policy, we will post the new version here with a new effective date. If the changes are significant, we will also tell account holders by email.
Mainor Media LLC (Pubinator)
604 Boulevard SE
Atlanta, GA 30312
hello@pubinator.com