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Privacy Policy

Last modified: February 22, 2026

This policy describes how Readcap handles information when you use the app and related services.

General

We provide the Readcap Application. We ("Individual", "us", "we" or "our") recognize and understand the importance of the privacy of its users ("User", "you" or "your").

This Privacy Policy applies to our application and describes how we manage, store, and utilize your Personal Data through its Products.

In order to use our app, we require you to consent to the collection and processing of your Personal Data before you start using the app.

If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you may not use in any manner the app.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all its users' Personal Data and providing a secure, user-controlled environment for the use of the app.

Personal Data You Provide

If you provide us feedback or contact customer support, we collect your name and e-mail address and possibly other Personal Data (e.g., IP address).

We may keep records of our communication with you, including any complaints we receive from you about other users.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We are a Data Controller of your information.

Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the context in which we collect it:

  • We need to perform a contract with you.
  • You have given us permission to do so.
  • Processing your personal information is in our legitimate interests.
  • We need to comply with the law.

Your GDPR Rights

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights.

  • The right to access: You may at any time request to access your personal data.
  • The right to rectification: You are entitled to obtain rectification of inaccurate personal data.
  • The right to erase: Under certain circumstances (including processing on the basis of your consent), you may request us to delete your User Data.
  • The right to object: To certain processing activities conducted by us in relation to your personal data.
  • The right to data portability: You are entitled to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding your personal information under the CCPA.

To exercise your California data protection rights described below, please send your request(s) by email: [email protected].

  • Right to know what personal information is collected: You may request the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which we collect your personal information, the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling your personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information. You are entitled to ask us to provide you with this information up to two times in a rolling twelve-month period.
  • Right to delete: If you make this request, we will delete the personal information we hold about you as of the date of your request from our records.
  • Right to stop selling data: We don't sell or rent your personal information to any third parties for any purpose. However, under some circumstances, a transfer of personal information to a third party, or within our family of companies, without monetary consideration may be considered a "sale" under California law.

Permissions Required

Readcap may request system permissions required for core functionality.

  • Internet: needed for app services and metadata retrieval.
  • Notifications: optional reminders and engagement features.

Third-Party Service Providers

The app may use third-party services that collect information used to identify you. Links to the privacy policies of third-party service providers used by the app:

  • Apple App Store Services: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/
  • Google Firebase Analytics: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
  • Google Firebase Crashlytics: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
  • OpenAI API: https://openai.com/policies/api-data-usage-policies

Log Data

Whenever you use our Service, in case of an error in the app, we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data.

This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol ("IP") address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

Your Personal Data

User data that is used to authenticate a user (e.g., email — if you choose to provide one) is stored at a GDPR compliant hosting provider in the EU.

User generated content, like created summaries, are stored and synced across user devices via Apple's CloudKit (iCloud) and are not stored on our servers.

Should you opt to utilize the feature that auto-generates summaries from your reading updates and character notes, the content of your reading updates and characters will be transmitted to OpenAI's API for summary creation. OpenAI API data usage policy: https://openai.com/policies/api-data-usage-policies

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it.

But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.

In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers.

Payment Terms

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., payment processors).

We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy.

  • Apple Store In-App Payments: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons: To facilitate our Service; To provide the Service on our behalf; To perform Service-related services; or To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Changes and Contact

Occasionally, we may change or update this Privacy Policy to allow us to use or share your previously collected Personal Data for other purposes.

If we would use your Personal Data in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of the collection, we will provide you with a notice on our Website and in our Readcap Mobile Application indicating that the Privacy Policy has been changed or updated.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]. For product support, contact [email protected].