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Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 3, 2026

1. Who We Are

Readsome is operated by Pocket Apps S.R.L. ("Readsome", "we", "our", "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, retain, and delete personal data when you use the Readsome mobile app, website, and related services.

Controller: Pocket Apps S.R.L.
Product: Readsome
Contact: dev@readsome.app

2. Scope

This policy applies to:

  • The Readsome mobile app (including Android distribution through Google Play)
  • The Readsome website and related support channels

3. Data We Collect

We collect the following categories of data:

  • Account data: email address, display name, profile photo (if provided), and account identifiers.
  • Authentication data: sign-in credentials and authentication tokens handled through Firebase Authentication and supported sign-in providers (such as Google Sign-In and Apple Sign-In).
  • Subscription and purchase-related data: subscription status, entitlement status, transaction metadata, and purchase tokens/receipts processed through Google Play billing, Apple billing (where applicable), and RevenueCat.
  • Crash and diagnostics data: app crash reports, stack traces, performance diagnostics, app/device state data, and event timestamps used to monitor reliability and investigate issues (including via Sentry). We configure diagnostics to avoid sending direct personal identifiers (for example, your name or email address).
  • Device and app metadata: device type, model, OS version, app version, screen resolution, language/locale, timezone, and country code.
  • In-app usage data: onboarding preferences, selected content/preferences, reading/progress/completion events, and local app cache data.
  • Website analytics data: basic analytics and traffic diagnostics collected when you use readsome.app (for example, through Cloudflare web analytics tooling).
  • Communications: messages you send to support.

4. How We Use Data

We use data to:

  • Create and manage user accounts.
  • Authenticate users and secure access.
  • Provide app functionality, including syncing account/profile/subscription state.
  • Deliver and manage subscriptions and restore purchases.
  • Personalize recommendations and onboarding experience.
  • Maintain, troubleshoot, monitor crashes/performance, and improve service reliability.
  • Detect abuse, protect service security, and prevent fraud related to accounts/subscriptions.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

5. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK)

Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we process personal data under one or more of these legal bases:

  • Contract: to provide account, summary, and subscription services you request.
  • Legitimate interests: to secure, maintain, and improve our services (including diagnostics and fraud prevention).
  • Legal obligations: to comply with applicable laws, accounting, tax, and enforcement requirements.
  • Consent: where required by law (for example, certain optional communications or tracking settings).

6. Sharing and Processors

We do not sell personal data.

We share data with service providers that process data on our behalf, including:

  • Firebase Authentication (Google) for account authentication.
  • Sentry for crash reporting and diagnostics monitoring.
  • RevenueCat for subscription and entitlement management.
  • Google Play and Apple billing/payment platforms for payment processing and store transaction management.
  • Infrastructure/API providers used to host and operate Readsome services.

Payment card details are processed by the relevant app store/payment platform under their own terms and privacy policies; Readsome does not directly store full payment card numbers.

We may also disclose data if required by law or to protect users, our services, or legal rights.

7. Data Retention

We retain personal data for as long as needed to provide the service and for legitimate business/legal purposes.

Diagnostic and crash telemetry retention may vary by provider settings and legal requirements. Subscription and transaction metadata may be retained for accounting, tax, fraud-prevention, and compliance obligations.

When account deletion is requested, we delete or anonymize account-associated personal data within 30 days, except data we must retain for legal, security, fraud-prevention, tax/accounting, or compliance obligations.

Local on-device data (such as caches and downloaded content) remains on the device until removed by the user, app controls, or uninstall.

8. Account Deletion and User Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or port your data, and to object to certain processing.

If you are in the EEA or UK, you may also have rights to withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent) and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

If you are in jurisdictions with specific privacy laws (such as certain U.S. states), you may have additional rights under applicable local law.

Account deletion request options:

If we retain specific data after deletion for legal/compliance reasons, we will explain this in our response.

9. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect personal data, including encrypted transmission where applicable. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

10. Children

Readsome is a general-audience service and is not specifically directed to children. If you are below the age at which you can validly consent to data processing in your country, you should use Readsome only with consent from a parent or legal guardian.

11. International Transfers

Your data may be processed in countries other than your own. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

For EEA/UK transfers, this may include adequacy decisions or contractual safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the updated version and update the "Last updated" date.

13. Contact

Pocket Apps S.R.L.
Email: dev@readsome.app

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