Privacy Policy
Inkbound is a private personal reading journal and library tracker. We collect and process information needed to provide your account, synchronize and protect your reading archive, operate features you choose to use, process account access, and provide support.
Information you provide
Depending on the features you use, Inkbound may store account information such as your email address and display name; your library, editions, reading status, ownership and progress; reading sessions, dates, durations, notes, quotes, reviews, collections, tags, reading goals, memories and time capsules; profile information; custom book covers and collection banners; and photos or other media you choose to add.
Information created by the service
Inkbound creates technical records needed to synchronize, recover, administer, and secure your account. These can include record identifiers, synchronization and update timestamps, account verification status, subscription or trial entitlement status, and limited operational, security, recovery, or administrative audit information. Reading statistics and insights are derived from the reading data in your account.
How information is used
We use account information to operate Inkbound, synchronize supported account data between devices, calculate progress and statistics, provide requested features, recover data after reconnecting, prevent abuse, administer account access and entitlements, and respond to support, privacy, or deletion requests. We do not sell your personal reading data.
Cloud providers and third-party services
Inkbound uses Firebase and Google Cloud services for authentication, database storage, file storage, server functions, security, synchronization, and related service operations. Book metadata may be retrieved from external book-data providers when you search for or enrich a book. Those providers receive the search information required to answer the request.
When paid Premium subscriptions are available, purchases made through the Inkbound website are processed by Stripe and purchases made through the Google Play version of Inkbound are processed through Google Play Billing. Inkbound receives transaction, subscription, and entitlement information needed to provide and administer Premium access. Inkbound does not receive your full payment-card number from those payment providers.
Premium trials
Eligible Inkbound accounts may be offered a limited Premium trial. Inkbound stores the trial eligibility and entitlement information needed to start, administer, and end that access. A no-card Inkbound trial does not itself create a paid subscription or authorize an automatic charge.
Photos and media
Media you choose to add, such as profile images, Photo Memories, custom covers, or collection banners, may be resized or compressed for Inkbound use and stored under your authenticated account. Access controls restrict private account media to authorized use. Device copies may also be cached locally so Inkbound can display media efficiently and support offline or interrupted-network use.
Local device data
Inkbound uses local device or browser storage for app preferences, locally available library data, pending changes, recovery information, and other state needed for performance, offline use, and synchronization. Signing out or using Inkbound's device-data controls may remove account data stored locally without deleting the cloud account.
Data retention and deletion
Your active Inkbound account data is retained while your account remains active. You can request permanent account deletion from Inkbound Settings or from the public Delete Account page. The deletion service removes the live Inkbound account data associated with your user ID, including the authentication account, user-owned cloud records, account media, and Inkbound entitlement records.
Limited information may remain temporarily in infrastructure backups, security or operational logs, or where retention is required for legal, fraud-prevention, accounting, or security purposes. Payment and transaction records maintained independently by Stripe, Google Play, or another payment provider are governed by that provider's own retention obligations and are not controlled by Inkbound's account-deletion function.
Security
Inkbound uses authenticated access controls, server-managed authorization, and provider security features to protect private account data and entitlements. No online service can promise absolute security or uninterrupted preservation, so readers should keep independent copies of information that would be difficult or impossible to replace.
Children
Inkbound is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it as appropriate.
Changes
We may update this policy as Inkbound changes. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date and, when appropriate, providing notice within the service.
Contact
Privacy questions or requests can be sent to inkbound@inkydameinteractive.com.
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