Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. It is EchoForge's policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website, https://readers-guild.com, and the ReadersGuild mobile application.

1. Information we collect

Log data

When you visit our website or use our app, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser or device. It may include your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details.

Device data

We may also collect data about the device you’re using to access our services. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, and device settings. In version 1.0, we do not collect GPS location data.

Personal information

We may ask for personal information, such as your:

• Email (used for magic link authentication via Supabase)
• Display name and username
• Avatar image
• Payment information (processed securely through RevenueCat and Apple/Google)

Business data

Business data refers to data that accumulates over the normal course of operation on our platform. This includes your reading sessions (minutes, pages read, book selections), social interactions (likes, comments, follows), and product analytics (via PostHog) to help us improve the experience.

2. Legal bases for processing

We will process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. We collect and process information about you only where we have legal bases for doing so.

These legal bases depend on the services you use and how you use them, meaning we collect and use your information only where:

• it’s necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party (for example, providing the core reading tracker features);
• it satisfies a legitimate interest (such as for research and development, to improve the app, and to protect our legal rights);
• you give us consent to do so for a specific purpose; or
• we need to process your data to comply with a legal obligation.

3. Collection and use of information

We may collect, hold, use and disclose information for the following purposes:

• to provide you with the ReadersGuild platform's core features (timing sessions, social feed);
• to process subscriptions via RevenueCat;
• to enable social features like following other readers;
• to contact and communicate with you;
• for internal record keeping and administrative purposes; and
• to comply with our legal obligations.

4. Disclosure of personal information to third parties

We may disclose personal information to:

• Supabase (Authentication, Database, and Hosting);
• RevenueCat (Subscription and Revenue management);
• PostHog (Product analytics and error logging);
• Our employees and contractors strictly for maintenance and support.

5. International transfers

The personal information we collect is stored and processed where our third-party providers maintain facilities. By providing us with your personal information, you consent to the disclosure to these overseas third parties. We ensure that any transfer of personal information is protected by appropriate safeguards.

6. Your rights and controlling your personal information

Choice and consent: By providing personal information to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Access and data portability: You may request details or a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. We provide a data export endpoint for this purpose.

Correction and Erasure: You may request that we erase the personal information we hold about you at any time. If you believe any information we hold is inaccurate, please contact us.

7. Cookies

We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, so we can understand how you use our site and better serve you content.

8. Limits of our policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

9. Changes to this policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect current acceptable practices. Your continued use of this site or the app after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.