Privacy Policy for readers

About this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.

Interpretation and Definitions

The words whose initial letters are capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions have the same meaning whether they appear in singular or plural.

Account

A unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.

Affiliate

An entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party, where control means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for directors or managing authority.

Application

Shelf Scout: Books, the software program provided by the Company.

Company

Referred to as "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy, means Shelf Scout: Books.

Country

Poland.

Device

Any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, cell phone, or digital tablet.

Personal Data

Also called Personal Information, means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

Service

The Application.

Service Provider

Any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company, including third parties used to facilitate, provide, analyze, or support the Service.

Usage Data

Data collected automatically, either generated by use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.

You

The individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual uses the Service.

We use "Personal Data" and "Personal Information" interchangeably unless a law uses a specific term.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, Usage Data.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device's unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit Our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account, including Your registration as a user of the Service and access to available functionalities.
• For the performance of a contract, including the development, compliance, and undertaking of purchase contracts or other contracts with Us through the Service.
• To contact You, including by email, telephone calls, SMS, push notifications, or other equivalent electronic communications regarding updates, informative communications, functionalities, products, contracted services, or security updates.
• To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about similar goods, services, and events unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests, including attending to and managing Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers, including evaluating or conducting a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or sale or transfer of assets.
• For other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, and improving the Service, products, services, marketing, and Your experience.

When We May Share Your Personal Data

• With Service Providers: We may share Your Personal Data with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, and to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your Personal Data in connection with, or during negotiations of, a merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business by another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your Personal Data with Our affiliates and will require them to honor this Privacy Policy.
• With business partners: We may share Your Personal Data with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services, or promotions.
• With other users: If Our Service offers public areas, information You share or make available in those areas may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your Personal Data for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce legal agreements and policies.

Where possible, We apply shorter retention periods and/or reduce identifiability by deleting, aggregating, or anonymizing data. Unless otherwise stated, the periods below are maximum periods and We may delete or anonymize data sooner when it is no longer needed.

Usage Data may be retained longer only where necessary for security, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.

Reasons data may be retained longer

• Legal obligation: We are required by law to retain specific data, such as financial records for tax authorities.
• Legal claims: Data is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
• Your explicit request: You ask Us to retain specific information.
• Technical limitations: Data exists in backup systems scheduled for routine deletion.

You may request information about how long We will retain Your Personal Data by contacting Us.

Deletion and anonymization procedures

• Deletion: Personal Data is removed from Our systems and no longer actively processed.
• Backup retention: Residual copies may remain in encrypted backups for a limited period consistent with Our backup retention schedule and are not restored except where necessary for security, disaster recovery, or legal compliance.
• Anonymization: In some cases, We convert Personal Data into anonymous statistical data that cannot be linked back to You. This anonymized data may be retained indefinitely for research and analytics.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in processing are located. This means the information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those in Your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, We will ensure that international transfers of Your Personal Data are subject to appropriate safeguards and supplementary measures where appropriate. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information.

You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any Personal Data that You have provided to Us. Please note that We may need to retain certain information when We have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as a court or government agency.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public.
• Protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers. If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service before the change becomes effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: