Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

BookClub ("we", "us", "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our book club platform.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

• Account Information: When you register via Google OAuth, we receive your name, email, and profile photo.
• User Content: Information about clubs, books, reviews, notes that you create on the platform.
• Usage Data: Information about your activity: book borrowing, books read, reading history.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type, access time, cookies data to ensure service functionality.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Providing and improving platform functionality
• Analyzing usage to enhance the service
• Sending notifications about activity in your clubs (if enabled)
• Protecting security and preventing abuse

4. Information Disclosure

We DO NOT sell, rent, or transfer your personal data to third parties. Information may only be disclosed as required by law or to protect our legal rights.

5. Third-Party Services

• Google OAuth: For authentication. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Google Books API: For searching book information. We do not share your personal data with Google Books.

6. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures to protect your data: HTTPS encryption, secure password storage, regular backups. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. You can delete your account and all associated data at any time through profile settings or by contacting us.

8. Cookies

We use cookies and local storage to maintain your session and preferences (theme, language). You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but this may affect functionality.

9. Policy Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes through the platform or email.