Privacy Policy — Changelog
This page tracks every revision of the BookInspire Privacy Policy. The most recent version is always live at bookinspire.app/privacy. Prior versions are archived here for transparency and audit.
For any question about a past revision or a specific change, write to privacy@bookinspire.app.
Version 1.3 — 26 July 2026
BookInspire is now available on Android (Google Play) in addition to iOS. This revision updates both the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service so that every platform-specific statement covers both stores. The one substantive addition: on Android, voice input is transcribed by the device's speech-recognition service — on most devices, Google's speech services — so Google LLC is now disclosed as a sub-processor for that purpose (the audio itself never reaches us on either platform; we only receive the text transcript, exactly as with Apple's Speech Recognition on iOS).
What changed in the Privacy Policy:
- Header — "Applies to" now reads "iOS and Android" (previously "iOS, and Android upon release").
- Section 2.7 (permissions) — the microphone & speech-recognition entry now describes the Android path: audio is processed by the device's Google speech service to produce the transcript; we never receive or store the audio itself, only the resulting text — the same forward-only flow as on iOS.
- Section 4 (sub-processors) — added a Google LLC (speech services, Android) row: real-time transcription of voice input on Android, United States, SCCs + DPF. The RevenueCat row now names the device identifier per platform (IDFV on iOS; an app-scoped device identifier on Android).
- Section 9 (younger users) — clarified that the 13+ minimum age applies on Google Play under our Terms of Service regardless of the IARC content rating displayed by the store, and added Google Family Link alongside iOS Family Sharing / Screen Time in §9.2.
- Section 13.1 (California) — the Global Privacy Control paragraph describes BookInspire as a "native mobile application" rather than a "native iOS application". No change in English, which already said this; the Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian translations are now aligned with it.
- Section 13.2 (United Kingdom) — the Children's Code introduction covers Google Play; Standard 10 now describes the device locale as an OS-level (previously "iOS-level") user preference.
- Section 13.5 (Australia) — Google's US entry in the overseas-recipients list now includes speech recognition for Android voice input, and the ACL pricing note names the platform merchant of record (Apple, or Google for Google Play purchases) for GST remittance.
- Section 6 (deletion) — account deletion can now also be requested without the app installed, via bookinspire.app/delete-account (required for the Google Play Data-safety disclosure; the in-app Settings → Delete account flow is unchanged).
What changed in the Terms of Service (also bumped to version 1.3 on the same date; this page serves as the shared changelog for both documents):
- Header — "iOS and Android", as above.
- Section 3 (eligibility) — the 13+ minimum age applies on Google Play regardless of the store's IARC rating.
- Section 5.2 (pricing) — merchant-of-record and tax statements now name the platform operator for Google Play purchases: Belarus (English and the binding Russian version — Apple, or Google where Google Play Billing is available), Poland (Polish version — VAT settled by Apple or Google as merchant of record; the OSS reference is attributed to Apple), Ukraine (Ukrainian version — the VAT withheld by Apple Distribution International Ltd. for the App Store or Google Commerce Ltd. for Google Play), and Australia (GST collected by the platform merchant of record). The Polish technical-requirements sections (§5.2.1 and §9a) now state the actual supported Android minimum — Android 7.0 (API 24) — replacing the earlier "Android 8.0" placeholder.
What did not change:
- No new categories of personal data. Voice input on Android produces the same thing it produces on iOS: a text transcript.
- No new device permissions. The microphone permission was already disclosed; only the per-platform processor differs.
- No new international-transfer mechanism. Google LLC was already a disclosed US sub-processor (Firebase, Sign in with Google) under SCCs + DPF; the speech-services role uses the same safeguards.
- No change to pricing, refunds, cancellation, governing law, or limitation of liability. The §5.2 edits name the correct merchant of record per platform; the amounts and your rights are unchanged.
- No change to children's-data protections beyond extending the same commitments to Android.
Version 1.2 — 18 June 2026
Added the Book-Fit check — an optional BookInspire+ feature that tells you whether a specific book on your wishlist is likely to suit your taste before you commit to reading it. When you run a check, the title and author of that one book are sent to our AI sub-processor (Anthropic), together with the taste subset we already use for recommendations, and a short verdict is generated and saved to your account.
What changed in the Privacy Policy:
- Section 2 — added Book-Fit verdicts to the list of AI-generated content in §2.4 (numbered §2.4 / §2.5 across translations), and added the per-cycle fit-check counter to the usage data in §2.5.
- Section 2 (wishlist) — corrected the wishlist disclosure (§2.2a; §2.11 in the Ukrainian and Russian translations). The previous text said wishlist entries are never sent to Anthropic. That remains true for ordinary use, but it is not true when you yourself run a Book-Fit check on a wishlist book: in that single case the book's title and author are sent to Anthropic, and the checked book is excluded from your future recommendations. The disclosure now states this exception plainly.
- Section 4 — the Anthropic sub-processor entry now lists the Book-Fit verdict as a purpose and describes the book title/author sent for a fit-check.
- Section 6 — added a retention row for Book-Fit verdicts (kept until you delete your account) and named them in the account-deletion sweep.
- Section 13.1 (California) — added "Book-Fit verdicts" to the CCPA Category K (Inferences) data-point list.
- Section 13.5 (Australia) — added "Book-Fit checks" to the APP 5 purposes-of-collection notice.
What did not change:
- No new sub-processors. The Book-Fit check uses the same AI sub-processor (Anthropic) and the same EU Firestore storage as the rest of your account.
- No new categories of personal data. We send Anthropic the same taste subset and library-book metadata already disclosed for recommendations, plus the title/author of the book you choose to check.
- No new device permissions.
- No new international-transfer mechanism. Same EU storage, same US sub-processor for the same kind of purpose, same SCCs safeguards.
- No change to children's-data protections. Section 9 applies to Book-Fit data on the same terms as the rest of your data.
Version 1.1 — 11 June 2026
Added a wishlist feature: a separate list of books you want to read later, distinct from your reading library. Books reach the wishlist via the heart icon on a recommendation card or through manual addition (search, voice, cover scan, paste, screenshot, or an export-file import from Goodreads / StoryGraph / LibraryThing / Reading List — CSV, TSV, or JSON depending on the source).
What changed in the Privacy Policy:
- Section 2 — added §2.2a (numbered §2.11 in the Ukrainian and Russian translations) describing what we store for each wishlist entry (book metadata, the source the book came from, an optional link to the originating recommendation, and timestamps). No new categories of personal information beyond book metadata you choose to save.
- Section 6 — added a retention row for wishlist entries (kept until you remove the entry in-app or delete your account) and named the wishlist explicitly in the account-deletion sweep so it is clear it is covered by the same delete-everything procedure.
- Section 13.1 (California) — added "wishlist entries" to the CCPA Category F (Internet/network activity) data-point list.
- Section 13.5 (Australia) — added "wishlist storage" to the APP 5 purposes-of-collection notice.
What did not change:
- No new sub-processors. Wishlist data is stored on the same Firestore EU database as the rest of your account.
- No new AI processing. Wishlist entries are not sent to our AI provider (Anthropic). Only your library and taste profile are, as already described in §2.4 and §4.
- No new device permissions. The import methods used to add books to the wishlist (voice, camera, photo library, file import) use the same permissions already disclosed for the equivalent library import flows.
- No new international-transfer mechanism. Same EU storage, same US sub-processors for the same purposes, same SCCs / DPF safeguards.
- No change to children's-data protections. Section 9 applies to wishlist data on the same terms as library data.
Version 1.0 — 12 May 2026
Initial public release of the BookInspire Privacy Policy.
No prior versions exist. There is nothing to compare against.
Future revisions will be added at the top of this page. Each entry will include the effective date, a summary of what changed and why, and a link to the archived text of that version.