Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 7, 2026

This policy explains what information Bookifai ("the app", "we", "us") collects, why we collect it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. Bookifai is operated by Rabee Qiblawi. Questions or requests: rabeeqiblawi@gmail.com.

The latest version is always at https://api.bookifai.net/privacy.

Summary

• Your books, reading progress, bookmarks and chats are stored on your device.
• We store your account, subscription and AI usage records on our servers.
• Book passages, your messages and photos you send in chats are sent to AI providers (who they are) only to generate the feature you asked for.
• We use Firebase for crash reports, basic usage analytics and push notifications.
• We don't sell your data, show ads, or track you across other companies' apps or websites.
• You can delete your account inside the app at any time.

Information we collect

Information you give us

• Account details: your email address, first and last name, date of birth, and a password (stored only as a secure hash, never in plain text). We ask for your date of birth to confirm you meet the minimum age.
• Sign in with Google or Apple: if you choose one, the provider shares your name and email address with us (Apple may give us a private relay address instead). We use them only to create and identify your account.
• Your books and content: the e-books you import, your reading position, bookmarks, notes, and the messages you send to characters.

Information collected automatically

• Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics): when the app crashes or hits an error, we receive a technical report: the stack trace, device model, operating system version, app version and a random installation identifier. Crash reports do not include your book content or messages.
• Usage analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase): coarse events such as app opens and which screens are visited, along with device model, OS version, app version, approximate country (derived from your IP address) and a random app-instance identifier. We never send your name, email, book contents or messages as analytics data, and we don't link analytics to your account.
• Push notification token (Firebase Cloud Messaging): if you allow notifications, your device receives a token that we store with your account so we can tell you when processing finishes or send service announcements.
• AI usage records: for each server-run AI request we record which feature was used, when, the number of tokens and the cost. These power your usage screen and plan limits.
• Purchase records: when you subscribe, the App Store or Google Play gives us the product, purchase status, transaction identifiers and renewal dates. We never receive your payment card details.

How we use information

We use the information above only to:

• create and secure your account and sign you in;
• provide the app's features, including AI character chats, stories, recaps, abridgments, translations and book analysis;
• unlock and manage your subscription and enforce plan usage limits;
• send account emails (sign-up confirmation and password resets) and, if you allow them, push notifications;
• find and fix crashes and understand which features are used, so we can improve the app;
• prevent abuse and comply with the law.

We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't make automated decisions about you that have legal or similarly significant effects.

Where your data lives

• On your device: imported books, reading progress, bookmarks, notes and conversations are stored locally on your phone. Uninstalling the app removes them.
• On our servers: your account details, subscription status, push token and AI usage records. When you use server-side book processing, the book text you upload is kept only while it is being processed and deleted about 12 hours after the last job for that book finishes; the processing results are deleted after 7 days (by then they have been delivered to your device).
• Google Drive (optional): if you connect Google Drive, the app saves a backup of your library data in a private app folder in your own Drive (the drive.appdata permission). The app cannot see any of your other Drive files, and you can disconnect at any time.

AI processing

Character chats, stories, recaps, abridgments, translations and book analysis are generated by AI models. To produce them, the relevant passages of your book, your messages and any photos you choose to send in a chat are passed through our server to the companies that run those models (our AI providers). The providers we use right now are listed at https://api.bookifai.net/ai-providers, a page generated from our live configuration, so it is always current. We may change providers; the page changes at the same moment. Before any AI feature sends your data, the app shows you this list and asks for your permission, and it asks again if the list changes. You can turn AI off at any time in Settings → AI & privacy; if you say no, you can still read, bookmark and look up words. We send only what a request needs. We don't store the content of your chats on our servers, and we don't use your content to train AI models. Our providers process requests under their own API terms and data-handling policies, and the page links to each provider's privacy policy.

If you add your own AI provider in the app's developer settings, those requests go directly from your device to the provider you chose, under that provider's own terms.

Offline translation. Without a subscription, without AI permission, or without a connection, translations are made on your device with Google ML Kit (powered by Google Translate). The text you select does not leave your device. The languages you download in Settings → Offline translation (about 30 MB each) come from Google, and ML Kit sends Google basic diagnostics: device and app information, performance and error data, and which languages are used, never the text you translate.

Who we share data with

We share data only with service providers that help us run the app, and only for that purpose:

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of our users or others, or as part of a merger or sale of the service (in which case this policy will continue to apply).

We don't sell or rent your personal information, and we don't share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Google user data

Bookifai's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Data from Google Sign-In and Google Drive is used only to sign you in and to back up and restore your own library, and is never transferred or sold for any other purpose, used for advertising, or read by humans except with your consent or where required for security or by law.

Security

Data is sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Passwords are stored as secure hashes, access to our servers is restricted, and server backups are encrypted. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

Retention

We keep your account data for as long as your account exists. Uploaded book text and processing results are deleted on the schedule described above. When you delete your account, we delete your personal data from our servers; copies in encrypted backups expire within 30 days. We may keep limited records where the law requires it (for example, purchase records needed for tax purposes).

Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time:

1. In the app: open Settings → Account → Delete account.
2. By email: send a request to rabeeqiblawi@gmail.com from the address on your account. We'll confirm and delete it within 30 days.

Deleting your account permanently removes your account, profile, push tokens, uploaded books, processing results and AI usage history from our servers. Books and backups on your device and in your Google Drive stay under your control. Deleting your account does not cancel an App Store or Google Play subscription; cancel it in your store account settings.

Your choices and rights

• Notifications: turn push notifications off in the app's settings or your device settings.
• Google Drive: disconnect it at any time in Settings → Account → Cloud Sync.
• Access, correction, deletion, portability: request a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion by emailing rabeeqiblawi@gmail.com. We respond within 30 days.

Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, UK or California), you may have additional rights, including to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to complain to your local data-protection authority. We won't treat you differently for exercising any of these rights. Where the GDPR applies, we rely on performing our contract with you (to provide the app), our legitimate interests (crash reporting, analytics and security), and your consent (notifications and Google Drive backup).

International transfers

We and our service providers may process your information in countries other than your own, including the United States and the European Union. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.

Children

Bookifai is not intended for children under 13 (or the minimum age of digital consent where you live, if higher), and we don't knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we'll update the date above. For significant changes we'll let you know in the app before they take effect.

Contact

Rabee Qiblawi, operator of Bookifai Email: rabeeqiblawi@gmail.com