Last updated: June 11, 2025
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.
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means 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 election of directors or other managing authority.
Application refers to Bookasto, the software program provided by the Company.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to **AJAY KUMAR YADAV**, the operator of Bookasto.
Country refers to: India
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone, or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used (e.g., hosting providers, analytics services).
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit, features used, device information).
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
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 or to personalize Your experience. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Any other information you choose to provide when creating your account or profile.
We collect this information primarily for account management, personalization of content (like tracking summaries you've listened to or recommending new ones), and communicating with you about the Service.
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, browser type, browser version, the pages or sections of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages or sections, features used within the app (e.g., which summaries are played, listening duration), and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, 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.
We use Usage Data and may use certain tracking technologies to collect and store information about Your activity on Our Service. The types of tracking technologies We may use include:
Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service.
Local Storage (e.g., HTML5 Local Storage): This may be used to store information on Your device to remember your preferences or state within the application (e.g., playback position).
Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (e.g. recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
These technologies are used for purposes such as:
Authenticating users and preventing fraudulent use of accounts.
Remembering choices You make when You use the Service, such as remembering Your login details or language preference (Necessary/Preference Cookies).
Tracking and analyzing usage of the Service to measure performance and identify areas for improvement (Analytics Cookies).
We **do not** use cookies or tracking technologies for the purpose of serving third-party advertisements or for tracking Your activity across unrelated websites or apps for targeted advertising. **Bookasto does not display advertisements.**
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service and ensure its proper functioning.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide enables You to access different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for subscriptions, products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
To Contact You: To contact You by email, or mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation. We may also contact you for support or to respond to your inquiries.
To Provide You with Service-related information: To provide You with news, updates, special offers, and general information about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about, or new summaries and features within the Service. You can opt out of receiving non-essential communications from Us.
To Manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us, including support inquiries.
For Business transfers: We may use Your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
For Other purposes: We may use Your information for other internal business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our content and marketing efforts, and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, and your experience. This includes personalizing Your experience by recommending content based on your listening history or preferences.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
**We do not sell Your Personal Data to third parties.** As stated above, we do not display advertising in the Service and therefore do not share Your data for advertising or marketing purposes with third parties.
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 our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction. The Service infrastructure and data processing may occur in the United States or other locations where our Service Providers operate.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of Your data and other personal information.
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect Your Personal Data, but no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
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 request deletion of 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 information that We have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so (e.g., for billing purposes, record keeping, or to complete transactions).
Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. 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 13 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.
Under GDPR, if You are in the EU, You have certain data protection rights. We aim to take reasonable steps to allow You to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of Your Personal Data. If You wish to be informed what Personal Data We hold about You and if You want it to be removed from Our systems, please contact Us.
In certain circumstances, You have the following data protection rights:
The right to access the information We hold on You.
The right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete information.
The right to object to Our processing of Your Personal Data.
The right to restriction of the processing of Your Personal Data.
The right to data portability of Your Personal Data.
The right to withdraw Your consent at any time where We rely on Your consent to process Your personal information.
Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, please contact Your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
This section for California residents supplements the information in the rest of Our Privacy Policy. It applies solely to all visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California ("consumers" or "You") as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Right to Know and Data Portability: You have the right to request that We disclose certain information to You about Our collection and use of Your Personal Information over the past 12 months.
Right to Delete: You have the right to request that We delete any of Your Personal Information that We collected from You and retained, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Opt-Out of Sale: As stated in this Privacy Policy, **We do not sell Your Personal Information**. Therefore, there is no need for an opt-out link for the sale of data.
Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against You for exercising any of Your CCPA rights.
To exercise Your right to know or right to delete, please submit a verifiable consumer request to Us by email at care@bookasto.com. We may ask You to provide information to verify Your identity. Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize to act on Your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to Your Personal Information.
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.
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, prior to the change becoming 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.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: