Privacy Policy

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.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

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.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

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 or to personalize Your experience. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

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

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.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

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:

These technologies are used for purposes such as:

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.**

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

Sharing of Your Personal Data

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.

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 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.

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 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.

Security of Your Personal Data

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.

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 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).

Children's Privacy

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.

Your Privacy Rights

GDPR Privacy (European Union)

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:

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).

CCPA Privacy (California Privacy Rights)

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.

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, 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.

Contact Us

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