Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-04-05

Introduction

Bookbone ("we," "us," "our," or "Company") operates the readnext.co website and related services (collectively, the "Service"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our platform. This Privacy Policy explains our information practices and your privacy rights.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using Bookbone, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Service.

Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, including:

Information You Provide Directly

• Account Registration Information: When you create an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, username, password, profile picture, and any biographical information you choose to provide.
• Profile and Preference Information: We collect information about your reading preferences, favorite genres, book ratings, reviews, and reading lists that you create or maintain on our platform.
• Communication Information: When you contact our customer support team, participate in surveys, or engage in correspondence with us, we collect the content of your messages and any attachments you provide.
• Payment Information: If you make purchases through our Service, we collect payment information including billing address and transaction history. Payment processing is handled by third-party payment processors, and we do not store complete credit card numbers.
• User-Generated Content: Any book reviews, comments, messages, or other content you create or share on our platform are collected and stored.

Information Collected Automatically

• Device Information: We automatically collect information about the devices you use to access Bookbone, including hardware model, operating system version, device identifiers, and mobile network information.
• Log Data: Our servers automatically record information when you use Bookbone, including your IP address, access times, pages viewed, the content you interact with, search queries, and referring website addresses.
• Location Information: With your permission, we may collect precise geolocation data. We always collect approximate location information based on IP address.
• Usage Information: We track how you interact with our Service, including which books you view, how long you spend reading content, and which features you use most frequently.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and gather analytics data.

Information from Third Parties

• Social Media Platforms: If you connect your social media accounts to Bookbone, we receive information from those platforms according to your privacy settings.
• Third-Party Services: We may receive information from publishers, retailers, analytics providers, and other business partners to enhance our offerings.
• Public Sources: We may obtain publicly available information about you from online sources to verify identity or update our records.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Creating and maintaining your account and user profile
• Delivering, maintaining, and improving our Service and features
• Personalizing your experience and providing customized book recommendations
• Communicating with you about updates, security alerts, and support matters
• Processing transactions and sending related information
• Conducting research, analytics, and developing new products or services
• Monitoring and analyzing trends, usage patterns, and user engagement
• Detecting, investigating, and preventing fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
• Complying with legal obligations and enforcing our Terms of Service
• Responding to your inquiries and providing customer support
• Sending marketing and promotional communications, with your consent where required by law
• Creating aggregated, anonymized reports for business purposes

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers

We engage third-party service providers to perform functions on our behalf, such as hosting, customer support, payment processing, analytics, marketing, and data analysis. These service providers are contractually obligated to use your information only as necessary to provide services to us and maintain strict confidentiality.

Business Partners

We may share aggregated or anonymized information with publishers, authors, retailers, and other business partners to facilitate transactions and improve our offerings. We do not share personally identifiable information with business partners without your consent, except where necessary to complete transactions you initiate.

Legal Requirements and Protection

We may disclose your information when required by law, such as in response to valid legal processes including subpoenas, court orders, or government requests. We may also disclose information to protect the security or integrity of our Service, enforce our legal rights, prevent fraud, or protect the safety, rights, and property of Bookbone, our users, or the public.

Business Transfers

If Bookbone is involved in a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or other similar transaction or proceeding, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before your information becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

User Choice

We will not share personally identifiable information with third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent. You may opt-out of certain information sharing by modifying your account settings or contacting us directly.

Aggregated and Anonymized Information

We may freely share aggregated, anonymized, or otherwise de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third parties for any purpose, including marketing and analytics.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Bookbone uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience and gather information about usage patterns. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your device. We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Service. They enable you to navigate the platform and use essential features such as account authentication and security. You cannot decline these cookies without affecting your ability to use certain portions of our Service.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

We use these cookies to understand how visitors interact with Bookbone, including which pages are visited most frequently, what errors occur, and where users drop off. This information helps us improve our Service and identify issues.

Functional Cookies

These cookies remember your preferences and settings, such as your language selection, reading preferences, and other customization choices, to enhance your experience across visits.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

We and our advertising partners use cookies to deliver targeted advertising based on your interests and browsing history. These cookies track your behavior across different websites to show you relevant ads.

Cookie Management

You can control cookies through your browser settings and opt-out of certain tracking. However, blocking some cookies may impact your ability to use certain features of Bookbone. You can also opt-out of personalized advertising through industry opt-out platforms such as the Digital Advertising Alliance.

Pixel Tags and Web Beacons

We may use pixel tags, web beacons, and similar technologies to track user behavior, measure conversion rates, and improve our marketing efforts. These technologies allow us to recognize when you visit our website and interact with our content.

Local Storage

We may use local storage technologies such as HTML5 local storage to store information on your device, including your preferences and user-generated content.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. We are committed to honoring these rights to the fullest extent required by applicable law.

Right to Access

You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you. You can access, review, and download much of this information directly through your account settings on Bookbone.

Right to Rectification

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated personal information we maintain about you. You can update much of your information directly through your account settings.

Right to Erasure

Subject to certain limitations, you have the right to request that we delete your personal information. Please note that we may retain certain information for legal compliance, fraud prevention, and legitimate business purposes.

Right to Restrict Processing

You have the right to request that we restrict how we process your personal information in certain circumstances, such as while we verify the accuracy of disputed data.

Right to Data Portability

You have the right to request that we provide your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, and to transmit such information to another entity of your choice.

Right to Object

You have the right to object to certain types of processing, including direct marketing communications and profiling activities.

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where