Last updated: July 2026 · applies to the “Kindread” app and this website
Jan Wergin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 27
40545 Düsseldorf, Germany
Email: janwergin@aol.com
Kindread is deliberately data-minimal. There are no user accounts, no sign-up, no tracking, no advertising cookies and no analytics. We only process the data needed to show you book recommendations and nearby bookshops.
When you search for a book, your query is sent to our server and processed to generate recommendations. We use:
Only the search term / book title is transmitted – no names, contact details or identifiers that identify you. Requests are not combined into profiles.
The camera is only used when you actively start it.
If you use “Bookshops nearby” and grant location access, your approximate location is used to find bookshops around you via Apple (MapKit). We do not store your location. Processing by Apple is subject to Apple’s terms.
Books you save are stored locally on your device. If you are signed in to iCloud, your reading list is additionally synced between your devices via your personal iCloud (Apple), subject to Apple’s privacy terms. We ourselves have no access to this data – nothing is transmitted to us.
Where Kindread shows links to partner booksellers (e.g. Thalia, Waterstones) via the Awin affiliate network and you follow such a link, you leave the app, where the respective provider’s privacy policy applies. If you buy there, Kindread may receive a commission – we receive no personal purchase data.
Our server and this website are hosted by Vercel Inc. When accessed, technically necessary data (e.g. IP address) is processed, as with any internet service.
Processing is carried out to provide the features you request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and based on our legitimate interest in a functional, ad-free app (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Anthropic and the Internet Archive are based in the USA. When you search for a book or scan a cover, the data described above is transferred there, based on appropriate safeguards (e.g. the providers’ standard contractual clauses).
You have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability and objection, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Contact us at the email above. As we keep no accounts, we generally hold no persistently stored data attributable to you.
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