Privacy Policy

Welcome to KOReader. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, share, and protect your personal data when you visit or interact with our website koreader.com, and what choices you have in relation to that data.

Information We Collect

We may collect various types of information, including:

Personal Information: such as your name, email address, username, and any other information you provide voluntarily (for example, when you subscribe to a newsletter or contact us).
Usage Data: information about how you use our website, pages visited, time spent, features used, links clicked, etc.
Device & Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, screen size, language preference, referrer URL, etc.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies: we use cookies and similar tools to collect and store information. These help with, for instance, session management, analytics, improving site experience, etc.

How We Use Your Information

We use the data we collect for various purposes, including but not limited to:

To provide, maintain, and improve the website and our services.
To respond to your inquiries or communications.
To send you updates, newsletters, or other communications (if you’ve opted in).
To analyze usage patterns, trends, and to measure performance metrics.
To detect, prevent and address fraud or other illegal or harmful activities.
For security and administrative purposes.

Legal Basis for Processing

If you are located within the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal bases:

Your consent, where you have given us explicit permission.
Performance of a contract, or taking steps prior to entering a contract.
Compliance with a legal obligation.
Our legitimate interests (provided they are not overridden by your interests or fundamental rights).

Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal data with:

Service Providers / Vendors who assist us in operating our website, sending communications, analytics, etc.
Affiliates or partners when necessary, under confidentiality.
Legal Compliance: when required by law, or to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of our users or others.
Business Transfers: if part of the business is sold, merged, or transferred, data may be transferred as a business asset.

International Data Transfers

If your data is transferred to or stored in locations outside your country (or the EEA for EU users), we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place (e.g. standard contractual clauses, adequacy decisions) to protect your personal data in compliance with applicable law.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, including:

To comply with legal obligations.
To resolve disputes.
To enforce our rights.

When data is no longer needed, we will securely delete it or anonymize it.

Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for various purposes:

Required or essential cookies to make the site function.
Performance/analytics cookies to understand usage patterns.
Preferences cookies to remember user settings.

You can manage or disable non-essential cookies via your browser settings or via a cookie banner (if applicable). Note disabling certain cookies may impact site functionality.

Your Rights

If you are an individual under applicable data protection laws (e.g. GDPR in the EU), you have certain rights, including:

Right of access: you may request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification: you may ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
Right to erasure: in some circumstances, you may ask us to delete your data.
Right to restrict or object to processing: in certain circumstances you may ask that we limit how we use your data or stop using it altogether.
Right to data portability: where applicable, the right to receive your data in a structured, common format to transfer elsewhere.
Right to withdraw consent: where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

Security

We take reasonable steps (technical, organizational) to protect your information from loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet-based system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of any information transmitted to us.

Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under [age, e.g. 13 / the age required under local law]. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us personal data without parental consent, we will take steps to delete it.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do:

The “Last Updated” date will be revised.
Significant changes will be posted or otherwise notified (for example, via prominent notice on the website).
We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed.