Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us. HintRead ("we", "us") is committed to protecting your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

• Account Information: When you sign up, we collect your email address and name due to OAuth providers (Google, etc).
• User Content: Documents (EPUB, PDF, Text) you upload for reading.
• Usage Data: Information on how you interact with the Service to improve performance.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to operate and maintain the Service, improve user experience, and communicate with you. We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

3. Third-Party Services & AI

OpenAI & LLM Providers: To provide context-aware definitions and translations, snippets of your text may be sent to third-party AI providers (e.g., OpenAI). These providers are used solely for processing your request and are subject to their respective data privacy policies.

Lemon Squeezy: We use Lemon Squeezy as our Merchant of Record for payments. We do not store your credit card information on our servers. All payment data is handled securely by Lemon Squeezy.

4. Data Retention & Deletion

We retain your data only as long as your account is active. You may request the deletion of your account and all associated data at any time by contacting [email protected] or using the delete account feature in settings.

5. Security

We use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, including encryption of data in transit and at rest where applicable.

6. Changes to This 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.