Effective date: 16 September 2026

Simplify (com.simplify.library) is a private reading app. It is made to keep your library on this device only. We do not run a Simplify cloud account, and we do not sell personal data.

1. Who we are
App: Simplify
Package: com.simplify.library
Contact: Simplify.reading@gmail.com

2. Data the app stores on your device

Data

Why

Name, email

Local library account (sign up / sign in on this phone)

Password

Never stored as plain text. Stored as a SHA-256 hash with a salt, on device only

Books you add (title, author, description, text/pages)

Your private library

Cover images you pick

Book covers

Reading progress, finished status, bookmarks

So you can continue reading

Theme and reader settings (font size, line height, sepia/light/dark)

Preferences

This is saved with on-device storage (AsyncStorage). It is not uploaded to a Simplify server.

3. Data we do not collect

• No analytics SDK

• No advertising ID for ads

• No crash reports sent by us

• No location

• No contacts

• No cloud backup of your library by Simplify

• No third-party login (Google, Facebook, etc.)

4. Permissions

• Photos / media: optional. Used only if you pick a book cover. Reason shown: “Simplify uses your photos to set book covers.”

• Internet: present because the app is built with Expo/React Native. Simplify does not send your books, account, or reading data to our servers.

• Storage / other system permissions may appear from the OS or the photo picker. The app does not use the microphone for any Simplify feature.

5. Children
Simplify is a general reading app. We do not knowingly collect data from children. All account data stays on the device.

6. Sharing
We do not share, sell, or rent your data. There is no Simplify backend that receives it.

7. How long data is kept
Until you delete it in the app, clear the app’s storage, or uninstall Simplify. Uninstalling removes local data from that device.

8. Your choices

• Sign out (session ends on this device)

• Delete / replace the local account in the app

• Delete books, bookmarks, and covers

• Uninstall the app to remove remaining local data

9. Security
Passwords are hashed on the device. Anyone with access to an unlocked phone or a backup of the phone storage could still reach local app data. Keep the device locked.

10. Changes
If this policy changes, we will update the date above.

11. Contact
Questions: Simplify.reading@gmail.com

Play Console Data safety (short answers)

• Data collected? No (not sent off the device)

• Data shared? No

• Encrypted in transit? Not applicable (no account server)

• Users can request deletion? Yes — uninstall / clear app data

• Photos: optional, app functionality (covers)

• Account info: on-device only