Privacy

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Firelit Reader is run by [COMPANY NAME], [ADDRESS]. This page explains, in plain language, what we collect, why, and who else sees it. We don't sell your information, and we don't show advertising.

On this website

• The waitlist. If you join it, we keep your email address, the date, and which page you signed up on. We use it only to tell you when tablets are available.
• No cookies. The public pages set no cookies and use no analytics or tracking tools.
• Server logs. Like every website, our hosting provider (Railway) records technical details of each visit, such as your IP address and the page requested, to keep the service running and secure.
• Fonts. The pages use fonts from Google Fonts, so your browser fetches them from Google, which sees your IP address.

On the tablet

• Your account: your name and email address.
• Your tablet: its model, serial number, Android and app versions, and when it last connected.
• Your reading: the books in your library, where you are in each, and your highlights, notes and bookmarks. They're stored on our server so they're kept safe and can be restored.
• Your reading time: how long you read each day, and in which book, measured by the app while a book is open and you're turning its pages. You see it in the app and on your account page; we use it, without your name, to understand how the service is used.
• Book requests you send from the tablet.

Explanations and suggestions

When you ask about a passage, we send the passage, the text around it, the book's title and author, and your question to an AI model through OpenRouter, which passes it to the model's provider (currently Google and DeepSeek). When you use Discover, we send your messages along with the titles in your library and how far you've read. We keep explanations so we can show them again quickly to anyone who asks about the same passage; they aren't linked to you. We count how many requests you make each day, to keep the service fair.

Errors

When the app or our server runs into an error, a technical report goes to Sentry so we can fix it. These reports don't include your name, email, notes, highlights or anything you've written.

Payments

When ordering opens, payments will be handled by Stripe. We won't see or store your card number.

How long we keep it

[RETENTION POLICY: for example, waitlist emails until tablets launch or until you ask us to remove them; account data while you subscribe and for [N] days after.]

Your choices

You can ask to see, correct or delete your information, or to be removed from the waitlist, by writing to [CONTACT EMAIL]. The service is for adults and isn't aimed at children under 13.

Changes

If we change this page in a way that matters, we'll say so here and, if you have an account, tell you by email.

Last updated: [DATE]