Privacy Policy

Last updated 2025-02-26.

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and informs You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

• "Account" means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• "Company" (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to ReadBee. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
• "Country" refers to Sweden.
• "Cookies" are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• "Data Controller", for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
• "Device" means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone, or a digital tablet.
• "Personal Data" is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier, or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.
• "Service" refers to the Website.
• "Service Provider" means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service, or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
• "Usage Data" refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• "Website" refers to ReadBee, accessible from https://readbee.app.
• "You" means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• Audio data. When you use speech recognition, your microphone audio is sent to a third-party service, such as Google’s Web Speech API if using Chrome, for real-time text conversion.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We don’t use cookies or trackers like ad networks. We only collect basic usage data for security and analytics, as described above.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Our servers are located in Germany. If you are accessing our Services from outside Germany, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information, in Germany, and other countries.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
• Protect the personal safety of Us.
• Protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process, and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Payments

We don’t collect, process, or store payment data like credit card numbers. All payment transactions are handled securely by Stripe. See their privacy policy at: https://stripe.com/en-se/privacy.

Emails

We use Resend to send transactional emails, such as account creation confirmations, authentication-related emails, and other necessary communications. Refer to Resend's policy: https://resend.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Audio Data

When you use speech recognition, your microphone audio is sent to a third-party service (like Google’s Web Speech API if using Chrome) for real-time text conversion. We do not record or store this audio, but the third party may process it according to their own privacy policies. Check your browser’s documentation for details.

Translation of Transcribed Audio Data

The Service offers a feature whereby transcribed audio data may be translated into various languages at your request. Upon initiation of a translation request within the Service, the transcribed text is transmitted to the Google Cloud Translation API, a third-party service provided by Google, which processes and generates the requested translation. This functionality is subject to and governed by Google's applicable terms and policies, which can be reviewed in detail at https://policies.google.com/terms.

Social Login Data

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Google account). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

GDPR Privacy Policy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:

• Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
• Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.

Your Rights Under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:

• Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update, or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update, or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
• Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
• Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
• Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
• Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
• Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting your account in the app settings. Once deleted, all associated personal data will be removed from our systems.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 16 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 16 or that you have obtained consent from a parent or legal guardian to use our Services. If we learn that personal information from users under 16 has been collected without proper guardian consent, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By visiting this page on our website: https://readbee.app
• By sending us an email: [email protected]