Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you use the Read to Unlock: App Blocker mobile application (the “App”), the website located at https://readtounlock.com (the “Website”), and the services and products provided through them (together with the App and Website, the “Service”), and how such personal data will be processed.

By using the Service, you promise us that (i) you have read, understand, and agree to this Privacy Policy, and (ii) you are over 16 years of age (or have had your parent or guardian read and agree to this Privacy Policy for you). If you do not agree, or are unable to make this promise, you must not use the Service. In such a case, you must: (a) contact us and request deletion of your data; (b) cancel any active subscriptions or trials; (c) leave the Service and not access or use it; and (d) delete the App from your devices.

Any translation from the English version is provided for your convenience only. In the event of any difference in meaning between the English language version of this Privacy Policy available at https://readtounlock.com/privacy and any translation, the English language version will prevail.

“GDPR” means the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. “EEA” includes all current member states of the European Union and the European Free Trade Association; for the purpose of this policy, EEA includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. “Process”, in respect of personal data, includes collecting, storing, and disclosing to others.

Table of Contents

1. Personal Data Controller
2. Categories of Personal Data We Collect
3. For What Purposes We Process Personal Data
4. Under What Legal Bases We Process Your Personal Data (EEA)
5. With Whom We Share Your Personal Data
6. How You Can Exercise Your Privacy Rights
7. Age Limitation
8. International Data Transfers
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
10. U.S. States Privacy Notice
11. How “Do Not Track” Requests Are Handled
12. Permissions Used
13. Contact Us

1. Personal Data Controller

Oleksandr Khomin, an individual developer, will be the controller of your personal data.

Website: https://readtounlock.com

2. Categories of Personal Data We Collect

We collect data you give us voluntarily (for example, your email address). We also may receive data about you from third parties (for example, payment data, when you sign in via Apple). We also collect data automatically (for example, your IP address).

2.1. Data you give us

If you decide to make a purchase on the Website, we will ask you to provide your email address, which will be used to send you details on your payment and communicate with you. We may also collect your name, age range, self-reported daily phone usage, reading goals, app blocking selections, and discipline settings to tailor our product to your personal needs. You do not have to give this data to us in order to use the App. You can also provide us with your email when you contact our support team.

We may collect and process content that you create within the Service, such as scanned book text used for quiz generation. This content is used to provide and improve the Service. We do not share such user-generated content with third parties except as necessary for quiz generation (see Section 5).

2.2. Data provided by third parties

When you use Sign In with Apple to register an account in the Service, we get personal data from your Apple ID account. This data may include your name and verified email address. You may choose to share your real email address or an anonymous one that uses the private email relay service.

When you initiate a payment, we may receive from a third-party payment service provider information about the transaction amount, date, and time.

2.3. Data we collect automatically

2.3.1. Data about how you found us

We collect data about your referring app or URL (the app or place on the Web where you were when you tapped on a link to our Service).

2.3.2. Device and location data

We collect data from your device, including: language settings, IP address, time zone, type and model of device, device settings, operating system, Internet service provider, mobile carrier, and hardware ID.

2.3.3. Usage data

We record how you interact with our Service. For example, we log your taps on certain areas of the interface, the features and content you interact with, how often you use the Service, how long you are on the Service, onboarding steps, scans, quiz results, and your subscription orders.

2.3.4. Device identifiers

We collect your Identifier for Vendor (“IDFV”). We do not collect the Apple Identifier for Advertising (“IDFA”) or any cross-app tracking identifiers.

2.3.5. Transaction data

When you make payments through the Service, we do not collect or store full credit card number data. We may receive data about the transaction, including date, time, amount, and the type of payment method used. In-app payments are processed entirely by Apple; website payments are processed by our third-party payment processor.

2.3.6. Cookies

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can be session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (which remain for an extended period). Cookies are used to automatically recognize you on return visits and to analyze traffic. Cookie data is stored on your device, usually for a limited time period.

3. For What Purposes We Process Personal Data

3.1. To provide our Service

This includes enabling you to use the Service in a seamless manner and preventing or addressing Service errors or technical issues. As a result of such processing, we will use your email, for example, to communicate with you.

We use Firebase Cloud Functions (Google) as backend infrastructure for processing OCR text and generating quizzes.

We use Firebase Performance Monitoring (Google) to monitor the Service's performance. To monitor infrastructure and the App's stability, we use Crashlytics (Google).

3.2. To customize your experience

We process your personal data, such as age range, reading goals, and other information you provide to adjust the content of the Service and provide content tailored to your personal preferences.

3.3. To provide you with customer support

We process your personal data to respond to your requests for technical support, Service information, or to any other communication you initiate. For this purpose, we may send you notifications or emails about the performance of our Service, security, payment transactions, notices regarding our Terms of Service or this Privacy Policy.

3.4. To communicate with you regarding your use of our Service

We communicate with you, for example, by push notifications if you opt in. These may include reminders and motivational messages encouraging you to engage with the Service, or other information about the Service. To opt out of receiving push notifications, you need to change the settings on your device.

To communicate with you we also use Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google), which allows us to send messages and notifications to users on iOS devices. We integrate Firebase Notifications with Firebase Analytics to create analytics-based audiences and track opening and conversion events.

3.5. To research and analyze your use of the Service

This helps us to better understand our business, analyze our operations, maintain, improve, innovate, plan, design, and develop the Service and new products. We also use such data for statistical analysis purposes, to test and improve our offers. This enables us to better understand which categories of users use our Service. As a result, we make decisions about improving the Service based on the results of this analysis.

We use Firebase Analytics (Google) to understand how customers use our Service. Firebase Analytics collects various technical information, including time zone, type of device, and unique identifiers. It also allows us to track various interactions that occur in our Service.

To track and analyze how users react to changes of the Service structure, text, or any other component, we use Firebase Remote Config (Google), which is an A/B testing and configuration service that also enables us to tailor the content users see (for example, showing different onboarding screens to different users).

3.6. To process your payments

We provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In-app purchases are processed by Apple. Website purchases are processed by our third-party payment processor. Subscription status is managed via RevenueCat. We do not store or collect your payment card details. This information is provided directly to the applicable payment processor.

3.7. To enforce our Terms of Service and to prevent and combat fraud

We use personal data to enforce our agreements and contractual commitments, to detect, prevent, and combat fraud. As a result of such processing, we may share your information with others, including law enforcement agencies (in particular, if a dispute arises in connection with our Terms of Service).

3.8. To comply with legal obligations

We may process, use, or share your data when the law requires it, in particular, if a law enforcement agency requests your data by available legal means.

4. Under What Legal Bases We Process Your Personal Data

This section applies only to EEA-based users. For more information on a particular purpose, please refer to Section 3.

4.1. Your consent

We will send you push notifications if you allow us to. You can disable notifications at any time in the settings of your device.

4.2. To perform our contract with you

Under this legal basis we:

• Provide our Service (in accordance with our Terms of Service)
• Customize your experience
• Provide you with customer support
• Communicate with you regarding your use of our Service
• Process your payments

4.3. Legitimate interests

We rely on legitimate interests, unless those interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights:

• To research and analyze your use of the Service: Our legitimate interest is improving our Service so that we understand users' preferences and are able to provide a better experience.
• To enforce our Terms of Service and to prevent fraud: Our legitimate interests are enforcing our legal rights, preventing and addressing fraud and unauthorized use of the Service.

4.4. To comply with legal obligations

We process data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

5. With Whom We Share Your Personal Data

We share information with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support, and market our Service. We may share some sets of personal data, in particular, for purposes and with parties indicated in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy.

5.1. Service providers

We share personal data with third parties that we hire to provide services or perform business functions on our behalf:

• Analytics and infrastructure: Firebase Analytics, Firebase Cloud Functions, Firebase Performance Monitoring, Crashlytics (all Google)
• Subscription management: RevenueCat
• AI platforms (quiz generation): OpenRouter, Groq, Google Gemini, OpenAI
• Payment processing: Apple (In-App Purchases), third-party payment processor (Web Purchases)

5.2. Law enforcement agencies and other public authorities

We may use and disclose personal data to enforce our Terms of Service, to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, or in other cases provided for by law.

5.3. Third parties as part of a merger or acquisition

As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customers' information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also transfer such information in the course of a corporate transaction, such as a sale, divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy. We will notify you before your personal data becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

6. How You Can Exercise Your Privacy Rights

To be in control of your personal data, you have the following rights:

• Accessing / reviewing / updating / correcting your personal data: You may review, edit, or change the personal data that you had previously provided on the Service. You may also request a copy of your personal data collected during your use of the Service.
• Deleting your personal data: You can request erasure of your personal data as permitted by law. When you request deletion, we will use reasonable efforts to honor your request. In some cases, we may be legally required to keep some data for a certain time; in such event, we will fulfill your request after we have complied with our obligations. Deleting the App removes all locally stored data.
• Objecting to or restricting the use of your personal data: You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or limit our use thereof.

Additional information for EEA-based users

If you are based in the EEA, you have the following additional rights:

• The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: We would love you to contact us directly, so we can address your concerns. Nevertheless, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State where you reside, work, or where the alleged infringement has taken place.
• The right to data portability: If you wish to receive your personal data in a machine-readable format, you can send a respective request to us.

To exercise any of your privacy rights, please send a request to support@readtounlock.com.

7. Age Limitation

We do not knowingly process personal data from persons under 16 years of age. If you learn that anyone younger than 16 has provided us with personal data, please contact us at support@readtounlock.com.

8. International Data Transfers

We may transfer personal data to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected in order to provide the Service and for purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy. If these countries do not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information, we deploy special safeguards.

In particular, if we transfer personal data originating from the EEA to countries without an adequate level of data protection, we use one of the following legal bases: (i) Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, or (ii) the European Commission adequacy decisions about certain countries.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to make material changes, you will be notified by available means, such as email, and will have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy. Changes will be posted at https://readtounlock.com/privacy.

By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.

10. U.S. States Privacy Notice

Applicability

If you reside in a state that has enacted consumer privacy laws, this section applies to you. This U.S. States Privacy Notice supplements our Privacy Policy and provides disclosures required by laws in states such as California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.

For California residents, this also serves as our California Notice at Collection.

The definition of “Personal Information” may vary by state law. Generally, it refers to information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

10.1. Categories of Personal Information We Collect

• Identifiers: Name, email address
• Onboarding data: Information you provide when you register for the Service and/or go through onboarding (age range, reading goals, phone usage habits, etc.)
• User-generated content: OCR-extracted text from scanned book pages used for quiz generation
• Commercial information: Purchase and subscription history, support interactions, feedback
• Geolocation: IP address, country, and/or region
• Internet or other electronic network activity: Information regarding your interaction with the App and Website (usage data)
• Inferences: We may draw inferences based on collected data; however, these are used solely to determine which features you use more or less and are not used to deduce other personal characteristics

We may also process de-identified data, ensuring it cannot reasonably be linked back to you. We commit to maintaining and using de-identified data responsibly.

10.2. Why We Use Personal Information

• To provide and maintain our Services
• To improve user experience through personalized content and service customization
• To process payments, subscriptions, and transactions
• To conduct analytics and research for product development
• To communicate with users, including customer support and service updates
• To prevent fraud, security threats, and unauthorized activities
• To comply with legal and regulatory requirements

10.3. What Personal Information We Share

During the past 12 months, we have disclosed categories of Personal Information outlined in Section 10.1 for business purposes (for example, sharing device identifiers with service providers for crash monitoring and reporting).

We do not sell personal data. We do not use personal data for targeted advertising.

10.4. Your Rights

If you reside in a state with consumer privacy laws, you may have the following rights:

• Right to Data Portability / Access: You may request access to the specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you in the 12 months preceding your request.
• Right to Know: You may receive information regarding the categories of Personal Information we collected, the sources, the purposes, and with whom we shared it.
• Right to Deletion: You may request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you.
• Right to Correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out:You may opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information and targeted advertising. (We do not sell data or use it for targeted advertising.)
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where applicable, you have the right to withdraw your consent for data collection and sharing.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of the available privacy rights, please send a request to support@readtounlock.com.

Verification: We may need to verify your identity before processing your request. This may include confirming details such as your name, email address, date of subscription purchase, or other relevant data that reasonably identifies you as the account owner.

Authorized Agent:You may designate an authorized agent to exercise your rights on your behalf. If a power of attorney has not been provided, we will contact you directly to confirm the agent's authority.

Right to Appeal:If we deny your request, you may appeal our decision by contacting us. If you are dissatisfied with the result, you may escalate the matter by contacting the Attorney General's office in your state of residence.

Non-Discrimination: You have the right to exercise your privacy rights without fear of discrimination or retaliation.

Data Retention: We retain the categories of personal information listed above as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

11. How “Do Not Track” Requests Are Handled

Except as otherwise stipulated in this Privacy Policy, this Service does not support “Do Not Track” requests. To determine whether any of the third-party services we use honor “Do Not Track” requests, please read their privacy policies.

12. Permissions Used

The App requests:

• Camera — for scanning book pages
• Screen Time / Family Controls — for app blocking
• Notifications — for reminders and alerts

The App does not request:

• Location
• Contacts
• Microphone
• Advertising tracking (IDFA)

13. Contact Us

You may contact us at any time for details regarding this Privacy Policy and its previous versions.

For any questions concerning your account or your personal data, please contact us at support@readtounlock.com.

Website: https://readtounlock.com

Effective as of: May 2, 2026