Privacy Policy
B00kClub · Last updated October 27, 2026
B00kClub is a reading app for book clubs. This policy explains what it stores and why. The short version: only what the app needs to work, never sold, never used for ads or tracking.
What we store
- Your account. When you sign in with Apple, we receive an anonymous identifier from Apple and, the first time only, your first name. If you choose "Hide My Email", we never see your email; we don't ask for it either way.
- What you write. Highlights, notes, ratings and reviews you make, along with the titles and authors of the books they belong to.
- Club activity. The clubs you create or join, book suggestions and votes, meetings, RSVPs and discussion questions.
What stays on your phone
Book files (EPUBs) you import, your reading position and reader settings stay on your device and are never uploaded.
Who can see it
Your club sees your first name. Your highlights, notes and reviews on a club's book stay private to you until that club's reveal date passes (or the book moves to the club's History), and then only that club's members can see them. Nobody outside your clubs can see anything you write.
Book search
When you search for a book, the search text is sent to our server, which looks it up in Open Library and caches the results. Searches are not linked to your account.
Service providers
Data is stored on Cloudflare's infrastructure (Workers and D1), which processes it only to run the service. Sign-in is handled by Apple. There are no analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs in the app.
Deleting your data
Delete your account any time from Profile > Delete Account in the app. This permanently removes your account, everything you wrote and your club memberships from our servers, and revokes the app's Sign in with Apple access. Books you added to a club stay with the club for its other members.
Children
B00kClub isn't directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date above. Questions: gwibbelsman@gmail.com.