Privacy
and reviews.
No reader accounts
You don’t need to give us your email or real name. An essential browser cookie remembers the bookmarks you opened and the books you checked out, so you can leave a review later. It lasts for up to a year. Clearing cookies or using another browser removes that access. There are no advertising or analytics cookies.
Photographs and the book helper
Bookmark photos are read on this server and discarded after processing. Book-cover photos are sent through the organiser’s Nous AI subscription to identify the book. Reviews and any display name you choose also go through Nous for moderation. Read Nous’s privacy policy.
The AI checks themselves are carried out by Mistral, a French AI company based in Paris. Your cover photo and review text travel from this site’s own server, through the organiser’s Nous subscription, to Mistral’s service, which runs on European infrastructure. Mistral’s commercial terms promise not to train their models on customer material, and to keep it only for a short safety period (currently up to 30 days) before deletion. Mistral’s privacy policy and commercial terms have the detail.
Photograph only the book cover, without people, addresses or the bookmark code. The site removes photo metadata before storage. Confirmed covers and book details are public; unconfirmed photographs expire after a day.
Reviews
Published reviews show your chosen nickname (or “A neighbour”), rating and text. Honest criticism and spoilers are welcome. AI checks for spam, abuse, threats, private information and inappropriate material. Uncertain reviews wait for the organiser, who can approve or hide them. AI can make mistakes; email [email protected] if a decision needs another look.
What we keep
Book records and their circulation history help maintain the shelf. Reviews remain with their books. Browser permissions expire after a year, unfinished photos after a day and helper-job records after 30 days. Short-lived counters based on hashed network addresses limit misuse. Private backups are retained for 14 days.
Please email [email protected] if you want your review removed or have a privacy question. You can point them to the book and your review without providing an email address by calling around.