Privacy Policy

Effective 2 October 2026

Ebooks Player does not collect any personal data. There is no account, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Your books and reading progress stay on your device.

Information we collect

None. The developer of Ebooks Player does not run any server for the app and does not receive any information about you, your books or how you use the app.

Data stored on your device

To work, the app keeps the following on your device only:

• the books you add, in the app's folder (visible in the Files app);
• references to folders you pick in Files or iCloud Drive, so the app can open them again;
• your reading position, bookmarks, favourites, speed and other settings.

If you keep books in iCloud Drive, Apple stores and syncs them under Apple's own privacy policy. Deleting the app removes the data stored in its folder.

Face data and the TrueDepth camera (eye pause)

Eye pause is an optional feature that is off by default. When you turn it on, reading pauses when you close your eyes or look away, and continues when you look back.

What is used. On devices with a TrueDepth camera, the app uses Apple's ARKit face tracking and reads only two values from it: how closed your left eye is and how closed your right eye is (the eyeBlinkLeft and eyeBlinkRight values, each a number from 0 to 1), plus whether a face is in view. On other devices, the app uses Apple's Vision framework on the front camera to measure the shape of the eye outlines. No other face data is used: no face geometry, depth map, face mesh, facial expressions or identity.

Purpose. These values are used only to decide, about 20 times per second, whether your eyes are closed, so the app can pause and resume reading. They are not used for identification, authentication, advertising, analytics or any other purpose.

Storage and retention. Face data is processed in real time, in memory, on your device. It is never recorded, saved to disk, logged or backed up, and each value is discarded as soon as it has been compared. The only thing the app remembers is your eye pause setting (on or off).

Sharing. Face data never leaves your device. It is not sent to the developer, to any server or to any third party.

When the camera runs. Only while eye pause is on and a book is playing. It stops when you pause, when you leave the reader, when the app goes to the background, and after 5 minutes of eye pause.

Deletion and control. Because no face data is stored, there is nothing to delete. You can turn eye pause off at any time with the eye button in the reader, or revoke camera access in Settings → Privacy & Security → Camera.

Network requests

Reading works fully offline. The app connects to the internet only for these features:

• Project Gutenberg (gutendex.com, gutenberg.org): when you browse, search or download free books.
• Wolne Lektury (wolnelektury.pl): when you browse, search or download free Polish books.
• Google Books (googleapis.com): when a book has no cover, the app may send the book's title and author to find a cover image.

These requests contain no account or device identifier from the app. Like any website, these services can see your IP address and the request itself, under their own privacy policies.

Third-party services and tracking

The app contains no third-party analytics, advertising or crash-reporting SDKs, and does not track you across apps or websites.

Children

The app does not collect data from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@example.com