Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains what information the AR Book Assistant app (the “App”) collects, how it is used, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. The App is provided by Britsy LLC (“we,” “us,” “our”).
In short
- The App is made for parents and families to look up Accelerated Reader books and track their children’s reading.
- We collect only what the App needs to work: your sign-in details and the reading information you enter.
- We do not sell your information, show ads, or use analytics or tracking tools.
- Payments are handled by Apple. We never see your payment card details.
1. Information we collect
Account information
- Email address, used to create and sign in to your account.
- Password, if you sign up with email. It is stored only in encrypted (hashed) form by our authentication provider.
- Sign in with Apple or Google. If you use one of these, we receive the email address the provider shares with us (with Apple this may be a private relay address) and, from Apple, the name you choose to share.
Information you enter about your children
- Student names, as you type them. We do not ask for a child’s age, date of birth, school, grade, photo, or contact details.
- Reading information: grading periods and reading goals, the books in each student’s library, and Accelerated Reader quiz results you log (for example score and points earned).
App activity
- Book search history: the books you found (by barcode scan, ISBN, or title search) and when, so you can see your recent searches.
- ISBN confirmations: when you confirm that a barcode matches a book, we record that confirmation to improve search results for everyone.
- Usage details needed to run the App: when you last used it, your dashboard selection, and when we last asked you to rate the App.
Subscription information
- Your plan (Individual or Family), whether you are in a free trial, whether your subscription is active or will renew, and when it ends. We receive this from Apple through RevenueCat. We do not receive your name, payment card, or billing address.
Technical information
- Our servers receive your IP address with each request. It is used to protect the service against abuse (rate limiting) and appears in short-term server logs.
- Your sign-in session is stored securely on your device in the iOS Keychain.
Camera
If you choose to scan a book barcode, the App asks for camera access. The camera is used only to read the barcode on your device; we do not store or upload photos or video.
2. How we use your information
- To create your account, sign you in, and keep it secure.
- To provide the App’s features: book lookups, student libraries, reading goals, quiz tracking, and progress totals.
- To manage your subscription and free trial.
- To send account emails you request, such as confirming your email address or resetting your password. We do not send marketing emails.
- To keep the service running, fix problems, and prevent abuse.
We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not sell or rent it to anyone.
3. Who we share information with
We share information only with the service providers that run the App for us, and only what each needs:
- Supabase: hosts our database and handles sign-in. It stores the account and reading information described above.
- Railway: hosts our application servers, which process your requests.
- Apple: processes subscription purchases through the App Store, under Apple’s privacy policy.
- RevenueCat: manages subscription status. It receives an anonymous account identifier and your App Store purchase information, not your name or email.
- Expo: delivers App updates. The App contacts Expo’s update service when it starts.
- Google and Apple sign-in, if you choose to use them.
When you search for a book, we send only the book’s ISBN, title, or author to Google Books and to Renaissance’s AR BookFind to retrieve book details. No information about you or your children is sent with these searches.
We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights and safety of our users or the service.
Our providers may process information in the United States and other countries where they operate.
4. Children’s privacy
AR Book Assistant is intended for parents and other adults. Children should not create accounts or use the App on their own. The only information about a child is what a parent chooses to enter: the child’s name and reading information. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. Parents can view, edit, or delete a student and all of that student’s reading information in the App at any time. If you believe a child has given us information directly, contact us and we will delete it.
5. How long we keep information
- We keep your information while your account is active.
- If an account is not used for 12 months, we delete it automatically, as described in section 6.
- Server logs are kept only for a limited period for troubleshooting.
6. Deleting your information
You can delete individual students, books, and search history entries in the App at any time.
To delete your account, go to Profile → Delete account. When you do:
- Your account and everything in it are permanently deleted right away: your sign-in details, students, grading periods, libraries, quiz history, search history, and ISBN confirmations.
- Your subscription record is also deleted from RevenueCat.
- This cannot be undone. Copies may remain for a short time in routine server logs and backups before they are overwritten.
If you deleted an account before this policy took effect and want any remaining information removed, email contact@britsy.org from the address on that account.
Deleting your account does not cancel an App Store subscription. Cancel it in Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions on your device.
7. Your rights and choices
You can access and update your information in the App. You can also ask us for a copy of your information, or to correct or delete it, by emailing contact@britsy.org. Depending on where you live (for example California or the European Union), you may have additional rights under local law. We will respond to requests as required by applicable law and will not treat you differently for making one.
8. Security
We use industry-standard safeguards, including encrypted connections, access controls on our database, and secure storage of your sign-in session on your device. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but we work to protect your information.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version on this page with a new effective date, and, for significant changes, let you know in the App.
10. Contact us
Britsy LLC
Email: contact@britsy.org