Currently: nothing
Repose collects no personal information. Your books, reading progress, highlights, notes, and settings are stored on your device and are never sent to us.
LEGAL
Privacy Policy
Repose is a desktop reader and library app for ebooks, developed by Low Tide Studio. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). We've written it to be read, not archived.
Summary
- Your books, progress, and notes stay on your device.
- Optional features may send selected text to third-party services.
- Purchases are handled by the Microsoft Store; we never see your card details.
- No data is sold or used for advertising or tracking.
- Future cloud features will require your consent.
- Your POPIA rights apply - contact us at any time.
DATA HANDLING
What we collect
Future versions
When account and sync features are introduced, we may collect your email address, reading progress, highlights and notes (if you opt into cloud backup), and basic usage analytics (opt-in). We will update this policy before any such features are released and will ask for your consent.
Purchases
When you buy Repose through the Microsoft Store, Microsoft takes the payment under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. We never receive your card details. Repose asks the Microsoft Store whether your purchase is active each time it starts.
OPTIONAL FEATURES
Third-party services
Certain optional features use external services. Each one is contacted only when you use that feature, never in the background. Repose does not sell personal data and does not use third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking services.
Translation
When you use the translation feature, the selected text is transmitted to DeepL for processing. The text is used solely to generate a translation and is subject to DeepL's privacy policy. No text is sent unless you explicitly trigger a translation.
Dictionary lookups
When you look up a word, it is sent to the Free Dictionary API, and to Wiktionary if that has no entry. Only the word is sent. No account or identifying information is included in the request.
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech uses the voices your operating system provides, or downloadable voices powered by Piper. Downloading a voice fetches it from Hugging Face and GitHub. Downloaded voices run on your device, and no text is sent anywhere when you use them.
YOUR RIGHTS
POPIA rights & data security
Your POPIA rights
As a data subject under POPIA, you have the right to know whether we hold personal information about you, request access or correction, request deletion, object to processing, and lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator of South Africa.
Data security
Currently, all your data lives on your own device - you are in full control. When cloud features are introduced, your data will be stored on secure servers with appropriate technical and organisational measures in line with POPIA.
Contact us
To exercise any POPIA rights or ask privacy questions, email us at [email protected]. Repose is not directed at children under 18 and we do not knowingly collect information from minors.
POLICY INFO
Effective date: October 2026
We may update this policy as Repose evolves. When we make material changes, we will notify you via the app or by email if you have an account. The effective date above will always reflect the latest version. Questions? Email [email protected].