This Policy covers the Book of Wisdom mobile application, website and related services. We aim to explain our practices plainly, including the difference between information stored on your device and information processed through online services.
01. Introduction
Book of Wisdom is developed and provided by Anthony Wedderburn ("we", "us" or "our"). For the personal information we determine how and why to process, Anthony Wedderburn acts as the data controller.
This Privacy Policy describes the information that may be collected when you use Book of Wisdom, why it may be used, who may receive it and how you can exercise your rights.
Different features may involve different processing activities. Not every type of information described here is collected from every user.
02. Information We Collect
Information you provide
- Account details: email address, name and account identifiers.
- Personalisation details: preferences, moods, interests and other information you choose to enter.
- Birth information: date of birth and birth location if you use features requiring these details.
- Content you submit: questions, prompts and information entered into personalised or AI-supported features.
- Journal entries: reflections saved in the Codex journal feature, including entries held in local application storage.
- Support information: details you send when contacting us.
- Purchase details: transaction references, entitlements, credits and subscription status where applicable.
Information collected automatically
Depending on the device, platform and enabled services, technical information may include IP address, operating system, application version, device identifiers, usage events, app screens visited, access dates and performance diagnostics.
Location information
Book of Wisdom does not intend to continuously track your precise GPS location. You may choose to provide a birth location for certain features. Approximate location may also be inferred from IP address by technical service providers.
03. How We Use Information
We use personal information as appropriate to operate accounts, deliver requested readings and tools, personalise features, provide support, manage purchases and entitlements, maintain security, prevent fraud, investigate technical problems and improve service reliability.
We may send operational communications, including account-related notices and requested notifications. Promotional communications, where used, are subject to applicable law and any required choice or consent.
04. Legal Bases for Processing
Where UK GDPR or comparable data-protection laws apply, processing must have an appropriate lawful basis. Depending on the purpose, this may include performance of a contract, legitimate interests, compliance with a legal obligation or consent.
For example, necessary account processing may support delivery of a requested service, while proportionate security processing may support legitimate interests. Optional tracking or marketing may require consent depending on applicable rules.
Some information submitted for spiritual or personal-reflection features could reveal sensitive personal information. Where special-category data is processed, an additional legal condition may be required. Please avoid submitting sensitive information unless necessary for the feature.
05. Journals, Birth Information and AI Features
Book of Wisdom provides tools for spiritual reflection, astrology-related experiences, personalised content and AI-supported responses.
Information you enter into an AI-supported feature may be transmitted to our backend and, depending on the feature and configuration, to external AI service providers for processing the requested output. Do not include passwords, financial card numbers or information you do not wish to submit.
The Codex journal feature uses local application preferences to save entries. Information stored locally may remain on your device until you delete it or the relevant local app data is removed. Local storage does not automatically mean information is backed up to your online account.
Other user information, including profile details and certain generated content, may be stored in Firebase services. Storage locations and retention can differ by feature.
06. Third-Party Services
We use external services to support Book of Wisdom. Their involvement depends on the platform and features used. Relevant services include:
- Google Firebase: authentication, databases, storage, analytics and notifications. Firebase privacy information.
- Google Play Services: applicable Android platform services. Google Privacy Policy.
- Google AdMob: advertising and related measurement where advertising is enabled. AdMob privacy information.
- Google AdSense (website): we have added Google AdSense ownership verification to our website, but AdSense advertisements are not currently enabled. If web advertising is introduced, Google and its advertising partners may process information as explained below. Learn how Google uses information for advertising.
- RevenueCat: purchase entitlement and subscription management. RevenueCat Privacy Policy.
- Stripe: payment processing for applicable direct-purchase options. Stripe Privacy Policy.
- Apple and Google app stores: applicable purchase and platform processing under their own privacy notices.
AI-supported features may also involve third-party model or media-processing providers. Specific providers and processing arrangements depend on the feature and operating configuration.
07. Payments, Credits and Subscriptions
Purchases may be processed through the Apple App Store, Google Play or Stripe, depending on the platform and purchase option. RevenueCat may help manage purchases and entitlements.
Relevant information may include purchase identifiers, payment status, account identifiers, product details and amounts. The applicable payment provider handles sensitive payment credentials. We do not intend to store full card numbers or card security codes in our own app database.
Certain purchase records may need to be retained for accounting, legal compliance, fraud prevention or dispute resolution even after an account-deletion request.
08. Analytics, Advertising and Notifications
Firebase Analytics may process usage events and technical information to help us understand app performance and engagement.
Where advertisements are enabled, Google AdMob may process advertising identifiers, device information and usage-related signals. Advertising choices and applicable consent mechanisms depend on the platform and jurisdiction.
Website advertising and cookies: AdSense advertising is not currently active on the Book of Wisdom website. If introduced, Google and approved advertising partners may use cookies, similar technologies, device information and advertising interaction data to deliver, measure, secure and, where permitted, personalise advertisements. The processing and partners involved will depend on the advertising configuration and applicable law.
Consent for optional technologies: Some technologies may be needed to operate or secure the website. Where consent is required for optional advertising technologies, we will implement appropriate consent controls before enabling them. Visitors will be able to make applicable choices, including refusing optional consent. The precise choices will depend on the final consent management configuration.
Firebase Cloud Messaging may process notification tokens and related delivery information when notifications are enabled. You can manage push-notification permissions through your device settings.
10. International Data Transfers
Our service providers may process data in countries outside the United Kingdom or your country of residence. Where transfer restrictions apply, appropriate legal transfer mechanisms and safeguards must be used.
You may contact us for further information about arrangements relevant to your personal information.
11. How Long Information Is Kept
Retention depends on the data, its purpose, platform configuration and applicable law. Account details may be kept while an account remains active. Transaction records may be kept longer where necessary for financial or legal obligations.
Journal entries stored in local app preferences are subject to local deletion and storage behaviour. Technical, analytics and provider-held records may be subject to separate retention settings.
We aim to delete or anonymise personal information when it is no longer required, subject to applicable exceptions. Please contact us for information about a specific category of data.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction of processing or portability of eligible personal information, and to object to certain processing.
You may withdraw consent where processing relies on consent. You may also object to direct marketing. Some rights are subject to legal conditions and exceptions.
If we activate consent-based website advertising, you will be able to review and withdraw applicable advertising consent using the privacy settings provided on the website. Withdrawal will apply to subsequent processing that relies on consent; it will not automatically reverse earlier lawful processing. These advertising settings are not yet available because website advertising has not been activated.
Send requests to bookofwisdompdf@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
UK residents may raise concerns with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
13. Account and Data Deletion
Book of Wisdom provides an in-app Delete Account action in the profile area. The current account-deletion process attempts to remove the main Firestore user-profile document and the Firebase Authentication account.
Important: Deleting the main profile document does not, by itself, establish that every nested Firestore collection, locally saved journal entry, uploaded asset, AI-processing record or third-party purchase record has been deleted.
To request review and deletion of additional eligible personal information, contact bookofwisdompdf@gmail.com with the subject Book of Wisdom - Account Deletion Request.
We may ask for limited information to verify the account involved. Some records may be retained where a lawful exception applies.
Uninstalling the app may remove local application data depending on the platform, but it does not necessarily delete information held in online accounts or third-party systems.
14. Children's Privacy
Book of Wisdom is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly seek personal information from children under 13. Additional age or parental-consent rules may apply in particular jurisdictions.
If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and take appropriate action.
15. Security and Your Choices
We aim to apply appropriate security safeguards, including controlled access and secure transmission where supported by our infrastructure. No online service or storage method can guarantee complete security.
You can choose what optional profile details to provide, manage device notification permissions, remove supported local journal entries, and contact us about applicable privacy requests.
Website advertising choices: Before activating consent-based web advertising, we plan to provide an appropriate consent management platform and an accessible way to reopen privacy and cookie settings. No advertising consent control is currently active on the website. Please contact us using the details below if you have questions about your privacy choices.
Some information is needed to provide features you request. Choosing not to provide it may limit those features.
16. Changes to This Policy
We may revise this Policy when our features, providers, legal obligations or information practices change. Updated wording and the revision date will be published on this page. Additional notice will be provided when required by applicable law.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about privacy, access to your information, account deletion or the way Book of Wisdom handles data, contact us:
Developer and Service Provider
Book of Wisdom