Privacy Policy

SnapTBR is operated by Kiruthika Pandian, an individual in Georgia, USA, who is the data controller responsible for your personal information. Contact: support@snaptbr.com.

This Privacy Policy explains how SnapTBR ("SnapTBR," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use our website and application (the "Service").

1. Information We Collect

Account information: When you create an account, we collect information such as your email address, and if you log in with Google, basic profile information provided by Google (such as your name and email). If you create an account with email/password, we collect your email address and a securely hashed password.

Usage information: We track your daily scan count to enforce free-tier limits and to determine subscription eligibility. We may also collect general usage data, such as how often you use the Service, for the purpose of improving it.

Our hosting and infrastructure providers may log technical data such as IP address and browser or device information for security and operation of the service.

Subscription and payment information: If you subscribe to a paid plan, payment is processed by Paddle, our merchant of record. We do not receive card numbers or collect or store other sensitive payment details; these are handled directly by Paddle in accordance with their own privacy policy and security standards. Because Paddle acts as merchant of record, they are responsible for calculating and remitting any applicable sales tax or VAT on your purchase. We retain only non-sensitive information such as your subscription status, for the purpose of managing your subscription.

Uploaded images: When you upload a screenshot to identify a book, the image is analyzed through Lovable's AI gateway (Lovable Labs Incorporated) using Google's Gemini model. SnapTBR does not store your uploaded images. Images are sent to our AI provider for analysis and are handled under that provider's own terms. Before analysis, your browser removes location and camera metadata from the image.

We recognize that screenshots, particularly from social media videos, may incidentally include people in the background (for example, the creator in a video thumbnail). SnapTBR does not perform facial recognition, and SnapTBR does not identify, extract, or retain any information about individuals who may appear in an uploaded image. Our image analysis is instructed and designed solely to identify book cover art, titles, and authors. Combined with the fact that images are never stored, this means no biometric or facial data is ever retained by SnapTBR, regardless of what an uploaded screenshot happens to contain.

Scan results (subscribers only): If you have an active SnapTBR Unlimited subscription, we save a library of identified books: title, author, short tags when available, whether you marked the book owned, first and last scanned dates, and how many times it was scanned. Each book appears once. No images are saved. We also keep the books identified in each successful scan, with the scan date. Free accounts' scan results are not saved. We keep minimal usage records, such as scan counts and timestamps, to enforce daily limits and prevent abuse. You can request deletion of your saved library at any time by contacting us at support@snaptbr.com.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information described above to:

• Create and maintain your account
• Enforce free-tier scan limits and manage paid subscriptions
• Process payments through Paddle
• Provide book identification results and affiliate purchase links
• Improve and maintain the Service
• Communicate with you about your account, such as billing notices or Service updates
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information to third parties, and we do not use your data for advertising purposes.

3. Third-Party Services We Use

SnapTBR relies on the following third-party services to operate:

• Lovable Cloud (Supabase) for account authentication and database infrastructure
• Paddle for payment processing, subscription management, and tax compliance as merchant of record
• Lovable's AI gateway (Lovable Labs Incorporated), using Google's Gemini model, for AI-based image analysis of uploaded screenshots
• Amazon Associates Program for generating purchase links; if you click through to Amazon, Amazon may set its own cookies and collect data under its own privacy policy

Each of these providers processes data according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review them if you'd like more detail on how they individually handle data.

Legal bases for EU/UK users

We process personal information to perform our contract with you by providing the service; for our legitimate interests in security, abuse prevention and improving the service; to meet legal obligations for tax and accounting records; and on the basis of consent where required. Paddle receives personal data as Merchant of Record for purchases, subscription management, payments, tax compliance and invoicing.

4. Data Retention

• SnapTBR does not store your uploaded images.
• Account information is retained for as long as your account is active. You can request deletion of your library or your whole account by emailing support@snaptbr.com. We delete within 30 days, except billing records we must keep. If the account has an active subscription, we cancel it first.
• When your subscription ends, saved books are kept but hidden. They come back if you resubscribe.
• Usage records are kept to enforce limits and prevent abuse and may be retained while your account exists.

5. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your account and associated data
• Object to or restrict certain processing of your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@snaptbr.com. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law (such as GDPR for users in the EU/UK, or CCPA for California residents).

6. Children's Privacy

SnapTBR is not intended for use by children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including relying on Lovable Cloud/Supabase and Paddle's industry-standard security practices for authentication and payment data. Access to user data (such as scan history) is restricted at the database level so that each user can only access their own records. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. International Users

If you access the Service from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. By using the Service, you consent to this transfer.

Cookies and Browser Storage

We use essential browser local storage to keep you signed in. Logging out clears the stored login session. Clearing this site's browser storage also removes it. We have not added analytics or advertising cookies to the app. Payment pages and external sites may use their own cookies under their own policies.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will update the "Last updated" date above when changes are made. Material changes will be communicated via the Service or by email where appropriate.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, contact us at: support@snaptbr.com