Last Updated: July 2026
Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use it.
By using Shelfly, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
Depending on how you use Shelfly, we may collect the information you voluntarily provide. This may include:
📢 Important: Contact information is collected only to facilitate legitimate communication between users regarding book donations or exchanges.
🔒 Note: We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information such as government identification numbers, financial information, or passwords.
We collect information to:
✨ We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
Your information is used only for improving the Book Exchange Platform.
✨ We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
We take reasonable steps to protect the information stored on our platform. However, no online system can guarantee complete security.
We may update this Privacy Policy as the platform grows. Any significant changes will be reflected on this page.
Shelfly only displays the contact information that a book owner chooses to provide.
Contact information is shared solely to facilitate communication regarding a specific book donation or exchange.
Users are prohibited from collecting, storing, distributing, or misusing another user's contact information for unrelated purposes.
Shelfly does not sell or publicly publish personal contact information.
Shelfly may request access to your device's location to help you discover books available near you.
Location information may be used to:
Shelfly does not publicly display your exact location or precise GPS coordinates to other users.
Shelfly does not continuously track your movements or use background location tracking for Phase-1.
If you deny location access, you can continue using Shelfly. However, location-based nearby book discovery may not be available.
You can manage or revoke location permissions through your device or browser settings.
Shelfly treats location information as sensitive information.
Exact location coordinates must not be publicly exposed through the website or public database queries.
Location information should only be used for the functionality required to provide nearby book discovery.
Shelfly does not sell location information to third parties.
Shelfly may use approximate location information to calculate distance between users and book listings.
The purpose of this information is to answer: "How close is this book to me?"
It is not intended to reveal: "Where exactly does this person live?"
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at ask.shelfly@hotmail.com.
