書房Privacy Policy
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Short version
Shufang collects nothing about you. There is no account, no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising and no third-party SDK. The developer cannot see what you read or where you stopped, and has no server that could.
What the app handles, and where it lives
| Data | Where it lives | Who can see it |
|---|---|---|
| Books and subscriptions on your shelves, custom titles, reading progress, which articles you have read | Local database; also your own iCloud account if you enable sync | You only |
| Sources you add (rule JSON) | Local files; also your own iCloud account if you enable sync | You only, unless you choose to share one |
| Downloaded chapter text | Local files | You only. Never uploaded to iCloud |
| Articles fetched for your subscriptions | Local database and files | You only. Never uploaded to iCloud |
| Books imported from files, bookmarks and highlights | Local database and files | You only. Never uploaded to iCloud |
| Site cookies and cache | The system WebKit data store, removed with the app | You only |
| Reading preferences (text size, theme, …) | On device | You only |
None of it is ever sent to the developer. Shufang has no backend.
What the app connects to
Only two kinds of destination:
- URLs you enter yourself — a site you paste, or a feed you subscribe to. Novel and comic pages are loaded with the system web engine (WKWebView), exactly as Safari would; feed documents, cover images and source rules are ordinary network requests. Either way the host sees what any browser sends — IP address, user agent, cookies. Subscriptions are checked once each when you open the app, and on no background schedule. Those sites have their own privacy policies, which this policy does not cover.
- Apple's iCloud, and only if you turn sync on. Sync uses Apple's
NSUbiquitousKeyValueStore; the data sits in your own iCloud account and the developer cannot reach it. Only your sources, the books and subscriptions on your shelves (as they are added and removed), custom titles and reading progress (for a feed, the newest article you have read) are synced — never chapter text, fetched articles, the list of downloads, books imported from files, or bookmarks and highlights.
Shufang does not connect to any developer-operated server, because none exists.
Children
Shufang is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from children — it collects data from no one. Because users can enter arbitrary URLs, "unrestricted web access" is declared truthfully in the age-rating questionnaire.
Your controls
- Delete downloads at four levels: one chapter, one book, one source, everything.
- Remove a source under Settings → Sources; with sync on, it goes from your other devices too.
- Stop syncing by turning off iCloud for the app in system settings.
- Delete everything by deleting the app — local data, cookies and cache go with it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top is updated and the new version ships with a release.