Your books are social.
Your privacy still matters.
Privacy is part of how bks.social is designed.
We collect and use information to operate the
community, personalize book discovery and help
protect members from abuse.
This page explains those practices in ordinary
language so you can understand how advertising,
direct messages, discovery, followers, content and
safety work on bks.social.
Who operates bks.social
Data Controller/Business:
Py-Core LLC
Service:
bks.social
The basic idea
You choose what you share. Public activity helps
books and conversations become discoverable.
Private account information and private messages
are not displayed publicly.
Your privacy
You control much of what you share through your
bks.social account.
You choose the information placed on your profile,
the books added to your library, the people you
follow and the posts, reviews, ratings, comments
and discussions you publish.
Public posts and profile information may be seen
by other members and visitors.
Reading sessions and other activity marked
private are not intended for public display.
Login credentials and private account settings
are not displayed on your public profile.
You can remove or change content through the
controls made available for that content.
Ads
Advertising and promoted books may help support
bks.social and help indie authors reach readers who
may be interested in their work.
Ads or promoted books may be selected using
information such as books you have interacted with,
genres you appear to enjoy, public reading activity
and general interests developed through your use of
bks.social.
bks.social does not need to reveal your private
messages or account credentials to an advertiser in
order to show a relevant promoted book.
Direct messages
Direct messages are intended for private
conversations between the people participating in
them. They are not published as public posts or
displayed on public profiles.
bks.social may process message information when
necessary to deliver messages, operate the service,
investigate a report, prevent spam or scams, enforce
platform rules or protect members and the platform.
Members should still use care when sharing personal
information. A message recipient can copy, save or
share information they receive outside of
bks.social.
Discoverability and G-NRIS™
G-NRIS™ is the book, reader and content
intelligence system behind personalized discovery
on bks.social.
It may use activity such as books added to your
library, ratings, published reviews, public posts,
book interactions, follows, discovery events and
reading interests to identify useful relationships
among readers, books, creators and literary
concepts.
This helps bks.social recommend books, discussions,
creators and other readers whose interests may
connect with yours.
The purpose of G-NRIS™ is literary discovery. It
looks for patterns involving books, reading
interests and content—not to determine sensitive
personal traits about you.
Followers
Following another member makes that member's public
activity easier to find in your bks.social
experience.
Your followers may see profile information, posts,
reviews, ratings, discussions and reading updates
that you have made public.
Following someone does not provide access to their
password, private account settings, private reading
sessions or direct messages.
Your content
You retain ownership of the original content you
create and upload, subject to the rights and
responsibilities described in the bks.social Terms
of Service.
By publishing content, you allow bks.social to
store, process and display it as needed to operate
the platform and make the content available to the
audiences you selected.
Content can include:
Posts and reading updates.
Reviews, ratings and reactions.
Comments and book discussions.
Images, videos and other uploaded media.
Profile and author information.
Book creator content and external links.
Public content may be indexed, shared or quoted by
other people. Removing content from bks.social may
not remove copies that were previously saved or
shared elsewhere.
Keeping the community safe
bks.social uses technical tools, platform rules and
human review to help create a safer environment for
readers, creators and authors.
Automated moderation
Automated systems may review posts, comments
and media for spam, harassment, harmful
material and other possible rule violations.
Human review
Content that requires additional evaluation may
be reviewed by an authorized moderator before
or after it appears publicly.
Reporting and enforcement
Reports and moderation records may be used to
investigate abuse and take action against
content or accounts that violate platform
rules.
Spoiler protection
Members can identify minor or full spoilers so
sensitive book details remain hidden until a
reader chooses to reveal them.
Spam and scam prevention
Activity may be analyzed to detect automated
abuse, unwanted promotion, deceptive links,
account misuse and suspicious behavior.
Moderated media
Uploaded media may be temporarily processed,
restricted or quarantined when a safety review
is required.
No moderation system is perfect. bks.social may
update its tools and procedures as the community
grows and new safety risks emerge.
Google Sign-In and shared accounts
bks.social and BookPromotion.io use a shared account
system operated by Py-Core LLC. If you choose to create
an account or sign in with Google, Google provides the
basic account information you authorize us to receive.
That information may include:
Your Google Account email address.
Your name or display name.
Your Google profile picture, when available.
A unique Google account identifier used to securely
associate your Google Account with your Py-Core
account.
We use this information to create, identify, secure and
maintain your account; sign you in; display profile
information you choose to use; and connect your access
across bks.social and BookPromotion.io.
We do not receive or store your Google password. Google
Sign-In does not give us access to your Gmail messages,
contacts, Google Drive files, calendars or other Google
services.
Because bks.social and BookPromotion.io share an account
system, the same email address and Google account
identifier may be associated with your account on both
services. Information is used across the services only
where reasonably necessary to provide their connected
account and profile features.
We do not sell Google user data. We do not use Google
Sign-In data for advertising, and we do not share it
except with service providers acting on our behalf,
when necessary to operate or secure the services, or
when required by law.
You can revoke access through your
Google Account permissions
.
Revoking Google access prevents future sign-ins through
Google, but it does not automatically delete information
already stored in your bks.social or BookPromotion.io
account.
To request account deletion or assistance establishing
another available sign-in method, contact
bks.social support
.
Account security
bks.social uses security controls intended to
protect accounts, sessions and stored information
from unauthorized access.
You can help protect your account by:
Using a strong password that you do not reuse on
other websites.
Keeping the email address connected to your
account current.
Never sharing your password or sign-in
credentials.
Signing out when using a public or shared
computer.
Reporting suspicious account activity promptly.
Service providers
bks.social may use service providers to operate
infrastructure, authentication, email, analytics,
content processing, payments, security and other
platform functions.
These providers receive only the information
reasonably needed to perform their services and are
expected to handle it according to their agreements
and applicable law.
Changes to this page
bks.social may update this page as the platform,
its features or its privacy practices change.
When an important change affects how member
information is handled, bks.social may provide
additional notice through the platform or another
appropriate communication method.
Questions about privacy?
Contact bks.social support if you have questions
about your information, account privacy or the way
a platform feature works.
