Second Reading Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 August 2026

Who this policy covers

This policy applies to the Second Reading iOS app and its home-screen widget (together, “Second Reading”, “the app”). Second Reading is developed and published by Nicholas Kinloch (“I”, “the developer”).

What the app stores

Second Reading stores the reading library you build inside it, including:

• Highlights, notes, and bookmarks you import from your e-reader.
• Book titles, authors, and locations or page references attached to those highlights.
• Any edits, tags, favourites, or organisation you apply within the app.
• Your in-app settings and preferences.

All of this is stored in the app’s own database on your device. It is not transmitted to the developer and it is not shared with any third party.

Importing your highlights

Second Reading imports highlights from files you choose — for example a Kindle My Clippings.txt file, or an export from a service you already use. Those files are read and processed entirely on your device. Second Reading does not connect to Amazon, Kindle, or any other reading service on your behalf, does not ask for credentials to those services, and does not upload the files you import anywhere.

The widget

The home-screen widget reads from the same on-device library so it can show a highlight. It shares data with the app through a private container on your device and sends nothing over the network.

iCloud

Where iCloud sync is enabled, your library is stored in the private database of your own iCloud account, under your Apple ID, so it can sync between your devices. The developer has no access to that data, cannot read it, and receives no copy of it. Apple’s handling of iCloud data is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy. You can manage or delete this data in Settings → [your name] → iCloud, or turn iCloud sync off entirely.

What Second Reading does not do

• No accounts, sign-ups, or logins.
• No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, or usage tracking.
• No advertising and no advertising identifiers.
• No third-party SDKs that collect data.
• No tracking across other apps or websites.
• No selling, renting, or sharing of your data — there is nothing to sell, because the developer never receives it.

Your data, your control

Because your library lives on your device, you control it directly:

• Delete individual highlights and books inside the app.
• Delete the app to remove its on-device data.
• If iCloud sync is enabled, delete the app’s iCloud data in Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage.

There is no developer-held copy of your library, so there is nothing for the developer to export or erase on your behalf. If you have a question about your data, contact the developer using the address below.

Children

Second Reading is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. Because no data is collected by the developer, no personal information from children is received or stored.

Third parties

Second Reading has no third-party data-collecting components. The only third party involved is Apple, which provides the App Store and iCloud. Your use of those services is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.

Legal basis and your rights

The developer does not collect or process your personal data, so there is no controller-held data to which access, correction, portability, or erasure rights would apply. If you are in the UK, EU, or a US state with comparable privacy law and you believe otherwise, contact the developer and the matter will be addressed.

Changes to this policy

If the app’s data practices change — for example, if a future version introduces a feature that sends data somewhere — this policy will be updated before that version ships, and the “last updated” date above will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about Second Reading: nicholas@chalkprint.com