Leafnote stores your account email and optional display name, your personal book records and notes, and limited usage and transcription job records needed to run the service. Firebase Authentication handles sign-in. Firebase Firestore and Storage hold private data under your account ID. Your notes and uploaded recordings are not public.
When you search for a book, our server sends your search words to Open Library and caches public book metadata for a limited time. No note text is sent with book searches. When you tap the microphone and finish a recording, our server sends temporary audio to OpenAI for transcription, with the selected book title and author as spelling context. Audio is scheduled for deletion from our Storage after processing or cancellation, with periodic retries for failed cleanup. A local recording may remain on your device until its upload or draft is resolved. OpenAI's handling of audio is governed by its service terms. RevenueCat processes subscription purchase and entitlement information tied to your account ID for subscription features, receipt validation, and subscription analytics. Apple and RevenueCat may retain transaction records under their respective policies. Apple processes App Store payments. We do not track you across apps or sell personal data.
Books and notes remain while your account exists. Search caches expire after seven days for results and sooner for empty results. Temporary audio and abandoned reservations are cleaned up; Transcription text remains in a private job until the note is saved or its processing is resolved. After saving, discarding, or deleting a voice note, the app removes the duplicate job text when its queued cleanup syncs. Minimal operational job and allowance records are retained for service integrity until account deletion. Deleting your account removes your private Firestore and Storage data and authentication account. A minimal server-owned deletion marker containing your account ID and timestamps remains for at least 24 hours to block writes from existing sign-in tokens and recover interrupted cleanup. Deleting the account does not cancel an App Store subscription; manage it in your Apple account first.
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