Privacy Policy

• Technical data sent automatically when you visit the site (IP address, browser and device type, pages requested)
• Book picks, suggestions and requests you send through our forms, and an optional email address if you want to hear when someone answers your request
• Your email address and message, if you contact us

We don't offer accounts, so we collect no login or profile information.

To stop spam, forms sent without an account are checked by Cloudflare Turnstile, which receives your IP address and browser details. We keep a scrambled version of your IP address for 30 days, only to limit how often one device can send.

• To run, secure and fix the website
• To count visits anonymously
• To publish picks and requests once we've checked them, credited as “Guest”
• To email you when someone answers your request, only if you asked for it (every email has a link to stop them, and it's sent from notify.shelfthreads.com)
• To reply to your messages

We do not sell personal data. Information may be shared:

• With service providers that help run the site (hosting, security, forms, email)
• With Open Library (Internet Archive, in the US), which provides our book covers. Your browser loads the covers directly from Open Library, so it receives your IP address.
• To comply with legal obligations

We use reasonable measures to protect your information but cannot guarantee absolute security.

You may request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal data, or ask us to remove your name from a published pick. You can also complain to your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL).

The site sets no cookies itself. Our hosting provider sets a few short-lived technical cookies to keep the site secure and working (for example, bot protection by Cloudflare) and to count visits anonymously. They expire within a day. We don't use advertising cookies or share visitor data with advertisers.

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