SubReader Privacy Policy
In short: SubReader has no accounts and no servers of its own. We, the developer, do not collect, receive or store any information about you. Your subtitle files, reading positions and settings stay on your device.
Some features are provided by other companies, mainly Google (ads and purchases) and OpenSubtitles (online subtitle search). When you use those features, those companies receive some data directly. This page lists each one.
What stays on your device
- Subtitle files and videos you open. They are read on your device and never uploaded.
- Your library. The list of subtitles you have opened, where you stopped in each, any names you gave them, and timing corrections.
- Your settings. Voice, speed, text size, colours and similar choices.
- Downloaded voices. Natural voices run entirely on your device and work offline.
Uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in Android settings, deletes all of this.
Microphone
SubReader asks for the microphone only if you turn on the optional Auto-Sync feature and use it while reading alongside a film. The sound is analysed on your device to work out where the film is. It is not recorded to a file, not stored, and not sent anywhere.
Data that other companies receive
Advertising (Google AdMob)
The free version shows ads supplied by Google AdMob. To deliver and measure ads, Google's advertising software in the app may collect:
- your device's advertising ID,
- your IP address, which indicates your approximate location,
- device details such as model, operating system and language,
- how you interact with ads, and diagnostic information.
Where the law requires it, the app asks for your consent before any ad is requested, and you can change that choice at any time under Settings → Ad privacy settings. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your device's Google settings. Subscribers are not shown ads. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services and Google's privacy policy.
Purchases (Google Play)
Subscriptions are bought through Google Play. Google handles the payment; we never see your card or payment details. The app only learns from Google Play whether a subscription is active on your account.
Ratings (Google Play)
The app may ask you to rate it using Google Play's built-in review prompt. Anything you submit goes to Google Play under your Google account.
Online subtitle search (OpenSubtitles)
If you search for subtitles online, your search text and download requests are sent to OpenSubtitles.com, which also sees your IP address. If you choose to sign in to an OpenSubtitles account, your username and password are sent to OpenSubtitles to sign you in. The app then keeps your username and a sign-in token on your device; it does not keep your password. OpenSubtitles publishes its own privacy policy on its website.
Voice downloads (GitHub)
If you download a natural voice, the file is fetched from GitHub, which sees your IP address as with any download. Nothing about you or your subtitles is sent.
Your device's own voice
When you use a system voice rather than a natural voice, each line is handed to the text-to-speech engine installed on your device (for example Google's). Voices marked “Network” are produced online by that engine's provider, so the text being read is sent to them. Other system voices work on the device.
Android backup
If backup is switched on for your device, Android may save a copy of the app's data (your library, settings and any OpenSubtitles sign-in token) to your own Google account so it can be restored on a new device. You control this in your device's backup settings.
What we do not do
- We do not run analytics or tracking of our own.
- We do not sell or share personal information, because we do not have any.
- We do not read, upload or keep your subtitle files, videos or microphone audio.
Children
SubReader is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Your choices
- Change your ad consent under Settings → Ad privacy settings in the app, where that option is offered in your region.
- Use the app without signing in to OpenSubtitles, or sign out at any time from the search screen.
- Leave Auto-Sync off, or refuse the microphone permission; everything else still works.
- Delete everything the app has stored by clearing its data or uninstalling it.
Because we hold no data about you, requests to access or delete data held by Google or OpenSubtitles need to go to those companies.
Changes to this policy
If the app changes in a way that affects your privacy, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change.
Contact
Questions about this policy: johnshivjo@yahoo.com