Privacy

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 30 June 2025

At SlimLibrary, we understand that your health journey is personal. We are committed to protecting your privacy while providing free access to expert-backed resources on natural weight loss and healthy living. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

  • Account Information: Email address, username (no real names required)

  • Reading Preferences: Health goals, preferred topics, bookmarks

  • Communication: Messages, book suggestions, feedback

  • Health Goals (Optional): General wellness objectives to personalize recommendations

1.2 Information We Collect Automatically

  • Reading Activity: Books accessed, time spent reading, progress tracking

  • Search History: Health topics and book searches to improve recommendations

  • Device Information: Device type, browser, operating system

  • Usage Analytics: Popular content, user engagement patterns

  • Cookies: Preferences, session information, analytics data

1.3 Health-Related Information

Important: We do not collect specific health conditions, medical history, weight data, or other sensitive health information. Any health goals you share are general preferences for content recommendations only.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use collected information to:

  • Provide personalized book recommendations based on health interests

  • Track your reading progress across devices

  • Improve our collection based on popular topics and user needs

  • Send updates about new expert-backed resources (only with consent)

  • Provide customer support and respond to inquiries

  • Ensure the safety and quality of our health content

  • Analyze usage patterns to improve user experience

  • Prevent misuse and ensure appropriate use of health resources

3. Health Information Protection

While SlimLibrary focuses on health-related content, we take extra precautions with any health-adjacent data:

  • No Medical Data: We do not collect medical records, specific health conditions, or weight tracking data

  • Anonymous Analytics: Reading patterns are analyzed in aggregate, not individually

  • Optional Sharing: All health goal information is completely optional

  • No Health Profiling: We do not create detailed health profiles or share health interests with third parties

  • Secure Storage: All data is encrypted and stored securely

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information in these limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers: Trusted partners who help us operate our platform (hosting, analytics)

  • Content Experts: Anonymous feedback to authors about which topics are most helpful (no personal data)

  • Legal Requirements: When required by law or to protect users' safety

  • Safety Concerns: If we believe content is being used inappropriately for dangerous health practices

  • Your Consent: When you explicitly agree to sharing

Never Shared: We never share health goals, reading history, or any health-related interests with marketers, advertisers, or commercial partners.

5. Data Security

Given our focus on health-related content, we implement enhanced security measures:

  • End-to-end encryption for all health goal data

  • Regular security audits and penetration testing

  • Limited employee access to personal information

  • Secure, HIPAA-compliant hosting infrastructure

  • Automatic session timeouts for added security

  • Regular backups with encrypted storage

6. Your Rights and Choices

You have enhanced rights regarding your health-related data:

  • Access: Request all data we have about your health interests and reading habits

  • Correction: Update or correct any health preferences or goals

  • Deletion: Complete removal of all personal data and reading history

  • Data Portability: Export your bookmarks and reading progress

  • Anonymization: Convert your account to fully anonymous access

  • Granular Control: Choose exactly which data points to share or withhold

Contact us at privacy@slimlibrary.com to exercise these rights.

7. Data Retention

We retain your information only as long as necessary:

  • Account Data: Until you delete your account

  • Reading History: Until you request deletion or delete your account

  • Health Goals: Until you modify or delete them

  • Analytics Data: Anonymized after 6 months for service improvement

  • Safety Logs: Retained for 1 year to ensure appropriate use of health content

8. Third-Party Health Content

While we carefully vet all books and authors in our collection, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of individual authors or their external websites. Always review privacy policies before engaging with author websites or additional resources they may recommend.

9. Children's Privacy

Our health and weight loss content is intended for adults (18+). We do not knowingly collect information from minors. If we discover we have inadvertently collected information from someone under 18, we will delete it immediately.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our health content offerings or legal requirements. We will always notify users of significant changes, especially those affecting health-related data handling.

11. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our health data practices:

12. Health Privacy Disclaimer

Important: While we protect any health-related preferences you share with us, remember that SlimLibrary is an educational platform, not a medical service. We are not bound by HIPAA or other medical privacy regulations, as we do not provide medical services or store medical records. Always consult healthcare professionals for medical advice and use appropriate medical privacy protections with your actual healthcare providers.