🔒 Privacy Policy

📋 What This Privacy Policy Covers

This privacy policy describes how The Book of Joa website (bookofjoa.github.io/bookofjoa) handles your information. We believe privacy is a fundamental human right, especially for spiritual exploration.

🚫 Data We DON'T Collect

We deliberately avoid collecting ANY personal information:

• No personal identifiers - Names, emails, phone numbers
• No tracking cookies - We don't track your browsing
• No reading habits - Which chapters you read, how long you spend
• No device information - Browser type, operating system, IP address
• No location data - Geographic location or timezone
• No analytics - No Google Analytics or similar services
• No social media tracking - No Facebook pixels or social buttons
• No advertising - No ads means no ad tracking

💾 Technical Data Storage

The only data stored on your device is for your convenience:

• Reading preferences - Dark mode, font size, focus mode (stored locally in your browser)
• Welcome message - A flag to not show the welcome message repeatedly
• Nothing else - No tracking, no analytics, no personal data

This data never leaves your device and can be cleared by clearing your browser's local storage.

🌐 GitHub Pages Hosting

Our website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may collect:

• Basic server logs - Standard web server information for security
• No personal profiling - GitHub doesn't create profiles from this data
• Public repository - All our code is open source and viewable

See GitHub's Privacy Statement for their policies.

🤝 Anonymous Contributions

All contributions to The Book of Joa are anonymous:

• No contributor names - All credited to "Book of Joa Contributors"
• No personal attribution - Prevents personality cults
• Public submissions only - Through GitHub's public system
• Focus on content - Not who wrote it

🔍 Search Functionality

Our search feature is completely private:

• Client-side only - Search happens in your browser
• No search logging - We don't record what you search for
• No suggestions based on others - Your searches don't influence others
• Instant and private - Fast results without data transmission

🛡️ Security Measures

• HTTPS encryption - All traffic is encrypted
• No user accounts - Nothing to hack or breach
• Static website - No databases or servers to compromise
• Open source - Code is publicly auditable

🔗 External Links

Our website may contain links to external sites. We:

• Don't track clicks - No analytics on external links
• Open in new tabs - Keep your place in The Book of Joa
• No responsibility - External sites have their own privacy policies
• Minimal external links - We keep everything self-contained

👶 Children's Privacy

The Book of Joa is designed for readers 16 and older:

• No data collection - We don't collect data from anyone, including children
• Educational content - Appropriate for mature teenagers
• Parental guidance - We recommend parental involvement for younger readers

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy to:

• Enhance privacy protection - Always in favor of more privacy
• Clarify existing practices - Make our policies clearer
• Never reduce privacy - We will never compromise your privacy

Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

📧 Contact

Questions about privacy? Since we maintain anonymity:

• GitHub Issues - Public discussion forum
• Open discussion - All communication is public and transparent
• No private emails - Maintains our anonymity principle