Privacy policy

Book Chommie (“we”) respects your privacy and processes personal information in line with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).

What we collect

• Account details: your name or pen name, email address and password (stored encrypted).
• Your content: books, chapters, ideas, covers and images you upload.
• Activity: writing minutes and word counts, books on your shelf, reviews and purchases.
• Basic technical data such as your IP address, used to keep the site secure and count unique visits.

Why we use it

• To run your account, save your work and show your progress.
• To publish books you choose to publish, process sales and pay authors.
• To keep the platform safe and prevent abuse.

Who can see your information

Your unpublished books, chapters and ideas are private to you. When you publish a book, its title, cover, blurb, author name and content (or preview) become public. Reviews show the name you choose. Payments are handled by our payment provider; we never see or store your card details.

Grammar check

The quick grammar check runs on your device. If you choose the optional deep check, the text you are checking is sent to the LanguageTool service to find suggestions.

Your rights

You may ask to see, correct or delete your personal information at any time, and you may unpublish or delete your books from your studio. Contact us at hello@youreworthit.site. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator.

Emails

We don’t send marketing emails from the platform. You may receive account emails such as password resets.