Platform Policies

These Terms of Service govern your access to and use of Sọna Books, operated by Sọna Books Ltd (RC 9458090), a company incorporated in Nigeria. By creating an account, browsing, or purchasing on the platform, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the platform.

1.1 Scope and Where the Service Is Offered

Sọna Books is operated from Nigeria and is primarily intended for users in jurisdictions where its use is lawful. If you access the platform from outside Nigeria, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for ensuring that your use complies with local laws. We may, at our discretion, restrict availability of specific titles, features, or payment options by region.

1.2 Eligibility

• You must be at least 13 years old to create an account.
• Users under 18 may not purchase or access books marked 18+. Age is determined from the date of birth you provide at signup. We may apply age-gating and may request additional confirmation where necessary.
• Users under 13 will be blocked from account creation.
• By registering, you confirm that the information you provide, including your date of birth, is accurate.

1.3 Your Account

• You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials.
• You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
• You must notify us immediately at support [at] readsona.com if you suspect unauthorised access.
• We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms, engage in fraudulent activity, or access the platform through unauthorised means.
• For reader accounts, violations may result in a strike. A first strike may lead to suspension; repeated violations can lead to permanent bans. We retain evidence for enforcement actions and will provide notice by email.
• You may not create more than one reader account per person.

1.4 Purchases and Access to Content

• When you purchase a book on Sọna Books, you are purchasing a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal licence to read that book through the platform.
• You do not own the ebook file. The licence is tied to your account.
• Purchased books are accessible only through authorised Sọna Books reading environments linked to your account. Files cannot be downloaded, exported, or printed.
• Purchased books are protected with account-bound DRM and invisible watermarking tied to the buyer account. Attempting to extract or bypass these protections is a violation of these Terms and may constitute an offence under Nigerian law.
• We reserve the right to revoke access to content later found to infringe copyright, violate these Terms, or contravene Nigerian law, with notice provided where reasonably possible.

1.5 Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

• Upload, share, or distribute pirated, plagiarised, or unauthorised copies of any content.
• Attempt to extract, copy, or reverse-engineer any ebook file from the platform.
• Use automated tools, bots, or scrapers to access the platform or its content.
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
• Use the platform for any unlawful purpose or in violation of applicable law.
• Upload, transmit, or distribute content that is defamatory, obscene, threatening, or violates the rights of any third party.

1.6 Imported Books

Sọna Books allows you to import personal EPUB files from your device into the app on supported mobile devices. Importing is not available on web. Imported files are stored locally on your device and are not uploaded to Sọna Books servers. They are only available on the device where they were imported and are not synced across devices. By importing a file, you confirm that you have the legal right to possess and read that file. Sọna Books takes no responsibility for imported content and applies no DRM to files you import.

1.7 Intellectual Property

All platform software, design, branding, and original content created by Sọna Books is our property and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Book content belongs to the respective authors and publishers. Nothing in these Terms transfers any IP rights to you.

1.8 Platform Role and User Content

Sọna Books operates as a platform and distributor. For titles uploaded by third-party authors or publishers, we are not the original publisher or author of that work. The author or publisher remains responsible for rights clearance, the accuracy of age ratings and metadata, and the legality of the work in the jurisdictions where it is offered. We apply review and moderation to submitted titles, but that review does not transfer responsibility for the underlying content to us.

1.9 Content Ratings and Parental Responsibility

Book age ratings (for example 13+ or 18+) are informational labels applied by the author or publisher and reviewed by us. Access controls on the platform rely on the date of birth and account information provided at signup. Parents and guardians are responsible for supervising minors’ access to any device or account from which the platform can be reached.

1.10 Service Communications

Operational messages, including purchase confirmations, payout notifications, security alerts, book approval status, policy updates, and account-critical announcements, are considered part of the service and cannot be disabled while your account is active. If we later introduce SMS or push notifications, we may also use those channels for service-related communication. Marketing messages by email, SMS, push notification, or any similar channel remain opt-in and can be unsubscribed from at any time.

1.11 Availability and Changes

• We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the platform at any time, with or without notice.
• We will make reasonable efforts to notify users of material changes to these Terms via email or platform announcement.
• Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

1.12 Account Closure and Post-Termination Access

• Readers: if you request deletion of your account, your library access is removed and your personal data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy. Where an account is suspended for fraud or abuse, access to purchased content may be removed pending investigation, and may be restored at our discretion if an appeal succeeds.
• Authors and publishers: on closure or termination, your books are removed from the storefront within 30 days. Settled earnings are paid out once your balance meets the minimum and any outstanding fees are cleared. Buyers who have already purchased your titles retain their reading licence, so book files and associated metadata required to serve those licences may be retained.
• Some records, including transaction history, tax records, and evidence relating to fraud, safety, or legal matters, may be retained after closure as required by applicable law.

1.13 Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by Nigerian law, Sọna Books and its officers, employees, and affiliates are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the platform. Our total liability in any matter arising from your use shall not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you have paid to us in the twelve months preceding the claim or (b) NGN 10,000. Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

1.14 Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Any dispute shall first be subject to good-faith negotiation. If unresolved, disputes shall be submitted to the jurisdiction of the courts of Lagos State, Nigeria.

1.15 Contact

For legal matters: legal [at] readsona.com.

This Author Agreement applies to all individuals and entities who register as authors or publishers on Sọna Books. By completing the author signup process and accepting this Agreement, you agree to the terms below.

2.1 Eligibility and Verification

• You must complete account verification before your books can be published on the storefront.
• Verification is based on the account and payout details you provide.
• Individual author/publishing account holders must provide their legal name and a valid personal bank account to get verified on Sọna Publish.
• Publishers must provide valid registered business details and a bank account linked to the business details to get verified on Sọna Publish.
• We may request additional documentation where review cannot confirm the business details from the information provided.
• You can prepare and save books as drafts while verification is in review, but submission for approval is locked until verification is approved.
• Duplicate payout identities are not allowed. Accounts using the same bank account number or account holder name as an existing verified author account may be rejected.
• Duplicate identities are not allowed. Accounts using the same names or bank account details as an existing verified publish account may be rejected.
• We reserve the right to reject verification submissions and to request additional supporting information at any time.

2.2 Discounts, Gift Copies, and eARC Credits

• Discounts: authors may schedule temporary price reductions for live books. Discounted pricing is time‑bound and visible on the storefront during the scheduled window.
• Gift copies: authors may grant free, permanent access to a live book for specific recipients. Gift copies are non‑transferable and tied to the recipient’s account.
• eARC credits: Authors start with 50 free credits (50 sends), and may purchase credits and send advance review copies for eligible books. eARC copies are limited to the intended recipients and are tied to the recipient’s account. If a recipient does not yet have an account, they receive an invite to join Sọna Reader and the eARC is added to their account after signup.
• We reserve the right to suspend or revoke distribution privileges if abuse or fraud is detected.

2.3 Licence to Sọna Books

By uploading a book to the platform, you grant Sọna Books a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to:

• Display, store, and deliver your book to readers who purchase it through the platform.
• Generate and serve a free sample chapter (first chapter only) to prospective readers, if you enable this feature.
• Apply industry‑standard DRM protection keyed to each buyer's account, and invisible per‑buyer markers, to protect your work on the platform.
• Display your name, pen name, author bio, profile photo, and book metadata on the platform and in associated marketing materials.

You retain full copyright to your work at all times. This licence does not prevent you from publishing your work elsewhere. You may withdraw a title from the platform at any time, subject to a 30-day wind-down period for in-progress transactions.

2.4 Royalties and Commission

• You set the sale price for each book in Nigerian Naira.
• You receive 80% of your book’s base price.
• Sọna Books retains 20% of the base price as its platform fee.
• Example: A book priced at NGN 3,000 means your earnings are NGN 2,400, and the platform fee is NGN 600.

2.4a Re‑Approval Fees

After a book has been approved, you may submit revisions for re‑approval. The first five re‑approvals are free, so a book can be submitted for review up to six times in total (the original submission plus five revisions) at no charge. From the sixth re‑approval onward, a fee of NGN 250 applies per submission. Re‑approval fees are billed separately and must be settled before account deletion or further financial processing.

2.5 Payouts

• Payouts are issued to your verified bank account once you meet the minimum payout balance.
• You can select your preferred payout schedule in your dashboard, and we align payouts to the schedule you choose.
• Payouts are sent to the bank account you provided during signup. It is your responsibility to keep your bank account details current.
• We are not liable for failed payouts caused by incorrect bank details provided by you.
• Payout history is available in your Earnings dashboard. Failed payouts are flagged and will be retried or escalated manually.

2.6 VAT and Taxation

• Where tax is applicable by law, required tax may be added to reader payments.
• Applicable tax handling does not reduce your agreed royalty split unless required by law.
• You are responsible for declaring and paying your own income tax on royalties received.
• We provide downloadable CSV exports of your earnings for your own tax records.

2.7 Content Warranties

By uploading content to Sọna Books, you warrant and represent that:

• You are the original author of the work, or you hold all rights necessary to publish it on this platform.
• The content does not infringe any copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third party.
• The content does not contain plagiarised material.
• The content does not violate any applicable law, including laws relating to obscenity, defamation, privacy, or CSAM (child sexual abuse material).
• The age rating you assign to a book accurately reflects its content.
• If you are a publisher uploading on behalf of an author, you have the contractual right to do so.

2.8 Content Review and Removal

• All uploaded content is subject to review before publication to ensure it meets our quality standards and complies with applicable guidelines.
• We use a combination of automated tools and manual review to assess submitted books for verification, moderation, and content integrity (including incomplete, misleading, or non-compliant submissions).
• We reserve the right to reject any content that violates these policies, without obligation to provide a detailed explanation.
• Content found to violate these policies after publication will be removed immediately. You will be notified where possible.
• Repeated violations, deliberate plagiarism, or uploading harmful content may result in permanent account suspension and withholding of pending earnings. We may also report serious violations to the required authorities.
• All content remains the property of its respective authors and rights holders. Submission to the platform does not transfer ownership.
• Content is processed solely for review and verification purposes in connection with the operation of the platform.

2.9 Copyright and IP Complaints

If you believe content on the platform infringes your copyright or other intellectual property rights, submit a report through the platform's Report function or email copyright [at] readsona.com with:

• A description of the copyrighted or protected work you claim has been infringed.
• A description of where the infringing material is located on the platform, and a link to it.
• Your contact information, including a physical or postal address if available.
• A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright or rights owner, its agent, or applicable law.
• A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the rights owner or authorised to act on their behalf.
• Your physical or electronic signature.

Action on receipt. On receipt of a complete complaint, we may remove or disable access to the reported content while we investigate, without that action being an admission of liability. We will notify the uploader where reasonably possible.

Counter-notice. If you are the uploader and you believe content was removed in error, you may send a counter-notice to copyright [at] readsona.com identifying the removed content, the basis on which you believe the removal was mistaken, and your contact details. We may, at our discretion, restore the content if the counter-notice is facially sufficient and there is no legal or policy basis requiring continued removal.

Repeat infringers. Accounts that are the subject of repeated, valid infringement complaints, or that are found to have uploaded unauthorised content on more than one occasion, will have their upload privileges revoked and their accounts may be terminated. Pending earnings tied to infringing titles may be withheld.

Submitting a knowingly false complaint or counter-notice is itself a breach of these Terms and may have legal consequences.

2.10 Account Suspension and Termination

• We may suspend or terminate your author account at any time for material breach of this Agreement.
• On termination for cause (fraud, plagiarism, CSAM), all pending earnings may be withheld pending investigation.
• On voluntary termination by you, settled earnings will be paid out once your balance is cleared and any outstanding fees are paid.
• Books you have published will be removed from the storefront within 30 days of termination. Readers who have already purchased your books retain access.

2.11 Indemnity

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sọna Books, Sọna Books Ltd, and our officers, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, proceedings, damages, losses, liabilities, judgments, settlements, fines, penalties, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to:

• any content you upload, submit, or distribute through the platform, including any allegation that such content infringes copyright, trademark, trade secret, publicity, privacy, or other rights of any third party;
• any breach or alleged breach of the warranties and representations you give in Section 2.7;
• any inaccurate, misleading, or unlawful metadata, age rating, or attribution you provide;
• any breach by you of this Agreement, the Terms of Service, or applicable law; and
• any dispute between you and a reader, third-party rights holder, regulator, or other person arising from your use of the platform.

We may, at our discretion, assume the exclusive defence and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, in which case you agree to cooperate fully with us. You will not settle any claim that affects Sọna Books without our prior written consent. This obligation survives termination of your account and of this Agreement.

Where a third-party rights holder presents valid legal documentation, we may, on request and where lawful to do so, share information necessary to identify the responsible uploader, in line with our Privacy Policy and applicable law.

This Privacy Policy explains how Sọna Books collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data. We are committed to compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 and the regulations issued by the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

3.1 Who We Are (Data Controller)

Sọna Books (Sọna Books Ltd, RC 9458090) is the data controller for personal data collected through this platform. For data-protection enquiries, contact privacy [at] readsona.com.

3.2 Scope and Where the Service Is Offered

The platform is operated from Nigeria and primarily intended for users in jurisdictions where its use is lawful. If you access it from elsewhere, you are responsible for ensuring that your use complies with local law. This policy applies to personal data processed by us regardless of where you access the service from.

3.3 Data We Collect

Information you provide directly:

• Reader accounts: display name, email address, date of birth, and authentication credentials handled by our auth provider.
• Individual author/publishing accounts: full legal name, email address, country, pen name, bio, profile photo, social links.
• Publisher accounts: registered business name, registration number, and business bank account details used for verification and payouts.
• Publish bank account details: account number, account holder name, bank name, used solely for processing payouts.
• Payment-related information needed to confirm transactions, process payouts, detect fraud, respond to support requests, and keep financial records. Card and bank payment credentials used for reader payments are processed by our payment partners, not stored directly by us, except where limited payout administration data must be retained for settlement, reconciliation, or legal compliance.

Information collected automatically:

• Purchase history: which books you have bought, when, and at what price.
• Reading progress data: which books you have opened, your reading position, completion status, and timestamps.
• Platform usage data: pages visited, features used, session duration.
• Device and browser information: IP address, browser type, operating system, device type.

3.4 How We Use Your Data

• To provide and operate the platform: account creation, purchase processing, content delivery, reading progress sync, payout processing.
• To communicate with you: purchase confirmations, payout notifications, book approval status, platform announcements. These operational messages cannot be disabled.
• To send marketing emails where applicable and permitted. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• To protect the platform: fraud detection, abuse prevention, DRM enforcement, CSAM scanning.
• To comply with legal obligations: responding to valid legal requests, NDPA compliance, tax record-keeping.

3.5 Lawful Basis for Processing (NDPA 2023)

We map our processing activities to lawful bases as follows:

You may withdraw consent for any processing that relies on consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

3.6 How We Share Your Data

We do not sell your personal data and do not use it for advertising on external platforms. We share limited data with the following categories of service provider, strictly as needed to operate the platform:

A named list of the current providers in each category is available on request from privacy [at] readsona.com and will be maintained on a dedicated page as the platform evolves.

3.7 International Data Transfers

Although Sọna Books is operated from Nigeria, some of our service providers host or route data outside Nigeria, including in other African jurisdictions, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and the United States. When personal data is transferred outside Nigeria, we rely on one or more of the following safeguards:

• Contractual protections with our providers, including data processing terms that require appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
• Technical safeguards including encryption in transit, access controls, and least-privilege access.
• Selection of providers that operate under recognised data protection or security standards.

Where required, transfers are made in line with the NDPA 2023 and NDPC guidance on cross-border processing.

3.8 Data Retention

• Active account data is retained for as long as your account exists.
• On account deletion, personal data is deleted within 60 days for reader account holders and 30 days for publish account holders, except where retention is required by law.
• Financial transaction records are retained for the period required by Nigerian tax and company law (currently 6 years).
• Fraud, safety, and IP-infringement evidence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to defend claims or enforce policies.
• Anonymised, aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely.

3.9 Your Rights Under the NDPA 2023

As a data subject, you have the right to:

• Access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
• Deletion: request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements.
• Portability: receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.
• Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Restriction: request that we limit processing in specific circumstances.
• Withdraw consent: withdraw consent for marketing and any other consent-based processing at any time.

3.10 How to Exercise Your Rights

• Send your request to privacy [at] readsona.com from the email address associated with your account, or from an address you can verify belongs to you.
• State which right you are exercising and, where possible, which account, data, or time period the request relates to.
• We may ask you to provide enough information to confirm your identity before we act on the request. This protects you from unauthorised access to your data.
• We aim to respond within 30 days. Complex or voluminous requests may take longer, in which case we will tell you and give an estimated timeline.
• We may decline or limit a request where it is manifestly unfounded or excessive, where a legal retention obligation applies, where it would compromise the rights of another person, or where it conflicts with ongoing fraud, safety, or regulatory investigations. We will explain the reason where we do.
• If you are unhappy with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) at ndpc.gov.ng.

3.11 Automated Decision-Making and Human Review

We use automated tools to support identity and bank verification, content moderation (including CSAM and plagiarism checks), and fraud and abuse detection. These tools flag cases for review rather than making final decisions on their own.

• Decisions with a significant effect on you, for example rejecting verification, removing a published book, withholding earnings, or suspending or terminating an account, are subject to human review before they are finalised, other than temporary, reversible protective actions such as holding a suspicious transaction or temporarily hiding content pending review.
• If an automated system has acted against your account and you believe the outcome is wrong, you can appeal by emailing the relevant contact in the policy footer. A human reviewer who was not responsible for the original action will reassess the case.
• You have the right not to be subject to solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on you, as recognised under the NDPA framework.

3.12 Security Measures

We maintain a security programme designed to protect personal data against loss, misuse, and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Without disclosing details that would undermine those controls, our measures include:

• Encryption in transit (HTTPS/TLS) for traffic between your device and our services.
• Access controls and role-based restrictions for internal staff, with least-privilege defaults.
• Password hashing using industry-standard algorithms. We never store plaintext passwords.
• Audit logging for sensitive administrative actions and access to financial and identity data.
• Private cloud storage for ebook files, served through signed, time-limited access.
• Regular backups and tested restore procedures.
• Security review of third-party service providers and contractual data protection terms.
• Documented incident response procedures covering detection, containment, investigation, notification, and remediation.

No system is perfectly secure. You help protect your account by using a strong, unique password and keeping your credentials confidential.

3.13 Data Breach Notification

Where a personal data breach is reportable under applicable law, we will notify the Nigeria Data Protection Commission within the required timeframe and notify affected users where required. Where the applicable standard is 72 hours from awareness of a qualifying breach, we aim to meet that timeframe. User notifications will include a plain-language description of what happened, the likely impact, and the steps we are taking in response.

3.14 Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, please contact us at privacy [at] readsona.com and we will investigate and, where confirmed, delete the account promptly.

These guidelines apply to reviews, author profiles, book descriptions, messages, disputes, and all account activity on Sọna Books. We want a safe, respectful place for readers and authors.

4.1 Be Respectful

• No harassment, hate speech, threats, doxxing, or targeted abuse.
• Critique the work, not the person.

4.2 No Illegal or Harmful Content

• Illegal content, CSAM, or content that encourages harm is strictly prohibited.
• We may report illegal content and related account activity to the relevant authorities.

4.3 No Piracy or IP Infringement

• Do not upload, share, or distribute content you do not have the rights to use.
• Do not attempt to bypass DRM or distribute purchased ebooks outside the platform.

4.4 No Fraud or Manipulation

• No fake reviews, review swapping, impersonation, or attempts to manipulate rankings or payouts.
• No misuse of discounts, gift copies, or eARC distribution. These are intended only for the recipients you select.

4.5 Enforcement

• We may remove content, suspend accounts, or permanently ban users for violations.
• We retain evidence needed to enforce these guidelines and will notify you by email where required.
• Our response will depend on the nature, severity, and frequency of the conduct, as well as any associated risk to users, rights holders, or the platform.

By accepting these Policies at signup, you acknowledge and agree to the refund and chargeback terms set out below.

5.1 All Sales Are Final

All purchases made on Sọna Books are final, except where a refund is required by applicable law or expressly provided under this policy. Because ebooks are digital goods delivered instantly upon purchase, we do not otherwise offer refunds outside the specific circumstances described in Section 5.2.

5.2 Eligible Refund Circumstances

A refund will be issued where:

• Technical fault: the purchased ebook file is corrupted, unreadable, or fails to load in the Sọna Books reader after reasonable troubleshooting. Issues caused by your device, browser, or internet connection do not qualify.
• Wrong book delivered: the book added to your library is demonstrably different from the book you purchased.
• Applicable consumer law: any circumstance in which a refund is mandated by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act or other applicable law.

Refund requests should be submitted within 48 hours of the purchase date by contacting support [at] readsona.com with your order reference number and a description of the issue. We will investigate and respond within 2 business days. Where applicable law provides a longer or mandatory window, that window applies.

Outside the circumstances above, we do not issue refunds for change of mind, not liking the content, purchasing the wrong book by mistake, or having already read a significant portion of the book.

5.3 Pre-Orders

• When you pre-order a title, payment is taken at the time of pre-order to reserve the copy and lock in any promotional price.
• The book is delivered to your library on the release date. You will be notified by email when it becomes available.
• If the release date is moved, we will tell you the new date. You may cancel your pre-order for a full refund at any time before the book is delivered to your library.
• If a title is withdrawn before release, all pending pre-orders for that book are refunded in full.
• If a book is withdrawn after being listed as a pre-order and purchased, a fixed NGN 100 administrative fee may apply to cover processing costs, except where applicable law requires a full refund.

5.4 Chargeback Policy

A chargeback is a payment reversal initiated by your bank or card issuer. Initiating a chargeback for a Sọna Books purchase without first contacting our support team is a breach of these Terms.

• Before initiating a chargeback, you should contact support [at] readsona.com and allow us 5 business days to resolve your concern.
• If a chargeback is raised without prior contact, or where the purchase was legitimate, we may submit evidence of the transaction and digital delivery to your card issuer to contest the chargeback.
• Evidence we may submit includes: your purchase receipt, account login records, proof of digital delivery, and your acceptance of these Policies at signup.
• Accounts that raise fraudulent chargebacks may be suspended immediately pending investigation.
• Accounts found to have engaged in repeated or deliberate chargeback fraud will be permanently banned and may be reported to the payment processor, the relevant card network, and law enforcement.

If you believe a charge was made on your account without your authorisation, contact us immediately at support [at] readsona.com. We will investigate and, if the charge is confirmed as unauthorised, process a full refund promptly. Nothing in this section limits your statutory rights to dispute unauthorised transactions with your bank or card issuer.

5.5 Refund Processing

• For approved refunds, we will reach out to the relevant parties to complete settlement.
• On refund approval, access to the refunded book will be removed from your library.

5.6 Consumer Law

Nothing in this policy is intended to exclude or limit any right you may have under applicable consumer protection law. Where this policy conflicts with a mandatory consumer right, that right prevails.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies are used on Sọna Books and why.

6.1 What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work properly, remember your preferences, and provide usage information to site operators.

6.2 Cookies We Use

Essential cookies (cannot be disabled):

• Authentication session cookies: these keep you logged in across pages and sessions. Without them, the platform cannot function.
• Security cookies: used to detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity.

Functional cookies:

• Preference cookies: remember your reader settings (font size, background colour, dark mode) so they persist across sessions.

Analytics:

• We may use privacy-conscious analytics and error-monitoring tools to understand aggregate usage patterns and diagnose technical faults. We do not use advertising cookies or third-party advertising trackers. Where any analytics or similar technology requires consent under applicable law, we will request it before activation.

6.3 Consent and Controls

Essential cookies are required to sign in and use the service, and are set on that basis. If we introduce any non-essential cookies or tracking identifiers that go beyond aggregated, anonymised analytics, we will request your consent through an in-product notice before setting them, and you will be able to change your choice at any time. You can also control and delete cookies through your browser settings, but disabling essential cookies will prevent you from logging in or using core platform features.

• Chrome: Settings, Privacy and security, Cookies and other site data
• Safari: Preferences, Privacy, Manage Website Data
• Firefox: Settings, Privacy and Security, Cookies and Site Data

6.4 Local Storage

In addition to cookies, we use browser local storage to save reading progress and reader preferences locally on your device. This data is not transmitted to third parties.

6.5 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as the platform evolves. Material changes will be communicated via email or platform notice.