Privacy policy

Last updated: 23 October 2026

This page explains what information the Forma app collects, why, and what you can do about it. We keep it short and plain.

Forma is made by Giada Lanzalaco, an independent developer (“we”). You can reach us at the address at the bottom of this page.

What we collect

• Your account. When you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive your name and email address. We use these to keep you signed in, to contact you if needed, and to understand how Forma is used (see “How you use the app” below).
• The books you read. We never store your books. Your book files stay on your phone. To create summaries, chapter text is sent to our server and to our AI provider (see below). It is kept only while the summaries are being made, then deleted. This only happens if you allow it: the first time you start preparing one of your own books, Forma asks for your permission. If you choose “Not now”, the book opens without being analysed and nothing is sent. The books that come with Forma are already prepared and never send anything. We keep only the book's title, author, and the summaries we write.
• How you use the app. We record reading sessions (which book, how long you read, and which pages you started and ended on) and simple app events, such as opening the app or using the widget. Our statistics tools also receive basic device information, such as your phone model, iOS version and approximate region. This is linked to your account, including your name and email, so we can understand whether Forma actually helps people read more.
• Notifications. If you allow notifications, we store a notification token so we can send you messages, such as when your book is ready.

What we don't do

• We don't sell your information.
• We don't show ads, and we don't use your information for advertising.
• We don't use your books to train AI models.

Services we use

To run Forma we rely on a few trusted services. They handle data only on our behalf and only to provide their service to us, and they are bound by their own terms to protect it at least as well as we do:

• Google Firebase and Google Cloud: sign-in, data storage, notifications and usage statistics.
• Anthropic (Claude): the AI model that reads the chapter text and writes summaries. Anthropic doesn't use your text to train its models and deletes it after a short period.
• PostHog: usage statistics, linked to your name and email.
• Apple and Google: signing in.

Shared book summaries

If two people open the same book, Forma reuses the summaries it already made. These summaries are about the book, not about you, and never include your name or email.

How long we keep it

• Chapter text: only while summaries are being made, usually a few minutes.
• Your account and notification token: until you delete your account.
• Reading statistics: until you delete your account or ask us to delete them, or until the statistics service removes them automatically.
• Book summaries: kept, because they are about the book, not about you.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time in the app under Settings → Delete account. This removes your name, email and notification token, and unlinks you from any books you analysed. Books on your phone stay on your phone until you delete them or remove the app.

Deleting your account also asks Firebase and PostHog to delete your reading statistics. PostHog removes them right away; Google may take a few days to remove them from Firebase.

Your choices and rights

• You can stop Forma from analysing your books at any time in Settings → Analyse my books. Books you add afterwards open without being analysed.
• You can turn notifications off at any time in Forma’s Settings or in iOS Settings.
• You can ask us for a copy of your data, or ask us to correct or delete it, by writing to the address below. We reply within 30 days.
• If you live in the European Union or the UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

Forma is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Changes

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions or requests about your data: giadalanzalaco@gmail.com