Privacy policy

Last updated: 14 November 2026

Velvet is a tracker for manhwa, manga and manhua. This policy explains what data the app uses, where it goes, and what you can do about it. We keep it short because we collect little.

Who is responsible: [Your full name], [street, postcode, city, country], [email].

What stays on your phone

Your library, chapters, ratings, reading history, recaps, badges, reading goal, profile name, profile picture and banner are stored on your phone. Without an account, they never leave it, except for the cases below.

What Velvet sends, and why

Series information. To show covers, chapter counts, synopses and recommendations, the app asks MangaUpdates (mangaupdates.com) directly from your phone. To show English titles, it asks Velvet's server. These requests contain the series you look up or search for, not who you are. Like any website, MangaUpdates sees your phone's IP address.

A random install ID. On first start, Velvet creates a random ID for your installation. It is sent with requests to Velvet's server so we can apply fair-use limits (for example, how many lists you can import per day). It is not linked to your name, your phone number or your Google account.

Community tiers. When you rate a series, the tier is sent to Velvet's server together with the install ID, so we can show an average community tier. Others only ever see the average, never your rating or ID.

Importing a list. When you paste a list to import, the text is sent to Velvet's server and from there to Anthropic (the company behind the AI model Claude), which reads the titles, chapters and lists out of it. The text is used only for that and is not stored by Velvet. Anthropic processes it on our behalf and does not use it to train its models.

Feedback. When you send feedback in Settings, Velvet stores your message, its type, your profile name (if you set one), the app version and your phone model, so we can understand and fix the problem.

Accounts (optional). If you create an account, Velvet stores your username, your password and your recovery code. The password and the recovery code are stored only as secure hashes, never in readable form. While you are signed in, your library, chapters, ratings and reading history are synced to Velvet's server so they appear on your other phones.

Sharing. When you share a recap or your profile card, the image is made on your phone and handed to the app you pick. Velvet doesn't upload it.

Where the data is

Velvet's server and database run on Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.). Cloudflare keeps short-lived technical logs of requests, including IP addresses, for operating and protecting the service. Data may be processed outside the EU; Cloudflare and Anthropic use the EU's standard contractual clauses for that.

What we don't do

No ads. No analytics or tracking tools. We don't sell or share your data with anyone for marketing. We don't read your phone's photos (except the one you pick as a profile picture), contacts or location. This website sets no cookies and loads nothing from other sites.

How long we keep it

• Account and synced library: until you delete your account.
• Feedback: until it's dealt with, at most two years.
• Community tiers: until you remove your rating.
• Usage counters for fair-use limits: a few days.
• Cloudflare request logs: as set by Cloudflare, normally a few days.

Your rights

You can ask what we store about you, get a copy, have it corrected or deleted, restrict or object to its use, and take it with you. Write to [email]. You can also delete your account in the app (Settings, Account) once that option is available; until then, write to us and we delete it within 30 days. You may complain to a data protection authority, for example the one in your country.

Legal basis: providing the app and the features you use (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)), and our legitimate interest in keeping the service working and fair (Art. 6(1)(f)).

Children

Velvet is not meant for children under 13. Adult titles are hidden unless the user confirms they are 18 or older in Settings.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be on this page with a new date, and the app will point to it when the change matters.