Podcast Shelf privacy policy

Last updated: October 13, 2026

Podcast Shelf is an Android app that connects to your own Audiobookshelf server. It is published by Kgaut.NET.

In short: the app only talks to the server you choose; it sends us no data, and we sell none. This website does process some visit and contact data: see “This website”.

The app communicates only with the Audiobookshelf server whose address you enter. No other service is contacted: no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, no third-party services.

It sends that server:

• your credentials (username and password, or API key), to sign you in;
• your listening progress, and episodes marked as played;
• the contents of your “Up next” playlist, kept on the server under the name “PodcastShelf”;
• for administrator accounts: subscriptions added or removed;
• a description of the device, which the server shows in its listening history: app name and version, phone manufacturer and model, Android version, and an identifier drawn at random when the app is installed (it cannot be used to identify the phone).

This data stays on your server, under the control of whoever runs it. We have no access to it.

Communication with the server is encrypted (HTTPS). It is not if you choose an HTTP address and turn on the option that allows it on the sign-in screen: your password and listening then travel in clear text on your network.

• your sign-in tokens, encrypted with the Android keystore;
• episodes you download to listen offline;
• listening done offline, until it is sent to the server;
• episodes marked as played (or unplayed) offline, until this is sent to the server;
• a copy of your playlist, to show it without a network;
• your settings.

Downloaded episodes can be deleted from the app's settings. Everything else is removed when you uninstall the app or clear its data.

If Android backup is turned on for your phone, Android may back up the settings, the playlist copy and pending listening to your Google account. Your sign-in tokens and downloaded episodes are excluded. This backup is handled by Android and Google, not by us.

• Internet and network state: reach your server, and download on Wi-Fi only if you ask.
• Foreground playback service: keep playing with the screen off, and show playback in the notification, on the lock screen and in Android Auto.

The app is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect any data about them.

The sections above are about the app. This website, podcastshelf.kgaut.net, also processes the following data.

Audience measurement

The website measures its traffic with Matomo, installed on a server run by the publisher (pw.kgaut.net): this data is not passed on to any third party. The measurement sets no cookie. Like any web server, Matomo receives the IP address and technical information about the browser (type, language, screen size), along with the pages viewed; they are only used to produce traffic statistics. The IP address is anonymised, and measurement data is kept for a limited period. If your browser sends the “Do Not Track” signal, no measurement takes place.

Contact form

The form on the Contact page asks for your name, your email address, a subject and your message. They are only used to reply to you.

• The message is emailed to the publisher, and an acknowledgement is sent to the address you entered. These emails go through the Amazon SES sending service (Amazon Web Services, Paris region).
• The message is also kept in the website's database, with the sending IP address, for one year after it is received, then deleted automatically.
• The form is protected from automated submissions by Cloudflare Turnstile: on the Contact page, your browser contacts Cloudflare's servers, which receive your IP address and technical information about the browser. See the Turnstile privacy policy.

Your rights

You can ask to access, correct or erase your data, or object to its processing, by writing to podcastshelf@kgaut.net. You can also lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority (cnil.fr).

For any question: podcastshelf@kgaut.net.

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