Page Light

Privacy, briefly.

The Android reader has no ads or analytics and needs no Page Light account. Your reading history and settings stay on your device. This page explains what is stored, how purchases work and which services receive requests when you read.

What is stored, and where

On Android, reading settings, saved styles, collections, history, reading positions, offline article text and eligible images stay on that device. They are not transmitted to us, and there is no server of ours holding them.

Deleting the app deletes that device's local data. Export writes a reading profile or a reader-data backup of settings, profiles, reading lists and history to a file you control; Import reads one back. Downloaded offline article files are not included. Page Light does not operate a cross-device account or sync service.

What leaves your device

When you search or open an article, your device requests it directly from Wikipedia's public API, and images load directly from Wikimedia's servers. Those requests go to the Wikimedia Foundation, not through us. Like any web service, Wikimedia receives ordinary request details including IP address, device and browser information, requested pages, search terms, and request times. Wikimedia says identifiable request and search records are generally deleted, aggregated or de-identified within 90 days. Its handling is governed by the Wikimedia Foundation Privacy Policy and Data Retention Guidelines.

Page Light's typefaces are included with the website and Android app. Loading them does not contact Google Fonts or another font service. The iOS app uses typefaces already on the device.

Visits to pagelight.net

The public product website uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand how people find and use it. We see aggregate statistics such as visits, pages viewed, referring sites, approximate location, and device and browser types. This analytics does not use cookies. See Vercel's analytics privacy information for details.

This website is not a Page Light reader. Analytics runs only on the public website. It is not included in the installed apps or the private browser reader and does not receive your article searches, reading history or in-app purchases. Vercel also hosts the website and processes ordinary request details, including IP address and user agent, under its own terms.

Google Play purchases

You can choose to start a seven-day Premium trial or make a one-time Premium purchase. Google Play processes purchases under your Google account and Google's privacy terms. Page Light receives the product and purchase status needed to unlock or restore Premium and sends Google Play the required purchase acknowledgement. We do not receive or store your card number, billing address or Google account credentials, and no purchase information is sent to a Page Light server.

The app stores only a local trial start time and a cached Premium-unlocked status so a verified purchase keeps working offline. When connected, Google Play remains authoritative for purchase restoration and refunds.

Invite-only browser evaluation

A separate invitation-only browser edition is available for private personal evaluation and is not publicly available. It requires a verified email address and an authentication cookie so the server can enforce access. Clerk provides that authentication. Reading history, saved articles, settings and positions remain in the browser rather than becoming an account profile or syncing between devices.

What we never do

• No account, sign-in or profile in the installed Android reader or this public product site
• No analytics, telemetry or crash reporting in the installed reader
• No advertising and no advertising identifiers
• We do not sell personal data, and do not share it for advertising
• No cookies set by this public product site

Children

The Android reader does not ask children for personal information. Note that it displays Wikipedia, which is not a curated or age-filtered encyclopedia and may contain material unsuitable for younger readers.

Not affiliated with Wikipedia

Page Light is an independent reader. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation. Article text is contributed by Wikipedia's editors and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; images carry their own licences.

Copyright and image concerns

Page Light shows only Wikimedia-hosted images whose current metadata identifies a reusable licence. That includes clearly free files hosted either on Wikimedia Commons or a local Wikipedia repository; files marked non-free, fair-use, restricted, or unclear remain withheld. Page Light displays the stated author, licence, licence terms and source file page with each shown image, and notes that it is displayed resized. Wikimedia does not warrant that community-supplied licensing information is correct.

If you believe an image should not be displayed or its credit is incomplete, email admin@pagelight.net with the article and image source links. We aim to acknowledge reports within seven days and will disable an image promptly when appropriate.

Changes

If this policy ever changes, the date below changes with it. Any material change to Page Light's data practices will be stated here before it takes effect.

Who makes this

Page Light is developed by Sami Serrag. Its business model does not depend on advertising, tracking or personal-data profiles.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or any privacy request, can be sent to admin@pagelight.net.

Last updated 6 October 2026 · admin@pagelight.net