Privacy Policy
Version 1.3 · Effective 24 October 2026 · Bản tiếng Việt (the Vietnamese version prevails if the two differ)
TalePulse — Vietnamese name Hóng Truyện, formerly HÓNG, package com.snapqrify.hong (“the app”) — is an app for listening to, reading and watching Vietnamese audio stories. It is developed and operated by the individual developer Vũ Thị Thúy (“we”), Đại Mỗ, Hanoi, Vietnam, under a personal developer account. This policy covers the app on Android and iOS and the website at hotnovelonline.com.
1. Using the app without an account
You can listen to free episodes and watch Short Videos and the videos of free episodes without signing in. While signed out, the app sends nothing linked to you to our servers beyond what every network connection carries (IP address, device type) — see section 2.
2. Data we collect
| Data | Details | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Account (only if you sign in) | A Google or Apple account identifier, email, display name, and a profile photo if you sign in with Google. Apple lets you hide your real address — in that case we only ever see a relay mailbox at @privaterelay.appleid.com and never learn your real email. Apple also sends us your name exactly once, at the first authorization | Sign-in, keeping purchased episodes and listening progress across devices, support |
| Birth year | The year you enter at first sign-in | Hiding 18+ stories from minors, monthly spending limit for users under 18 |
| Listening activity | Episodes played, resume position, listening time, which audio version you were playing (original voice or post-produced with music) | Resuming at the right sentence — even after an episode's audio version changes — your library, aggregate play counts per episode |
| Watching videos | We do not keep a history of the videos you watch. When you open the video of a paid episode, the server checks your access to that episode, as it does for audio | Showing episode videos only to accounts that unlocked the episode |
| Purchases | Coin (“Sồi”) packs bought, amount, order ID, Google Play or App Store transaction ID, coin credit and debit history | Crediting coins, unlocking episodes, reconciliation, refunds under the store's rules |
| Technical logs | IP address, access time, platform and app version | Security, abuse prevention, debugging |
We do not receive or store card or bank details — payments are processed by Google Play or the App Store. The app does not collect location, contacts, photos, microphone, camera or advertising ID, shows no ads, and uses no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs.
3. Third parties that process data
- Google, Apple: sign-in. Both providers learn only that you signed in to the app; neither receives your listening history or your purchases.
- Google Play, Apple App Store: payments, under their own policies.
- Contabo GmbH (Germany), data centre in France: server hosting.
- Cloudflare: content delivery network in front of our servers, forwarding encrypted connections.
We do not sell data and do not share it for advertising. We disclose data to competent authorities only when the law requires it.
4. Storage and security
Data travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Sign-in sessions use expiring tokens. Links to episode audio and video files are signed for your account and expire after one hour; Short Videos are public promotional content. Data is kept while your account is active. Aggregate data not linked to a person (for example total plays of an episode) may be kept longer.
5. Your rights
- Delete your account in the app (Ví sồi → Xoá tài khoản) or on the web at hotnovelonline.com/delete-account. See section 6.
- To request a copy of your data, correct a wrong birth year, withdraw consent or complain, email info.farvy@gmail.com. We reply within 72 working hours.
- If you are in the European Union, the GDPR additionally gives you the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, objection to processing, and portability — a copy of your data in a machine-readable file. Write to the same address. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection authority.
6. When you delete your account
Deletion takes effect immediately: the Google or Apple identifier, email, name, profile photo, birth year, listening history, unlocked episodes and remaining coins are deleted. Signing in again with that same account creates a new account. Payment orders and the coin ledger are kept for up to 10 years for accounting and refunds, no longer linked to your name, email or sign-in account.
7. Age
The app is for people aged 16 and over and is not directed at children. Some stories contain horror elements and carry age labels; 18+ stories are blocked for users whose birth year shows they are under 18. If you know a child has created an account, tell us and we will delete it.
8. Legal basis
We process data under Vietnamese personal data protection law, based on your consent and to perform the service contract.
For users in the European Union, our legal bases under Article 6 GDPR are: performance of a contract for account data, listening activity and purchases; consent for birth year; and legitimate interests for technical logs, which serve security and abuse prevention. Our servers are in France, so your data is held inside the EU; we are in Vietnam and access it to operate the service.
9. Changes
We announce significant changes in the app and update the effective date at the top of this page.
10. Contact
Vũ Thị Thúy (individual developer) · Đại Mỗ, Hanoi, Vietnam · Email: info.farvy@gmail.com