Scholarly Oxen
Privacy
Last updated July 2026
Scholarly Oxen is private by design. This page explains, in plain language, what we collect, what we never do with it, and how your club’s data stays yours.
What we collect
To run your book club we store the essentials: your email address (for sign-in), the display name you choose, the clubs you belong to, and the content you create — book suggestions, votes, availability, meeting notes, and messages.
We do not ask for more than we need to make the product work.
What we don’t do
We don’t sell your data. We don’t run ads against it. We don’t build advertising profiles or feed your reading life to third-party trackers.
Your club’s discussions belong to your club, not to us.
How your data is protected
Scholarly Oxen is built on Postgres with row-level security, so members can only read and write the club data they’re actually part of — the access rules are enforced in the database itself, not just in the app.
Sign-in uses a magic link sent to your email; we don’t store passwords.
Your choices
You can update your display name and leave a club at any time. If you want your account and associated content deleted, contact us and we’ll take care of it.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Reach out and a human will get back to you.
This is a plain-language summary written to be readable, not a substitute for tailored legal advice. It reflects how Scholarly Oxen is built today and will be updated as the product evolves.