Privacy
Updated on 17 October 2026.
Reading without an account
Reading is free and does not require an account. Technical information, including your IP address and browser, is processed to operate the site and prevent abuse. OpenClassics displays no advertising.
Account and reading
If you create an account, we store your email address, any name provided by your sign-in service and the information needed to sign you in. We do not store profile photos. Your saved story, language, part, paragraph and original or modernized version let you resume reading. These bookmarks also let you filter stories already opened in the interface language. We also store your reactions to paragraphs and illustrations and your music likes; only their totals are public. Quiz answers are not saved.
Signing in with Google, Microsoft or X
If you choose one of these sign-in services when offered, we receive only the profile information and email address needed to sign you in. X also requires permission to read posts, but OpenClassics does not retrieve them. We do not request access to your emails, contacts, files or calendar, or permission to post on your behalf. This data is not sold or used for advertising or to train artificial intelligence models.
Cookies and service providers
Necessary cookies remember your sign-in and language choice. Technical service providers process the data needed for website hosting, sign-in, email delivery and abuse prevention.
Visitor statistics
We measure visits without tracking cookies. Statistics include pages viewed, referring websites, browser, device type, language and approximate location. They contain neither your account identity, your email address nor your full IP address. We also count consultations of our Markdown texts and public catalogues, and searches and readings by assistants, without linking them to your account. The browser’s Do Not Track signal is respected.
Searches
We record completed search terms and their date to understand searches and improve the library. When you are signed in, these records are linked to your account. They are private and have no automatic expiry. Deleting your account removes its identifier from these records; the search terms and dates remain stored.
Retention and your rights
Account and reading data are kept while your account exists. You can delete your account from the Account page and remove your reactions or music likes. Deleting your account also deletes this data; copies may temporarily remain in backups. You can contact us to request access to, correction of or deletion of your data.
Contact form
Your email address and message are used only to handle your request and reply to you. They are not used for visitor statistics.