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Originally Posted by DNSB
As for the bookmarks surviving a signout/signin, Kobo stores bookmarks for sideloaded books in two places. One being in the database which would not survive a factory reset or signout/signin while the second is in the Digital Editions/Annotations file which I have never checked after a signout/signin but would definitely not survive a factory reset.
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Thanks for the factual info DNSB...
Well I can confirm that after signing out and in, it definitely (thankfully!) retains:
- my bookmarks
- the comments I included in those bookmarks
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Originally Posted by DNSB
Kobo is [...] constrained by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) [...] Kobo collects a minimum of information on sideloaded books that might be considered personally identifiable so basically, they get the page read counts and time spent reading.
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What you say here is interesting!
My argument would be:
1. They already have the names of your list of 'collections'. It is also retained after sign-out/in.
2. They already have the info about what
kobo-bought-book you put in what collection
3. They already have all notes you put on any bookmark.
a) I would argue this is
more revealing than your list of Collections for most people
4. So surely it would not be a big deal for them to store what collections your sideloaded books went into?
It's not revealing a different class of information. It's just revealing the same info they already know, but adding in your sideloaded books.
5. Furthermore, they could just keep it on your device, surely?
6. Either way, they could just ask your permission - a bit like Google and Microsoft does routinely for various services that 'require' the personal collection of data.