Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 2, 2026

My Vocabulary Tracker ("the app") is a personal vocabulary-building tool. This policy explains what information the app accesses, how it's used, and how you can control it.

1. Information we access

When you sign in with Google, the app requests permission to access:

• Basic profile information (your name, email address, and profile picture) — used only to show who's signed in, inside the app.
• Google Sheets access — used to create and update a single spreadsheet ("My Vocabulary Words") in your own Google Drive, where all the words, meanings, translations, and progress you add in the app are stored.

The app does not access any other files, emails, or data in your Google account, and does not access any spreadsheet you didn't create through the app.

2. Where your data lives

Your vocabulary data is stored entirely in a Google Sheet that lives in your own Google Drive — not on our servers. We do not operate a database and do not retain a copy of your words, translations, or progress anywhere outside that Sheet.

A small amount of data is stored locally in your browser (via localStorage), such as your selected theme, native language, and a reference to your spreadsheet's ID, purely to improve your experience across visits. This never leaves your device.

3. Third-party services

To provide dictionary lookups, translations, and pronunciation, the app sends limited data to:

• Free Dictionary API — receives the word you look up, to fetch its definition, examples, and pronunciation.
• MyMemory Translation API — receives the text you choose to translate, to return a translation in your selected language.
• Your browser's built-in text-to-speech engine — processes pronunciation locally in your browser; nothing is sent externally for this feature.
• Google Analytics — helps us understand overall usage patterns (which pages and features are used, how often, and general location/device information). It does not receive your name or email, and we don't use it to build advertising profiles.

These requests contain only the word or phrase being looked up — never your name, email, or any other personal information (except where noted above for Google Analytics, which uses standard, non-identifying usage data).

4. Data we do not collect

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for advertising or marketing purposes, and we don't use Google Analytics for advertising or remarketing. If the app later enables Google AdSense, this policy will be updated first to disclose it.

5. Your control over your data

• You can revoke the app's access at any time from your Google Account permissions page.
• You can delete all your data at any time by deleting the "My Vocabulary Words" spreadsheet from your Google Drive.
• Signing out of the app clears the locally stored preferences on that device.
• You can opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or by using a browser/extension that blocks analytics scripts.

6. Children's privacy

This app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.

7. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Effective date" above will be updated. Continued use of the app after changes means you accept the updated policy.

8. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to manishkembral@gmail.com.