Privacy policy

What the app stores on your phone

When you create your profile and as you learn, the app stores:

• the first name or nickname you type — you can put anything, nothing is checked;
• your settings: goal, coach style, start screen, audio and playback speed;
• your progress: conjugations discovered, personal library, statistics by verb, by tense and by pronoun, streaks, milestones unlocked and journal.

This information stays in the app's private storage, on your device. It is never sent to any server of ours — we do not have one. We never have access to it.

You can erase everything at any time: Settings, then "Reset profile". Uninstalling the app also deletes this data.

Android's automatic backup

Android's system backup is enabled in the app. If you have allowed it on your phone, Android may copy the app's data to your own Google Drive space, so it can be restored if you change device.

That copy is yours and stays in your Google account: we have no access to it. You can turn this backup off in your phone's Android settings.

Advertising

As things stand, the app shows no advertising and requests no network permission at all: it cannot send anything anywhere.

If advertising is added before release, it will be provided by Google AdMob, this page will be corrected before publication, and you will be shown a consent screen in the European Union. Google could then collect and process:

The data concerned would be:

• your device's advertising identifier;
• your IP address, in approximate form and not kept precisely;
• your device model, its Android version and its language;
• your interactions with the ads shown.

This data is collected and processed by Google as the data controller, under its own privacy policy. We do not receive it: we only see overall revenue figures, with no information about individuals.

In the European Union, a screen asks for your consent on first launch, before any personalised ad is shown. You may refuse: you will then see limited ads, chosen without any device identifier or personal data, and the app will work exactly the same. Your choice can be changed later.

You can also reset or delete your advertising identifier at any time, in your phone's Android settings.

The only format used is a banner at the bottom of the screen. No full-screen ad ever interrupts a practice session.

The "remove ads" purchase

No in-app purchase is offered today.

If a remove-ads option is added, payment will be handled entirely by Google Play.

We would then see neither your payment method, nor your name, nor your address: the app only receives the information "this purchase was made on this device".

Pronunciation out loud

When you tap a play button, the word or sentence is passed to the text-to-speech engine installed on your phone — Google's, Samsung's or another, depending on the device.

That processing is governed by the provider of that speech engine and its own terms. The app keeps nothing of what is spoken.

What the apps do not do

• No account to create, no sign-up, no email address requested.
• No server of ours: we store no data about you, anywhere.
• No audience measurement or behaviour tracking inside the apps.
• No sale or transfer of data to anyone.
• No access to contacts, photos, location, microphone or camera: the apps request none of these permissions.

This website

This site is static: no accounts, no forms, no database. It sets no cookies.

We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to know how many pages are viewed and where visits come from. That tool sets no cookie, does not follow visitors individually and builds no profile: it only produces totals. That is why no consent banner is needed.

As with any website, our host keeps technical connection logs (IP address, date, page viewed) for security and reliability, for a limited period it defines.

The messages you send us

If you write to Verboquiz@gmail.com — to suggest a language, report a mistake or ask a question — we receive your email address and the content of your message in a Gmail inbox, hosted by Google.

We use it only to reply to you. These messages feed no mailing list, are passed on to nobody, and are deleted once the exchange is over.

You can ask at any time for our exchange to be deleted: just say so, and it will be.

How long data is kept

• Data stored on your phone: as long as the app stays installed, or until you reset your profile.
• The Android backup: as long as you keep it in your Google account.
• Advertising data: for the periods set by Google in its own policy.
• The site's technical logs: for the periods set by the host.

Your rights

European data protection law gives you rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction and portability over data concerning you.

Apart from any messages you have written to us, we hold no data about you. Most of these rights are therefore exercised directly, without going through us:

• erase your learning data: Settings, then "Reset profile";
• delete the backup: in your phone's Android backup settings;
• act on advertising: in Android settings, Privacy section, you can reset or delete your advertising identifier; rights relating to advertising data are exercised with Google.

For any question, write to us at Verboquiz@gmail.com. If an answer does not satisfy you, you may contact the data protection authority in your country.

Minimum age

The VerboQuiz apps are aimed at adults and teenagers aged 13 and over. They are not intended for children under 13 and do not knowingly collect data about them.

Changes to this policy

This page may change, in particular as new features appear. The date of the last update is shown at the top. Significant changes will be noted in the app description on Google Play.

Contact

Publisher: Claude-Alain Jeanmonod, Spain.

Contact address: Verboquiz@gmail.com.