Privacy Policy
Omega Learn to Talk
This policy explains how this application handles information and how to contact us about privacy.
Information we process
Omega Learn to Talk stores practice conversations, selected response branches, saved phrases, personal photo cards and their written questions locally on your device. Language, text size, feedback and motion preferences are stored in device preferences. Personal photographs and custom questions are not uploaded or analysed. The app automatically creates a random installation identifier and secret; the secret stays in the iOS Keychain and is sent over HTTPS to authorize synchronization. The server stores the installation identifier, a hash of the secret, creation and update timestamps, conversation progress and saved phrases. Public content and privacy-page requests also reach the hosting infrastructure, which can receive IP addresses, request paths, timestamps and technical connection information. There are no accounts, advertising SDKs, analytics SDKs, location collection or audio recording.
How we use information
Local information lets you practice offline, resume unfinished conversations, revisit response choices and keep your own photo prompts. Installation credentials authorize access to progress belonging to this installation. The backend synchronizes progress and saved phrases and provides versioned learning content. Selected photographs are used only for the personal practice cards you create. Optional notifications are scheduled locally to remind you to practice. Technical hosting information supports delivery, security and troubleshooting.
Service providers and sharing
The backend and public website are hosted on Railway, which processes requests and stores application data on its hosting infrastructure. Railway may process infrastructure and network logs as part of operating that service. We do not sell personal information, use advertising or analytics providers, or send photographs to an image analysis service. Apple provides the system photo picker, Keychain and optional local notification facilities. Information you voluntarily send to the public privacy contact is handled by the email service used for that correspondence; the app has no email delivery or support form. No other third-party SDK is included.
Data retention
Practice data remains on your device until you remove individual items, use Delete all my data, or remove the app and its local storage. Preferences and the installation credential can have a different lifecycle from document storage; iOS may retain Keychain entries after uninstalling. Server progress is retained until replaced by a newer synchronized copy or deleted using the authorized installation credential. No automatic expiry period is configured. We do not promise a fixed retention period for Railway infrastructure logs. No application-managed backup schedule is configured; provider backups or residual storage, if present, are subject to the provider lifecycle, and deletion from the active database does not guarantee immediate erasure from all residual media. Device backups may contain local app documents under your Apple backup settings.
Deleting your information
Delete all my data in Settings removes conversations, saved phrases, personal photographs and questions from local app storage and requests deletion of the server installation and its progress. When offline, local content is removed immediately and the pending server deletion is saved and retried on reconnection. The installation credential is retained to authorize that retry and subsequent fresh use; an empty installation may be registered again after deletion. Preferences are separate from practice data. Removing the app alone does not send a server deletion request. Delete your data in the app before removing it if you want server deletion. Lost installation credentials cannot be recovered through an account or email, and we cannot promise recovery or identification of server records without that credential.
Permissions and your choices
The system photo picker gives the app access only to photographs you choose; broad library access is not required. Cancel the picker to share nothing, or delete a personal card to remove its local photograph. This does not delete the original from your photo library. Optional local notifications require your explicit permission and can be disabled in the app or iPhone notification settings. Changing permission does not delete existing practice records. No camera, microphone, contacts or location permission is requested.
Your privacy rights
You can review and remove your local cards and saved phrases in the app and delete practice data through Settings. Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict processing of your personal information and to raise a concern with your local privacy authority. Contact honoria.bowditch@icloud.com with privacy questions or requests. Do not send your installation secret by email. We may need information sufficient to locate and verify a request and cannot use an account to identify records because the product has no user accounts.
Security
The public API uses HTTPS. A separate cryptographically random secret is created for each installation and stored in Keychain with a this-device-only accessibility setting. The server keeps a hash of that secret and checks authorization for reading, changing and deleting private progress. Local practice files use iOS file protection; database queries are parameterized and request sizes and complexity are bounded. Application logs do not intentionally include secrets or practice payloads. Infrastructure operators can process network and hosting information. These safeguards reduce risk but no system can guarantee absolute security.
Children’s privacy
This product is intended for adults and teenagers aged 16 and over, not for children under 16. Fictional characters and prepared conversations are educational practice material. We do not knowingly seek information from children under 16. If you believe a child has supplied information, contact honoria.bowditch@icloud.com so that the concern can be assessed without requesting an installation secret by email.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when product processing or hosting practices change. The current version and effective date are published on this page and linked from app Settings. Material changes will be reflected in the published policy and, where appropriate, an app update. Privacy questions can be sent to honoria.bowditch@icloud.com.