Privacy Policy
Last updated: February 10, 2025
Welcome to Use My Dictionary (the "Service"). We value your trust and place great importance on protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we process it, and for what purposes it is used.
1. Definitions
1.1. "Personal data" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual (the data subject).
1.2. "Service Administration" means the legal entity or sole proprietor that organizes and/or carries out the processing of personal data and determines the purposes of processing, the scope of personal data, and the actions performed with it.
2. Data collection and use
2.1. Data we collect:
- Information you provide during registration, such as your username, email address, and password.
- Device and connection data, including IP address, browser type, language settings, and other technical information required for the proper operation of the Service.
- Activity data, including sign-in time, pages visited, and actions performed within the Service.
2.2. Purposes of collecting personal data:
- Providing access to the Service, including its learning and social features.
- Improving service quality and developing new capabilities.
- Supporting users and responding to requests.
- Complying with legal requirements and ensuring security, including fraud prevention.
3. Legal basis for processing
We process your personal data on the basis of:
- Your consent, expressed during registration and use of the Service.
- The necessity of performing the agreement between you and the Service Administration.
- The legitimate interests of the Administration, such as statistical analysis and abuse prevention.
4. Data sharing and transfer
4.1. Third parties: We do not share your personal data with third parties without your consent, except where required by law or where necessary for the operation of the Service, such as hosting and analytics providers.
4.2. International data transfer: If the Administration's servers or partners are located outside your country, your data may be transferred and processed abroad. We apply appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable law and international standards.
5. Security
We take the necessary organizational and technical measures to protect personal data from unauthorized or accidental access, destruction, modification, blocking, copying, and distribution.
6. Data retention
We store your personal data only for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described in this Policy or for the periods required by law.
7. User rights
You have the right to:
- Request information about which of your data is stored and receive a copy of that data in a structured and commonly used format.
- Request correction, updating, or deletion of your personal data if it is outdated or processed unlawfully.
- Withdraw your consent to data processing at any time if this does not prevent contract performance or compliance with legal obligations.
8. Policy changes
We may update this Privacy Policy. The new version takes effect from the moment it is published on our website unless the new version states otherwise.
9. Contacts
If you have questions, suggestions, or complaints related to the processing of your personal data, contact us at: [email protected].
Additional terms for using YouGlish
Our service may use the YouGlish widget or API, which provides search and playback of YouTube videos for language learning. When integrating YouGlish, the following conditions apply:
- You, as a user, must be informed about and consent to the use of cookies if this is required by the law of your country.
- The YouGlish service uses the YouTube API. Therefore, we must place a link to the YouTube Terms of Service in our terms of use and mention the Google Privacy Policy in this Privacy Policy. YouTube Terms of Service Google Privacy Policy
- Commercial use of the YouGlish API or widget, as well as integration into mobile applications, requires explicit written permission from YouGlish.