Last updated: 4 July 2026.
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This page is a genuine, accurate description of what the current codebase does — not a legally reviewed policy. Replace the bracketed placeholders below with your real business details, and have it checked against the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (and GDPR if you expect EU visitors) before treating it as your live policy. We're not a law firm, and this isn't legal advice.
Who this policy covers
This policy applies to [Lingo Uncharted / your legal entity name] ("we," "us") and this website. It covers everyone who visits the public site, and separately, anyone with admin access to the backend.
What we collect from general visitors
As the site is currently built, visiting the public pages, reading the blog, browsing the dictionary, or studying flashcards does not require an account and does not store any personal information in our database. Specifically:
- No visitor accounts. There's no sign-up, login, or user profile on the public side of the site.
- No cookies for visitors. The public pages don't set any cookies. Dictionary search and flashcard study happen entirely in your browser (JavaScript), and nothing you type into the dictionary search box is sent to our server or stored.
- No contact or newsletter forms yet. If we add one later (a contact form, email signup, or comments), this policy will be updated to describe exactly what's collected and why before that feature goes live.
What we collect from admin users
The admin panel (used only by site editors, not the public) does use a session cookie to keep you logged in after entering a username and password. This cookie is deleted when you log out or close your browser session, and is not used for tracking or advertising — only for authentication.
Server logs
Like virtually every website, our web server automatically logs basic technical information for security and troubleshooting — things like IP address, browser type, and pages requested. This is standard server behaviour, not something the site's code adds deliberately, and these logs are not cross-referenced with any personal profile because we don't have visitor profiles to cross-reference them with.
Third-party services
The site loads typefaces (Fraunces, Inter, and IBM Plex Mono) from Google Fonts. Loading a font from Google's servers means your browser makes a request directly to Google, which can see the requesting IP address, as it would for any external resource. We don't control what Google does with that request — see Google's Privacy Policy for details. If you'd prefer not to make that request, using a browser extension that blocks third-party font loading will still leave the site fully usable with system fallback fonts.
We don't currently use any analytics, advertising, or social media tracking scripts. If that changes, this section will be updated to name the service and explain what it collects.
Data we store in our database
Our database stores the site's own content — dictionary entries, flashcard decks, and blog posts — plus admin login credentials (usernames and securely hashed passwords) for the small number of people who manage the site. It does not store any data about public visitors.
Children's privacy
This site isn't directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from anyone, regardless of age, since the public site doesn't collect personal information from any visitor in the first place.
Changes to this policy
If the site adds a feature that collects visitor data — a contact form, comments, an email newsletter, or analytics — we'll update this page to describe it before that feature launches, and update the "last updated" date above.
Contact
Questions about this policy or how the site handles data can be sent to [your contact email].