Privacy Policy — Gloss

Last updated: 2 September 2026

App name: Gloss: Beautiful Words (Gloss)
Package name: com.raimonvibe.beautiful_words
Publisher: RaimonVibe (“we”, “us”, “our”)

This Privacy Policy describes how Gloss (“the App”) handles information when you download or use the App on an Android device.

1. Summary (plain language)

  • Gloss is free, ad-free, and tracking-free in the way we intend to offer it: we do not show third-party advertising inside the App, and we do not sell your personal information.
  • The App is a local lexicon of rare English words from the Beautiful Words collection. It is not designed to require you to create an account.
  • Saved words, words you have explored, and light/dark preference stay on your device. We do not upload them to our servers.
  • The App has one way of sending anything to us: the contact form under Study → Write to the maker. Nothing leaves your device unless you write a letter and press send. Section 5 says what it contains and who handles it.
  • Google (as the operator of Google Play and related device services) may process certain information when you use the Play Store or Android — that processing is described by Google’s own policies, not fully by this document.

If anything here is unclear, contact us at the email in Section 11.

2. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to anyone who installs or uses Gloss on a compatible Android device obtained through Google Play (or any other channel where we distribute the same build).

3. Information the App itself does not intentionally collect

The App, as we design it, does not:

  • Ask you to register or log in inside the App;
  • Include a chat or social feed;
  • Ask for your name, email, phone number, or home address for normal use. The lexicon, the quiz, and read aloud never ask for any of it. The one exception is the contact form in Section 5, which asks for a name and an email address because a letter needs a signature and a reply needs somewhere to go;
  • Run behavioural advertising, analytics, or ad tracking inside the App.

The word list, explanations, etymology, and in-app artwork are bundled with the App so you can browse without creating an account.

4. Information stored locally on your device

The App may store on your device only:

  • Words you mark as saved (favourites);
  • Which entries you have already opened (progress);
  • Light, dark, or system theme preference;
  • A letter you have written in the contact form but not sent.

That information is not sent to us. Uninstalling the App typically removes it, unless Android or a backup service you use keeps a copy under its own policy.

5. Writing to us (the contact form)

Under Study → Write to the maker the App has a contact form. It is entirely optional: the lexicon, the quiz, saved words, and read aloud all work without it, and nothing is sent until you fill it in and press send.

When you do press send, this is what is submitted:

  • the name and email address you typed;
  • your message;
  • the reason and priority you chose from the lists;
  • the language the App is set to, so that a reply can be written in it;
  • and, only if you switch it on, one line of app details: version, language, light or dark, text size, and platform. It carries no advertising identifier and nothing that names your device, and the App prints that line on screen before it is attached, so you can read what you would be sending.

Who handles it. The letter is submitted to Formspree (Formspree, Inc.), a form-handling service, which forwards it to info@raimonvibe.com. Formspree is based in the United States, so a letter you send leaves the EEA. Their privacy policy is at https://formspree.io/legal/privacy-policy. The same form receives letters written on the contact page of this website.

Why, and for how long. We use what you send for one purpose: to read your letter and answer it. We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not sell it or pass it on for advertising. It stays in the mailbox for as long as it is useful for support and record-keeping. You can ask us to delete it at any time — see Section 11.

What stays on your device. A letter you have started but not sent is kept on the device, so that a half-written thought is not lost when you close the App; it is removed when the letter is sent, or when you clear it. Just before sending, the App also copies the letter to your clipboard, so that nothing is lost if sending fails. If the form cannot be reached, the App offers to hand the same letter to your own mail app instead — and then it travels through your mail provider rather than through Formspree.

The contact form is why the App asks for internet access on Android. Nothing else in the App sends anything, apart from the font request described in Section 7.2.

6. Speech (read aloud)

If you use read aloud, the App asks your device’s built-in text-to-speech engine (on Android, often the system speech service) to speak the word and its meaning. The spoken text is processed on the device (or by the speech engine you have installed). We do not send that text to our servers. The speech engine you choose has its own privacy policy.

7. Information that may be processed anyway (device, store, fonts, and system)

Even when an app collects little or no data itself, some information is still processed by your device and platform providers:

7.1 Google Play & Android

When you install or update the App from Google Play, Google may process information such as:

  • App install, update, and crash statistics (as offered in Play Console to developers);
  • General device and region information;
  • Compliance and security-related signals.

That processing is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy and related terms for Google Play and Android: https://policies.google.com/privacy

7.2 Fonts

Script lettering (Tangerine) is bundled with the App. Display and body typefaces may be loaded from Google Fonts when the device is online. That request is made to Google, not to our servers. See Google’s privacy policy linked above.

7.3 Device storage & permissions

The App may need ordinary access that Android grants to apps, for example to:

  • Show the user interface (text, images, buttons);
  • Save preferences and saved words locally on the device;
  • Speak text through the system text-to-speech service if you tap read aloud;
  • Reach the internet, to submit a letter from the contact form and to load the display fonts described above.

We do not use the App to secretly turn on your microphone, or to read your contacts or photos for marketing. If a future version ever requested sensitive permissions, we would update this policy before release and explain why in the store listing.

8. Analytics, crash reporting, and similar tools

Current intent: we do not embed third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs that identify you personally for marketing.

If that changes in a future update (for example, to fix bugs faster), we will:

  • Update this Privacy Policy;
  • Update the Google Play Data safety section accurately;
  • Only use providers that offer appropriate contracts where required.

9. Links and related pages

The App may link to this website (for example, this policy or the app information page). External websites have their own privacy practices. The general privacy notice for this portfolio website is at /privacynotice and applies to the site, not to use inside the App.

10. International users & changes

  • Users may download the App from different countries. We operate from The Netherlands and process support requests as described when you contact us.
  • We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change, and we will post the new version at the same web address you use for the store listing.
  • Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the updated policy, unless local law requires a different approach.

11. Contact us

For privacy questions or requests, contact:

RaimonVibe
Email: info@raimonvibe.com
App page: https://raimonvibe.eu/apps/gloss
Website: https://raimonvibe.eu/

We will try to respond within a reasonable time.

12. No legal advice

This document is meant to help users understand our intentions. It is not legal advice. If you need advice about laws that apply to you (including GDPR, UK GDPR, or others), consult a qualified professional.

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