Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how I collect, use, and handle your information when you use Morpheem. I am committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about my practices.

Information I Collect

Morpheem collects and stores only the following limited information:

• Username: A self-selected identifier that you choose when creating your account. This username is not verified against your real identity.
• Password: Your password is stored in a secure, hashed format and cannot be viewed by me in its original form.
• Email Address (Members Only): If you choose to become a paying member, I collect your email address for account management and communication purposes. This is required for membership but optional for free accounts.
• Discord Username (Optional): You may choose to store your Discord username with your account. This is entirely optional and can be added or removed at any time.
• Session Cookie: A single cookie is used solely for maintaining your login session. This cookie does not track you across websites and is essential for the basic functionality of the service.
• Activity Logs: I maintain logs of user activity on the site. These logs contain information about actions taken on the site but are only linked to an anonymized user ID, not to any personally identifiable information. Logs are retained for at most one month.

Information I Do NOT Collect

I want to be clear about what I don't collect:

• The following information is only collected from paying members: email address, real name, payment information, country, postal code. This data is handled by Paddle, a third-party payment processor.
• Postal address
• Phone number
• IP address
• Geolocation data
• Any other personally identifiable information

No Third-Party Tracking

Morpheem does not use:

• Analytics services
• Advertising trackers
• Social media pixels
• Any other third-party tracking technologies

AI Processing

Morpheem uses AI to evaluate your exercises. To do this, the answers you submit during exercises are sent to third-party AI language model providers, currently OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, and Google.

This text is transmitted under these providers' standard paid API terms, which state that your data is not used to train their models. Their handling of the data is governed by their own privacy policies.

No identifying information is sent along with your answers — the providers receive the text in isolation, with no way to attribute it to you.

Voice Recordings

Speaking exercises record your voice, and the app or site asks for permission to use your microphone before the first one. Recording starts when you tap the record button on a speaking exercise and stops when you tap it again, or by itself if you trail off. It never happens in the background, and never while Morpheem is not open in front of you.

The recording is sent to Morpheem's server and passed straight on to a third-party speech-to-text provider (currently Groq) to be turned into text, under the same paid API terms described above: your audio is not used to train their models. It is sent without your username or any other identifying information.

The audio itself is never stored. It is held in memory only for as long as the transcription takes, and is discarded as soon as the text comes back. What is kept is the transcription — the words you said — which is treated exactly like a typed answer: it is used to evaluate the exercise and to track what you know.

How I Use Your Information

The limited information I collect is used exclusively for:

• Authenticating your access to the site
• Providing and maintaining the service
• Protecting the security of the site
• Improving the user experience

Data Security

I implement reasonable security measures to protect your information:

• Passwords are securely hashed
• Regular security updates to the systems

Information Sharing

I do not sell, rent, or trade your information. There are only two cases where data goes to a third party:

• Your exercise answers are sent to the AI language model providers described in the "AI Processing" section above. No personally identifiable information is included.
• For paying members, your payment and contact details are held by Paddle, the third-party payment processor, as described above.

Changes to This Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify users of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

Contact Me

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact me at the e-mail address displayed in the "community" tab.