Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 3, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party.
Application refers to Wordsmith, the software program provided by the Company.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Wordsmith.
Country refers to: New Zealand
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Application.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service and may include information such as IP address, browser type, device ID, pages visited, and diagnostic data.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring usage.
- To manage Your Account, giving You access to functionalities as a registered user.
- For the performance of a contract, including purchases or services agreed upon.
- To contact You, by email, phone, SMS, or push notifications.
- To provide You with news, offers, and updates unless opted out.
- To manage Your requests and provide customer support.
- For business transfers, including mergers or acquisitions.
- For other purposes such as analytics, marketing, and improving services.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only as long as necessary for purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy and as required by law.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your data may be transferred to and maintained on computers outside of Your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. By using the Service, You consent to such transfers with safeguards in place.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account and visiting account settings. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
When you delete your Wordsmith account, we immediately deactivate the account and mark your content for deletion. We then permanently remove associated data from our systems after 30 days. This short retention window allows us to process the request safely, prevent accidental loss, and complete security or fraud checks. After this period, the data is irreversibly deleted. Some limited data may persist temporarily in backups for disaster-recovery purposes and will be purged on their normal rotation schedules. We do not use backup copies for active processing.
Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
We may disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or valid requests by authorities.
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data when necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing
- Protect the safety of Users or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
We use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, but no method is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If You are aware that Your child has provided us with data, please contact Us to remove it.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to third-party websites. We strongly advise You to review their Privacy Policies as We are not responsible for their content or practices.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: hello@wordsmith-app.com
By visiting: www.wordsmith-app.com#contact-us-section