Privacy Policy

Uvaaj is operated by an individual in the United Kingdom under the AXOF Studios name.

Uvaaj helps users learn languages while browsing the web. The Chrome extension replaces selected English words with words from a chosen learning language and provides pronunciation assistance. The Uvaaj website manages accounts, subscriptions and user preferences.

By using Uvaaj at https://www.uvaaj.com, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions at https://www.uvaaj.com/terms.

For privacy questions, contact axofstudios@gmail.com.

2.1 Account information

We may collect:

• Email address
• Name, where provided by you or through Google sign-in
• Profile image URL, where provided through Google sign-in
• Securely hashed passwords for email/password accounts
• Account role
• Subscription and trial status

Passwords are not stored in plaintext.

2.2 Learning preferences

We may store:

• Selected learning language
• Language Guide settings
• Pronunciation settings, including selected accent
• Difficulty and frequency preferences
• Optional website-specific extension preferences

2.3 Extension and product usage

We may collect limited information needed to operate and understand use of the extension, including:

• Extension installation identifiers
• Installation and activity timestamps
• Country associated with an installation
• Basic extension activity information
• Vocabulary packs and preferences required by the extension

Uvaaj cannot see the webpages you visit or the content you are viewing.

Webpage text used for word replacement and pronunciation highlighting is processed locally within your browser. The content of the webpages you visit is not sent to Uvaaj's servers for this purpose.

2.4 Billing information

We may store:

• Subscription plan
• Subscription status
• Trial dates
• Stripe customer and subscription identifiers

Payments are processed by Stripe.

Uvaaj does not store full payment card numbers or card security details.

2.5 Technical information

Our hosting and infrastructure providers may automatically process limited technical information required to operate and secure the Service, such as:

• IP address
• Browser or device information
• Request timestamps
• Security and server logs

Essential authentication or session technologies may also be used to keep users securely signed in.

We do not currently use advertising or marketing cookies.

We use personal information to:

• Create and secure your account
• Provide Uvaaj's language-learning features
• Store and sync your preferences
• Provide vocabulary packs to the extension
• Confirm access to paid or trial features
• Process subscriptions and billing
• Send essential account and billing communications
• Provide customer support
• Maintain the security and reliability of Uvaaj
• Prevent misuse or abuse
• Understand basic product and extension usage
• Meet legal and regulatory requirements

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not provide your personal information to advertising networks or use it for unrelated advertising.

Under UK data protection law, we need a lawful basis for processing personal information.

We rely on:

• Contract – where processing is necessary to create your account, provide Uvaaj, store your preferences and manage your subscription.
• Legal obligation – where we need to keep information to meet legal, tax, accounting or regulatory requirements.
• Legitimate interests – where necessary to secure Uvaaj, prevent abuse, maintain service reliability and understand basic product usage.

Our legitimate interests are operating and improving Uvaaj while keeping the Service secure and reliable.

The Uvaaj Chrome extension needs to interact with webpages so that it can identify eligible text and display language-learning replacements.

Page content used for this functionality is processed locally within your browser.

The extension may store information locally on your device, including:

• Authentication information
• Learning preferences
• Cached vocabulary
• Extension settings

The extension communicates with Uvaaj's servers when required to sign in, verify account access, sync preferences and download vocabulary.

Uvaaj does not receive or store the full content of webpages you browse.

Local extension information can be removed by signing out, clearing extension data or uninstalling the extension, where applicable.

If you choose Continue with Google, Google authenticates your account and may provide us with basic profile information such as:

• Email address
• Name
• Profile image

We use this information only to create, identify and sign you into your Uvaaj account.

You can choose to use email and password instead.

Google processes information according to its own Privacy Policy.

Subscriptions and payments are processed by Stripe.

Stripe may collect payment method, billing and transaction information directly from you.

Uvaaj receives only the information required to manage your subscription and determine your access to paid features.

Stripe processes information according to its own Privacy Policy.

We use third-party providers where necessary to operate Uvaaj, including:

• Vercel – website hosting and infrastructure
• Neon – database infrastructure
• Stripe – subscription and payment processing
• Google – Google sign-in, where selected by the user

These providers may process limited personal information on our behalf where necessary to provide their services.

We may also disclose information where required by law, regulation, court order or where reasonably necessary to protect Uvaaj, our users or others.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

We aim to keep personal information only for as long as it is needed.

• Account and profile data: deleted when you delete your account, unless information must legally be retained.
• Learning preferences: deleted with your account when no longer required.
• Extension installation and activity information: retained only while required to operate or understand active use of the extension, after which it is deleted or anonymised.
• Technical and security information: retained only for as long as reasonably required for security, troubleshooting or abuse prevention.
• Billing and transaction records: may be retained for longer where required by tax, accounting or other legal obligations.

Deleting an account does not require us to delete information that we are legally required to retain.

You can delete your Uvaaj account through the account features provided within the Service.

Deleting your account removes associated personal account information except where limited information must be retained for legal, financial, security or regulatory purposes.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information.

These include measures such as:

• HTTPS encryption
• Secure password hashing
• Authentication controls
• Restricted administrative access

No online service can guarantee absolute security.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal information.

Under UK data protection law, these may include the right to:

• Request access to your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Restrict certain processing
• Object to certain processing
• Request a portable copy of eligible information

To exercise a privacy right, contact axofstudios@gmail.com.

If you are in the UK, you also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe your personal information has been handled incorrectly.

Uvaaj is not intended for users below the minimum age required to lawfully use and pay for the Service in their country.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from users who are not legally permitted to use the Service.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Uvaaj improperly, contact axofstudios@gmail.com.

Uvaaj is operated from the United Kingdom and may be used by people in the UK, United States, India and other countries.

Some of our service providers may process or store information outside the United Kingdom.

Where required by applicable data protection law, international transfers of personal information will be handled using an appropriate lawful transfer mechanism or safeguard.

Uvaaj does not use personal information to make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on users.

We may update this Privacy Policy as Uvaaj develops or if our legal or data-processing requirements change.

The latest version will be published on this page and the Last updated date will be changed accordingly.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or request consent before making material changes to how personal information is used.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information:

• Email: axofstudios@gmail.com
• Website: https://www.uvaaj.com
• Privacy Policy: https://www.uvaaj.com/privacy
• Terms and Conditions: https://www.uvaaj.com/terms