The short version
- AlloParlo is a speaking-practice app. To work, it sends what you say during a call to Google's AI services (Gemini and Cloud Text-to-Speech), which transcribe your speech, write your partner's reply and turn that reply into audio.
- AlloParlo does not keep your audio recordings. It keeps the written transcript of each call and the feedback made from it.
- Your conversation partners are AI. No person at AlloParlo listens to your calls.
- We do not sell your data, show ads, or track you across other apps and websites.
- You can delete your account, and everything in it, at any time from the app. See Delete your account.
Who this policy covers
This policy applies to the AlloParlo mobile app for iPhone and Android and to this website. AlloParlo ("we", "us") is responsible for the personal information described here. You can reach us at jasminddigital@gmail.com.
What we collect
Account information
- Your email address, and a password if you sign up with one. Passwords are stored in hashed form; we cannot read them.
- If you use Sign in with Google or Sign in with Apple: your email address and the basic profile information that provider shares with us, such as your name.
Your settings and profile
- The language and dialect you are learning, the language you use the app in, your daily call time and time zone, and how you prefer to talk and read during calls.
- The optional "About you" text and topics you choose to give, which your partner uses to personalize the conversation.
Your calls
- Your voice. Each time you finish speaking, that recording is sent through our server to Google to be transcribed and answered. We do not save the audio on our servers. A temporary copy on your phone is used only to send it.
- Transcripts. The text of what you said and what your partner replied, saved for every call.
- Feedback. The call summary, grammar corrections, recurring mistakes and how often they came up, vocabulary, and flashcards, including which cards you marked as known.
- Memory. Short facts your partner keeps from your calls (for example, your job or an upcoming trip) so later conversations can build on earlier ones. You can see, edit and delete every one of them in the Memory tab.
- Call records. When each call started and ended, how long it lasted, how many turns it had, how long replies took, and how much AI processing it used. We use this to enforce the daily limit and to measure quality and cost.
Notifications
If you turn on reminders, we store a push notification token for your device so we can send your daily call reminder, along with the date of the last reminder sent.
Crash and error reports
If the app crashes or hits an unexpected error, a report is sent to Sentry, our error-monitoring provider. Reports contain technical details about the error and your device (such as model and operating system version) and your AlloParlo account ID. They do not include your email address, and we do not use session replay or performance tracing.
This website
This website does not use cookies, analytics or advertising trackers. The company that hosts it may keep standard server logs (such as IP address and browser type) for security and reliability.
How we use it
- To run your calls: transcribe what you say and reply to you.
- To produce your post-call summary, corrections, vocabulary and flashcards.
- To personalize conversations using your profile and your partner's memory.
- To send the daily reminder you asked for.
- To sign you in and keep your account secure.
- To keep the service working: fix crashes, enforce the limit of one call a day of up to 15 minutes, and understand what calls cost to provide.
We do not use your data for advertising, and we do not sell or rent it to anyone.
Who processes your data
We share data only with the service providers needed to run AlloParlo. Each receives only what its job requires.
| Provider | What it does | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Google (Gemini API) | Transcribes your speech, writes your partner's replies, and generates your feedback and memory. | Your voice recordings, call transcripts, and the profile and memory facts used to personalize the call. |
| Google Cloud (Text-to-Speech) | Turns your partner's replies into spoken audio. | The text of your partner's replies. |
| Supabase | Hosts our database, sign-in system and server code. | Everything stored in your account, as listed under "What we collect". |
| Expo, with Apple (APNs) and Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) | Delivers your daily reminder notification. | Your device's push token and the reminder text. |
| Sentry | Collects crash and error reports. | Technical error and device details, and your account ID. |
| Google and Apple (sign-in) | Confirm who you are if you choose Sign in with Google or Sign in with Apple. | That you are signing in to AlloParlo. |
How Google handles call content
Please read this before your first call. During the current testing period, AlloParlo may use a tier of the Gemini API whose terms allow Google to use submitted content, including your voice recordings and transcripts, to improve its products and services, and human reviewers at Google may see it. Do not share sensitive or confidential information during calls. Google's handling of this data is described in the Gemini API Additional Terms of Service.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the rights and safety of our users and the service.
Where your data is processed
Our providers operate servers in several countries, including the United States. Your data may therefore be processed outside the country where you live, where privacy laws may differ from your own.
How long we keep it
- Audio recordings: not stored by AlloParlo. They are passed to Google for processing and discarded by our server once your partner has replied.
- Account, profile, transcripts, feedback, flashcards and memory: kept until you delete them or delete your account.
- Crash and error reports: kept by Sentry for a limited period (up to 90 days) and then deleted automatically.
- Data held by Google: Google may keep the content it processes for a limited time under its own terms, linked above.
Your choices and rights
- Edit or delete memory: open the Memory tab to change or remove any fact, or your "About you" text.
- Turn off reminders: disable notifications for AlloParlo in your phone's settings.
- Microphone: the app records only while you hold or tap the talk button during a call. You can withdraw microphone permission in your phone's settings, although calls will not work without it.
- Delete your account: in the app, go to Settings, then Account, then "Delete my account". Details are on the account deletion page.
- Access, correction and other requests: depending on where you live, you may have the right to get a copy of your data, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict certain uses, and to complain to your local data protection authority. Write to jasminddigital@gmail.com from the email address on your account and we will answer within 30 days.
Security
Data travels between the app, our servers and our providers over encrypted connections. Database rules ensure each account can read only its own data, and the keys for the AI services are kept on our servers, never in the app. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children
AlloParlo is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update this page and the date at the top. If a change significantly affects how your data is used, we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect.
Contact
Questions or requests about your privacy: jasminddigital@gmail.com.