Dutch in Context Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 3, 2026

Dutch in Context is a native iOS app that helps learners practice Dutch with news, stories, saved vocabulary, and flashcards. This policy describes how the iOS app handles your data.

You can browse news and stories without an account. Saving words, flashcards, and synced content require signing in with Apple.

Data We Collect

• Account information: when you sign in with Apple, we receive an Apple identity token and, when Apple provides it, an email address (your Apple ID email or a private relay address). We store your account ID and authentication sessions. We do not request your name from Apple and we do not use an app-specific password on iOS. Apple's handling of sign-in data is described in Apple's Privacy Policy.
• Learning data: saved articles, saved stories, saved words, flashcard answers, and review progress linked to your account.
• On-device preferences: app language and translation language choices are stored on your device and are not synced to our servers.
• Technical data: IP address, user agent, and basic request information may be processed when the app contacts our servers for authentication, security, abuse prevention, and service operation.

How We Use Data

• To create and secure your account through Sign in with Apple.
• To sync saved vocabulary, saved content, and flashcard progress when you use the app.
• To personalize the learning experience, including which words are due for review.
• To operate, debug, and protect the service, including search and display of learning content.

Sharing And Service Providers

Dutch in Context does not sell your data and does not use third-party tracking or advertising SDKs in the iOS app. We use service providers that process data on our behalf to run the service, including:

• Hosting and infrastructure: to host our API, store account and learning data, and keep the service running securely.
• Sign in with Apple (Apple): authentication and, when provided, your email for account creation.

When you save words, search queries linked to your saved vocabulary may be processed on our servers to power in-app search features.

Reading content in the app may include links to third-party websites (for example, the original news publisher). If you open such a link, you leave the app. That site's privacy practices apply on that site, not in Dutch in Context.

Retention And Deletion

Account and learning data are kept while your account is active. You can delete your account in the app from Settings → Privacy → Delete account. Deletion signs you out immediately; you can continue browsing as a guest without an account.

Account deletion removes your account, sessions, saved words, saved content, flashcard progress, and related search indexes from our active systems. Operational logs and backups, if present, may remain for a limited period for security and reliability.

Deletion is permanent for that learning data. If you sign in again with the same Apple ID, a new empty account is created; previous saves and progress are not restored. Removing the app from Settings → Apple ID → Sign in with Apple only affects Apple's sign-in authorization for the app, not data already deleted on our servers.

Children

Dutch in Context is not directed at children under 13.

Contact

For privacy questions, visit our Support page or email mstfzblt@gmail.com.