Privacy, in plain language.
OwnWord is a public beta for careful academic review. We collect only what we need to operate the service and protect your analysis balance.
What we collect
When you sign in with Google, we receive a stable Google account identifier, email address, display name, and optional profile image. We use the stable identifier as the account key. If you purchase analyses, Stripe processes your payment and we store the Checkout Session ID, payment status, product, amount, currency, purchase date, and the analyses granted. We do not receive or store card numbers or security codes.
Submitted writing
OwnWord stores a one-way SHA-256 hash of each submitted passage, its character count, the result, and limited operational metadata. We do not intentionally retain the submitted passage after analysis. Do not submit confidential, sensitive, or personal information.
Why we use this information
We use account and purchase information to provide sign-in, grant the complimentary analysis, maintain paid balances, prevent duplicate requests, complete purchases, protect the daily capacity limit, diagnose failures, and respond to account requests.
Payments
Stripe Checkout handles payment entry. Stripe's own privacy policy applies to information it processes. Analyses are added only after Stripe confirms a paid Checkout Session through a signed webhook.
Retention and sharing
We retain account, purchase, and analysis metadata only as long as reasonably needed to operate OwnWord, prevent fraud, meet recordkeeping needs, and resolve support requests. We do not sell submitted passages or account information. We share information only with service providers needed to operate authentication, hosting, data storage, and payments.
Your choices
You can sign out at any time. To request deletion of your account data, email nirvairsandhu2008@gmail.com from the email address connected to your account. We may need to retain limited records where necessary for security, payment, or legal recordkeeping.
Contact
OwnWord is operated by Nirvair Sandhu. For privacy questions or deletion requests, contact nirvairsandhu2008@gmail.com.