Privacy Policy

At Friends Daad (أصدقاء الضاد), accessible from https://friendsdaad.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our mobile application and website.

We collect only what the app needs to teach, to keep each child’s progress, and to let parents and teachers follow it:

• Account: an email address and a password (stored only as a secure hash), and an optional display name. You can also play as a guest, without an email; a guest account is linked to the device.
• Children’s profiles: a first name or nickname, an optional avatar, an age range or birth year, a learning goal and level, and app settings (language, sound, calm mode).
• Learning activity: lessons and levels played, answers, scores, XP, streaks, achievements and certificates.
• Handwriting practice: when a child writes a letter to have it checked, the drawing and the result are sent to our server.
• Classes and homework: for parent and teacher accounts, class names, the profiles enrolled, the homework set and the work handed in.
• Purchases: when a subscription is bought, the store receipt, to confirm it. Payment details are handled by Apple or Google; we never see them.
• Technical data: crash reports, to fix problems; usage statistics, only if you accept them; and a notification token if you turn reminders on.

Speaking exercises use your device’s built-in speech recognition (provided by Apple or Google). We do not record or store voice recordings on our servers.

We do not collect your location, contacts, photos or other files.

We use your information only to:

• Run the app: sign you in, keep each child's progress and sync it across devices
• Let parents and teachers follow their children's and students' progress
• Confirm subscriptions bought in the app
• Fix crashes and improve the lessons
• Send the reminders you chose to receive

The app shows no advertising. We do not use your data for advertising or profiling, and we never sell it.

We rely on a few service providers, who process data only on our behalf:

• Apple App Store and Google Play, which distribute the app and process purchases.
• Google Firebase: Crashlytics for crash reports, and Analytics for anonymous usage statistics when you accept them. See Google’s privacy policy.
• Apple and Google speech services, built into your device, for speaking exercises.

For apps distributed through the Apple App Store, your use may also be subject to Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

We do not share your information with anyone else.

We take your data security seriously. All communication with the app is encrypted using HTTPS, passwords are stored only as secure hashes, and sessions use short-lived access tokens.

Friends of DAAD is made for children. An account is created and managed by a parent or teacher, and a child’s profile needs no more than a nickname. Purchases and links that leave the app are behind a parental check, and the app shows no ads.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 without parental consent, in accordance with applicable laws (e.g., COPPA, GDPR-K). If we discover that we have unintentionally collected such information, we will promptly delete it.

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Request deletion of your account
• Withdraw consent for data processing

You can request account deletion in one of the following ways:

When your account is deleted, we permanently remove:

• Your account
• Your children's profiles
• App progress, scores, lives, and usage data associated with your account
• The classes and homework you created

Account deletion requests are processed within 7 days.

Some limited data may be retained if required for legal, security, or fraud-prevention purposes.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. All changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of our app constitutes your agreement to the new terms.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, you can contact us at: