At Speechify, we care about the privacy of your data and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect about you and why. We hope you will read it carefully.
What is the scope of this Privacy Policy?
This Privacy Policy is incorporated into Speechify’s Terms of Service and License Agreement, located at Speechify.com/terms, and applies to the information obtained by us through your use of Speechify’s Site, Software, and Services (“Information”) as described in this Policy. Capitalized terms used in this Policy and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings provided for those terms in the Terms of Service.
What is Speechify’s business model?
Speechify offers a free service and paid services. To make money, we encourage the users of our free service to upgrade to one of our paid services. We don’t help third parties to advertise their products to you. We also do not—and will not—sell your information.
Information collection and use
What Information does Speechify collect about me?
When you interact with our Site, Software, and/or Services, we collect information that could be used to identify you (“Personal Data”). Some of the information we collect is stored in a manner that cannot be linked back to you (“Non-Personal Data”).
Information you provide us when you create an account
When you sign up for or use our Services, you voluntarily give us certain Personal Data, including:
Your username, email address, and contact and language preferences. If you log into Speechify with a social networking credential, such as with your Facebook or Google account, we will ask permission to access basic information from that account, such as your name and email address. You can stop sharing that information with us at any time by removing Speechify’s access to that account.
Your payment information, if you are a paying customer. This is required to complete a commercial transaction on the Site. We use this information to enable and fulfill your transaction. If you choose to use PayPal® to finalize and pay for your order, you will provide your credit card number directly to PayPal®. The privacy policy of PayPal® will apply to the information you provide on the PayPal® website.
Other Information we collect
We collect this information as you use the Site, Software, and/or Services:
User Content. This consists of all text, documents, or other content or information uploaded, entered, or otherwise transmitted by you in connection with your use of the Services and/or Software.
Names of user contacts in Speechify Keyboard (on-device storage only). To make appropriate spelling suggestions, the Speechify Keyboard may request or obtain access to your contacts’ names on your device. For instance, Speechify will not try to autocorrect names that are in your contacts. These names will be stored solely on your device within the Speechify Keyboard app and are never sent to Speechify servers.
Automatically collected Information
Certain data about the devices you use to connect with Speechify and your use of the Site, Software, and/or Services are automatically logged in our systems, including:
Location information. This is the geographic area where you use your computer and mobile devices (as indicated by an Internet Protocol (IP) address or similar identifier) when interacting with our Site, Software, and/or Services.
Log data. As with most websites and technology services delivered over the internet, our servers automatically collect data when you access or use our Site, Software, and/or Services and record it in log files. This log data may include IP address, browser type and settings, date and time of use, information about browser configuration, language preferences, and cookie data.
Usage information. This is information about the Speechify Site, Software, and/or Services you use and how you use them. We may also obtain data from our third-party partners and service providers to analyze how users use our Site, Software, and/or Services. For example, we will know how many users access a specific page on the Site and which links they clicked on. We use this aggregated information to better understand and optimize the Site.
Device information. This is data from your computer or mobile device, such as the type of hardware and software you are using (for example, your operating system and browser type), as well as unique device identifiers for devices that are using Speechify Software.
Cookies. Data obtained from cookies is described in the “Does Speechify use cookies?” section and in our Cookie Policy.
Information collected from other sources
We may collect information about you from third parties, such as marketing partners and researchers, where they are legally allowed to share your Information with us. We may combine the Information we receive from other sources with Information we collect from you (or your device) and use it as described in this Privacy Policy.
How does Speechify use my Information?
We use, process, and store your Information as necessary to perform our contract with you and for our legitimate business interests, including:
To help us provide and administer our Site, Software, and/or Services, authenticate users for security purposes, provide personalized user features and access, process transactions, conduct research, develop new features, and improve the features, algorithms, and usability of our Site, Software, and/or Services.
To communicate with you about your use of our Site, Software, and/or Services, product announcements, and software updates, as well as respond to your requests for assistance, including providing account verification support if you’re having difficulty accessing your account.
To send you direct marketing emails and special offers about Speechify, from which you can unsubscribe at any time. For more information, please see the section titled, “Will Speechify send me emails?” If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, or the UK, we will only send you marketing information if you consent to us doing so at the time you create your account or any point thereafter.
To display User Content associated with your account and make sure it is available to you when you use our Services.
To provide human proofreading services for users who submit User Content in connection with this specific service.
To calculate aggregate statistics on the number of unique devices using our Site, Software, and/or Services, and to detect and prevent fraud and misuse of those.
