Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 24, 2026

Welcome to AmaOdia. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any data processed by our application. This policy outlines our practices regarding data handling, permissions, and third-party services for the AmaOdia Android App.

1. Information Handling (Local Storage)

The App stores information locally on your device's private sandbox storage to provide a personalized experience. This data includes:

• Search History: Saved locally via a secure Room database to allow you to revisit recent word lookups.
• Favorites: Words you choose to bookmark for quick access are kept locally on your phone's internal storage.

Data Deletion: You can delete all locally stored data (History and Favorites) at any time by using the clear features within the App settings or by uninstalling the application. All local data is permanently removed upon uninstallation.

2. Mandatory Permissions & Their Usage

• Internet & Network State: Used solely to facilitate optional background functions. No personally identifiable information or user search activity is tracked or transmitted over the network.
• Notification Permission: Required to deliver the "Word of the Day" updates and daily vocabulary learning reminders.

3. Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party SDKs provided by Google to ensure application stability, accurate features, and proper installation licensing:

• Google Play Services: Used for app updates, licensing validation, and security verification.
• Google Text-to-Speech: Used locally to provide audio word pronunciations.

4. Data Attribution & Licensing

The dictionary data in AmaOdia is sourced from the "Dictionary: English Odia word pairs" dataset by Soumendra Kumar Sahoo (2021), available on Kaggle (DOI: 10.34740/KAGGLE/DSV/2709373). This data is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

Modifications were made to the original data structure (including indexing, database expansion, and unique ID mapping) to optimize performance for the Android platform. In accordance with the ShareAlike provision, the modified database schema/data is available to the community upon request.

5. Security

We use industry-standard encryption and code obfuscation (R8/ProGuard) to protect the App’s internal logic. All local data is stored in the app's private sandbox, which is completely inaccessible to other applications on your device.

6. Children’s Privacy

AmaOdia does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children. Since no user accounts, registration, or cloud sign-ins are required, we do not track or store user ages.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or feedback regarding this policy or wish to request the modified database, please contact us at:

Email: rajesh.codecanvas@gmail.com