🌱 Bustani ya Maneno — Sera ya Faragha

Tarehe ya kuanza kutumika: 26 Oktoba 2026 (kuanzia toleo 1.1) · Programu: Bustani ya Maneno (com.wordgarden.sw) kwa Android na iOS · English version below

Kwa ufupi

1. Taarifa zinazohifadhiwa kwenye simu yako

Maendeleo yako ya kujifunza (hatua ya kila neno na wakati wa marudio yake yajayo), kumbukumbu za siku ulizojifunza, matokeo ya vipimo vya msamiati, maneno uliyoweka kwenye vipendwa, lugha unayojifunza, mipangilio yako (pamoja na saa ya kikumbusho cha kujifunza, ukikiwasha), idadi ya matangazo ya skrini nzima yaliyokwisha kuonyeshwa, na kumbukumbu ya lini na mara ngapi programu imekuomba uikadirie huhifadhiwa katika hifadhi ya programu ndani ya simu yako. Maendeleo ya kila lugha (Kiingereza na Kikorea) huhifadhiwa kando. Taarifa hizi hazitumwi kwa msanidi.

Nakala rudufu ya kiotomatiki: Kwenye Android na iPhone/iPad, programu huhifadhi pia nakala kamili ya maendeleo ya kila lugha katika folda ya ndani ya programu, kwenye simu hiyo hiyo, ili maendeleo yako yasipotee ikiwa hifadhi ya programu itafutwa au itaharibika (kwa mfano simu ikijaa). Nakala hii inajumuisha pia hali iliyotangulia, inayotumiwa na «Rudi kwenye hali iliyotangulia» katika Mipangilio. Programu nyingine haziwezi kuifikia folda hiyo, faili hizi hazionekani kati ya faili zako, na programu haizitumi nje ya simu.

Taarifa hizi zote, pamoja na nakala rudufu ya kiotomatiki, zinafutwa unapoondoa (uninstall) programu. Ukichagua «Futa maendeleo ya Kiingereza» au «Futa maendeleo ya Kikorea» katika Mipangilio ya programu, maendeleo ya lugha unayojifunza wakati huo na nakala yake rudufu ya kiotomatiki yanafutwa, na hayawezi kurejeshwa isipokuwa kama ulihifadhi nakala rudufu yako mwenyewe (sehemu ya 2); maendeleo ya lugha nyingine hayaguswi. Ikiwa umewasha nakala rudufu ya mfumo wa simu yako (kwa mfano nakala rudufu ya Google au iCloud), huduma hiyo inaweza kujumuisha data ya programu hii, ikiwemo nakala rudufu ya kiotomatiki. Nakala hizo hufuata mipangilio ya akaunti yako ya Google au Apple, na msanidi hana ufikiaji wa nakala hizo.

2. Nakala rudufu (backup)

Ukichagua «Hifadhi nakala rudufu», programu hutengeneza faili ya JSON yenye maendeleo yako ya lugha unayojifunza na kufungua menyu ya kushiriki ya simu yako. Wewe ndiye unayechagua mahali pa kuihifadhi au kuituma (kwa mfano Drive au Faili). Ukichagua «Nakili msimbo», nakala rudufu hunakiliwa kama msimbo, nawe unaweza kuubandika mahali unapotaka. Faili au msimbo huo una maendeleo na mipangilio yako tu, si jina wala barua pepe yako. Programu yenyewe haitumi nakala rudufu popote; ukiihifadhi au kuituma kupitia huduma nyingine, huduma hiyo inafuata sera yake ya faragha. Programu haihamishi nakala rudufu ya kiotomatiki (sehemu ya 1) kwenda simu nyingine, kwa hiyo ukibadilisha simu, tumia «Hifadhi nakala rudufu».

3. Matamshi (sauti)

Programu inatumia injini ya kubadilisha maandishi kuwa sauti (text-to-speech) iliyo kwenye simu yako. Ni maandishi ya neno au sentensi tu yanayopelekwa kwenye injini hiyo. Maikrofoni haitumiki, na hakuna kinachorekodiwa. Injini hiyo inafuata sera ya faragha ya mtengenezaji wake (kwa mfano Google au Apple).

4. Matangazo (Google AdMob)

5. Chaguo lako kuhusu matangazo yaliyobinafsishwa

6. Ruhusa (permissions)

Kwenye Android, programu inatumia ufikiaji wa intaneti (pamoja na kuangalia hali ya muunganisho wa mtandao) na ruhusa ya advertising ID kwa ajili ya matangazo, pamoja na ruhusa ya mtetemo (vibration) ili simu itetemeke kidogo unapojibu. Ruhusa hizi za kawaida hutolewa programu inaposakinishwa, bila kukuuliza.

Vikumbusho vya kujifunza (hiari): Vikumbusho vimezimwa mwanzoni. Programu inaomba ruhusa ya arifa (notifications) pale tu unapowasha «Kikumbusho cha kujifunza» katika Mipangilio, au unapogusa «Ndiyo, nikumbushe» kwenye kadi ya skrini ya Bustani. Kwenye Android, ruhusa hii huulizwa kwenye Android 13 na matoleo mapya zaidi tu. Usipoiruhusu, vipengele vingine vyote vinaendelea kufanya kazi, na unaweza kuzima vikumbusho wakati wowote katika Mipangilio ya programu au ya simu. Vikumbusho hupangwa ndani ya simu yako: si zaidi ya kikumbusho kimoja kwa siku, kwa saa uliyochagua, na siku ambazo una kitu cha kujifunza tu. Maandishi yake (idadi ya maneno ya kumwagilia, mbegu mpya na mfululizo wa siku zako) hutengenezwa kwenye simu, na hakuna taarifa inayotumwa kwa msanidi wala kwa seva yoyote kwa ajili ya vikumbusho. Kulingana na mipangilio ya arifa ya simu yako, kikumbusho kinaweza kuonekana kwenye skrini iliyofungwa. Kwenye Android, programu pia ina ruhusa ya RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED ili vikumbusho ulivyopanga viendelee baada ya kuwasha simu upya, na ruhusa ya WAKE_LOCK, inayotumiwa na vikumbusho na pia na zana ya matangazo ya Google. Programu haitumii ruhusa ya kengele za muda kamili (exact alarms), kwa hiyo kikumbusho kinaweza kuchelewa kidogo.

Kwenye iPhone/iPad, programu inaweza kukuuliza ruhusa mbili: ruhusa ya ufuatiliaji («Allow Tracking») kwa ajili ya matangazo, kama ilivyoelezwa katika sehemu ya 5, na ruhusa ya arifa ikiwa tu utawasha vikumbusho vya kujifunza. Programu haiombi ruhusa nyeti kama mahali ulipo, anwani za watu (contacts), kamera, maikrofoni au hifadhi ya faili.

7. Wahusika wengine

Msanidi hauzi taarifa zozote binafsi. Taarifa zinazohusu matangazo hukusanywa na kuchakatwa moja kwa moja na Google AdMob kama ilivyoelezwa katika sehemu ya 4. Msanidi hupokea ripoti za jumla tu (kama idadi ya matangazo yaliyoonyeshwa), ambazo hazionyeshi wewe ni nani.

Ombi la kukadiria programu: Mara chache (si zaidi ya mara 3 kwa mwaka), baada ya somo lililoenda vizuri, programu inaweza kuiomba simu ionyeshe dirisha rasmi la Apple (App Store) au Google (Google Play) la kukadiria programu. Apple au Google ndio wanaoamua kama dirisha hilo litaonekana, na wao ndio wanaolishughulikia. Programu haioni nyota wala maoni unayoandika humo, na haiwatumii Apple au Google maendeleo yako. Ukadiriaji na maoni unayotuma hufuata sera ya faragha ya Apple au Google.

8. Watoto

Programu hii imekusudiwa watu wenye umri wa miaka 13 na zaidi, na hailengi watoto. Hatukusanyi kwa makusudi taarifa binafsi za watoto walio chini ya umri wa miaka 13. Matangazo yote yamewekewa kikomo cha daraja la General (G).

9. Mabadiliko

Sera hii ikibadilishwa, tutaweka toleo jipya kwenye ukurasa huu pamoja na tarehe mpya ya kuanza kutumika.

10. Wasiliana nasi

Maswali kuhusu faragha: jpmajo2137@gmail.com

Ukigusa «Andika barua pepe» kwenye «Tuma maoni» katika Mipangilio, programu ya barua pepe ya simu yako hufunguka, ikiwa na anwani yetu na kichwa cha barua (jina la programu, toleo lake na msimbo wa lugha unayojifunza, kwa mfano sw-en au sw-ko) tayari vimejazwa. Programu yenyewe haitumi chochote; wewe ndiye unayeamua utaandika nini na kama utaituma. Tutatumia barua yako na anwani yako ya barua pepe kukujibu tu, na hatutazitumia kwa madhumuni mengine wala kuwapa watu wengine.


Bustani ya Maneno — Privacy Policy (English)

Effective date: October 26, 2026 (from version 1.1) · App: Bustani ya Maneno (com.wordgarden.sw) for Android and iOS

In short

  • There are no accounts or sign-in. Your progress is stored on your device. The app does not send your personal data (such as your name or email address) to the developer, and the developer has no server that receives your progress. If you email us yourself through «Tuma maoni» (Send feedback), we use your email address only to reply.
  • To keep the app free, it shows Google AdMob ads. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect and process your advertising ID, approximate location (derived from your IP address), device information, and whether you saw or tapped an ad.
  • There are no ads during lessons, the placement test, the games or while you read a story. You can refuse personalized ads, and every feature of the app keeps working.
  • Study reminders are optional. The app asks for notification permission only when you turn them on, and reminders are scheduled on your device only; nothing is sent to any server.

1. Information stored on your device

Your learning progress (the stage of each word and when its next review is due), your study-day records, your placement test results, favourite words, the language you are learning, your settings (including your study reminder time, if you turn reminders on), the number of full-screen ads already shown, and a record of when and how often the app has asked you to rate it are stored in the app's storage on your device. Progress for each language (English and Korean) is kept separately. This information is not sent to the developer.

Automatic backup: On Android and iPhone/iPad, the app also keeps a full copy of your progress for each language in the app's private folder on the same device, so your progress is not lost if the app's storage is cleared or damaged (for example when the phone runs out of space). This copy also includes the previous state used by «Rudi kwenye hali iliyotangulia» (Go back to the previous state) in Settings. Other apps cannot access that folder, the files do not appear among your files, and the app never sends them off the device.

All of this information, including the automatic backup, is deleted when you uninstall the app. If you choose «Futa maendeleo ya Kiingereza» or «Futa maendeleo ya Kikorea» (Delete English / Korean progress) in the app's Settings, the progress for the language you are learning at that time and its automatic backup are deleted and cannot be recovered, unless you saved your own backup (section 2); the other language's progress is not affected. If you have turned on your phone's system backup (for example Google backup or iCloud), that service may include this app's data, including the automatic backup. Those backups follow your Google or Apple account settings, and the developer has no access to them.

2. Backup

If you choose «Hifadhi nakala rudufu» (Save a backup), the app creates a JSON file with your progress for the language you are learning and opens your phone's share menu. You choose where to save or send it (for example Drive or Files). If you choose «Nakili msimbo» (Copy code), the backup is copied as a code that you can paste wherever you like. The file or code contains only your progress and settings, not your name or email address. The app itself does not send the backup anywhere; if you save or send it through another service, that service's privacy policy applies. The app does not move the automatic backup (section 1) to another phone, so use «Hifadhi nakala rudufu» when you change phones.

3. Pronunciation (audio)

The app uses the text-to-speech engine on your device. Only the text of a word or sentence is passed to that engine. The microphone is never used, and nothing is recorded. The engine follows its maker's privacy policy (for example Google or Apple).

4. Ads (Google AdMob)

5. Your choices about personalized ads

6. Permissions

On Android, the app uses internet access (including checking the network connection status) and the advertising ID permission for ads, plus the vibration permission for answer feedback. These are normal permissions granted at installation, without a prompt.

Study reminders (optional): Reminders are off by default. The app asks for notification permission only when you turn on «Kikumbusho cha kujifunza» (Study reminder) in Settings, or tap «Ndiyo, nikumbushe» (Yes, remind me) on the card on the Bustani screen. On Android, this permission is asked for only on Android 13 and newer. If you do not allow it, every other feature keeps working, and you can turn reminders off at any time in the app's Settings or your phone's settings. Reminders are scheduled on your device: at most one a day, at the time you choose, and only on days when you have something to study. Their text (how many words to water, new seeds and your streak) is created on the device, and no information is sent to the developer or any server for reminders. Depending on your phone's notification settings, a reminder may appear on the lock screen. On Android, the app also has the RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED permission so that scheduled reminders continue after you restart the phone, and the WAKE_LOCK permission, which is used by reminders and also by Google's ads software. The app does not use the exact alarm permission, so a reminder may arrive a little late.

On iPhone/iPad, the app may ask for two permissions: tracking ("Allow Tracking") for ads, as described in section 5, and notifications, only if you turn on study reminders. It does not request sensitive permissions such as location, contacts, camera, microphone or file storage.

7. Third parties

The developer does not sell any personal data. Ad-related information is collected and processed directly by Google AdMob as described in section 4. The developer only receives aggregate reports (such as how many ads were shown) that do not identify you.

Rating prompt: Occasionally (at most 3 times a year), after a lesson that went well, the app may ask your phone to show the official Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play) window for rating the app. Apple or Google decides whether the window appears and handles it. The app does not see the stars or review you write there, and it does not send your progress to Apple or Google. Any rating or review you submit follows Apple's or Google's privacy policy.

8. Children

This app is intended for people aged 13 and over and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. All ads are limited to the General (G) rating.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, we will post the new version on this page with a new effective date.

10. Contact

Privacy questions: jpmajo2137@gmail.com

If you tap «Andika barua pepe» (Write an email) under «Tuma maoni» (Send feedback) in Settings, your phone's own mail app opens with our address and a subject line already filled in (the app name, its version and the code of the language you are learning, for example sw-en or sw-ko). The app itself sends nothing; you decide what to write and whether to send it. We use your message and email address only to reply to you, and we do not use them for any other purpose or share them with anyone else.