Privacy Policy

Overview

Omato does not require user accounts and does not sell personal data. The app is designed so the developer does not need access to your vocabulary data to provide the core experience.

What stays on your device

Text recognition from scanned images

• Images selected by the user are processed only on the device to detect text.
• Images are not uploaded to any server for OCR.
• Images are not stored by the developer.
• Image data is discarded after text detection is completed.

What leaves the device when you request a lookup

Word lookup and translation requests

When you ask Omato to define or translate a word, the app sends only what is needed to return the result:

• The word being looked up or translated
• A small amount of surrounding text to preserve context
• No names, email addresses, account identifiers, or iCloud data

This request may be sent to:

• A private backend operated by the app developer
• A third-party AI provider such as OpenAI or Google Gemini, only to process the requested definition or translation

Third-party AI providers

• They receive only the word and nearby text context needed for the request.
• They do not receive names, email addresses, account identifiers, device identifiers, or iCloud information from Omato.
• The app does not intentionally share data that identifies a user.

AI responses are used only to generate the definitions, meanings, or translations that you asked for.

Diagnostics and reliability logs

• Limited technical logs may be collected to diagnose errors and improve reliability.
• These logs are intended to exclude personal or user-identifiable information.
• Logs are retained for up to 3 days and then deleted automatically.

Where your vocabulary data is stored

Saved words and study data

• Omato does not use user accounts.
• Vocabulary data is stored in the user's iCloud account when iCloud is enabled.
• If iCloud is unavailable, vocabulary data is stored locally on the device.
• The app developer cannot directly access this vocabulary data.

If you are not signed in to iCloud:

• Data stays local to the device
• Data may be lost if the app is deleted or device data is reset

Data sharing

• Data is not sold to third parties.
• Data is shared only to process user-requested AI lookups or for limited reliability and debugging purposes.

Your choices and rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights regarding your data. Because Omato does not rely on user accounts or store broad personal profiles, many privacy-related actions can be handled by deleting the app, removing local data, or disabling iCloud storage for the app.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect changes to the App or legal requirements. Updates will be reflected within the App or on the App Store listing.