Privacy Policy

The Scribe developers (SCRIBE) built the Android application "Scribe
- Language Keyboards" (SERVICE) as an open-source application. This
SERVICE is provided by SCRIBE at no cost and is intended for use
as is.

This privacy policy (POLICY) is used to inform the reader of the
policies for the access, tracking, collection, retention, use, and
disclosure of personal information (USER INFORMATION) and usage data
(USER DATA) for all individuals who make use of this SERVICE (USERS).

USER INFORMATION is specifically defined as any information related
to the USERS themselves or the devices they use to access the SERVICE.

USER DATA is specifically defined as any text that is typed or actions
that are done by the USERS while using the SERVICE.

1. Policy Statement

This SERVICE does not access, track, collect, retain, use, or disclose
any USER INFORMATION or USER DATA.

2. Do Not Track

USERS contacting SCRIBE to ask that their USER INFORMATION and USER
DATA not be tracked will be provided with a copy of this POLICY as
well as a link to all source codes as proof that they are not being
tracked.

3. Third-Party Data

This SERVICE makes use of third-party data. All data used in the
creation of this SERVICE comes from sources that allow its full use
in the manner done so by the SERVICE. Specifically, the data for this
SERVICE comes from Wikidata, which states that, "All structured data
in the main, property and lexeme namespaces is made available under
the Creative Commons CC0 License; text in other namespaces is made
available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License."
The policy in regards to the third-party data used can be found at
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Licensing.

4. Third-Party Source Code

This SERVICE was based on third party code. All source code used in
the creation of this SERVICE comes from sources that allow its full
use in the manner done so by the SERVICE. Specifically, the basis of
this project was the project Simple-Keyboard by Tibor Kaputa.
Simple-Keyboard was released under an GPL-3.0 license, with this license
being available at https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Keyboard/blob/main/LICENSE.
Codes from Simple-Commons by Tibor Kaputa were also used, with this
software also being GPL-3.0 licensed. The license for Simple-Commons is
available at https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Commons/blob/master/LICENSE

5. Third-Party Services

This SERVICE makes use of third-party services to manipulate some of
the third-party data. Specifically, data has been translated using
models from Hugging Face transformers. This service is covered by a
Apache License 2.0, which states that it is available for commercial
use, modification, distribution, patent use, and private use. The
license for the aforementioned service can be found at
https://github.com/huggingface/transformers/blob/master/LICENSE.

6. Third-Party Links

This SERVICE contains links to external websites. If USERS click on a
third-party link, they will be directed to a website. Note that these
external websites are not operated by this SERVICE. Therefore, USERS
are strongly advised to review the privacy policy of these websites.
This SERVICE has no control over and assumes no responsibility for
the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites
or services.

7. Third-Party Images

This SERVICE contains images that are copyrighted by third-parties.
Specifically this app includes a copy of the logos of GitHub, Inc and
Wikidata, trademarked by Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. The terms by which
the GitHub logo can be used are found on https://github.com/logos, and
the terms for the Wikidata logo are found on the following Wikimedia page:
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Trademark_policy. This
SERVICE uses the copyrighted images in a way that matches these criteria,
with the only deviation being a rotation of the GitHub logo that is common
in the open-source community to indicate that there is a link to the
GitHub website.

8. Content Notice

This SERVICE allows USERS to access linguistic content (CONTENT).
Some of this CONTENT could be deemed inappropriate for children and
legal minors. Accessing CONTENT using the SERVICE is done in a way
that the information is unavailable unless explicitly known.
Specifically, USERS "can" translate words, conjugate verbs, and access
other grammatical features of CONTENT that may be sexual, violent, or
otherwise inappropriate in nature. USERS "cannot" translate words,
conjugate verbs, and access other grammatical features of CONTENT that
may be sexual, violent, or otherwise inappropriate in nature if they
do not already know about the nature of this CONTENT. SCRIBE takes no
responsibility for the access of such CONTENT.

9. Changes

This POLICY is subject to change. Updates to this POLICY will replace
all prior instances, and if deemed material will further be clearly
stated in the next applicable update to the SERVICE. SCRIBE encourages
the USERS to familiarize themselves with any changes to this POLICY.

10. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions about this POLICY
or SCRIBE, do not hesitate to visit https://github.com/scribe-org or
contact SCRIBE at team@scri.be. The person responsible for such
inquiries is Andrew Tavis McAllister.

11. Effective Date

This POLICY is effective as of the 9th of June, 2022.
