Privacy

1. Who we are

“What Does That Mean?” (the “Extension”) and its website (the “Website”, together the “Service”) are made by Ojas Rajankar (“we”, “us”). You can reach us at ojasrajankar@gmail.com.

We do not run any server that receives data from the Extension. Everything described below happens in your browser or directly between your browser and the third-party services named here.

2. What the Extension handles

• The word you choose to look up. When you double-click a word, use the right-click menu, or type in the toolbar popup, that word or short phrase is sent over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection to the Free Dictionary API at api.dictionaryapi.dev to fetch its meaning. Nothing else from the page is sent. As with any internet request, that service necessarily receives technical connection data such as your IP address and browser type. It is operated independently of us, and its own terms and practices apply.
• Web pages you visit. To notice a double-click on any site, the Extension runs a small script on web pages. It reads only the word you double-click or select, and only at that moment. It does not read, record or send anything else from the page, your browsing history, or form fields. Double-clicks inside text boxes are ignored.
• Your settings. Two settings are saved using Chrome’s built-in sync storage: whether double-click lookups are on, and a list of website addresses (host names) where you turned them off. If Chrome Sync is turned on, Google may sync these between your own devices under Google’s Privacy Policy. We cannot access them.
• A lookup count. The Extension keeps a simple number of how many words you have looked up, stored only on your device with Chrome’s local storage, so that after 30 lookups it can show one optional “rate it” link, once. It is never sent anywhere, and it is deleted when you uninstall.
• Recent meanings. To make repeat lookups instant, recent results are kept in temporary memory only. They are never written to disk and are cleared whenever Chrome stops the Extension’s background process.
• Saying words out loud. The speaker button uses the text-to-speech voices provided by Chrome and your operating system. Depending on the voice you have, the word may be processed by Google or your operating system provider under their own policies.
• Links. “From Wiktionary”, the license link and “Search the web” open other websites in a new tab. Those sites’ own policies apply once you leave the Extension.

3. What the Website handles

• Hosting. The Website is hosted by Vercel Inc., which, like any web host, processes standard request logs (such as IP address, time and page requested) to deliver and protect the site. See Vercel’s Privacy Policy. We do not add analytics, tracking pixels or cookies.
• The live demo. Words you look up in the demo are sent from your browser directly to api.dictionaryapi.dev, exactly as in the Extension. The speaker uses your browser’s built-in speech.
• Motion preference. If you choose “Reduce motion”, that choice is saved in your browser’s local storage on your device only.

4. What we never do

• We do not create accounts or ask for your name, email or any other personal details.
• We do not use analytics, advertising, fingerprinting or tracking of any kind.
• We do not sell, rent, transfer or share personal information, and we do not use it for advertising, profiling, creditworthiness or lending.
• We do not run remote code. All of the Extension’s code is included in the package reviewed by the Chrome Web Store.

5. Chrome Web Store User Data Policy

The Extension’s use of information complies with the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. The only user-provided data the Extension handles (the word you look up) is used solely to provide the Extension’s single purpose: showing that word’s meaning.

6. Children

The Service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. Because the Service collects no personal information, there is nothing for a parent or guardian to request or delete, but you are welcome to contact us with any question.

7. Your choices and rights

You can turn the Extension off on any site, or everywhere, from its toolbar popup. Uninstalling the Extension removes its settings from Chrome. Because we hold no personal information about you, we have nothing to access, correct, export or delete on request. If you live where laws such as the GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA or India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act give you privacy rights, those rights are respected by our not collecting your data in the first place. To exercise rights against a third-party service named above, contact that service.

8. Security

Lookups travel over HTTPS. The meaning card runs isolated from the page you are reading, and dictionary text is inserted as plain text so it cannot run as code. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee the security of third-party services.

9. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. If a change would mean collecting or using data in a new way, we will say so clearly here and, where required, in the Extension’s Chrome Web Store listing before it takes effect.

10. Contact

Questions about privacy: ojasrajankar@gmail.com.