📄1. Introduction
Welcome to Gugusha ("the App"), a gamified English learning application designed for native Amharic (Ge'ez script) speakers. Gugusha is developed and maintained by Bisrat Girma ("we", "us", or "our").
This Privacy Policy explains what information the App handles, how it is used, and the choices you have. By installing or using Gugusha you agree to the practices described below.
Effective date: 1 July 2026 | App version: 1.0.0
🗂️2. Information We Collect
Gugusha is a zero-backend, fully client-side application. It does not require an account, login, or any personally identifiable information to function.
2a. Data stored locally on your device
The App uses Android's SharedPreferences (via the
shared_preferences Flutter package) to persist your learning
progress entirely on your own device. The following values are stored:
| Key | What it stores | Leaves device? |
|---|---|---|
highestUnlockedIndex | The index of the furthest lesson you have unlocked | No |
xp | Your accumulated experience points | No |
streak | Your current learning-streak count | No |
totalAnswered | Total quiz questions answered | No |
totalCorrect | Total correct answers given | No |
cachedLessons | A cached copy of the lesson curriculum JSON | No |
None of this data is linked to your identity and none of it is transmitted to any server, cloud service, or third party.
If you enable daily lesson reminders, the App stores your notification preference and reminder schedule locally on your device. This information never leaves your device.
2b. Curriculum content fetch
On each app launch Gugusha makes a single outbound HTTP GET request to a public CDN / GitHub Gist URL to check for updated lesson content. This request:
- Contains no personal data or device identifiers.
- Is a standard anonymous HTTPS request (your IP address may be visible to GitHub's CDN infrastructure under their own privacy policy).
- Downloads only a JSON file describing lesson content.
- Fails gracefully — if you are offline the bundled content is used instead.
GitHub's privacy practices are documented at github.com/site-policy/privacy-policies .
🔒3. No Personal Data Collection
Gugusha does not collect:
- Your name, email address, phone number, or any contact details
- Device identifiers (IMEI, advertising ID, etc.)
- Location data
- Photos, camera, or microphone access
- Contacts or calendar data
- Crash reports sent to external servers
- Any analytics or behavioural telemetry (PostHog integration is architecturally defined but not active in v1.x.x)
📱4. Android Permissions
Gugusha requests only the permissions necessary for its core features:
| Permission | Reason |
|---|---|
INTERNET |
To fetch updated lesson curriculum from the public CDN (see §2b). |
POST_NOTIFICATIONS |
To send optional daily lesson reminder notifications. Notifications are scheduled and displayed locally on your device and do not transmit personal data. |
Notification permission is optional. If you deny it, Gugusha will continue to function normally, but daily lesson reminders will not be shown.
No other sensitive permissions (camera, microphone, location, contacts, storage beyond app-private data, etc.) are requested.
🤝5. Data Sharing and Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise share your data with any third parties because we do not collect any data in the first place.
The only external network contact the App makes is the curriculum content fetch described in §2b, which carries no personal information.
🗑️6. Data Retention and Deletion
All data (your progress, XP, streak, and cached lessons) is stored
exclusively on your device in the App's private
SharedPreferences storage.
You can delete all App data at any time through your device settings:
- Android: Settings → Apps → Gugusha → Storage → Clear Data
- Uninstalling the App also removes all locally stored data.
👶7. Children's Privacy
Gugusha does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Because the App collects no personal data at all, it is safe for use by learners of all ages.
🛡️8. Security
Because no personal data is transmitted off your device, the attack surface for a data breach is minimal. Progress data lives in your device's private App storage, which is sandboxed from other applications by the Android OS.
📊9. Future Analytics (Planned)
A future version of Gugusha may integrate an analytics SDK (currently planned: PostHog) to help improve the learning experience. If and when analytics are enabled, this Privacy Policy will be updated before the new version is released to describe:
- Which events are collected (e.g.
lesson_started,lesson_completed,user_dropped_out) - Whether data is anonymised or pseudonymised
- How to opt out
You will be notified of any material change to this policy through the app store listing or an in-app notice.
🔄10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version will always be available at this URL. The "Effective date" at the top of the page will be updated with each revision.
✉️11. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please open an issue or reach out via the repository:
Last updated: 1 July 2026