Privacy Policy
Last updated 19 October 2026
This policy covers the Android app لسان العرب
(com.makuno.lisanalarab), an offline Arabic dictionary: Lisan al-Arab, al-Mu'jam al-Wasit
and al-Ghani. The app is free and may be supported by advertising.
We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or location, and there is no account to create. The words you save, the words you recently opened and what you type in the search box stay on your device.
What stays on your device
The dictionaries ship inside the app and work without internet. Your saved roots, recently opened roots and reading settings (text size, light or dark) are stored only on your device and are never uploaded. What you type in the search box is not sent anywhere.
What we collect
| Data | Why |
|---|---|
| Advertising ID (Google Advertising ID) |
So our advertising partners can show relevant ads, cap how often you see the same ad, and measure whether an ad worked. You can reset or delete it at any time — see below. |
| App Set ID | To count how many people use the app and recognise a returning device, without an account. It cannot be used to identify you across apps from other developers. |
| Android ID | To count each device once across our apps, and as a fallback when the App Set ID is unavailable. It is set by the device and changes if you reset the device. |
| Device and technical information device model, operating system, language, country, screen size, network type, battery level, app version |
To make the app work correctly on your device, to fix problems, and because our advertising partners need it to serve an ad. |
| Usage events app opened, screens viewed, which roots were opened and how (from a search, a list or a swipe), dictionary words tapped inside an entry, ads loaded, shown and clicked |
To understand how the app is used, to learn which words people look up most, and to make the app better. These events never contain your search text or your saved list. |
| Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) what the app was doing when it closed unexpectedly, device model and operating system |
To find and fix crashes. See firebase.google.com/support/privacy. |
We do not collect your name, email, phone number, precise location, contacts, photos or files, what you search for, or the words you save.
Country comes from your SIM card, your mobile network and the internet address your phone connects from. We work out the country from that address on arrival and do not store the address itself.
Permissions
- Internet and network state — to load ads, send usage events and crash reports, and to know when you are offline. Looking up words works without internet.
- Advertising ID — see Advertising below.
Advertising
The app shows a banner ad. Ads are supplied by advertising partners who may collect and use device information — including your advertising ID — to select, deliver and measure ads. Each partner has its own privacy policy:
- Unity LevelPlay and Unity Ads — unity.com/legal/game-player-and-app-user-privacy-policy
- Meta Audience Network — facebook.com/about/privacy
- Amazon Publisher Services — aps.amazon.com/aps/privacy-policy
- BidMachine — bidmachine.io/privacy-policy
- Verve — verve.com/privacy-policy
- Yandex — yandex.com/legal/confidential
Where the law requires your consent before personalised advertising, the app asks for it through Google's consent form (policies.google.com/privacy) before any ad is requested, and you can change your choice later in the app's menu.
Your choices
You can reset or delete your advertising ID at any time, which stops it being used to build a profile of your interests:
- Android — Settings → Google → Ads → Reset advertising ID or Delete advertising ID
Deleting it does not remove ads; it makes them less relevant.
Analytics
Usage events are sent to servers we operate ourselves. They are tied to the App Set ID and Android ID described above, not to you personally.
Children
The app is a reference for anyone, including students of Arabic, and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
How long we keep data
Saved and recently opened roots stay on your device until you remove them or uninstall the app. Usage events are kept for as long as they help us improve the app, and deleted on request. Advertising partners and Firebase keep data according to their own policies, linked above.
Deleting your data
Uninstalling the app removes its data from your device. To have the usage events associated with your device deleted from our servers, email us at the address below and we will remove them.
Security
We use reasonable measures to protect the data we hold. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed. Continued use of the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Sources
The Quran text quoted in the dictionaries is the Tanzil Quran Text (Simple), Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project, tanzil.net, used under its licence.
Contact
Questions about this policy — makuno.games@gmail.com