Privacy Policy
Your privacy and data protection are fundamental to our mission of preserving African languages
Last updated: August 18, 2025
Our Commitment to Privacy
DVoice is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the ethical use of voice data for African language preservation. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you contribute to our platform.
Table of Contents
1. Information We Collect
Voice Recordings
When you contribute to DVoice by recording sentences, we collect your voice recordings along with metadata including the language, sentence content, recording quality, and timestamp. These recordings are the core of our African language dataset.
Written Contributions
Text contributions including sentence suggestions, proverbs, and cultural content you submit to help expand our language datasets. This includes the content itself, language selection, and contribution category.
Contact Information
Email addresses you optionally provide to link your contributions and receive updates about the project. Providing an email is optional and you can contribute anonymously.
Technical Information
Session data, browser information, and usage analytics to improve platform performance and user experience. This includes session IDs for intelligent sentence selection and contribution tracking.
2. How We Use Your Information
🎯 Dataset Creation
Building comprehensive African language datasets for AI research, education, and cultural preservation initiatives.
🔬 Research & Development
Supporting academic research, language technology development, and AI model training for African languages.
📧 Communication
Sending project updates, contribution acknowledgments, and community news (only if you provide an email).
⚡ Platform Improvement
Enhancing user experience, optimizing sentence selection, and improving platform functionality.
3. Voice Data Handling
Ethical Voice Collection
All voice recordings are collected with your explicit consent. You can stop contributing at any time and request removal of your contributions.
Secure Storage
Voice recordings are encrypted and stored securely using industry-standard cloud storage with access controls and audit logging.
Community Benefit
Your voice contributions help preserve African languages and enable technology development that benefits African communities worldwide.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
✅ What We Share
- •Anonymized voice datasets with researchers and educational institutions
- •Aggregated usage statistics and language diversity metrics
- •Open-source datasets for African language AI development
❌ What We Never Share
- •Personal information that can identify individual contributors
- •Email addresses or contact information with third parties
- •Voice recordings linked to specific individuals
- •Data for commercial purposes without explicit consent
5. Data Security
Encryption
All data is encrypted in transit and at rest using industry-standard protocols.
Access Control
Strict access controls ensure only authorized personnel can access your data.
Audit Logging
Comprehensive logging tracks all data access and modifications for security.
6. Data Retention
Voice Recordings
Voice contributions are retained indefinitely as part of our African language preservation mission, unless you request deletion. These recordings become part of historical linguistic datasets for future generations.
Personal Information
Email addresses and contact information are retained only as long as necessary for communication purposes. You can request removal at any time while keeping your contributions active.
Technical Data
Session data and usage analytics are retained for 12 months for platform improvement purposes, then automatically deleted or anonymized.
7. Contact Us
Questions About Your Privacy?
We're here to help with any privacy concerns or data requests you may have.