PRIVACY POLICY — SIDEQUEST: LEARN SPANISH
Effective date: 5 November 2026
1. Who we are
Sidequest: Learn Spanish, also shown as Sidequest Spanish, is published by EAETeam. It replaces Word Find: English To Spanish / WordExplorer under Android package com.eaeteam.englishtospanish.wordexplorer. This policy covers the learning app, its advertising services and the earlier experience in this same app. Privacy/support contact: EAESoftwares@gmail.com.
2. Your learning save
Sidequest saves course and quest progress, unfinished activities and entered practice answers, learning results, review history, practice goals, learning-day history, settings and journal covers in app-private Android storage. It also stores advertising-frequency information and reward receipts to manage study breaks and deliver an earned cosmetic reward once. Earlier Word Find progress is retained separately where present.
We do not require an app account, name, email address, phone number or app password to learn. We do not operate a server that receives your Sidequest lesson answers or maintains a cloud profile of your Spanish ability. Please do not enter personal or sensitive information in practice-answer fields. Saves use ordinary app-private storage; we do not claim extra application-level encryption.
In Sidequest 2.1, cosmetic Sparks, previously credited quest/session identifiers and reward receipts are also stored locally to credit completed quests and actually earned optional ad rewards once. A new quest completion earns 10 Sparks; an eligible optional rewarded ad can add 10 more, and a journal cover costs 60. Sparks have no cash value and do not buy answers, passing grades or learning evidence. Courses, hints and retries remain free.
3. Backup, retention and deletion
Android backup and device transfer are enabled. Depending on your device and account settings, Android, Google or your device provider may back up and restore app saves. This is separate from a Sidequest account or app-operated cloud synchronization. Backup retention is controlled by the relevant provider and your settings.
Local saves remain until you clear app storage or uninstall, subject to system backup restoration. To remove local progress, use Android Settings > Apps > Sidequest Spanish > Storage > Clear storage. The exact labels vary by device. Manage backup copies in your device or Google backup controls. Clearing data may remove progress and cosmetic saves; it does not cancel a Google Play subscription or erase Google's transaction records.
4. Advertising and your privacy choices
Sidequest uses Google AdMob, the Google Mobile Ads SDK and Google's User Messaging Platform. The Sidequest release does not integrate Unity Ads. In Sidequest 2.1, banners may appear on eligible home, route, course, collection and result screens, outside active questions. An interstitial may appear at an eligible saved study break. An optional rewarded ad can unlock the particular journal cover or add the cosmetic Sparks displayed before you choose to watch. Courses, lesson hints, retries and field-check passes do not require a rewarded ad or purchase.
Google's advertising services collect and share data that can include IP address and approximate location inferred from it, advertising/app-set and applicable account identifiers, app/ad interactions, device information and performance diagnostics. These data support advertising, ad measurement, analytics and fraud prevention. Data processing depends on your region, available privacy choices and SDK settings. We do not send your typed Sidequest lesson answers or learning-assessment scores to AdMob for ad targeting.
Where required, a Google privacy message is requested before advertising. Use AD PRIVACY OPTIONS in app settings to review the choices available to you. Changing personalization choices does not necessarily remove every ad; permitted limited or non-personalized ads may still appear. Android also provides advertising-ID controls. Learning remains available when advertising cannot load or you decline an optional cosmetic reward.
Sidequest 2.1 removes the app-operated startup age-range chooser and does not request a new date of birth or age band. Where an earlier saved choice exists, it is read to preserve restrictions: a known under-13 setting keeps ads disabled, and a known under-age-of-consent setting continues restricted treatment in Google privacy and ad requests. With no prior choice, age treatment is unspecified; this absence is not verification of adulthood or consent. Standard Google privacy messages and options remain available where required.
Earlier Sidequest 2.0 versions offered a neutral choice of under 13, 13–15, or 16 and over, with an option to skip. The coarse choice was saved locally, subject to Android backup. Under-13 or skipped choices disabled ads in that version; 13–15 applied under-age-of-consent treatment to Google privacy and ad requests. No birth date was requested or sent. The older Settings > AD PRIVACY AGE RANGE control applies to version 2.0 only.
Google privacy information: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Advertising information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
5. Earlier versions and analytics
The earlier Word Find / WordExplorer experience uses Google Analytics for Firebase for app and gameplay measurement. This may include app-instance/advertising identifiers, approximate location, screen and session activity, level starts/results, completion time, mistake/hint counts, setting changes, ad events and purchase/subscription events. These data help measure use, improve the app and understand advertising. The Analytics property used by this app is linked to Google Ads with personalized advertising enabled. Eligible event information, including purchase/subscription and gameplay events, and audiences derived from activity may therefore be made available to Google Ads for advertising measurement and personalized advertising, subject to applicable choices and Google's controls. This does not mean every event is used in every campaign. Google services process data under their policies and the app's applicable settings. Retained analytics data follows the retention controls configured for that service; contact us about information we hold or to request assistance with deletion.
In the Sidequest 2.0 and 2.1 learning experiences, Firebase Analytics startup and uploading of course activity are disabled. Sidequest does not integrate Firebase Crashlytics for crash reporting. Advertising diagnostics and measurement still apply, so this is not a claim that the app collects no data. Android or Google Play may also process diagnostics according to your device and Google settings.
6. Existing purchases and subscriptions
New purchases and subscription sign-up are disabled in Sidequest 2.0 and 2.1. Version 2.1 can read earlier local remove-ads entitlement flags and cached rights to preserve applicable benefits. Earlier releases could query Google Play ownership and maintain that local rights cache. Google Play provides purchase information; the app does not receive your payment-card details, billing credentials or Google account password. Sidequest does not send purchase tokens to an app-operated server.
Earlier Word Find versions offered purchases through Google Play. Google controls payment processing and keeps transaction records under its policies. An existing subscription can continue until canceled under its Google Play terms. Disabling purchases in this update, clearing data or uninstalling does not automatically cancel it. Manage subscriptions at https://play.google.com/store/account/subscriptions . Contact us if an existing paid entitlement is not honored.
7. Audio and speaking practice
Sidequest's Spanish clips are synthetic speech generated in advance and bundled with the app. Playback is local; your answers are not sent to an online speech-generation service. Say It is optional self-practice, without microphone access, voice recording, speech recognition or pronunciation scoring. Earlier Word Find versions use Android text-to-speech for game words; the chosen device TTS provider may use network services depending on its settings and voice. We do not claim every third-party TTS engine is offline.
8. Support, security and your rights
If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to provide so we can answer. Do not send passwords, payment credentials or unnecessary sensitive information. We retain correspondence as needed to resolve the request and meet applicable obligations; you can ask us to delete information we hold, subject to legitimate retention requirements.
We use Android's app sandbox, and Google documents encryption in transit for its advertising and analytics SDKs. No system is perfectly secure. Google's services may process information on servers outside your country under their applicable terms and safeguards.
Depending on local law, you may have rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or portability, and a right to complain to a privacy regulator. Contact EAESoftwares@gmail.com. We can address data we control and help identify provider controls; we cannot directly erase your device/Google backups or all records controlled independently by Google. Google provides privacy and deletion controls at https://myaccount.google.com/data-and-privacy .
9. Age and updates
Sidequest is intended for teenagers aged 13 and above and adults, and is not directed to children under 13. Consent requirements can differ by country and age. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us so we can review the information we hold and take appropriate action.
We will update this policy and its effective date when practices change and provide notice or choices where required. This policy explains our practices; using the app is not treated as a substitute for an advertising consent choice that must be obtained separately.
10. Contact
Developer/publisher: EAETeam
App: Sidequest: Learn Spanish / Sidequest Spanish
Former names: Word Find: English To Spanish / WordExplorer
Android package: com.eaeteam.englishtospanish.wordexplorer
Privacy/support email: EAESoftwares@gmail.com