VERSOE — GLOBAL PRIVACY POLICY
Revision Date November 11, 2026
Effective Date Upon publication, subject to any advance notice required by law
1. SCOPE, OPERATOR & RESPONSIBLE PARTY
1.1 Scope. This Global Privacy Policy governs the personal information practices of Drop of in connection with Versoe, including its Android application (package com.dropof.verso), associated web rehearsal studio, optional connected functions and support communications. "Versoe" refers to those services. "Drop of," "we," "us" and "our" refer to the operator of Versoe, based in the Republic of South Africa.
1.2 Responsibility. Drop of is the responsible party for processing it determines under South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA), and the controller or equivalent party where another applicable law uses that designation. Independent stores, operating systems and other services may be responsible for processing they determine. Questions, rights requests and privacy complaints may be directed to dropofcontact@gmail.com.
1.3 Relationship to the Terms. This Policy describes how information is handled. The Versoe Terms and Conditions of Use govern the contract for use of the App. Where an activity requires a separate permission, authorization or consent, the requirements for that activity apply independently. Acceptance of the Terms and an operating system permission each have their own limited purpose.
- Privacy Policy https://sites.google.com/view/versoprivacypolicy/home
- Terms and Conditions https://sites.google.com/view/verso-terms-and-conditions/home
2. ACCOUNTLESS OPERATION & LOCAL REHEARSAL DATA
2.1 Accountless access. Versoe requires no separate Versoe registration, password or personal profile. Google Play may require its own account to download the App or buy and restore a subscription. That account and the payment method remain managed by Google.
2.2 Local storage. Versoe keeps practice material and the state needed to present and resume your work in the App or browser on the installation you use. Depending on your activity, this includes the following.
- Text you enter, paste or save, titles, speaker assignments and text extracted from imported documents or scans.
- Practice settings, campaign selections, passage completions, scores, stars, streaks, experience points and other progress indicators.
- The current rehearsal position and related state, which may include recognized or matched words, so you can resume an interrupted session.
- Cached interface, library, voice and scanning assets, and settings used to select or refresh them.
Drop of does not operate a cloud account, script repository or cross-device sync service for this material. Your access to a purchased subscription and your local progress have separate lifecycles.
2.3 Documents and optical character recognition. The App reads files you select for import and extracts text on your device. Ordinary parsing uses readable document content, including selectable PDF text. Optional optical character recognition (OCR) reads text in supported images and scanned pages locally. Versoe may need to download processing libraries and language assets before a particular scan can work offline. Your source file, page image and extracted text are not sent to Drop of or a remote OCR service by the import or scan function. The App keeps the resulting script in local storage if you save it. Your original file remains with the source you chose.
2.4 Local use and connected functions. A connected session can be needed to prepare the App, its content or specific assets. A device can subsequently use downloaded resources while they remain available. Billing, updates, downloads and some system speech services have their own connection requirements. An offline rehearsal and the use of a system speech provider involve different technical operations.
3. INFORMATION PROCESSED & PURPOSES
3.1 Microphone, recognition and testing.
- Activation. Versoe uses microphone input when you allow access and start a listening or microphone testing feature. A rehearsal may resume listening as part of a mode you selected. You can stop listening in the App and withdraw microphone permission in your Android or browser settings. Typed practice is available without microphone access.
- Recognition. On Android, Versoe calls the configured system speech recognizer. On supported browsers, it may use the browser's speech recognition service. Versoe uses returned words, partial results and recognition signals to track matched words, give feedback and score the rehearsal. Microphone testing can use input level information.
- Provider processing. Depending on the device, provider, language and settings, the system or browser service may process recognition on the device or send microphone audio to its servers. Its processing, settings and retention are governed by that provider's terms. Check the provider before rehearsing material subject to a confidentiality duty.
- Retention by Versoe. Versoe has no microphone recording archive. Drop of does not receive raw recordings from the feature, build voiceprints or use the feature to identify a person by voice. Local session information can contain recognized words as described in Section 2. Drop of does not use private rehearsal material to train models.
3.2 Read-aloud, voice assets and speech synthesis. When you request playback, Versoe may generate audio from the selected passage using a supported local voice. Models can be downloaded and cached on the device. If a device or browser text-to-speech service is used, a network-based voice may receive the passage text, including a custom script, in order to synthesize it. The selected system or browser provider governs that processing. Speech synthesis, microphone recognition and document scanning are separate functions.
3.3 Backup and file access. You may choose to export a JSON file containing progress, custom scripts and included preferences. You may also select a compatible backup for import. The Android release uses the system picker or sharing controls for these operations and does not request broad access to your media library or filesystem. Versoe's Android cloud Auto Backup is disabled in the current release. A manual export is the means Versoe provides to move or recover progress. Exports are readable files. The destination you select, including a cloud drive, messaging app or email account, handles a saved or shared copy under its own terms.
3.4 Subscriptions and financial information. Google Play handles charges, payment instruments, taxes shown at checkout, renewals, cancellations and store order records for subscriptions bought through Google Play. Versoe uses catalog and transaction-related data, such as product, base plan and offer identifiers, price and currency, purchase state, renewal or acknowledgment status and purchase tokens. These are used to display the offer, verify and acknowledge a purchase, unlock or restore access, and investigate entitlement errors. Drop of does not receive your full card number, bank credentials or Google password through Versoe. If you request billing help, we use any order reference or other relevant information you supply for that case.
3.5 Crash reporting and diagnostics. The Android release uses Firebase Crashlytics to diagnose crashes and other faults, including WebView failures. Its reports may include installation identifiers, the time and nature of a fault, stack traces, device and OS characteristics, app and WebView versions, and active web bundle or cache version. Firebase may receive diagnostic data automatically from the Android SDK. Drop of uses that data to identify defects, prioritize fixes and check stability across devices and versions.
3.6 Limited product analytics. The Android release uses Firebase Analytics to understand use of Versoe and improve the product. Events can include app and session activity, passage and result information such as an identifier, pass status, stars or accuracy, and actions such as opening an offer, initiating or completing checkout, or requesting a review. Firebase can receive an app-instance identifier, device and app characteristics, timing and approximate geographic information inferred from network data. These measurements help evaluate usability, progression and feature reliability. The events sent by Versoe for these purposes exclude private script text and raw microphone audio. Advertising identifier permissions and ad-personalization signals are disabled in the current Android configuration. An analytics or installation identifier is distinct from an advertising identifier.
3.7 Static hosting, assets and local storage. Cloudflare Pages serves the web bundle and static assets over HTTPS at versonificationcld.pages.dev. Version checks, updates and downloads send ordinary network requests. Providers can process the IP address, request time, requested resource, response status and browser or device request information to deliver and secure their services. The web experience can request fonts from Google Fonts. Local storage, service workers and cache storage support operation, preferences, updates and offline access. The providers that serve resources receive requests for those resources. The OCR and local speech engines process the user's material on the device.
3.8 Reviews, updates and correspondence. The Google Play review and update flows use Google Play services. Reviews you submit can be visible to the public under Google Play's rules. When you contact Drop of, we use your contact information, correspondence and material you choose to send to respond, investigate issues, administer a purchase where relevant, or resolve a dispute. Keep passwords, payment credentials, unrelated recordings and confidential material out of routine support requests.
3.9 Current advertising and data uses. Versoe is presently ad-free. Drop of does not sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use it to target ads across services. The diagnostics, limited analytics, operational requests and user-initiated provider interactions described in this Policy have the purposes specified for them.
4. GROUNDS FOR PROCESSING & LIMITS ON PURPOSE
4.1 Basis applicable to a purpose. Where a legal ground for processing is required, Drop of relies on the ground applicable to the purpose and jurisdiction. For example, the relevant grounds under POPIA section 11 and EU or UK GDPR Article 6 can include the following.
- Contract or steps requested by you. To operate the feature you request, deliver or restore a subscription, perform a user-directed import or export, or address a request concerning the contract.
- Legitimate interests. To secure and maintain Versoe, prevent fraud and abuse, diagnose failures, resolve disputes and measure limited usage for product improvement, where applicable law permits the processing and your rights do not override the interest.
- Consent. To carry out a specific activity that requires consent or that we offer on that basis. Where separate consent is legally required, it is obtained for the relevant purpose. A permission controls a device capability and does not by itself authorize every secondary use of information.
- Legal obligation and other grounds available by law. To comply with lawful orders, recordkeeping and regulatory duties or to protect and exercise legal rights when the applicable requirements are met.
4.2 Purpose changes and optional data. Drop of uses personal information within the purposes disclosed or otherwise permitted by law. Permission refusal may make the particular capability unavailable. You may withdraw a consent on which processing relies. Withdrawal applies prospectively and does not affect prior lawful processing.
4.3 Rehearsal results. Automated word matching, scoring and personalization within practice support training. Drop of does not use those results to make decisions about an individual's legal rights or access to employment, education, credit or another comparable opportunity.
5. RECIPIENTS, OPERATORS & INDEPENDENT SERVICES
5.1 Providers. Information is made available as reasonably necessary to the parties involved in the function used. A service provider processing for Drop of is subject to applicable contractual and legal safeguards. An independent provider determines its own processing. The provider's role can differ by service and jurisdiction.
- Google and its relevant entities provide Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics, Google Play distribution, billing, updates and reviews, Google Fonts and, where configured by the device or browser, system speech services.
Google privacy terms https://policies.google.com/privacy
Firebase privacy and security https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
- Cloudflare provides static hosting, content delivery and network security.
Cloudflare Privacy Policy https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
- A speech, browser, email, file-sharing or storage service involved by your device or by your choice may process the data needed for its own operation. Its terms and settings govern the data it receives.
5.2 Legal, security and business disclosures. Drop of may disclose relevant information in response to a lawful requirement, to establish or defend legal claims, or to address a reasonably substantiated risk of fraud, abuse, security compromise or harm where lawful. In connection with a proposed or completed acquisition, financing, restructuring, transfer or sale involving Versoe, relevant information may be disclosed to participants and advisers under appropriate confidentiality and privacy safeguards. Each disclosure is limited to what is reasonably needed for its lawful purpose.
6. INTERNATIONAL PROCESSING & TRANSFER SAFEGUARDS
6.1 Processing locations. Drop of is based in South Africa. The providers described in this Policy operate international infrastructure. Hosting, diagnostic, analytics, support and transaction-related data can be processed outside South Africa or your country of residence. Your own provider selections can also determine where data is handled.
6.2 Transfers. Where POPIA section 72, GDPR Chapter V or another applicable transfer restriction applies, Drop of uses a lawful basis or mechanism appropriate to that transfer, such as an applicable adequacy decision, binding contractual safeguards or another permitted ground. The mechanism and location may depend on the recipient, service and jurisdiction. You may request further information about safeguards that apply to you, subject to lawful limits on disclosure.
7. RETENTION, USER-CONTROLLED ERASURE & BACKUP COPIES
7.1 Locally stored content. Your local library, progress and preferences are retained on the relevant installation while you keep them there. A browser, device or app may clear or evict storage or cached resources. Reset Progress in Versoe Settings clears local practice progress, custom scripts and the active rehearsal snapshot. It keeps certain settings and does not alter a Play subscription. You can clear the app or site storage to remove remaining local settings and data. Export any material you intend to retain before clearing storage or replacing an installation.
7.2 Independent copies. Delete exports and any copies you shared or saved separately at the relevant destination. Resetting or uninstalling Versoe does not recall those copies, cancel a subscription or remove data held by another provider. Use Google Play to manage a subscription or its purchase history.
7.3 Diagnostics and analytics. Firebase applies its service retention and removal schedules, and analytics event-level data is subject to applicable retention settings. Firebase currently describes a ninety (90) day period before it begins removing Crashlytics stack traces, extracted minidump data and associated identifiers from live and backup systems. Aggregated product statistics may be kept after associated event-level data is removed, where they no longer identify an individual. See https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy for the categories covered by the Firebase schedule.
7.4 Support, purchases and network logs. Drop of keeps support correspondence and any purchase-related records in its possession for the period reasonably necessary to administer the entitlement, investigate or resolve the matter, meet recordkeeping duties, or establish or defend claims. Providers maintain their own delivery, security, store and transaction records subject to their policies and applicable law. Where retention is required after a deletion request, we limit retention and further use to the lawful reason for keeping the information.
7.5 Access to pseudonymous or device-only information. Drop of may have no ordinary means of linking an installation identifier to your real-world identity. If we can reasonably locate responsive data, we will handle the request as applicable law requires. For records that exist only on your device, the App and device controls provide direct access or removal. No extra account or identifier is created solely to respond to a request unless legally necessary.
8. DATA RIGHTS & PROCEDURE BY JURISDICTION
8.1 South Africa. Where POPIA applies, you may request confirmation of whether Drop of holds personal information about you, obtain access subject to lawful limitations, request correction, deletion or destruction where the legal conditions are met, and object on grounds provided by law. You may withdraw consent where processing depends on it and complain to South Africa's Information Regulator at https://inforegulator.org.za/popia/.
8.2 European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Where the EU GDPR, UK GDPR or Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection applies, you may exercise the access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection or portability rights available under that law. Under the EU or UK GDPR, you may object to processing based on legitimate interests on grounds relating to your situation, subject to the conditions in the applicable law. You may withdraw consent and lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority, such as your local EEA authority, the UK Information Commissioner's Office or the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
8.3 United States. This subsection applies to the extent an applicable U.S. state privacy law grants the stated rights.
- Categories and sources. In the preceding twelve (12) months, as applicable to services you used, categories can include identifiers and contact details from installations and correspondence, commercial and entitlement information from Google Play and support, app and device activity including diagnostics, and approximate region derived from network requests. The App accesses microphone input or selected files when you use the features described above. The sources, purposes and recipients are described in Sections 2 through 5.
- Disclosures. The categories necessary to operate, measure, secure and support Versoe may be disclosed to the service providers and independent recipients described in Section 5. There has been no sale or sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising under the current practices described in Section 3.9. Drop of does not use personal information for targeted advertising or profiling in furtherance of decisions with legal or similarly significant effects.
- Rights. You may have the right to know or access the relevant information, obtain a copy, request deletion or correction, and exercise any applicable opt-out, limitation or appeal right without unlawful discrimination. You may use an authorized agent where the law permits. Email Drop of to make a request or appeal. We will provide the appeal or complaint information applicable to a denial as required by law.
8.4 Other jurisdictions. If you reside in Canada, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India or another jurisdiction with applicable data rights, you may exercise the rights available under that law through the same contact channel. These can include access, correction, erasure, portability, objection, withdrawal of consent and complaint to a local authority, subject to the requirements and limits of that law.
8.5 Making a request. Email dropofcontact@gmail.com and describe the information or right involved. We may request enough information to verify your identity or the authority of a representative, locate the data and avoid disclosure to the wrong person. We respond within the applicable legal period and explain any lawful refusal where required. For data controlled by a store, browser, speech service or other independent provider, exercise your rights with that provider. You may contact your competent authority directly where available.
9. INFORMATION SECURITY
9.1 Safeguards. Drop of uses technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the processing and risks, including HTTPS delivery, an origin-restricted Android app bridge, scoped file selection and restricted access to support and provider consoles. Security measures are reviewed as services and risks change. Where required by law, Drop of will notify the competent authority and affected people of a qualifying security compromise.
9.2 User-controlled material. Secure your device, Google account and exported files. Your device or a destination you choose can make local material accessible to another person with access to that device, account or file.
10. CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS
10.1 Intended audience. Versoe is intended for ages thirteen (13) and older, subject to any higher minimum applicable to use in the relevant jurisdiction. If the user is a minor, the authorizations required from a parent, legal guardian or other competent person must be obtained. Laws concerning children's information, including POPIA and the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act where applicable, can impose additional conditions.
10.2 Requests concerning a child. Versoe is not directed to children under thirteen (13). Drop of does not knowingly collect children's personal information in circumstances that require prior authorization without that authorization. A parent, guardian or other competent person may contact dropofcontact@gmail.com to raise a concern. We will investigate and take the steps required by law, including removal where appropriate.
11. EXTERNAL SERVICES, NEW FEATURES & POLICY REVISIONS
11.1 External services. External links and independent provider features have their own terms and privacy practices. This Policy describes the role of each provider in the relevant Versoe feature.
11.2 Product development. Drop of may add, modify, replace or retire features, tiers, integrations and services. If a change introduces a materially different use, disclosure or category of personal information, Drop of will update the relevant disclosures and provide the notice, choices or separate authorizations required for that change before the affected processing begins. Optional features are governed by the terms and disclosures applicable when offered.
11.3 Revisions. Drop of will date and publish revisions at the current Policy URL and provide any additional notice required by law. A change to the text of this Policy does not by itself supply a permission or consent that the law requires for a new purpose.
12. CONTACT
Developer and Responsible Party Drop of
Country Republic of South Africa
Privacy and Data Rights dropofcontact@gmail.com
Current Policy https://sites.google.com/view/versoprivacypolicy/home