Privacy Policy
Hello Kanji — Effective September 6, 2026
Hello Kanji (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is a kanji learning application. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
1. Data we collect
When you sign in with Google, we receive:
- Your Google account name and email address
When you use the app, we store in our database:
- Your favorite kanji and pinned quiz sets
- Your quiz session history (scores and dates)
- Your font preference
We also collect anonymous usage analytics (screens visited, quiz completions, device type and language). No analytics data is linked to personally identifiable information beyond an internal user ID.
2. How we use your data
- To authenticate you and sync your personal data across devices
- To personalise your learning experience (quiz weighting, favorites)
- To understand how the app is used so we can improve it
We do not sell your personal data. We do not use your private quiz history for profiling or direct advertising. Third-party advertising partners and affiliates may use standard cookies and identifiers as detailed in Section 4 below.
3. Third-party services
Hello Kanji uses the following third-party services, each governed by their own privacy policy:
- Firebase Authentication— manages sign-in ( Firebase Privacy)
- Cloud Firestore— stores your personal data ( Firebase Privacy)
- Firebase Analytics— anonymous usage analytics ( Firebase Privacy)
- Google Cloud Text-to-Speech— converts kanji text to audio. Text sent to this API is not stored by us. ( Google Cloud Privacy)
4. Advertising and Affiliate Disclosures
Hello Kanji is committed to providing free, unhindered access to all kanji learning resources. To fund ongoing development and hosting, we display contextual advertisements through third-party partners and participate in affiliate marketing programs.
Third-Party Advertising Partners
We partner with third-party advertising networks, such as Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to Hello Kanji and other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
- Google Ad Settings (https://www.google.com/settings/ads)
- AboutAds Consumer Choices (https://www.aboutads.info/choices)
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom (UK), and Switzerland, we provide an IAB TCF-aligned Consent Management Platform (CMP) foundation that allows managing cookie and advertising personalization consent.
Affiliate Program Disclosures
Kanjiru participates in affiliate programs and may earn a commission on qualifying purchases made through links on our site, at no extra cost to you.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
5. Data retention
Your account data is retained for as long as your account is active. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us at the address below, and we will delete it within 30 days.
6. Children's privacy
Hello Kanji is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the date at the top of this page.
8. Contact
If you have questions about this policy or your data, please contact us at:
[email protected]