Privacy Policy

We collect account identifiers from Google sign-in, profile settings such as language and dialect preferences, and content you submit including words, notes, votes, and audio recordings.

Data is used to operate the platform, personalize your learning and contribution experience, verify cultural content quality, and improve preservation outcomes for the Marakwet community.

Submissions to Kugo may be visible to other users and, for public pages, to visitors. This includes contributed text and associated metadata needed for dictionary and archive quality.

Audio recordings may be processed for pronunciation review and IPA suggestion workflows. These outputs support community review and long-term linguistic documentation.

We do not sell personal data. Content you contribute — including text entries and audio recordings — may be used by Kugo for commercial purposes, such as producing books, learning resources, courses, and other technology products. Information may also be shared with trusted service providers strictly to host, secure, and operate Kugo. Public archive data may be accessible for educational and research use.

We retain data for as long as needed to provide services and preserve linguistic records, unless deletion is requested and permitted by applicable obligations.

If you sign in to Kugo, we may send periodic email newsletters with product updates, language learning resources, and community highlights. You can unsubscribe from newsletter emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in those messages. We may still send essential non-promotional emails related to account security, legal updates, or important service notices.

You can request access, correction, or deletion of your personal data by contacting themarakwets@gmail.com or hello@rodgerslabs.com.

We apply reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect data, but no system can guarantee absolute security.

If you choose to support Kugo through Ko-fi, payment processing and related transaction data are handled by Ko-fi as an independent third-party service. Kugo does not store your full payment card details. Please review Ko-fi's terms and privacy policy before donating.

We may update this policy as features and legal requirements evolve. Updates are posted on this page with a revised effective date.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Kugo and Rodgers Labs accept no liability for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this platform, reliance on any content, or the processing and commercial use of contributed material. Use of Kugo is at your own risk.