Privacy Policy

What we collect

An anonymous user ID; your device type, operating system, app version, language, time zone and country; a one-way hash of a device identifier, used only so each device gets one free verdict.

The names you type for a conversation, your verdict cards (topic, winner, certainty, reasoning, advice), your verdict balance and subscription status.

Usage events such as "paywall viewed" and error reports. These never contain your words, names or topics.

If you turn on notifications, a push token. If you use the contact form, your email and message.

Your voice and transcripts

We don't store your recordings. During a conversation, audio streams live through our server to OpenAI so the judge can respond.

The transcript exists only in our server's memory during the conversation, so the judge can remember the argument and your one objection. It is deleted when the conversation ends and is never written to our database.

Before your first conversation the app asks for your consent to this. You can withdraw it at any time in Profile → AI & privacy; without it you cannot start a conversation.

What goes to OpenAI

Your voice during the conversation, the transcript and the names you type. We never send your contacts, location, photos or device ID.

According to OpenAI's platform documentation, data sent through its API is not used to train its models unless a customer opts in, and it may keep data for up to 30 days to monitor abuse, then deletes it, unless the law requires longer. Source: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/your-data (checked November 2026).

Who else processes data

Google Firebase (anonymous sign-in and push notifications), RevenueCat (subscription status), Apple and Google (payments; we never see your card) and our hosting provider in Germany. Each acts on our instructions or under its own terms for payments.

We do not sell personal data, and we do not use advertising trackers. The website uses no cookies or analytics.

Why we use it

To provide the service you ask for (contract), to keep it secure and prevent abuse of free verdicts (legitimate interest), and to send your voice to the AI provider (your consent).

How long we keep it

Verdict cards stay until you delete them or delete your data. Deleted data leaves our backups within 30 days. Contact messages are kept for as long as needed to answer you. Billing records are kept as the law requires.

We keep the device hash after deletion so that a reinstall does not get a second free verdict.

Your rights

You can access, correct, export or delete your data, object to its use and withdraw consent. Use Delete my data in the app or write to support@vargue.com. If you are in the EU, UK, Brazil or Turkey you may also complain to your data protection authority.

Some providers are outside your country, including the United States. Where required, transfers rely on standard contractual clauses or an equivalent safeguard.

Age

Vargue is for people aged 16 and over. If you believe a younger person has used it, write to us and we will delete the data.

Changes

We will update this page when things change, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.