A PRACTICAL LANGUAGE GUIDE
Use browser tools with informed privacy choices
Understand the difference between local processing, saved device data and requests to outside services.
Check where each task runs
Browser tools are not automatically private. Check the processing label before pasting. Local counting, case conversion, cleanup, extractive summaries, phrase simplification and email templates process input in the page. Unsaved text remains in memory, not stored by default.
Your device is not a secure vault. Extensions, shared-device access and downloaded files are outside the tool’s control. Try a harmless example first. For confidential work, follow your organization’s rules; a local label is not permission to proceed.
Separate a session from a saved snapshot
Vocabulary lists, flashcards and optional quiz results can be saved explicitly to localStorage on this browser profile. Saving is not cloud synchronization or an account backup. Later edits require another save. Device storage is not encrypted by this site and may be unavailable, full or cleared by the browser.
Use the tool’s Clear saved data control to remove a retained snapshot; clearing the current session is a separate action. Export important lists before removing them. Theme settings and an optional analytics consent choice can also persist locally. Browser site-data settings provide a broader way to clear these preferences.
Review external-service disclosures
AI, configured LanguageTool checks and translation send submitted text through the site’s server to a provider after consent. Dictionary lookup sends the requested English word, not the passage you are editing. The dictionary provider sees the server’s network address; hosting systems may log your request’s address and other metadata.
Speech has another boundary. Some synthesis voices use cloud services even though playback starts in your browser. Recognition requires explicit consent and microphone permission, and may process audio through the browser vendor. This site does not save recordings, but it cannot promise that a vendor processes everything offline.
Keep your choices proportionate
Analytics is disabled by default. Configured Google Analytics or Plausible requires consent before loading; application events describe page paths and tool completion, not your text. The privacy page offers a consent reset when configured. Remove any remaining provider cookies in browser settings.
Before submitting externally, read the privacy page and provider policy. No account is needed. Reserved advertising containers do not load ad scripts. Privacy depends on deployment and configuration; the absence of a login is not a confidentiality guarantee.