Privacy

Detective Speaking is a game you play by talking. The short version: when you play, your voice stays on your device, and you decide whether we see anything you said.

The game is not released yet. This page describes how the game will handle your data, and how this website handles it today.

Who we are

Detective Speaking is run by Worbee EOOD, Sofia, Bulgaria, which is the data controller for the game and this website. For anything about your data, write to [email protected].

In the game, your voice stays with you

The game is being built as an iPhone app first, with iPad and Mac to follow. When you speak, the app turns your speech into text on your own device, using a model that comes with the game. Working out what you meant happens on your device too. We never receive, store or listen to recordings of your voice, and no speech service sees it either.

If any version of the game ever needs to send your voice or what you said anywhere else, this page will say so, and name who handles it, before that version is available.

The characters’ voices, and the detective voices in our samples, are prepared in advance. Nothing you say is used to generate speech.

Helping us improve the game (your choice)

The game gets better at understanding players when we can study what people actually say. If you switch on Help improve Detective Speaking, your device sends us the text of what you said during a case, together with how the game read it (for example, which question it thought you asked), and which case and level you were playing. It is off unless you turn it on, and you can turn it off at any time.

• What we never send: your voice, your email address, your account, your device’s identifiers or your location. Before anything leaves your device, the game removes names, numbers and anything that looks like an email address or phone number.
• Not linked to you: we do not connect the shared text to you, and our servers discard IP addresses when it arrives.
• What we use it for: only to train and test Detective Speaking’s own models and game engine. We do not sell it, share it with others, or use it to train anyone else’s AI.
• Where and how long: it is stored on servers in the European Union and kept for up to three years.
• Changing your mind: turning the switch off stops any further sharing straight away. Because shared text is not linked to you, we cannot find and delete what was already sent.

We rely on your consent for this. If you are under 14, please ask a parent before switching it on.

What else we collect, and why

• Your email address, if you create an account to buy and keep your cases, so you can sign in and restore your purchases. We need it to provide what you bought.
• Purchases, handled by our payment provider (see below). We never see your card details.
• Technical logs such as IP address and browser, kept briefly for security and to fix errors.

Your saved games stay on your device.

Who helps us run the game

• Cloudflare hosts this website, provides DNS and protects the service from abuse.
• A hosting provider in the European Union stores accounts, purchases and any text you choose to share.
• An email delivery provider sends sign-in codes.
• Paddle processes purchases as the merchant of record.

If any of these companies processes data outside the European Economic Area, we rely on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or an equivalent safeguard.

How long we keep it

• Your account and purchases: until you delete your account.
• Text you chose to share: up to three years.
• Technical logs: a short period, only as long as needed for security and fixing errors.

Cookies, storage and statistics

This website sets no cookies. Your sound and voice preferences are stored in your own browser and never sent to us. Signing in sets one essential cookie so you stay signed in. We count website visits with Umami, which we host ourselves at s.worbee.com in the EU; it does not use cookies or follow you across sites.

Your rights

If you are in the EU/EEA, the UK or another place with comparable laws, you can ask to see, correct, export, restrict or delete your data, withdraw your consent, or object to how we use it, by writing to [email protected]. You can delete your account at any time. You can also complain to a data protection authority; in Bulgaria that is the Commission for Personal Data Protection.