The short version
- We only collect what the game needs to save a learner's progress and show it to their teacher.
- No ads, no advertising or analytics trackers, no in-app purchases, and no location.
- We never sell or share personal information with anyone.
- Everything travels over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).
- An account is needed to play. You can sign up with a username and password, or with Google.
- You can delete your account in the game or on the web at any time, or ask us to. See Deleting an account.
Last updated: 3 November 2026
Who we are
Get Gemara Words (previously called Gemara Quest) is a learning game that teaches students the Aramaic and Hebrew words of the Gemara (Talmud). It is available at getgemarawords.com (the original address, gemaraquest.com, still works) and as an Android app. In this policy "we" means the people who run Get Gemara Words. You can contact us through your teacher or school, or by email at peretz5gutmann@gmail.com.
What we collect
| Information | Why |
|---|---|
| Username and display name | To log in, and to show the learner's name to their teacher and, if the learner chooses, on their class leaderboard (the Beis Medrash Board). |
| Password | To log in. We never store the password itself, only a salted one-way hash of it. Learners who sign in with Google don't need one. |
| Google sign-in (optional) | If a learner chooses "Continue with Google", Google tells us their Google account ID, email address and name. We keep the account ID and the email address to recognise them next time. The name is only offered as a suggestion for their display name; we don't keep it unless the learner chooses it. We don't get their Google password, contacts or anything else from their Google account. |
| Email address (optional) | Only if it is entered, or comes from Google sign-in. It is used to log in and to help recover an account. Learners who use a username and password do not need one. |
| Class membership | To put the learner in their teacher's class and on the class leaderboard. |
| Game progress | XP, stars, levels, streaks, quests, rewards, the answers given in the games and how long they took. We use this to save progress, work out which words are mastered, run the leaderboard, and spot cheating so prizes stay fair. |
| IP address (briefly) | Used for a short time to limit repeated login attempts and protect accounts. It is not added to the learner's profile. |
We do not collect location, contacts, photos, microphone or camera data, phone numbers, advertising IDs, or device identifiers. The app has no chat, and learners cannot send messages to each other or to strangers.
To let learners play offline, the app also keeps a copy of their progress and login on the device itself. That copy is removed when the app is uninstalled or its data is cleared.
The site's old address, gemaraquest.com, now sends visitors to getgemarawords.com. On the first visit, the copy kept by the browser at the old address is passed to the new address through our server, so learners keep their progress; that hand-over copy is deleted as soon as the new address picks it up, and after 15 minutes at the latest.
The Android app can show an optional daily reminder (at most once a day, never on Shabbat). It is off until the learner switches it on, it is scheduled on the phone itself, and nothing is sent to us for it.
Who can see it
- The learner can see their own progress.
- Their teacher or school admin can see the progress of learners in their class, including words mastered, daily activity and any cheating flags.
- Classmates see only the display name and weekly XP or mastered words on the class leaderboard.
- Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) stores the data and runs the servers for us. It acts only on our instructions.
We do not sell, rent or share personal information with anyone else, and we do not use it for advertising.
How we protect it
- All data is sent over HTTPS (encrypted in transit).
- Passwords are stored only as salted hashes.
- Only the account owner, their teacher and the site administrators can see an account's progress.
Young learners
Get Gemara Words is made for students aged 13 and over, and is used in schools and at home. We collect as little as possible, show no ads and contain no third-party advertising or analytics code. Learners can play using only a username. A parent, guardian or teacher can ask at any time to see, correct or delete a young learner's information.
Deleting an account
To have a Get Gemara Words account and its data deleted:
- In the game or on the web: go to getgemarawords.com/delete-account (or open your Account page in the game), sign in, tap Delete my account and enter your password (accounts that use Google sign-in type DELETE instead). The account and its data are deleted from our server straight away, or
- ask the learner's teacher or school admin, who can remove the account from the Get Gemara Words admin dashboard, or
- email peretz5gutmann@gmail.com from the account's email address, or as the learner's parent, guardian or teacher, with the username.
When we get an email request, we delete the account within 30 days. Deleting an account removes the username, display name, email, password hash, Google sign-in link, class membership, game progress, answers and rewards. Server backups that contain the account are overwritten within 30 days after that. Nothing is kept unless the law requires it.
Uninstalling the app removes the copy on the device. It does not delete the account on our server.
How long we keep it
We keep an account's information while it is in use. If an account is unused for 2 years, we may delete it.
Your rights
You, or a learner's parent, guardian or teacher on their behalf, can ask to see, correct, export or delete personal information, or object to how it is used. Email peretz5gutmann@gmail.com and we will reply within 30 days. If you are in the UK or EU, you can also complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO).
Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top. For important changes, we will also post a notice in the game.