Privacy policy
Last updated 2 November 2026. This page explains what WritSpeak collects, who processes it, how long it is kept and how to ask for deletion.
The short version
- Your essays, photos and recordings are sent to service providers to be transcribed and assessed. WritSpeak itself does not save them, except answers you choose to send to the WritSpeak Team for marking.
- WritSpeak saves your scores and the types of mistakes found (for example "articles" or "spelling"), not your text, so you can see your progress and get lessons on what matters most. It also counts how many checks you have used.
- We do not ask for your name, email address or phone number to use the site.
- We never see your bank card details.
What we collect and why
| Information | Why | Saved by WritSpeak? |
|---|---|---|
| Your written answer, the task question and any chart you add | To assess your writing | No. Sent for assessment only. |
| Photos of handwritten pages | To turn your handwriting into text that you then check | No. Sent for reading only. |
| Speaking recordings | To make an automatic transcript, which is then assessed | No. The recording is sent for transcription and not stored by WritSpeak. |
| Pronunciation check of a recorded answer (when switched on) | To find words and sounds to practise | No recording is kept. Scores and the sounds to practise are saved with your access code or device. |
| Full Speaking test answers | Each answer is transcribed as you go; the transcripts are kept in your browser until you ask for the result, then assessed together | No. WritSpeak keeps only a temporary test ticket (up to 90 minutes) and the result scores. |
| Your 5-minute lesson and exercise | The sentence the lesson is about is sent to make the lesson; your exercise answer is sent to check it | No. The sentence travels in a signed ticket kept in your browser for up to 2 days. |
| Mistake types (your error profile): the type of each weakness, how many essays it appeared in, whether you fixed or practised it | To choose your learning priority, see whether a weakness is improving, and show your learning history | Yes, linked to your access code or to a random device number. No sentences from your essays are saved. |
| 2-minute drills | One of your mistakes is sent to make practice items; your drill answers are marked in your browser | No |
| Results: band estimates, task type, word count, whether it was a revised draft, date | To show your progress and run fair limits | Yes, linked to your access code or to a random device number |
| Access code | To give you your plan | Only as a one-way code plus its last 4 characters, with your plan, its end date and the note the WritSpeak Team added (usually your first name) |
| A random device number made by your browser | So one code works on up to 2 devices and free checks are fair | Yes |
| Your network (IP) address | Daily limits on free checks | Only as a salted one-way code that cannot be turned back into the address |
| A record of checks used and returned | So you are never charged for a failed check, and so charges can be checked | Yes |
Your browser also keeps your drafts, your last result and a signed copy of its corrections (so a re-check can show what you fixed), a short list of your recent mistake types (for My Progress), a copy of the page itself if you install WritSpeak as an app (so it opens quickly), your access code and the device number on your own device (local storage). You can clear them in your browser settings.
Who processes your information
- Hosting, database and speech transcription: Cloudflare. The website, the results database and the speech-to-text run on Cloudflare. For speech-to-text, Cloudflare states that it does not keep the inputs or outputs after the request is processed, and does not use them to train AI models (Cloudflare Workers AI privacy). WritSpeak's own error logs contain error codes only, never your text, and request logging is switched off.
- AI assessment: an AI model provider based in the United States. It receives your answer text, the question, any chart picture and photos of handwritten pages. It states that it deletes these inputs and outputs within 30 days by default. Content flagged by its safety systems may be kept for up to 2 years. It does not use them to train its models by default.
- Pronunciation check (only when switched on for your plan): a speech-analysis service run by WritSpeak on Hugging Face. Your recording is sent to it once, scored, and deleted straight away. Only the scores and the sounds to practise are kept. It is not used to train any model.
- Fonts: none. The typefaces are stored on WritSpeak's own website, so your browser contacts no font service.
How long we keep it
- Scores, the code record and the record of checks used: while your plan is active and afterwards until you ask us to delete them.
- Answers sent to the WritSpeak Team: until you or the team deletes them.
- Error logs on Cloudflare: up to 3 days.
Payments
You can pay the WritSpeak Team directly (for example by Kaspi transfer), and the team gives you an access code. When online checkout is open, payment is handled by PayPal. WritSpeak never receives your card or bank details. For an online payment we save the plan, billing period, amount, currency, your country (worked out from your connection or chosen by you; no GPS is used), PayPal's payment and order references, and the payment status including any refund. We do not save your name or email from PayPal. An access code is shown once after payment and then removed from our payment record. The code record shows only the plan and its dates.
Deleting your information
To see or delete what is saved for your code, email the WritSpeak Team at support@writspeak.com with the last 4 characters of your code. Free users can clear their device number in the browser; scores linked to it can also be deleted on request.
Children
If you are under 18, ask a parent or your teacher before using WritSpeak.
Important
Results are AI-assisted, IELTS-style estimates for practice. They are not official IELTS results. WritSpeak is not affiliated with or endorsed by IELTS, Cambridge English, the British Council or IDP.