Privacy policy; Dumpling Pals

What we collect

Nothing.

The app has no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, no tracking of any kind, and no third-party service that transmits data. It never asks your child to type their name: pet names are chosen by tapping one of a fixed list of suggestions, so there is no free-text entry anywhere in the app that could capture personal information.

What is stored on your device

Your child's progress is saved locally, using standard Android app storage:

• the pet's name (chosen from our fixed list), species and appearance
• care progress; hunger, energy, cleanliness, happiness, age and life stage
• coins, decorations, stickers, trophies and mini-game high scores
• photos the game draws itself
• sound settings, notification preferences and quiet hours
• a small cache of what you bought (Dumpling Plus and theme packs) so the game still knows offline; Google Play remains the source of truth
• the date the app last asked for a rating (at most once every 90 days)

This data never leaves the device by any action of ours. Uninstalling the app removes it.

No backup

Android Auto Backup is switched off for this app. Nothing is copied to Google Drive or any other cloud, and device-to-device transfer is excluded. A reinstall or a new phone starts with a fresh pal.

Purchases come back through Google Play, and the grown-up area has a Restore purchases button.

Purchases

Dumpling Pals is free to play, with optional one-time purchases: Dumpling Plus and individual theme packs. None of them are subscriptions, nothing is bought with coins that cost real money, and coins are only earned by playing.

• Purchases are handled entirely by Google Play Billing. We never see or store your payment details.
• Every purchase screen sits behind a parental gate; a multiplication question intended to be answerable by an adult rather than a young child. A child cannot reach the payment flow alone.
• There is no server or account that records what you bought.
• A link to your Google Play order history, in the grown-up area behind the gate, lets you manage or refund a purchase. Google's terms and refund process apply.

Internet access

The app requests internet permission so Google Play can show prices and verify a purchase. The game itself is fully playable offline and makes no requests to any server operated by us, because no such server exists for this app.

The only things that leave the app are handled by Google, and only when you ask for them:

• a purchase
• restoring purchases
• the optional Google Play rating card
• opening your Google Play order history

Notifications

With your permission, the app can post gentle reminders; that the pet is hungry, that a present is waiting, or that a friend on the adventure trail is waiting. These are generated on the device; nothing is sent to or from a server.

In the app's grown-up area you can choose how much the app may tell you about, turn notifications off entirely, and set quiet hours during which nothing is posted. You can also revoke the permission at any time in Android's settings.

Children's privacy

Dumpling Pals is designed for children and is intended to comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the UK Age Appropriate Design Code, and the GDPR provisions concerning children's data.

Because the app collects no personal information at all, there is nothing for us to disclose, sell, share, or delete on request. There is no advertising of any kind, and therefore no personalised or interest-based advertising to children.

Third parties

The app bundles open-source software libraries, which run entirely on the device and transmit nothing. Their licences are listed inside the app, in the grown-up area.

Aside from Google Play (Billing and the optional rating card); used only when a purchase or a rating is made; and Android's own platform services, no third party receives any data from this app.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address and the date above will change. If a future version of the app ever collects data, we will say so here before that version ships, and seek your consent where the law requires it.

Contact

Questions about this policy, or about your child's privacy: hello@iridiumtree.com