Privacy Policy — Animals Peekaboo

Effective date: June 15, 2026 · Last updated: June 15, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the mobile application Animals Peekaboo ("the App", "we", "us", or "our") handles information. Animals Peekaboo is a calm, text‑free digging‑and‑discovery game designed for young children (ages 3–5) and their parents.

The short version: We collect nothing. The App has no ads, no analytics, and no account, and the developer never receives any data about you or your child. The only data stored is your child's game progress, language, and music setting — and it never leaves the device. The App uses the internet for a single, optional purpose: a one‑time, parent‑gated purchase to unlock all worlds, processed entirely by the Google Play Store. Uninstalling the App deletes all local data.

1. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to everyone who uses Animals Peekaboo, and it is written knowing the primary users are young children. We hold ourselves to the standards expected of children's apps, including the U.S. COPPA, the EU GDPR (including child protections, "GDPR‑K"), Google Play's Families Policy / "Designed for Families", and, where applicable, Apple's Kids Category guidelines.

2. Information we do NOT collect

Animals Peekaboo does not collect, request, store off‑device, or transmit any of the following:

There is no server, no backend, and no cloud account. The developer never receives any data about you or your child.

3. Information stored locally on the device

To make the game pleasant to return to, the App saves a small amount of information on the device only, using the operating system's standard local storage (Android SharedPreferences / iOS UserDefaults). None of it is personal, and none of it leaves the device:

What is storedWhyLeaves device?
Discovered animals (game progress)Remember the collection and unlocked levelsNo
Selected languageSpeak in the chosen language next timeNo
Background‑music on/offRemember the sound choiceNo

This data is stored in the App's private area, is inaccessible to other apps, and is removed when the App is uninstalled.

4. App permissions

Animals Peekaboo requests no sensitive permissions — no location, camera, microphone, contacts, or storage. The technical permission list contains only: the standard internet / network‑state permissions and the billing permission, which are required so the Google Play Store can process the optional one‑time purchase (see §8); and a non‑sensitive internal permission added automatically by the audio component to play the in‑app music. None of these grant access to your personal data, and the App itself does not use the internet connection to collect, send, or receive any information about you or your child — all purchase handling is performed by the Google Play Store, not by the App.

5. Text‑to‑Speech (spoken animal names)

Animals Peekaboo is intentionally text‑free: it speaks animal names and short praise in your chosen language using the text‑to‑speech engine built into your device's operating system. The words read aloud are a fixed, built‑in list that ships inside the App; no personal text is generated or sent. This speech is governed by your device manufacturer's and operating system's privacy policy and, on modern devices, is generated on‑device. We do not control, receive, or store anything from this process. If your device has no voice installed for a chosen language, the App simply stays silent for those words — the colorful animal pictures still work.

6. Background music

The gentle background music is bundled inside the App and played locally. Nothing about playback is collected or transmitted, and it can be muted at any time.

7. Advertising

Animals Peekaboo contains no advertising of any kind — no banners, interstitials, rewarded ads, or third‑party ad networks. This was a deliberate choice for a children's product.

8. In‑app purchases

Animals Peekaboo offers a single, optional one‑time purchase ("unlock all worlds") that opens the additional premium worlds. It is entirely optional — the App is fully playable for free — and every purchase is placed behind a parental gate (a simple problem an adult solves) so a young child cannot buy by accident.

The purchase is processed entirely by the official Google Play Store billing system. The App never sees, requests, or stores any payment information (no card numbers, billing address, or similar). We never receive your identity, card numbers, or payment details — only the financial and sales reports that Google provides to developers. Your use of Google Play billing is also governed by Google's own privacy policy and terms.

9. Third‑party services and SDKs

Animals Peekaboo integrates no third‑party analytics, advertising, social, or tracking SDKs. It is built with the open‑source Flutter framework and a few open‑source components used for on‑device functionality (local storage, audio playback, and a bridge to the device's text‑to‑speech engine), plus the official Google Play Billing component used solely to process the optional in‑app purchase (see §8). None of these collect personal data or build any profile of you; the billing component is operated by Google and shares no payment details with the App.

10. Data retention and deletion

Because all stored information lives only on your device, you are always in control. To delete everything, uninstall the App or clear its data in your device settings. We have nothing to delete on our side, because we never receive your data and operate no servers or accounts.

11. Children's privacy

Animals Peekaboo is designed for children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. The App contains no ads, no external links inside the play area, no social features, no chat, and no user‑generated content sharing. There is no web browser and no way for a child to freely reach the internet, other users, or us from within the play area; the only network feature is the parent‑gated purchase, which hands off to the Google Play Store. Any links to external resources are placed behind a parental gate or outside the child‑facing flow where required.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has somehow provided personal information to us, please contact us (see §14) — although, by design, the App provides no mechanism for this to happen.

12. Data security

Since the App collects no personal data and stores its small game data only within the device's protected, app‑private storage, there is no personal data at risk on our side. On‑device data is protected by your device's own operating‑system security.

13. International users and data transfers

The App itself performs no data transfers of personal information of any kind, and the developer receives no personal data about you in any region. The only network activity is the optional purchase, which is carried out by the Google Play Store under Google's own infrastructure and policies — the App is not involved in transferring any personal or payment data. This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the Republic of TĂŒrkiye, where the developer is based.

14. Contact us

Questions about this policy or about how Animals Peekaboo works? Contact the developer:

15. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy occasionally (for example, if we add a new feature or to reflect legal changes). We will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for significant changes, provide a more prominent notice. Because the App does not collect contact information, we cannot notify you individually; please review this page when updating the App.