Privacy Policy

1. About this policy

This policy explains how the GamifyX Android app (“GamifyX”, “the app”, “we”, “us”) handles information. GamifyX helps parents set learning challenges for their children, record marks, turn marks into points and choose rewards.

GamifyX is designed to be used by parents and guardians. Children may look at their progress when a parent opens the “Show to child” view, but children do not create accounts or enter information themselves.

2. Information stored on your device

When you use GamifyX, the following information is saved in the app's private storage on your phone:

• Your family name
• Your children's first names or nicknames, and the avatar you pick for each
• Challenges, subjects, maximum marks, marks you enter, points and goal points
• Rewards you create
• Whether Premium is active on this device

This information is not sent to us or to any server we operate — GamifyX does not have one. Other apps on your phone cannot read it. We cannot see, access or recover it.

3. Backups

Android backup

If backup is turned on in your phone's settings, Android may include GamifyX's data in your phone's backup to your Google Account, so it can be restored on a new phone. This backup is created and stored by Google under your Google Account, according to Google's Privacy Policy. You can turn it off in your phone's Settings → System → Backup (the exact path varies by phone).

Backup files you save

In Settings → Save backup file, you can save a copy of your GamifyX data as a file in a location you choose (for example your Downloads folder or Google Drive). That file is under your control. We do not receive it. Anyone who has the file can read the family information in it, so keep it somewhere private.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version of GamifyX shows ads provided by Google AdMob, an advertising service of Google LLC.

• Ads appear only on parent screens (such as the dashboard, challenge and children screens).
• Ads are never shown in the “Show to child” view.
• Ads are limited to content rated suitable for general audiences.
• Premium subscribers see no ads, and the ad service is not used to show them ads.

What AdMob may collect

To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK built into the app may automatically collect and share with Google:

• Device identifiers, such as your device's advertising ID and app set ID
• IP address, which may be used to estimate your general location
• Device and app information (for example model, operating system version, language, app version)
• Ad interactions (for example ads viewed or tapped) and diagnostic information such as crash logs and performance data

AdMob never receives your family information — names, marks, challenges and rewards are not shared with ad services.

Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and How Google uses cookies and identifiers in advertising.

Your ad choices

• Users in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent using Google's consent form before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time in GamifyX → Settings → Ad privacy choices.
• On any Android phone, you can reset or delete your advertising ID in Settings → Privacy → Ads (or Settings → Google → Ads, depending on your phone). Deleting it limits personalised ads.
• You can manage ad personalisation for your Google Account at My Ad Center.
• You can remove ads completely by subscribing to Premium.

5. Premium purchases

Premium is a subscription sold through Google Play. Google processes the payment, so we never receive your name, card number or billing address.

The app asks Google Play whether the Google Account on your phone has an active GamifyX Premium subscription, and stores the answer on your device so Premium keeps working offline. Purchases are covered by the Google Play Terms of Service and Google's Privacy Policy. You can manage or cancel your subscription in the Google Play Store under Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions.

6. Children's privacy

GamifyX is intended to be used by adults (parents and guardians). Children do not sign up, do not have accounts and are not asked for any information.

The only information about children in the app is what a parent types in (such as a first name or nickname and marks). It stays on the parent's device and is not sent to us or to advertisers. We recommend using a first name or nickname rather than a full name.

The “Show to child” view shows no ads and no purchase options, and a grown-up question is required to leave it, so children cannot change marks or settings.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child's information has reached us in any way, contact us and we will help remove it.

7. Who we share information with

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information. Information is handled only by the services below, for the purposes shown:

We may also disclose information if required by law — but because family information never leaves your device, we have none to disclose.

8. App permissions

• Internet / network access — used only for Google Play Billing and to load ads. Your family information is not sent over the internet by the app.
• Advertising ID — used by Google AdMob as described above.
• Google Play billing — used to buy and check the Premium subscription.

GamifyX does not request access to your contacts, camera, microphone, photos, precise location or files. When you save or restore a backup, Android's file picker lets you choose a single file; the app can only access the file you pick.

9. Keeping and deleting information

• Remove a child or challenge inside the app to delete it from your device immediately.
• Delete everything by clearing the app's storage (Settings → Apps → GamifyX → Storage → Clear storage) or uninstalling the app.
• Backup files you saved remain where you put them until you delete them.
• Android backups can be managed or deleted in your Google Account / Google Drive backup settings.
• Ad-related data is kept by Google according to its own policies. You can reset or delete your advertising ID at any time.

10. Your rights and choices

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in Europe, the UK GDPR, or similar laws), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of your personal information.

Because we do not collect or store your family information, everything is already in your hands: you can view, edit or delete it directly in the app. For data collected by Google for ads or purchases, you can use Google's tools linked above or contact Google. If you have any questions or requests, contact us using the details below and we will respond as soon as we can.

11. Security

Your family information is kept in the app's private storage, which Android protects from other apps, and it is saved in a way that prevents corruption if the app closes unexpectedly. Because it is never sent to a server, it cannot be exposed in a server breach. Please protect your phone with a screen lock, and keep any backup files private.

12. Changes and contact

We may update this policy when the app changes. The effective date at the top shows when it was last updated. If we make significant changes — for example, if we ever start storing information online — we will tell you in the app before the change applies.

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Contact the GamifyX developer at rhgunathilake87@gmail.com.