Privacy

Data we collect

None. Inkline does not collect, transmit, or store any data about you or your use of the app on any server we control.

Data we share with third parties

None. We have no analytics SDKs, no advertising SDKs, no crash-reporting SDKs, and no third-party services collecting data on our behalf.

Data stored locally on your device

The following is saved on your device only, using your phone's secure preferences storage. None of it is transmitted anywhere:

• Which puzzles you've solved, in which chapters.
• Which sumi-e forms have been revealed and placed in your Garden.
• Your audio, music, haptics, target-shape, and reduce-motion preferences.
• The last puzzle you played (for the Continue button).
• A flag for whether you've completed first-launch onboarding.
• Whether each chapter's cinematic intro has been seen.
• The date keys of any Daily Knots you have solved.

If you delete the app, all of the above is deleted with it. There is no cloud backup, no remote save, and no recoverable history. The trade-off for collecting no data about you is that we can't help recover it later.

Apple App Privacy nutrition label

The label that appears on Inkline's App Store listing is, in full:

• Data Not Collected. The developer does not collect any data from this app.

This is true at every privacy category Apple defines — contact info, health and fitness, financial info, location, sensitive info, contacts, user content, search and browsing history, identifiers, purchases, usage data, diagnostics, and "other data". Inkline collects none of them.

Google Play Data Safety disclosure

• Does the app collect or share any of the required user data types? No.
• Is all of the user data collected by your app encrypted in transit? No data is collected, so this requirement does not apply. The only network requests Inkline makes are to Google Play Billing, which is governed by Google's own security.
• Do you provide a way for users to request that their data be deleted? Locally stored data is removed when the app is uninstalled. No personal data is held on our servers, because we have no servers.
• Is the app independently validated against a global security standard? Not applicable — there is no data to secure beyond what the operating system protects.

Children's privacy

Inkline is suitable for all ages, rated 4+ / Everyone / PEGI 3, and contains no text input, no chat, no advertising, and no objectionable content. Because the app collects no personal information from any user, no parental consent or age gate is required. We comply with the U.S. COPPA rule and the EU's GDPR-K provisions for children's data by collecting nothing.

In-app purchases

Inkline includes one optional in-app purchase, processed by Apple's In-App Purchase service on iOS and Google Play Billing on Android. Inkline itself does not see, store, or transmit any of your payment details — those are handled by Apple and Google directly under their privacy policies:

• Apple — apple.com/legal/privacy
• Google — policies.google.com/privacy

Inkline only receives a yes/no flag from these services indicating whether the unlock has been purchased on your account. That flag is stored locally on your device alongside the rest of your save data, and never leaves it.

Refund or cancellation requests for the in-app purchase are handled by Apple or Google, not by us. See Apple's refund flow or Google Play's refund flow — Inkline has no way to issue, deny, or process refunds directly.

Tracking

Inkline does not track you across apps or websites owned by other companies. It does not request Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission because it does not track. There are no advertising identifiers, no SDK fingerprinting, and no analytics.

Permissions Inkline asks for

Only the basic capability to access the internet (so the in-app purchase can be verified) and to vibrate (for the optional haptic feedback you can toggle in Settings). Inkline does not request location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos, calendar, notifications, files, or any other sensitive permission.

Your rights under GDPR / CCPA / similar laws

Because Inkline collects no personal information, there is no profile to access, correct, port, delete, or restrict processing of. You exercise the right of deletion at any time by uninstalling the app.

Changes to this policy

If we ever change this policy in a material way, we'll update the "last updated" date at the bottom and note what changed. Inkline's design intent is to never collect your data — we expect this policy to stay essentially the same for as long as the app exists.

Contact

Questions or concerns about privacy in Inkline? Write to playpalapps2024@gmail.com. We read every email and reply in plain words.