Privacy Policy — Lantern Garden

Effective date: 2026-07-04 App: Lantern Garden (iOS & Android) Developer / Data controller: Hamdy Mokhtar Sherif ("we", "us") Contact: lanterngarden.app@gmail.com

1. Summary

Lantern Garden is a cozy tap-to-rotate puzzle game. The game is playable offline, and we do not require you to create an account or give us your name, email, or other contact details. We rely on a small set of well-known third-party services for crash reporting, anonymous analytics, optional advertising, and in-app purchases. This policy explains what those services process and the choices you have. We do not sell your personal information.

2. Information we and our partners process

We do not directly collect your real-world identity. Our third-party SDKs may process the following, typically tied to a device or advertising identifier:

Data typePurposeProcessor
App usage & in-game events (levels played, sessions, taps)Improve difficulty and game design (aggregate/anonymous analytics)Google Firebase Analytics
Crash logs & diagnostics (device model, OS version, stack traces)Diagnose crashes and improve stabilityGoogle Firebase Crashlytics
Remote-configuration fetch (install/device data)Tune difficulty and ad limits without an app updateGoogle Firebase Remote Config
Advertising identifier (IDFA/AAID) & ad-interaction dataServe and measure ads (personalized only with your consent)Google AdMob
Purchase & entitlement records, anonymous app-user IDProcess, restore, and manage in-app purchasesRevenueCat + Apple App Store / Google Play billing
Player ID, leaderboard & achievement data (only if you use them)Game Center / Google Play Games featuresApple Game Center / Google Play Games
Game progress and settingsSave your game on your device only — not transmitted to usLocal storage (on-device)

We do not collect precise location, contacts, photos, microphone, or camera data. Game progress and settings are stored locally on your device.

3. How we use the information

4. Advertising & consent

"Remove Ads" purchase disables them.

UMP (User Messaging Platform) consent prompt; on iOS we present Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT)** prompt before using the advertising identifier for tracking. If you decline, you still see ads, but non-personalized ones.

a maximum content rating suitable for that audience.

5. Legal bases (GDPR/EEA/UK users)

6. Children

Lantern Garden is family-friendly but is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us at lanterngarden.app@gmail.com and we will delete it.

7. Your choices & rights

prompt (Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking), or reset/limit your advertising ID in device settings. Buy "Remove Ads" to disable ads entirely.

lanterngarden.app@gmail.com; we will action requests and forward them to our processors where applicable.

to opt out of "sale"/"sharing." We do not sell personal information. You will not be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

8. Data retention

We retain data only as long as needed for the purposes above. Diagnostic and analytics data follow the processors' defaults (e.g. Firebase Crashlytics ≈ 90 days; Analytics per project settings). Purchase records are kept as required for entitlement restoration and tax/accounting.

9. How to request deletion

Email lanterngarden.app@gmail.com from your request. You can also delete all locally-stored game data by uninstalling the app. For store-held purchase data, use your Apple/Google account controls.

10. Security

We use reputable providers that transmit data over encrypted connections (HTTPS/ TLS). No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect the limited data processed.

11. International transfers

Our processors (Google, Apple, RevenueCat) may process data in countries other than yours, including the United States, under safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses where required.

12. Third-party processors & their policies

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy; the Effective date above reflects the latest version. Material changes will be noted in the app's release notes.

14. Contact

Questions or requests: lanterngarden.app@gmail.com