AKURU PLAY LANKA — PRIVACY POLICY
Effective date: 14 October 2026
Last updated: 14 October 2026
1. Who we are and what this policy covers
Akuru Play Lanka is an educational word game developed by Arjuna Weerasekara under the Studio Picts name. This policy explains how information is handled in the Android and iOS versions of the app.
The game supports Sinhala, Tamil and English, with content for children aged 6–12, teenagers aged 13–17 and adults. You can play without creating an account or providing your name or email address.
For privacy questions, contact: studiopicts007@gmail.com.
2. Game information stored on your device
The app stores your language, selected subjects, learning age group, sound and music preferences, reduced-motion setting, scores, unlocked levels, hints, guesses and saved game sessions on your device. This information lets the app remember your preferences and resume your progress.
We do not upload these game records to a Studio Picts server or operate our own cloud account or game-sync service.
We ask for an age group, rather than an exact date of birth. The youngest age group selected on an installation is also retained locally to determine advertising protections. Changing the learning age group to an older group does not remove those protections.
Your operating system may include app data in device backups, depending on its settings. Those backups are managed by Apple or Google and your device settings, rather than a Studio Picts cloud service.
3. Advertising and information processed by Google
The app uses Google AdMob to display full-screen advertisements between game rounds. The app requests non-personalized ads. This does not mean that advertising services process no information.
Depending on your platform, age-related restrictions, privacy choices and device settings, Google and its advertising or service partners may process:
• Your IP address, which can indicate an approximate location.
• Device or app identifiers, including the Android advertising identifier where available and permitted, and other app- or developer-scoped identifiers.
• Advertising information, such as ads displayed, impressions, clicks and video views.
• App interaction, diagnostic and performance information.
• Consent choices and age-related advertising treatment signals.
This information is used to deliver and measure advertising, limit repeated ads, maintain and improve advertising services, and detect fraud or invalid traffic. Advertising services may use local storage for these purposes.
The current iOS version does not request permission to access Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA). Other advertising information described above may still be processed.
Google's policies explain its processing and your available controls:
Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
How Google uses information from apps: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
4. Advertising privacy choices
The app uses Google's User Messaging Platform to check whether an advertising privacy message is required. Where available, you can review or change your choices through Settings → Advertising privacy choices.
We request consent where required by applicable law. Some age groups or regions may not receive a consent form. Withdrawing consent does not necessarily stop every form of advertising processing; permitted limited or contextual advertising may still be available.
Android users can also manage or delete their advertising identifier in their device's advertising privacy settings. iOS users can manage system tracking permissions in their device settings.
5. Children and teenagers
The app uses age-group settings to request additional advertising protections. The 6–12 age group is marked for child-directed advertising treatment, and the 13–17 age group is marked as under the age of consent for advertising. The app requests ads with Google's general-audience content rating and does not request personalized ads for these groups.
The app does not require children to submit their name, email address, exact date of birth or contact details to play. A parent or guardian should handle support messages and completion-gift requests for a child.
If you believe a child has sent us personal information that should not have been provided, contact us. We will review the request and delete information where appropriate or required by law.
6. Information you choose to send us
If you email us for support, feedback or a completion gift, we receive your email address and anything you include, such as your name, contact details, message or game screenshot.
We use that information to respond, investigate an issue, verify completion when relevant and arrange the requested gift. Sending information is voluntary and is not required to play the game. Please send only information needed for your request. Do not include passwords, payment-card details or unrelated sensitive information.
The app does not automatically capture or upload screenshots. Any screenshot you email is shared through an action you choose outside the app.
7. Sharing information
Advertising information is processed by Google and its relevant partners as described above. Our email service provider also processes correspondence sent to us.
We do not sell the contact information you send us or your locally stored game records. We may disclose information when necessary to comply with law, respond to a valid legal request or protect people and the service against fraud or misuse.
We require service providers handling personal information for us to protect it consistently with this policy and applicable privacy requirements. Third-party services also explain their practices in their own privacy notices.
8. Retention and deletion
Local game data remains on your device until you reset it or remove the app's stored data.
• Settings → Reset progress clears saved attempts, game sessions and scores. Language, age-group and other settings remain.
• On Android, clearing the app's storage removes its locally stored settings and progress.
• On iOS, use Delete App to remove local app data; Offload App preserves app data.
• Device backups may retain or restore app data. Manage those separately through your Apple or Google backup settings.
We retain support and gift correspondence only for as long as needed to resolve the request, arrange the gift and handle necessary follow-up. Information needed for legal obligations or a dispute may be retained for the applicable period. We then delete it or remove identifying details.
You can email us to request deletion of information you have sent us. Deleting local app data does not delete correspondence or information already processed by Google. Google's retention and deletion controls are described in its privacy policy.
9. Your privacy rights and legal grounds
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal information, restrict or object to processing, withdraw consent, or receive a portable copy of information. You may also complain to the relevant data-protection authority.
Where a legal basis is required, we rely on consent for advertising processing that requires consent, our legitimate interests in responding to requests and preventing misuse, and legal obligations where applicable. We use information you voluntarily send to handle the support or gift request you made.
Contact studiopicts007@gmail.com to exercise your rights. We may request information reasonably needed to verify that the request relates to you. We cannot remotely access or delete game records stored only on your device.
10. Security and international processing
The app uses device storage for game records and does not request access to your camera, microphone, contacts, photo library or precise location for gameplay. Google states that information transmitted by its mobile advertising SDK is encrypted in transit.
We take reasonable steps to protect information we receive, but no storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.
Google and other service providers may process information in countries outside your country of residence. Their privacy notices describe their locations and transfer safeguards. Where applicable, we require appropriate safeguards for international transfers of information we handle.
11. External services and this policy page
Advertisements may open an advertiser's website, app or store listing. Those services handle information under their own privacy policies.
This policy page is hosted using Google Sites. Google may process information about visits to the page under its own privacy policy. Visiting this page does not upload your locally saved game progress to us.
12. Changes and contact
We may update this policy when the app or our information practices change. The latest version will appear on this page with an updated date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request fresh consent.
Privacy contact:
Arjuna Weerasekara — Studio Picts
App: Akuru Play Lanka
Email: studiopicts007@gmail.com