# Privacy Policy
**Last updated:** June 8, 2026
ideaPan ("we," "our," or "us") operates the **PolarPing** mobile application (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
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## 1. Information Collection and Use
PolarPing is designed for family use. The application is downloaded and managed by a parent or guardian, who may permit their child to interact with the application’s automated chatbot feature.
### On-Device Processing & Chat Data
* **No Server Syncing:** To ensure complete privacy, PolarPing does not transmit, upload, or sync chat conversations, inputs, or history to any external servers. All text interactions and chatbot processing happen locally on the user's device.
* **No Account Creation:** We do not require children or parents to create an account or provide names, emails, or personal details to use the chatbot.
* **Complete Parent Control:** All local chat history is fully accessible to the parent and can be deleted entirely at any time directly through the app’s settings or by clearing the app's local storage.
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## 2. Third-Party Service Providers
We may employ third-party platform services to facilitate our Service or assist us in analyzing crash reports to improve performance. Because we do not upload user data to a cloud backend, these services do not receive your personal data or chat histories.
* **Google Play Services:** Used for app distribution and core platform functionalities. [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
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## 3. Children's Privacy (COPPA & GDPR-K Compliance)
Because PolarPing is intended for family use and may be handled by children, we take extra precautions to protect young users:
* We do not knowingly collect, store, or share any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of consent in the UK/EU/US).
* We do not use behavioral tracking, targeted advertising, or harvest persistent device identifiers from child users.
* Since all data remains strictly on the local device, we hold zero child data on any external servers.
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## 4. Data Retention and Deletion
All data generated by PolarPing remains on your device until the app is uninstalled or you manually clear the app's data. Parents have the absolute right to delete all interaction history at any point.
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## 5. Security
While we do not transmit your data over the internet, we recommend securing your mobile device with standard pin/biometric locks to ensure unauthorized parties cannot access the locally stored app data on your device.
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## 6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.
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## 7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at:
* **Email:** ideapan.dev@gmail.com