Privacy policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

This policy explains how the Pawsumi game for Android (“Pawsumi”, “the app”), published by Zargham Labs LLC (“we”, “us”), handles information. Pawsumi is designed for a general audience that includes children, and it is built to collect as little as possible.

The short version

  • Pawsumi has no accounts, no chat and no analytics. We do not run any servers that receive information from the app.
  • Your progress, settings, coins and the birth year you enter are stored only on your device.
  • The app shows ads through Google AdMob and sells optional items through Google Play Billing. Google processes data for those services as described below.
  • The app does not request the Android advertising ID permission, for any user.

Information stored on your device

Level progress and stars, coins, hints, unlocked pets and outfits, settings, the daily-level streak, ad frequency counters, purchase records and the birth year you choose on the first screen. This data never leaves your device, except through Android's own backup if you have enabled it (see below). We cannot see it.

The age screen

The first time you open Pawsumi we ask for a birth year. There is no default answer, and every answer leads into the same game. The answer is kept only on your device and is used to configure ads:

  • If you are under 13, or you do not tell us your age, every ad request is sent with Google's child-directed (age-restricted) treatment, ads are non-personalised and limited to the G (general audiences) content rating.
  • If you are 13 to 17, ad requests use Google's teen treatment.
  • If you are 18 or older, ads may be personalised only where you allow it in Google's consent message (where one is required).

Advertising (Google AdMob)

Pawsumi uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK, which is on Google Play's list of Families self-certified ads SDKs. To serve and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google may process information such as your IP address (from which an approximate location can be derived), device and app information, and ad interactions. We do not receive this information in a form that identifies you. Learn more in Google's policy: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), Google's User Messaging Platform shows a consent message before ads are personalised. You can review your choice any time in Settings → Privacy choices.

Ads never appear while you are drawing or while a level is running, never after a failed attempt, and reward ads only play when you tap them.

Purchases (Google Play Billing)

Optional purchases are handled by Google Play. We never see your payment details. The app receives a purchase confirmation from Google Play on your device so it can unlock what you bought and restore it later.

Backups

If Android backup is turned on for your device, Android may include Pawsumi's save file in your Google account backup so your progress can return after a reinstall. This is controlled by your device settings and Google's terms.

Children

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. The birth year never leaves the device. For children and users of unknown age the app does not use the advertising ID, and ad requests are child-directed, non-personalised and G-rated, in line with the Google Play Families policy and COPPA. Parents can delete all data by uninstalling the app or using these steps.

Your choices and rights

  • Change ad consent: Settings → Privacy choices → Open privacy options (where offered).
  • Delete everything: see Delete data.
  • Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or US state laws) you may have rights to access or delete data. Because we do not hold data about you, most requests concern Google; see Google's privacy policy.

Security and retention

Data on your device stays until you delete it or uninstall the app. Network traffic for ads and purchases is encrypted in transit by Google's SDKs.

Changes

We will update this page if the app's data practices change, and change the date above.

Contact

Zargham Labs LLC, United States. Questions about privacy: please use the “Developer contact” email on Pawsumi’s Google Play page.