Privacy Policy

The app saves the following in its private storage on your device only:

• your dogs' profiles: name, age group, size, breed and avatar colour;
• your goals, active programs, current day, session ratings and streak;
• your training log (date, duration, reps and a note for each session) and your notes for each dog;
• which tricks each dog knows or is learning;
• your settings (theme, sound, vibration, reminder on or off and its time);
• counters used to space out ads and review requests, the install date, and whether you have PawQuest Plus (a cached flag so the app works offline).

We cannot see this information. It is never sent to us or to anyone else. Plans, adaptation and stats are calculated on your phone. Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer are switched off for this app, so if you uninstall the app or lose your phone, we cannot recover your data.

We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos or any other personal information.

If you turn on the daily training reminder, the app asks for permission to show notifications at that moment and schedules a local notification on your phone. It is scheduled again after your phone restarts. Nothing is sent to us.

The clicker and whistle play sounds that ship inside the app. The app never records audio and has no microphone permission. Vibration is only used for haptic feedback.

If you do not have PawQuest Plus, the app shows a banner at the bottom of the main screens (not on the Tools tab), an occasional full-screen ad when you leave the session-complete screen, and optional video ads you can choose to watch to open a single locked day or trick. Full-screen ads never appear in your first 24 hours or before you have finished 3 sessions, and are spaced out. These ads are provided by Google AdMob, part of Google LLC.

To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and share with Google:

• device identifiers such as your device's advertising ID and app set ID;
• approximate location derived from your IP address;
• information about ads shown and your interactions with them;
• diagnostic information about the performance of the ads SDK.

Ads may be personalised where you allow it. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the app asks for your consent through Google's consent form before ads are requested. You can change your choice at any time under Settings > Privacy > Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings.

The app asks Google to limit ads to content suitable for teenagers. Google's use of this information is described in Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy and at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

If you subscribe to PawQuest Plus, you see no ads.

PawQuest Plus is a subscription sold through Google Play. Google processes your payment; we never receive your card or payment details. The app only asks Google Play whether your subscription is active. Google Play's terms and privacy policy apply to your purchase. You can manage or cancel your subscription in the Google Play app under Payments and subscriptions.

After a good session the app may ask whether you would like to rate it, using Google Play's in-app review feature. Google Play shows the review card and handles your rating; the app does not receive what you write.

The app has no account, no sign-up and no server of ours that stores your data. It contains no analytics, crash-reporting or tracking tools of our own. We do not sell or share personal data and do not use it to train AI.

You can view and edit everything in the app. Settings > Erase all data deletes your dogs, progress, tricks, training log and notes from your phone and cancels the reminder. Uninstalling the app deletes everything it stored. There is no account, so there is nothing to delete on a server. For data collected by Google for advertising, see Google's privacy controls at https://myaccount.google.com.

PawQuest gives general dog training guidance. It is not veterinary or behavioural treatment. Please see a vet for health or aggression issues.

PawQuest is intended for users aged 13 and over. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

The data the app stores stays in the app's private storage on your device, protected by Android's app sandbox. Information collected by the Google Mobile Ads SDK is sent to Google over encrypted connections.

If we change how the app handles information, we will update this policy and the date at the top.

Questions about this policy: [email protected]