About this policy

App: Colourkins, for iOS and Android.

Published by: Gaming Mechanics Limited, an Isle of Man company with registered number 134243C, registered at 14 Ballakermeen Drive, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 4HN (“we”, “us”).

Contact: enquiries@gamingmechanics.com

The short version

Colourkins is a colouring app for children aged 3 to 7. It is built so that we do not collect, store or share any personal information about you or your child.

• No accounts, no sign-up and no log-in.
• No adverts.
• No analytics and no tracking.
• No third-party software in the app that collects data.
• Your child's pictures stay on your device.

The rest of this page explains this in more detail.

1. What we collect

Nothing about you or your child. We do not ask for a name, email address, date of birth, location, photos, contacts or any other personal information. The app does not use the microphone or camera, and it does not read your contacts, location or advertising ID.

We cannot tell who is using the app, how often, or what they colour.

2. What stays on your device

The app stores the following only on your device:

• Artworks. Your child's coloured pictures and Blank Canvas drawings, with small preview images, so they appear in the Gallery.
• Settings. Mute, reduced motion, Stay in the Lines, and the last tool, style, colour and brush size used.

None of this is sent to us or to anyone else. We cannot see it. If you delete the app, this data is deleted with it, apart from anything the operating system has already backed up (see section 5).

3. Permissions and internet use

• The app asks for no permissions.
• The app makes no network connections at all. It works fully offline, and nothing is sent from your device.
• Saving to Photos. If a grown-up chooses to save an Artwork to Photos, the app uses your device's “add only” route. It can add a picture to your photo library. It cannot see or read your other photos.

4. Purchases and crash reports

Purchases. The app is bought through the Apple App Store or Google Play. The store handles your payment, and the store, not us, receives your payment details. We never see your card number or your Apple or Google account details. We do not run our own accounts or keep our own record of who has bought the app.

Crash reports. We do not put any crash-reporting software in the app. If you have agreed to share diagnostics with Apple or Google, the platform may provide us with anonymous, aggregated crash information through App Store Connect or the Google Play Console. We use it only to find and fix faults.

Apple and Google act as independent controllers of the information they handle. Their privacy policies apply to that information:

• Apple: apple.com/legal/privacy
• Google: policies.google.com/privacy

5. Backups

Your device's operating system may back up app data, including Artworks, to iCloud (iOS) or Google's backup service (Android) if you have switched backups on. That is controlled by your device settings and the platform's own privacy terms. We do not receive or have access to these backups. On Android, automatic backup has a size limit, so a large Gallery may not be restored on a new device. Saving Artworks to Photos is the safest way to keep them.

6. Children's privacy

Colourkins is designed for children aged 3 to 7 and for use by children on their own. Because we collect no personal information, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and there is nothing for a parent to review, correct or ask us to delete. This is how we meet our obligations under:

• the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA),
• the UK GDPR and the UK Age Appropriate Design Code (“Children's Code”),
• the Isle of Man Data Protection Act 2018 and the GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations 2018, and
• the Apple App Store Kids Category and Google Play Families policies.

Anything that costs money or leaves the app (saving to Photos, deleting an Artwork, changing settings and opening links) sits behind a Parental Gate, a simple check designed so that a young child cannot pass it but a grown-up can.

The app contains no advertising, no links to social media and no ways for children to talk to other people.

7. Sharing your information

We do not sell, rent, share or disclose personal information, because we do not hold any. The only parties that handle data in connection with the app are Apple and Google (purchases and platform crash reports).

8. Your rights

Under data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Isle of Man Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR and LED Implementing Regulations 2018, you have rights to access, correct, delete and restrict the use of personal information about you, and to object to its use. As we hold no personal information about you or your child, there is nothing for us to provide or delete. You are always in control of the data that exists, which is stored on your device:

• To remove Artworks, use the Grown-ups Corner in the app, or delete the app.
• To remove information held by Apple or Google, use the controls in your Apple or Google account.

If you think we have handled information about you incorrectly, please email us at enquiries@gamingmechanics.com. You also have the right to complain to the Isle of Man Information Commissioner (inforights.im), where we are established, to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk), or to the data protection authority where you live.

9. Security

Artworks never leave your device unless a grown-up chooses to save one to Photos. The app makes no network connections, and we do not store your information on any server.

10. Links to other sites

The app contains no links to external sites, apart from the privacy policy and support links in the Grown-ups Corner. These are behind the Parental Gate. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites.

11. Changes to this policy

If we change what the app does with information (for example, if a future version connects to the internet to download new pictures), we will update this policy before the change reaches the app, and change the effective date at the top. If a change would reduce your privacy, we will tell you in the app's store listing and release notes, and we will not collect any personal information from children without first asking a parent or carer for consent in a way that meets the law.

12. Contact us

Gaming Mechanics Limited
14 Ballakermeen Drive, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 4HN
Email: enquiries@gamingmechanics.com

Need help with the app itself? See our Colourkins support page.