Privacy policy

Lantern Rovers privacy policy Updated 26 October 2026 Public brand: Oreniq Games. Legal operator and privacy contact: Anthony Holland, Oreniqgames@gmail.com. Anthony Holland is the individual developer based in Utah, United States. ABOUT THIS RELEASE This notice describes the Lantern Rovers release containing these notices. The first public distribution scope for the rewarded-ad release is the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This release is not offered for public distribution in the UK; existing UK rights and support are preserved. Earlier offline versions remain covered by their own notices; this text does not change an installed older copy. The game is intended for ages 13 and older. It has no in-game account, private feedback inbox, attendance tracking or automatic daily activity uploads. A limited Google Play age and parental-approval check remains for age-appropriate access and compliance. Optional rewarded advertisements may be offered to eligible players aged 15 and older. Purchases are not offered. Ordinary gameplay and progression do not require watching an advertisement. Removing the former tester accounts does not change your Google Play account, parental controls or Store requirements. LANGUAGE CHOICE The game asks for your express choice to use English for the terms of use and documents relating to that agreement. You can read the English notices before choosing. A small preference is stored only on this device, separately from game progress: the English choice, the language-prompt revision and a fingerprint of the exact terms and their revision. The game does not upload this preference to us or to ad services. It remains until replaced or app storage is removed. Changed terms require a new choice. Choosing English is not consent to optional advertising or a waiver of rights that applicable law protects. GOOGLE PLAY AGE AND PARENTAL ACCESS On supported Android builds the game requests Google Play Age Signals API 0.0.4 for age-appropriate access and legal or regulatory compliance. Depending on the response, it may temporarily receive access status, lower and upper age-band bounds, age-range source, significant-change parental approval status and date, and a Play install identifier. These raw fields stay in working memory. We do not save them or send them to Firebase, our own server, advertising, analytics or Testers14. We do not ask for date of birth, identity documents, precise location or selfies. Google handles its account and verification processes under its own terms. An age range may be self-declared, parent-provided or verified by Google; we do not independently verify identity. A minimal access decision, decision/check timestamps and policy/change revision markers are kept in private storage separately from the game save. A permitted decision lasts at most 12 calendar months; clock rollback or inconsistent records may require a new check. A known restriction remains until a valid compatible response resolves it. Raw age bounds, source, parental approval date and Play install identifier are not stored in that decision. The game checks at startup when a saved decision is missing or unusable, or permission is expired or invalid for the current policy/change revision. A preserved restriction offers an explicit retry, and you may choose Check again. Returning to the app enforces the existing decision; this adds no automatic daily Store query or attendance report. A successful NOT_SHARED response may allow conservative ordinary gameplay when no known restriction takes precedence. A fresh error without valid prior permission blocks access and offers retry. An unchanged, unexpired prior permission may allow offline gameplay after an error. Under-13, verification-required and unresolved parental-change restrictions remain blocked until resolved through the appropriate Google Play process. Optional ads do not override those restrictions. This release has no game tester accounts and no account enrollment age requirement. Store access data is not used to personalize advertising or create a marketing profile. Clearing storage or uninstalling may remove the local decision and game progress; it does not change age or parental approval in Google Play or guarantee unrestricted access. A fresh installation checks again. An older installed copy or offline cached decision cannot immediately learn every later Store change. Do not send raw age responses or identity documents to support. OPTIONAL REWARDED ADS An eligible expedition result may offer an extra bundle of Coins and materials. The prompt shows that bundle before you choose Watch ad. Ordinary rewards are kept if you decline, an ad is unavailable or it fails. There are no automatic banner or interstitial advertisements. No purchase, favorable review, referral or marketing subscription is needed for the reward. An internet connection is needed for an ad. AD ELIGIBILITY AND CHOICES Optional ads are available only from age 15, subject to Google Play restrictions and privacy choices. A neutral local choice offers Under 15, 15-17, 18 or older, and Prefer not to say. Under 15, no choice or declining means the ad and consent services are not contacted. Ordinary gameplay and earned rewards remain available under the existing game access rules. There is no free extra ad reward for choosing a younger age. The same extra-reward calculation and limits apply to every eligible player. We do not ask for a birth date or identity documents, and this local answer is not independently verified identity. Google AdMob supplies optional ads. We use the same teen-protective, G-rated, nonpersonalized request treatment for all ad-eligible players, including adults. Ads are not selected using a behavioral marketing profile supplied by the game. Before contacting ad services, we explain the Google data use and offer Agree and continue or Not now. Regional provider privacy choices follow where applicable. You may decline and keep ordinary expedition rewards. Turning ads off or withdrawing the local choice is available in Settings. Ad privacy choices provides the applicable provider form when available and eligible. Ads stay unavailable if current-session consent checks fail or applicable device-storage permission is missing. A provider permission flag alone is not a replacement for the game's age and privacy safeguards. The game keeps a small ad-preference record in private device storage, separately from ordinary progress: the selected age band or unknown/declined choice, a device-clock timestamp for reviewing that choice, whether ad services were previously requested, and a single derived flag recording a known Store restriction on ads. It keeps no birth date, raw Store age ranges or status, account details or Play install identifier in that record. The preference remains until changed or app storage is removed. You can turn ads off immediately; otherwise the age preference can be reviewed after 24 hours. The prior-use flag helps keep withdrawal controls reachable; the restriction flag prevents a later ambiguous response from overriding a known restriction. Neither is an attendance record. The explicit ad-data acknowledgment is held only in memory for the current session and is requested again after a non-ad background transition or a privacy review. The derived current-session Store ad-eligibility result is also memory-only; the separate restrictive flag described above may persist. Ads require a fresh Store response in the current session or after resuming. A valid NOT_SHARED response can use an eligible local choice only when no prior restrictive Store result takes precedence. Transport errors or cached ordinary-gameplay permission alone never allow ads. Raw Store fields and identifiers are not saved or forwarded to advertising. The game does not send the chosen age band, birth date, player save, support email or legacy tester identity to the ad service. A common protective ad-treatment flag does not identify the player or certify their age. When ad/consent services are contacted, Google and its advertising partners may process the IP address (including approximate location), ad/app interactions, performance and diagnostic data, and device or app identifiers for ad delivery, measurement, security and fraud prevention. Removing or limiting advertising identifiers does not make an ad data-free. Our release configuration does not request the Android advertising-ID permission; other provider identifiers and network information may still be processed. No precise-location permission is requested for ads. Provider privacy choices and applicable restrictions affect which data is used. Google describes its practices at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads and https://policies.google.com/privacy . Provider processing, retention and requests are also governed by those notices; deleting this game cannot delete every record held by a provider. We do not operate a separate gameplay analytics or ad-profile server. Google acts under its own applicable privacy and advertising terms; its processing is not all performed solely on our instructions. REWARDED-AD RECORDS ON YOUR DEVICE The game stores a pending reward offer, local completion/recovery records and claim-limit timing in private app storage, separately from and alongside ordinary progress. These records help apply a confirmed reward once, recover an interrupted save and enforce device-level limits. They are not an attendance report and are not sent to our own server. The device clock is used for local limits; this is not a verified online account or cloud entitlement. A completed ad must reach the game through the provider's reward callback and be saved successfully. We cannot promise recovery if the callback never arrives or all relevant local storage is lost. Clearing storage or uninstalling may remove the reward record and progress. A reward has no cash value or cash-out right. PROGRESS ON YOUR DEVICE The game keeps progress, equipment, inventory, preferences, tutorial completion, rewards and any expedition in progress in private app storage. This version does not upload that progress, send gameplay reports or offer a cloud save. Device backup and transfer features may retain separate copies under your device settings. Updating the game is intended to preserve your ordinary game save. Uninstalling or clearing app storage can permanently remove it; do not do that as a routine testing step. SUPPORT AND SHARING YOU CHOOSE You may choose to open your email app to contact Oreniqgames@gmail.com. This version does not automatically attach game progress, device identifiers, device details or activity records. Children should ask a parent or guardian to contact support for them. Please do not include the child's name, birth date, contact details, photos or other unnecessary personal information. You decide what to write, attach and send. If you send a message, we receive your sender address and the content you include, and use it to answer support requests, investigate problems and improve the game. Your email provider also processes messages under its own policy. Do not include passwords, payment information or sensitive personal details. Optional progress sharing prepares text about game progress. You choose the receiving app and whether to send. The game does not read contacts or send invitations automatically. The receiving service handles shared information under its own policy. EXTERNAL TESTING SERVICE Some invited testers participate through Testers14, a separately operated paid testing service. We may receive its activity reports, device information, bug reports and written feedback through its dashboard. These are provider reports; this game version does not send it attendance or gameplay telemetry. Participation in that service is separate from ordinary play. Its own notices and terms govern information testers provide to it. An activity entry is not an independent guarantee of gameplay, continued Play opt-in or eligibility. Reports and feedback are used to assess testing coverage and improve the game, not to require favorable reviews. OLDER BUILDS AND EXISTING TESTER DATA Earlier connected tester builds and the separate web hub used Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore for accounts, private messages and optional activity summaries. The limited Play access check remains in this version, separately from those removed account and tracking features. Those historical practices, including data fields, local credentials, withdrawal limits and provider retention, remain described in the preserved notice: https://chaos-among-us.github.io/oreniq-games-site/lantern-rovers/legacy-connected.html This release does not include the former account, inbox and activity-tracking features; it does not delete a cloud account, previously uploaded records, exports, backups or data held by Google. It does not update an older copy installed on another device. Legacy local files may remain in private app storage; this version does not use them to reconnect or upload queued activity. Existing tester accounts and data requests remain accessible through the separate legacy hub: https://chaos-among-us.github.io/oreniq-games-site/lantern-rovers/testers/ You may use that hub to review or download your information, withdraw activity sharing for older connected copies, or request deletion. You may instead email Oreniqgames@gmail.com with the subject 'Lantern Rovers data request'. Send from the account email when possible; do not send identity documents. Activity-only deletion can be requested while keeping the account and feedback. Removing this app or turning off sharing does not delete earlier server data. RETENTION AND SECURITY Existing tester accounts, profiles, messages and activity summaries remain subject to owner-managed deletion no later than 90 days after the test ends, or earlier upon an account holder's deletion request. A resumable deletion flow may report pending work; do not assume completion before it confirms removal. A minimal random account identifier and deletion time may remain for up to 90 days after account deletion to prevent stale sessions recreating the account. Provider backup and security-log schedules, independent exports and device backups remain separate. Existing exchange notes follow the earlier notice's 90-day exchange limit and requested-account cleanup. No existing retention promise is extended by this update. Support correspondence and external test reports are kept only as needed to address the issue, conduct the test and meet applicable obligations. You can request access, correction or deletion through the contact above. We do not sell legacy tester information or use it to target advertisements. Access to private tester records is limited to the authorized test owner. No storage or transmission method is completely secure. WEBSITE AND PROVIDERS Our static legal pages and legacy hub are hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may process IP addresses and request information to operate and secure the website. The pages do not add web analytics. The legacy connected hub uses Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore under the preserved notice; opening this game does not open or sign in to that hub. The limited access check communicates with Google Play as described above. Your chosen email or sharing app, Google Play, GitHub and Testers14 have their own privacy practices. GitHub privacy: https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/privacy-policies/github-general-privacy-statement Google privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy Firebase privacy: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy Testers14: https://testers14.com/ UK PURPOSES AND BASES Where UK data-protection law applies, optional ad-related processing and device access use the applicable consent choices. You may withdraw consent for future use; this does not invalidate earlier lawful processing. Necessary support and bug investigation use our legitimate interests in answering requests and maintaining a safe, working game, limited to what the issue needs and balanced against your rights. Local access safeguards use our interests in age-appropriate, secure access; a US state requirement is not described as a separate UK legal duty. Optional legacy activity sharing retains its historical affirmative-choice basis and notice; this update does not create new acceptance or restart old tracking. Necessary legacy account operation and requests remain tied to the service actually requested and applicable duties. We do not use legitimate interests as a substitute for required advertising consent. The publisher is based in the United States. Google describes its independent-controller roles and international-transfer arrangements, including use of the UK extension to the Data Privacy Framework in certain circumstances and contractual safeguards where applicable, at https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/ and https://business.safety.google/adsdatatransfers/ . Contact the privacy address for information about safeguards applicable to information you provide to us. This release is not offered for public distribution in the UK. That does not remove existing UK rights or obligations relating to legacy records, support or other processing. PRIVACY REQUESTS AND REGIONAL RIGHTS Anthony Holland is responsible for the publisher's handling of support and legacy tester records. Contact Oreniqgames@gmail.com for privacy questions or to ask for access, a copy, correction or deletion. Depending on applicable law and the data involved, you may also request restriction or portability, object to processing, and withdraw consent where processing relies on it. Withdrawal does not invalidate earlier lawful processing. You may object specifically to uses based on legitimate interests. Contact us about a disputed decision; Google handles its own account/age checks. We do not ask for identity documents as a routine support step. Where UK data-protection law applies, you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/ . Other local privacy regulators may also receive complaints. Information you choose to send in an email is optional; without enough detail we may be unable to resolve that specific issue. Playing does not require sending a support email or joining the earlier tester hub. The publisher is based in the United States, and service providers may handle data outside your country. Provider policies explain their own locations and processing. Contact the privacy address above with questions about international processing of information you have provided to us. YOUR CHOICES AND CHANGES You can play without a game account, activity-sharing permission, watching an advertisement or making a purchase. Refusing an optional ad or unavailable ad service does not remove your ordinary expedition rewards. You may have additional privacy rights where you live. Material future changes to collection will be explained before the new collection begins. Current privacy, terms and support information is available in Settings > Privacy, terms & credits and on our website.