This Privacy Policy explains how the Voxbug Run app for iPhone and iPad ("the App"), developed by Burak Öztırpan ("we", "us", "our"), handles information. Voxbug Run is a game for children aged about 4 to 10 and the adults who play with them.
1. Information we do not collect
The App does not ask for an email address, a phone number, a real name, a birth date or any other personal identifier. It contains no advertising, analytics, crash-reporting or tracking software, and it does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA). We have no server that receives data from the App, so we cannot see who plays it or how.
2. Camera
With your permission, the App uses the front camera to see how the player moves (jumping, ducking, stepping to the side, running on the spot and arm gestures). Each camera frame is analysed in the device's memory by Apple's on-device body-pose detection (the Vision framework). Only the position of body points, such as shoulders, hips and knees, is used, and only for the moment it takes to steer the game.
- Camera frames are never recorded, saved, uploaded or shared, with us or anyone else.
- No photos or videos are taken, and nothing is written to the photo library.
- There is no face recognition and no identification of who is playing.
The small camera preview shown during play exists only on the screen. You can turn off camera access at any time in iOS Settings and play with touch instead.
3. Data stored on the device
To keep the game going, the App stores the following locally on your device only:
- Player profiles: a nickname you type in, the chosen bug and difficulty.
- Game progress: best scores and distances, honey, unlocked bugs and worlds, and move statistics (numbers of jumps and ducks, minutes of activity per day).
- Settings such as language, sound volume and the break-reminder interval.
This data is not sent to us. You can erase players, scores and honey at any time in the App (Parent zone → Settings → Reset progress), or remove everything by deleting the App.
4. Game Center (optional)
If the device is signed in to Apple's Game Center, the App submits best distances and weekly move points to Game Center leaderboards and reports achievements. This is handled by Apple under the Game Center nickname and is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy, not ours. We never receive your Apple Account details. Game Center can be turned off in iOS Settings, and parents can restrict it with Screen Time.
5. Purchases
Optional in-app purchases are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. Purchase screens sit behind a parent gate. We never see or store payment details. Apple tells the App only which products have been bought, so they can be unlocked and restored.
6. Voice guidance
Spoken instructions such as "Jump!" are generated on the device by Apple's built-in speech voices. No audio is recorded and the microphone is not used.
7. Children's privacy
Voxbug Run is designed for children. Because the App collects no personal information from anyone, it does not collect personal information from children, and it does not show advertising of any kind. Links that leave the App, purchases and settings are placed behind a parent gate. We aim to follow the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Apple's App Store Guidelines for apps aimed at children.
8. Your rights
Since we do not receive or store your personal data, there is nothing on our side to access, correct, export or delete. All data the App keeps is on your device and under your control, as described in Section 3. If you have a question or request, contact us and we will reply.
9. Changes to this policy
If a future version of the App changes how data is handled, we will update this page and the effective date above before the change takes effect.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy: burakoztirpan@gmail.com