Pawtle Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-11-02

Pawtle is a drink tracker with a virtual pup: you log the drinks you have (or mark a dry day), set a weekly goal, see your calendar and stats, and your pup grows as you keep logging. It also has a monthly report you can share, reminders and a home screen widget (the "app"). It is provided by DDJ A1 ("we", "us"). This policy explains what data the app handles and how. Pawtle has no account system and we do not run a server for it.

Data stored on your device

Your drink entries (date, time, drink type, volume, alcohol %, count and an optional note), the days you mark as dry, your weekly goal, your pup's name and accessory, and your settings (units, theme, reminders) are stored only on your device. They are not sent to us. Uninstalling the app deletes this data from your device. If device backup is turned on, Android's standard app backup may include this data in your own Google account backup. That backup is controlled by you and Google, not by us.

You can delete any entry, or delete all records from Settings.

Sharing and export

When you use Share report, the app draws an image of your monthly summary on your device and hands it to the app you pick in the Android share sheet. When you use Export (CSV), the app writes a file with your records on your device and hands it to the app you pick. The app does not upload anything by itself.

Permissions the app asks for and why

• Notifications (optional). Used for a gentle daily check-in from your pup. You can decline and every feature still works.
• Run at startup. Lets reminders and the home screen widget come back after your phone restarts or the time zone changes.
• Internet access and the advertising identifier (AD_ID). Used only by the advertising components described below. Logging works offline.

The app does not request the camera, the microphone, location permission or your contacts.

Information collected automatically

When you use the app, third-party SDKs used for advertising may collect some information automatically, including:

• Your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, which may be used to estimate your approximate (general) location
• Device or other identifiers, such as your device's advertising identifier (Advertising ID) and app set ID
• App interactions, such as session time, screens viewed, and ad views and taps
• Crash logs and diagnostic information, such as your device's operating system and model, and ad performance data

The advertising SDK collects this information and shares it with Google (AdMob) and its advertising partners for advertising, analytics, fraud prevention, security and compliance. It is encrypted in transit. The app itself does not send your drink records off your device, and we do not link the advertising data to them.

Advertising

The app shows advertisements from Google AdMob:

• a banner at the bottom of most screens (not on the drink entry or dress-up screens)
• an ad when the app starts from the launcher
• full-screen ads only at natural pauses: when you open the monthly report, after you save your pup's look, and after you close a level-up message
• an ad in the exit dialog
• an optional video ad you can choose to watch from Settings to see fewer ads for 24 hours

Saving a drink or a dry day never shows a full-screen ad. To serve ads, AdMob and its partners may access your device's Advertising ID and the information described above. In the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and other regions where required, the app shows a consent form through Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) before personalized advertising data is used. If you decline, you are shown non-personalized ads instead. You can reset or limit ad personalization at any time in your device settings (Settings → Google → Ads), and you can change your consent choice from the app's Settings screen.

For more information on how Google uses data when you use partners' apps, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Alcohol and health notice

Pawtle is a lifestyle app for recording and reflecting on your own drinking habits. It does not sell alcohol or encourage drinking, and it is not a medical device. "Standard drink" numbers are rough estimates for reference only and are not medical advice. If you are worried about your drinking, please talk to a health professional.

Children

Pawtle is intended for adults of legal drinking age in their country and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your rights

Your data exists only on your device, so you control it directly: you can edit or delete entries, delete all records, and uninstalling the app removes everything the app stored. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EEA/UK or the CCPA in California), you may also have rights over data processed by advertising SDKs. You can exercise your ad choices through the consent form and your device's ad settings described above.

Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected on this page with a new effective date.

Contact

Questions? Email bloodturtle@naver.com.