# Privacy Policy - Know Your Flags Lite

**App:** Know Your Flags Lite for Android and iOS (`com.axiomaragames.flagsfree` on both)
**Last updated:** 4 October 2026

Know Your Flags Lite is the free, ad-supported version of Know Your Flags. This policy
describes what it does with your data, on Android phones and tablets and on iPhone and iPad.
The paid version, Know Your Flags Pro, contains no advertising and is covered by a separate
policy.

## What the app itself collects

Nothing. The app has no user accounts, no sign-in, and no analytics. It does not ask for
your name, email address, contacts, photos, location, or any other personal information.
Your game progress and settings stay on your device and are never uploaded.

## Advertising

The app displays banner advertisements supplied by **Google AdMob** (the Google Mobile Ads
SDK). This is the only third-party component in the app, and the only way any data leaves
your device.

To serve and measure ads, Google may collect and process:

- on Android, your device's **advertising ID**, a resettable identifier you control in
  Android settings
- your **IP address** and coarse, IP-derived location
- device and app information, such as device model, operating system version, and which app
  the ad was shown in
- interactions with the ads themselves, such as views and taps

On iPhone and iPad, the app never asks for App Tracking Transparency permission, so iOS does
not share your device's advertising identifier (IDFA) with the app or with Google. Ads on iOS
may also use Apple's SKAdNetwork, which lets advertisers count app installs that came from an
ad without identifying you or your device.

Google uses this to select ads, limit how often the same ad is repeated, measure ad
performance, and detect fraud. Google acts as an independent controller of this data. How
Google handles it is described here:

- Google Privacy Policy - https://policies.google.com/privacy
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services -
  https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
- Google's advertising partners - https://support.google.com/admob/answer/9012903

We never receive your advertising ID or any other identifier from Google. We see only
aggregate, anonymous reporting: how many ads were shown and what they earned.

## Consent

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, the app shows
a consent dialog before any ad is requested, using Google's User Messaging Platform. Nothing
is requested from Google's ad servers until you have made a choice. This works the same way
on Android and iOS.

You can change or withdraw your choice at any time with the **Privacy settings** button in
the app's Settings screen. If you do not consent to personalised advertising, ads are still
shown, but they are not tailored to you.

## Permissions

On Android, the app uses these permissions:

| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| `INTERNET` | Requesting ads. The quiz itself works offline. |
| `ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` | Detecting whether you are online, so the app can hide the ad slot instead of showing an empty gap. |
| `AD_ID`, `ACCESS_ADSERVICES_*` | Required by the Google Mobile Ads SDK to use the advertising ID and Android's Privacy Sandbox advertising APIs. |

On iPhone and iPad, the app asks for no permissions at all. It does not show the App
Tracking Transparency prompt, and it does not use your location, camera, microphone,
contacts, or photos.

## Children

This app is not directed at children and is not intended for users under the age of 13. It
is a general-audience app that displays advertising. If you believe a child has used the app
and you have concerns, please contact us at the address below.

## Data retention and deletion

We hold no data about you, so there is nothing for us to retain or delete.

- **Android:** to reset the identifier Google uses for advertising, use **Settings > Google >
  Ads** on your device, where you can delete or reset your advertising ID and opt out of
  personalised advertising.
- **iPhone and iPad:** the app never asks to track you, so your advertising identifier is
  not shared. You can also stop all apps from asking, under **Settings > Privacy & Security >
  Tracking**.

## Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address and the "Last
updated" date above will change.

## Contact

Questions about this policy: axiomaragames@gmail.com

## Licensing

This app uses the Qt framework under the LGPLv3 licence.