MinikinsPrivacy Policy
Effective September 27, 2026
This policy explains what the Minikins: Sanctuary game ("the game", "Minikins", "we") collects, why, who handles it for us, and how you can have it deleted. We collect as little as the game needs, we never sell personal information, and we never ask for your name, email or phone number inside the game.
What stays on your device
- Your game: your animals, tokens, eggs, settings and scrapbook photos.
- Chat history: your last 1,000 lines with your animals. You can clear it in Settings → Chat history.
- Your voice: when you talk to your animal, your device's own speech service turns your words into text. The game never records or keeps audio.
What leaves your device, and why
The game identifies you with random IDs made when you install it (for example, the ID our purchase service gives you). These IDs don't contain your name or contact details.
| What | Why | Handled by |
|---|---|---|
| A copy of your game progress, under an anonymous player ID | So your progress survives a new phone or a reinstall | Unity Authentication and Cloud Save |
| Purchases and subscription status, with an anonymous customer ID | To sell and restore Minikins Plus and token packs | Google Play (payment) and RevenueCat |
| Advertising ID (if your device allows it), device and network information, and which rewarded ads you watch | To show the optional rewarded ads and measure them | Unity LevelPlay (ironSource), Unity Ads and RevenueCat |
| A push token, your companion's name, breed and age stage, and when it will be hungry or rested | To send the notes your animal sends, only if you allow notifications | OneSignal |
| How you found the game (Google Play's install referrer), advertising ID (if allowed), device information, and in-game moments such as hatching, runs and purchases | To understand which campaigns bring players who enjoy the game | Layers |
| With Minikins Plus: the text of what you say to your animal, facts about your animal (name, age, mood) and the conversation so far | To write your animal's reply and speak it in a natural voice | Our server (Cloudflare), Anthropic (Claude) for the words and Microsoft Azure AI Speech for the voice |
| A line you report, what you said just before it, and a pseudonym | To review reported AI replies and make them safer | Our server (Cloudflare); kept 90 days |
| Tokens you give to the Sanctuary Fund, friend codes you share or use, and free Minikins Plus you unlock with an ad, each with your anonymous customer ID | To count the fund's totals, hand out friend eggs once, and keep these features fair | Our server (Cloudflare) |
Our server doesn't store what you say in conversations. It counts how many replies each player gets per day, to keep the service affordable and fair. Anthropic and Microsoft process the text only to produce the reply and the voice, under their API terms.
What we don't do
- We don't sell or rent personal information, and we don't share it for other companies' marketing.
- We don't collect your contacts, photos, precise location or account names.
- We don't use your conversations to train AI models, and Anthropic doesn't train its models on API data by default.
Your choices
- Notifications: turn them off in the game (Settings → Notifications) or in your phone's settings.
- Advertising ID: reset or delete it in your phone's Google settings. Ads are always optional in the game.
- Talking: you can turn talking off in Settings → Talking, and clear your chat history at any time.
- Deleting your data: uninstalling removes everything on your device. To delete the copies held by us and our providers (cloud save, fund, friend code, reports and analytics), use Settings → Help & privacy → Contact support in the game, which fills in your player ID, or email the address below. We'll delete it within 30 days.
How long we keep it
Cloud saves stay while you play and are deleted on request. Reports are kept for 90 days. Fund records are kept until the fund's donations are made and published. Service providers keep data under their own policies (for example, purchase records required for tax and refunds).
Security and where data is stored
Everything the game sends travels over encrypted connections. Our providers may process data in the United States and other countries, under safeguards required by law.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, the UK or California), you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal information, and to object to some uses. Email us to use any of these rights. We don't discriminate against players who do.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date above and, for important changes, tell you in the game.
Contact
Email support@minikins.gg.