The Family Recipe: Privacy Policy & Data Safety
Official data transparency and privacy disclosure statement for Holiday Paths: The Family Recipe on Web & Google Play Store.
Privacy Summary (The Direct Guarantee)
Holiday Paths: The Family Recipe does not collect, track, store, transmit, share, or sell any personal data. There are no user accounts, no analytics or telemetry SDKs, no advertising beacons, and no background tracking. All suspect interrogation transcripts, recipe clue discoveries, dining room tension levels, and audio preferences remain strictly and exclusively on your local device.
// Google Play Data Safety Disclosures
In accordance with Google Play's Developer Program Policies and Data Safety requirements, here is the exact transparency breakdown for Holiday Paths: The Family Recipe (com.redplanetapps.holidaypaths.thanksgiving):
| Data Category | Collected? | Shared with 3rd Parties? | Storage Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Identifiers (Name, Email, Phone, Account) | NO | NO | None (No account creation or login required) |
| Location Data (GPS, Coarse, IP Geolocation) | NO | NO | None |
| Device & Hardware IDs (IMEI, MAC, Android Ad ID) | NO | NO | None (Zero ad trackers or device fingerprinting) |
| Financial & Payment Info | NO | NO | None (Optional expansions handled securely by Google Play Billing) |
| Diagnostics & Crash Logs | NO | NO | None (100% Client-Side Execution Engine) |
| Audio / Microphone Recordings | NO | NO | None (Synthesized Web Audio output only; no microphone access) |
| Game Save State & Interrogation Clues | Yes (Local Only) | NO | Sandboxed On-Device LocalStorage / SharedPreferences |
// 1. Information We Do Not Collect
When you install, launch, or play Holiday Paths: The Family Recipe via the Google Play Store or web browser, we do not access, request, or harvest:
- Your name, email address, physical address, phone number, or social media profiles.
- Your physical location, Wi-Fi network information, or IP location telemetry.
- Your contacts, photo gallery, camera, files, or microphone recordings.
- Advertising identifiers (Google Advertising ID / AAID) or cross-app tracking beacons.
- Browser history, keystrokes outside the game canvas, or third-party cookies.
// 2. On-Device Storage & Local Save States
To enable choice-driven mystery progression and offline functionality, the game stores minimal, non-identifiable game-state variables inside your device's isolated application sandbox:
Interrogation Dossier
Notes on suspect alibis, statements taken from the 9 dining room relatives, and unlocked contradiction clues are saved locally.
Dinner Tension & Courses
Current dinner course index (Appetizer to Dessert), dining room tension meter, and room navigation states.
Audio & Display Settings
Synthesizer volume, narrator voice speed, crystal toast SFX toggles, and high-contrast accessibility options.
Instant Data Reset
You can wipe all progress instantly using the in-game "Reset Investigation" option or by clearing device app data / browser cache.
// 3. In-App Purchases & Google Play Billing
The Family Recipe is completely free to experience. Any optional digital expansions (such as bonus suspect backstories, author's commentary, and alternative ending chapters) are processed exclusively through the official Google Play In-App Billing API:
- Payment Processing: All payment details, credit card numbers, and billing transactions are managed directly and securely by Google Play.
- Zero Financial Access: Red Planet Apps Inc. never receives, stores, or handles your payment details.
- Receipt Verification: Digital entitlement is verified locally on-device through standard Google Play cryptographic tokens.
// 4. Target Audience & Children's Privacy
Holiday Paths: The Family Recipe is engineered for mystery fiction enthusiasts and carries a Google Play Content Rating of Teen (13+) due to dark comedy whodunit themes (theft, family drama, and satirical intrigue). The game is not targeted to or directed at children under the age of 13. Because our software collects zero personal information from any user, no child data is ever collected or processed.
// 5. Studio Security & Contact
Red Planet Apps Inc. is committed to absolute data minimization and user privacy. If you have questions regarding this privacy policy or our Data Safety standards, contact our development team directly:
- Developer: Red Planet Apps Inc.
- Support Email: support@redplanetapps.com
- Studio Website: https://www.redplanetapps.com/
- Anthology Privacy Hub: https://www.redplanetapps.com/holiday-paths/privacy.html