Little Bucket GamesDig Dig privacy policy
In short: Dig Dig collects nothing, and nothing about your child leaves the device. The same policy is inside the app, on the grown-ups' About page (Settings, then "About the full game", then "Privacy policy").
Dig Dig: Excavator Adventure ("Dig Dig") is a digging game for children aged 4 to 10, made by Little Bucket Games. This policy explains what the app does with information.
What the app collects
Nothing. Dig Dig has:
- no accounts and no sign-in, and the game never asks for a name;
- no camera, no microphone and no location: the app never uses any of them;
- no ads and no advertising identifiers;
- no analytics, tracking or crash reporting that sends data anywhere;
- no chat, no sharing with other players, and no links to other apps or websites, except one for grown-ups: "Rate Dig Dig" on the About page opens the app's own store page, behind a grown-ups' check.
The game does not use the internet. Only the store's own purchase screen (Google Play or the App Store) does, when a grown-up opens it.
What stays on the device
The game saves its progress on the device only, so a child can carry on where they left off. This covers the treasures found, coins, the Workshop's upgrades, pets and friends, and settings.
- Up to four players can share one device. Each player is a coloured digger; the game never asks for a name.
- Whether the full game was bought is kept on the device too, so the worlds stay open offline.
- The save is kept in the app's own private storage on the device. It is included in the device's own backup (Android backup or iCloud) only if you have that switched on; that backup belongs to you, and the developer can't see it.
- Deleting the app deletes the save. The developer never sees it.
Party day, picture album and sandbox scenes
These are part of the save and, like the rest of it, are stored only on the device and never sent anywhere.
- Party day (optional). A grown-up may pick any day of the year in the settings, and the game throws a party on that day. Only a month and a day are kept, never a year, and the game doesn't ask what the day is.
- The picture album. The game snaps small pictures of its own big moments into an album in the book. These are pictures of the game screen, never from the device's camera.
- Sandbox scenes. The free-build sandbox keeps the scenes the child builds (up to three per player). A scene can include a short word the child types on the letter blocks, such as a name. It stays on the device.
Scores, races and language
- Scores. Each player's Dig Score, personal bests and ranks are kept on the device. There are no online leaderboards.
- Race recordings. To let a child race the ghost of their own best run, the game keeps a short recording of that player's digging (the machine's moves only: never sound, the camera or anything typed). The "champion" ghosts that come with the game are recorded game runs built into the app, not other people.
- Play counts. The game counts how long each player has played each day and how many treasures they've found. These counts stay on the device.
- Language. If a grown-up picks a language in the settings, that choice is kept on the device.
Photos
The camera button in the toolbox makes a picture of the game screen. It never uses the device's camera.
- When someone taps Save, the picture is added to the device's photo library. The app only adds pictures; it never reads, lists or changes the photo library.
- Where adding to the photo library isn't possible, the app may offer the device's share sheet instead, behind a grown-ups' check.
Purchases
Dinosaur Valley is free. One in-app purchase opens every other world in Dig Dig, including new worlds added in updates. Purchases go through Google Play or the App Store, behind a grown-ups' check and the store's own payment confirmation. The developer receives no payment details; the store tells the app only whether the purchase has been made. Coins in the game are earned by playing and are never sold for real money.
Children
Dig Dig is designed for children. It follows the Google Play Families policy and the Apple App Store Kids category rules. Because it collects no personal information, there is nothing to share, sell or delete. It is designed to meet COPPA in the US and the GDPR's rules for children in the EU and UK.
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Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address and in the app, with a new date at the top.
Contact
Questions about this policy: support@littlebucketgames.com