Latte ArtisteIn short
Latte Artiste doesn't collect any personal information. There are no accounts, no ads and no analytics, and nothing you do in the game is sent to us or to anyone else.
What you make stays on your phone, unless you choose to share it.
Who we are
Latte Artiste is made by jonny cundall (“we”). You can reach us at jonny@transportsigndesign.co.uk.
What stays on your phone
The game keeps a few things in its own private storage on your phone, so that it can remember where you got to:
- your stars and best scores, and which challenges, cups, jugs and toothpicks you've unlocked and chosen;
- the pictures you keep in your gallery, with the name of the design and the date. The game also keeps your best picture of each challenge once it has earned a star;
- a few small settings, such as the picture quality the game chose for your phone, and whether you've seen the first-time hints.
None of this is sent to us, and we can't see it. The pictures live inside the game, not in your phone's Photos app, unless you share or save one yourself.
To delete a picture, open it in the gallery and use the bin. To delete everything, clear the app's storage in Android's settings (Apps, then Latte Artiste, then Storage), or uninstall the app.
What the app uses on your phone
- The touch screen, to pour and to draw.
- Motion sensors, so that the coffee sloshes when you move the phone. The readings are used there and then. They aren't stored or sent anywhere.
- Vibration, for a short buzz when you win a cup.
The app doesn't use your camera, microphone, location, contacts, files or phone number, and it doesn't use an advertising ID. The “take photo” button takes a picture of the cup in the game, not through your camera.
Sharing a picture
If you tap Share, the game makes an image of your picture with its caption, adds a short message (such as “My ghost, 3 stars, in Latte Artiste”), and hands both to Android's share menu. After that it's up to the app you choose, such as a messaging app, a social network or email, and its own privacy policy applies. We don't receive anything. The game leaves a temporary copy of the image in its own cache, which Android can clear at any time.
Google Play and backups
If you installed the app from Google Play, Google tells us how many people have installed it. From people who have chosen to share usage and diagnostics data with Google, it also tells us technical details when the app crashes, such as the phone model and the Android version. This doesn't include your name or anything you made in the game. Google's own privacy policy covers what it collects.
If you have Android's backup switched on, Android may copy the game's data (your progress and your gallery) into your Google backup, and restore it if you move to a new phone. That is done by Android and your Google account, and we never see it. You can switch it off in your phone's settings.
Ads, tracking and other companies
There are no ads, no analytics and no trackers in the app, and no code from advertising or data companies. The game's fonts and graphics are inside the app, so it doesn't need to contact any server to run.
This website doesn't use cookies, analytics or any third-party service either. Like any web host, the company that serves it may keep standard server logs, such as the address of your device, for a short time.
Children
Latte Artiste isn't designed for children under 13. The game doesn't collect personal information from anyone.
Your rights
Because the game doesn't collect or keep any personal information about you, there's nothing for us to look up, correct or delete: what it stores is on your phone, and you control it (see “What stays on your phone”). If you email us, we'll use your address only to reply, and keep the emails only for as long as we need them.
You have the right to ask what personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, and to complain to your data protection regulator. In the UK, that is the Information Commissioner's Office.
Changes
If we ever change what the app does with information (for example, by adding ads or in-app purchases), we'll update this page and the app's store listing before the change reaches you, and say here what changed. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.