Wildary1. Who we are
Wildary is published by Minh Le, an individual developer based in Hanoi, Vietnam ("we", "us"). We decide how your personal data in Wildary is used, which makes us the personal data controller.
- Privacy contact: wildary.dev@gmail.com
- Website: https://aniworldtech.com
- App: Wildary on Google Play (package com.wildary.app)
This policy covers the Wildary app and our websites at aniworldtech.com.
2. The short version
- Wildary is for people aged 18 and over.
- You photograph an animal. We send the photo to Google's Gemini AI to identify the species, then give you a card.
- Your photos, cards and collection are private. Wildary has no public profiles, chat or sharing.
- Location is optional. If you allow it, we use it to show the area on your card and to stop cheating.
- Crash reports are off unless you turn them on.
- We don't sell your data, and we don't use analytics. We use your photos to train our own model only if you turn that on.
- Your data is stored in Singapore and other Asia-Pacific locations, not in Vietnam. Photos are also sent to Google for identification.
- You can delete your account at any time, in the app or on our website.
3. Who can use Wildary
Wildary is only for people aged 18 or over. The AI service we use to identify animals may only be used in apps for adults.
Before your first catch, we ask for your year of birth. We keep only the year. If you are under 18, you can't use Wildary, and we delete the account created on your device.
If you believe someone under 18 is using Wildary, contact us at wildary.dev@gmail.com and we will delete their account.
4. What we collect
| Area | What we collect | When |
|---|---|---|
| Account | An account ID; how you sign in (guest or Google); your email address and display name from Google if you link a Google account; language; time zone; year of birth; when you created your account, signed up and last used the app | Always (Google details only if you link Google) |
| Catch photos | The photo you take and a thumbnail. We remove hidden photo data (EXIF), including any GPS location stored in the file. | Every catch |
| Catch details | Time of capture; device type and app version; whether the catch was taken offline; motion and burst measurements used to detect cheating; the AI's answer (species, confidence, photo quality notes) | Every catch |
| Location | Latitude and longitude, accuracy, whether it's precise or approximate, and whether it appears to be faked. Your card shows only the province or area. | Only if you allow location |
| Cards and collection | Species, breed, rarity tier and the reason for it, season, a nickname you write (up to 50 characters), and the province or area | When you get a card |
| Usage | How many catches you make each day; rarity statistics per map area. Each player counts once per area and species, and the totals don't identify anyone. | When you use the app |
| Security | A device integrity check by Google (Play Integrity) on every request; a shortened IP address (part of it removed); a scrambled code (hash) of the device check token; server logs with a request ID, your account ID and network type (Wi-Fi or mobile) | Always |
| Crash reports | Technical details of the app crash, device model and OS version | Only if you turn on "Share crash reports" |
We don't collect your contacts, other photos on your phone, or your exact age. We don't use analytics or advertising IDs. Ads are not shown yet (see section 10).
5. Why we use it, and on what basis
We ask for your consent in the app, separately for each purpose that needs it. None of the choices is turned on for you.
| Purpose | Data used | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Run your account and keep your collection | Account, cards, collection | Our agreement with you (the Terms of Use) and your consent |
| Identify the animal in your photo with AI, and send that data outside Vietnam for this | Catch photo, catch details | Your consent. It's required, because Wildary can't work without it. |
| Show the area on your card, and rarity by area | Location | Your consent (optional) |
| Stop cheating, fake locations and abuse, and enforce daily limits | Catch details, location, security data, usage counts | Our agreement with you, and protecting the service and its users |
| Fix crashes | Crash reports | Your consent (optional) |
| Check that you meet the minimum age | Year of birth | Your consent and our legal duties |
| Answer your requests and meet legal duties | Whatever the request needs | Our legal duties |
Training our own model (optional). If you turn on "Help improve Wildary", we use your catch photos to train our own animal-identification model. The basis is your consent, and the choice is off unless you turn it on. If you turn it off, we remove your photos from our training data, but models already trained aren't retrained.
You can withdraw a consent at any time in Profile in the app, as easily as you gave it. Withdrawing doesn't affect what we did before. If you withdraw the consent for AI identification, you can't make new catches, but you keep your collection.
We don't sell your data or use it for advertising. We don't use automated decisions that have legal or similar effects on you. The AI only names the species and sets the card's rarity.
6. Who processes your data, and where
We use these service providers to run Wildary. They process data only on our instructions and under their own data protection terms. We don't share your data with anyone else, unless the law requires it.
| Provider | What they do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Google (Gemini API) | Identifies the animal in your photo. On our paid plan, Google doesn't use photos to train its models, but it may keep them for a limited time to detect abuse. | Google's data centres (global) |
| Google (Firebase Authentication, App Check, Crashlytics) | Sign-in, device integrity checks, crash reports (if you allow them) | Google's data centres (global) |
| Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Logging, Monitoring) | Runs our servers and keeps server logs | Singapore |
| Cloudflare (R2) | Stores photos and serves card artwork | Asia-Pacific |
| Neon | Our database | Singapore (hosted on Amazon Web Services) |
Transfers outside Vietnam. All your data is stored and processed outside Vietnam: mainly in Singapore, with photos sent to Google's data centres for identification. We ask for your consent to this when you start using Wildary. We rely on each provider's data processing terms.
Legal requests. We may disclose data if Vietnamese law or a competent authority requires it.
7. How long we keep it
| Data | How long |
|---|---|
| Your account, cards, collection, catch photos and catch details | Until you delete your account |
| Guest accounts never linked to Google | Deleted automatically 31 days after creation |
| Photos from failed or expired catches | Deleted 1 day after the catch ends |
| Server logs | 30 days |
| Crash reports | 90 days |
| Database backups | Up to 7 days, then overwritten |
| Photos kept by Google for abuse monitoring | A limited period set by Google |
| Rarity statistics per area | Kept. They are totals and don't identify you. |
When you delete your account, we delete your data from our live systems, usually within 30 minutes. Copies in backups disappear when the backups are overwritten. Photos in our training data are removed when you delete your account or turn off "Help improve Wildary".
8. Your rights and choices
Under Vietnam's Law on Personal Data Protection, you have the right to:
- know how your data is used (this policy);
- give or withdraw consent;
- see and get a copy of your data;
- correct your data;
- delete your data;
- restrict or object to some uses;
- complain to the authorities, and claim compensation where the law allows.
To use these rights, email wildary.dev@gmail.com from the address linked to your account. Or, for a guest account, use the app. We'll reply within 2 working days and complete your request within 10 days, or 20 days for a deletion request, as Decree 356/2025/ND-CP requires. We may ask you to confirm it's you. You can complain to the personal data protection authority of the Ministry of Public Security.
Choices in the app (in Profile): location, crash reports, AI identification consent, and changing your card nicknames.
9. Deleting your account
- In the app: Profile → Delete account. Within about 30 minutes, we remove your account, cards, catches, photos, AI results, usage counts, consent choices and your sign-in.
- Without the app: go to wildary.aniworldtech.com/delete-account and follow the steps there. You can also email wildary.dev@gmail.com from your linked Google address.
- Guest accounts can only be deleted in the app, because we can't confirm who you are otherwise. Unused guest accounts are deleted automatically after 31 days.
10. Security, ads and changes
Security. Data is encrypted between the app and our servers. Each request is checked to come from a genuine copy of the app. Only the account owner can see their own data. No system is fully secure. If a breach affects your data, we'll tell you and the authorities as the law requires.
Ads. Wildary shows no ads today. Before we add ads (through Google AdMob), we'll update this policy and ask for your choice about personalised ads in the app.
Changes. If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. For important changes, we'll tell you in the app and, where the law requires, ask for your consent again.
Language. This policy is available in Vietnamese and English. If they differ, the Vietnamese version applies.
11. Contact
Minh Le — wildary.dev@gmail.com — Hanoi, Vietnam