PRIVACY POLICY

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They Live Here (“we,” “us”) built Lovecraft Mythos Codex (the “App”). The App has no sign-in or developer-managed user accounts. You do not need to provide your name or email address to browse the free content.

Purchases

The App offers a single one-time purchase to unlock its full content. In version 1.1.0 and later, purchases and restores use Apple’s StoreKit through your App Store account. The App checks Apple-verified transactions to determine whether content is unlocked. We do not receive your payment-card details or Apple Account password, and this version does not send purchase data to RevenueCat or to a developer-operated purchase server. Apple handles purchase information under its privacy policy.

Older versions, including version 1.0, use RevenueCat to verify purchases and manage unlocks. Those versions send app-related identifiers and purchase or transaction information to RevenueCat. Removing RevenueCat from the newer App does not itself delete information previously received by that service. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy or contact us with a question about an older version.

What stays on your device

Settings such as theme, text size, and pronunciation voice, saved story pages, reading-path completion marks, quiz records, minigame scores, and review-prompt history are stored locally on your device. The App does not upload these records to our servers or provide its own cloud-sync service. Device backups and transfers are governed by your Apple settings; deleting the App may remove its local records.

Sharing your Mythos match

Sharing is optional. When you choose to share a personality-result card or an App link, the App opens your device’s share sheet. The card contains your matched entity and its illustration, not your individual quiz answers. The destination app or service you select handles the shared content under its own privacy practices. We do not receive a copy through an App-operated server.

Links to outside sources

The included source stories and illustrations are bundled for offline reading. Optional reference links may open sites such as the H. P. Lovecraft Archive or Wikipedia. Visiting an external site sends a request to that site, which may receive information such as your IP address and use cookies according to its own privacy policy.

Bookshelf and Amazon affiliate links

Version 1.1.0 adds an optional Bookshelf with links to physical book collections. These are paid Amazon affiliate links and open outside the App. As an Amazon Associate, the developer of this app earns from qualifying purchases.

The links include an affiliate identifier so Amazon can attribute qualifying referrals. The App does not add your quiz answers, reading progress, or a personal user identifier to these links. After you open a link, Amazon may use cookies and other information under its Privacy Notice. We may receive referral and commission reports from Amazon; the App does not collect your Amazon login or payment details. Buying a physical book does not unlock digital content in the App.

Advertising and analytics

Apart from the optional affiliate book links described above, the App does not show banner or video advertisements and does not include an advertising-network or behavioral-analytics SDK. Reading progress and quiz answers are not used by the App to personalize advertisements. Apple may provide app-performance, sales, or diagnostic reports under its platform settings and privacy practices.

Software updates

The App may contact Expo’s update service to check for or download software updates. Expo may receive technical information such as the App version, device operating system, connection IP address, and randomized tokens used to determine whether an update was downloaded. The App does not include your saved reading progress or quiz answers in these update requests. See Expo’s privacy policy.

Children

The App isn’t directed at children and contains horror-literature themes not intended for young children. We don’t knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.

Changes

We may update this page occasionally.

Contact

For privacy questions, contact apps@theylivehere.com. If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you choose to include so we can respond. Please do not send passwords, Apple verification codes, or payment-card information.