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Last updated: April 15, 2026

Privacy Policy

App Name: Zanist — Kurdish Trivia Bundle ID: com.oumari.zanist Last Updated: April 15, 2026 Contact: mooumari2@gmail.com


1. Overview

Zanist is a daily Kurdish trivia and culture game celebrating Kurdish history, language, music, food, geography, famous figures, and traditions. This Privacy Policy explains what information the app handles, how it is used, and your rights regarding that information. By using Zanist, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

The short version: Zanist is a completely offline-first app. It contains no accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, and no tracking of any kind. Nothing you do in the app is sent to us or to any third party. Your streaks, scores, bookmarks, and progress live on your device and nowhere else.


2. Information We Collect

2.1 Data Stored Locally on Your Device

All app data is stored exclusively on your device using Hive, a local key-value database. It is never transmitted to any server — not ours, not anybody else's. This includes:

  • Learning progress — your current daily streak, longest streak, last played date, and daily challenge scores by date
  • Category statistics — the number of questions you've answered and gotten correct per category (History, Geography, Language, Music, Food, Famous Figures, Traditions)
  • Quiz history — a local record of every completed quiz (score, category, date, and the individual answers you gave), used by the in-app Quiz History screen
  • Bookmarks — the IDs of questions you've marked as saved in the Learn library
  • App preferences — your chosen language (English or Kurmanji), theme (light or dark mode), sound effects toggle, and haptic feedback toggle
  • Onboarding state — a single flag indicating whether you have seen the first-launch welcome screens

This data lives in Hive boxes on your device's private app storage. It is not backed up to any cloud service by us, it is not shared with any third party, and it is permanently deleted when you uninstall the app, clear app data, or tap "Reset Progress" inside the app.

2.2 Data Bundled With the App

The following is included inside the app's binary at install time and loaded locally — it is not fetched from any server:

  • Question content — approximately 300 multiple-choice questions and explanations, stored as a static JSON file in the app's assets (assets/questions/questions.json)
  • Sound effects — short audio files for correct and incorrect answer feedback
  • Fonts — typography loaded via the google_fonts package from assets bundled with the app; no runtime network requests are made to Google Fonts servers

Because this content is shipped with the app, Zanist works fully offline on airplane mode, in the subway, or anywhere else without internet.

2.3 Data We Do NOT Collect

Zanist does not collect, transmit, or process any of the following:

  • ❌ Your name, email address, phone number, or any account credentials
  • ❌ Any form of user account, sign-up, or login
  • ❌ Usage analytics, telemetry, or event tracking
  • ❌ Crash reports or error logs sent to a remote service
  • ❌ Advertising identifiers (IDFA on iOS, AAID on Android)
  • ❌ Location data (GPS, IP-based location, or Wi-Fi location)
  • ❌ Contacts, photos, camera, microphone, or any other device sensor data
  • ❌ Health, fitness, or biometric data
  • ❌ Browsing history or data from other apps
  • ❌ Payment information (the app is free and contains no in-app purchases in v1.0)

There is no analytics SDK, no crash reporting SDK, no ad network, and no cloud backend integrated into Zanist. The app makes no network requests to any server during normal use.

2.4 Permissions Declared

The Android app declares the following permissions in its manifest. Declaring a permission does not mean the app actively uses it — it means the permission is available for features the app may offer.

  • POST_NOTIFICATIONS (Android 13+) — declared for future use. In v1.0, Zanist does not currently request this permission or schedule any notifications. When this feature is enabled in a future version, you will be asked at runtime before any notification is displayed, and you can deny or revoke the permission at any time in your device settings.
  • RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED — declared so that, once local reminders are enabled in a future version, they can survive device reboots. Unused in v1.0.

On iOS, no special permissions are requested in v1.0. The iOS build is configured to not prompt for notification permissions on first launch.


3. How We Use This Information

| Purpose | Data Used | Where It Lives | |---------|-----------|----------------| | Show you the Daily Challenge | Static question data bundled with the app | Inside the app's install package | | Track your streak and daily scores | Local Hive box (progress) | Your device only | | Show your category accuracy on the Stats screen | Local Hive box (progress) | Your device only | | Show the Quiz History screen | Local Hive box (quiz_results) | Your device only | | Remember the facts you've bookmarked | Local Hive box (bookmarks) | Your device only | | Remember your language, theme, and sound preferences | Local Hive box (settings) | Your device only | | Decide whether to show the onboarding screens | Local Hive box (onboarding) | Your device only | | Let you share your quiz score | Locally-rendered image, passed to the OS share sheet | See §4 |

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share any of this data with advertisers, data brokers, analytics providers, or anyone else. There is no way for us to do so, because none of this data ever leaves your device in the first place.


4. Third-Party Services

Zanist is deliberately built without cloud services. The following libraries are used, but they do not transmit any personal data from your device to any third party:

4.1 Operating System Share Sheet (via share_plus)

When you tap "Share Result" on the Results screen, Zanist:

  1. Renders a score card image locally on your device
  2. Saves it to a temporary file in the app's sandboxed storage
  3. Hands that file to your operating system's built-in share sheet

From that point on, what happens with the image is entirely up to you and the app you choose (Messages, WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter, etc.). Zanist does not know and cannot control what those apps do with the image. We never receive any information about whom you shared with or whether you shared at all.

4.2 URL Launcher (via url_launcher)

When you tap "Privacy Policy" in Settings > About, Zanist asks your operating system to open this document in your default web browser. The request is handled entirely by your device and your browser. Zanist does not track whether or when you open the link.

4.3 Google Fonts (bundled, no runtime fetch)

The app uses the google_fonts Flutter package to render its typography. Font files are bundled with the app at build time and loaded from local assets — no network requests are made to Google Fonts servers at runtime, so Google does not see any information about you through this package.

Package: https://pub.dev/packages/google_fonts

4.4 Flutter Local Notifications (declared, unused in v1.0)

The flutter_local_notifications package is included in the binary for a future daily-reminder feature. In v1.0 it is not actively used — no notifications are scheduled or displayed. This package is purely local: it never communicates with any remote server. When the feature is enabled in a future version, this privacy policy will be updated to reflect the change.

4.5 No Firebase, No RevenueCat, No Analytics

For clarity: Zanist contains no Firebase SDK (no Firestore, no Cloud Storage, no Analytics, no Crashlytics, no Cloud Messaging), no RevenueCat, no Facebook SDK, no AdMob, no Segment, no Amplitude, no Mixpanel, and no other analytics or advertising libraries. The app is genuinely, fully offline.


5. In-App Purchases

Zanist v1.0 is free, contains no advertising, and has no in-app purchases, subscriptions, or paywalls. If this changes in a future version, this Privacy Policy will be updated to describe the new payment processing and the parties involved (Apple or Google for store-based purchases).


6. Data Retention

  • Local app data is retained on your device until you take any of the following actions:
    • Uninstall the app — all data is deleted immediately by the operating system.
    • Clear app data through your device's Settings app — all Hive boxes are emptied.
    • Use the in-app "Reset Progress" button (Settings > Data > Reset Progress) — this clears your progress, category stats, bookmarks, quiz history, settings, and onboarding state in one action.
  • No server-side data is retained because no data is ever sent to a server.
  • Temporary share images generated when you share a quiz result are written to your device's temporary directory and are cleaned up automatically by the operating system.

7. Children's Privacy

Zanist is rated for a general audience and is suitable for users of all ages. However, the app is not specifically directed at children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age of digital consent in your country). Because Zanist does not collect any personal information from anyone — adults or children — there is no personal data to protect, store, or delete. If you have concerns about a child's use of the app, please contact us at mooumari2@gmail.com.


8. Your Rights

Because Zanist stores all data locally on your device and collects nothing, the traditional "data subject rights" (access, portability, deletion, rectification) are effectively in your own hands at all times:

  • Access — all your data is visible inside the app (Stats screen, Quiz History screen, Learn library bookmarks)
  • Portability — your data lives on your device; you can back up your entire device using Apple's or Google's built-in backup systems if you choose
  • Deletion — tap "Reset Progress" in Settings > Data, or uninstall the app, and every byte of data is gone
  • Rectification — app data reflects your activity; there is no external record to correct

If you have any questions about your data or this policy, contact us at mooumari2@gmail.com.

EU / EEA users (GDPR): Because Zanist does not process personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) of the GDPR, most GDPR obligations do not apply to your use of the app. If you believe we are processing personal data about you that we shouldn't be, please contact us and we will investigate.

California users (CCPA): Zanist does not sell, share, or disclose personal information, because it does not collect any. You have no data to request, delete, or opt out of.

UK users (UK GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018): The same analysis as the EU GDPR applies — no personal data is processed by the app or its developer.


9. Data Security

All data stored locally on your device is protected by your device's built-in security mechanisms: filesystem encryption at rest (enabled by default on modern iOS and Android devices), app sandboxing (so other apps cannot read Zanist's data), and the authentication method you use to unlock your device (passcode, Face ID, Touch ID, fingerprint, pattern, etc.).

Because Zanist makes no network requests and has no server, there are no data-in-transit concerns and no server-side attack surface to worry about.


10. International Data Transfers

Zanist does not transfer any data internationally, because no data leaves your device.


11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time — for example, if a future version of Zanist introduces optional features like cloud sync, push notifications, or community question submissions. When that happens:

  • The "Last Updated" date at the top of this document will change
  • For any material change (e.g. the addition of analytics or a third-party service), we will show an in-app notice the next time you open the app, and you will have the option to review the new policy before continuing
  • The previous version will remain accessible on request by contacting us

Continued use of the app after a material change constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.


12. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns, feedback, or corrections regarding this Privacy Policy, the app, or the Kurdish content inside it, please contact:

Email: mooumari2@gmail.com

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 7 business days. If you are reporting a factual error in a question, please include the question ID or category so we can locate it quickly.


Bijî Zanist!