Celebrity Match privacy policy
Celebrity Match (“the app”) is made by Rickartics (“we”). It shows you famous people who share your birthday. This page explains what data the app handles, why, and the choices you have. Questions: support@rickartics.com.
Data that stays on your device
- Your birthday, the people you save and your settings are stored only on your device. We never receive them. Clearing the birthday in Settings or uninstalling the app deletes them.
- Birthday alerts are scheduled by your phone itself. No server sends them, and you can turn them off at any time in the app or in your phone's settings.
Birthday lists from Wikipedia
To show who was born on a date, the app asks Wikipedia and Wikidata (run by the Wikimedia Foundation) for that day's list. Like any website, they receive your IP address and the date requested, but not your birthday year or any identifier from us. See the Wikimedia privacy policy. Names, descriptions and photos come from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons under their licences. Celebrity Match is not affiliated with or endorsed by the people shown.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
The app shows ads served by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, AdMob may collect your device's advertising identifier, your approximate location (derived from your IP address), device and app information, and how you interact with ads.
- In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the app asks for your consent through Google's consent form before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time in the app under Settings › Privacy Choices.
- On iPhone, the app asks for permission to track (App Tracking Transparency). If you decline, ads are not personalised using your advertising identifier.
- On Android you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings.
See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Analytics and settings (Google Firebase)
We use Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used, for example which screens are opened, when a card is shared and how often ads are shown, together with the revenue they earn. It uses an app instance identifier and device information, not your name or birthday. Firebase Remote Config lets us adjust settings such as how often ads appear without an app update. See the Firebase privacy information.
Sharing
When you tap Share, the app creates an image or a text and hands it to your phone's share menu. It only goes where you choose to send it.
Why we use this data
To run the app, to show ads that keep it free (with your consent where the law requires it), and to improve the app. We do not sell your personal data, and we do not receive data that identifies you by name.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, including under the GDPR, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your data, to object to or restrict its use, and to withdraw consent. Since we hold no account or profile about you, most data lives with Google; you can manage it through the consent choices above and your Google privacy settings. For any request, write to support@rickartics.com. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.