Privacy Policy
Starlore
Starlore keeps to itself. No account, no ads, no network use at all, and the constellations you mark, your quiz scores and your settings stay in the app on your own phone.
The publisher
Starlore is published by PAUSE CONNECT HEAL PTY LTD, trading as AuroraCedar Studio, Unit 3, 71A Carter St, Cammeray NSW 2062, Australia. The director is James Howard. We handle personal information according to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles. Write to [email protected].
What Starlore is, and isn't
Starlore is an astronomy guide. Despite the registered name of the company behind it, the app is not a health, wellbeing, counselling or therapy service, and nothing in it is advice of that kind.
Stored on the device only
- Which constellations you've marked as seen, with the dates you marked them, and the state of your progress ring.
- Your best score in the Spot-It quiz.
- Your preferences: twinkle level, whether the connecting lines show, and your accent colour.
These sit in the app's private storage. No account exists to attach them to, no server receives them, and we have no means of reading them. If you use Android's backup, Google may include this data in the backup held under your own Google account, on Google's terms.
Not collected, not requested
There is no analytics code, no advertising code and no tracking in Starlore. The app requests no permissions: no location, no camera, no microphone, no storage access. It never opens a network connection, which is also why it works on a hillside with no bars of signal.
What Google Play sees
Distribution runs through Google Play under Google's own privacy policy. If you have usage and diagnostics sharing switched on for your device, Google may make anonymous crash and performance summaries available to us in the Play Console. They name no one, and we use them to fix faults.
Children and the app
Stargazing is a fine thing to do with children, and Starlore is safe for them to use: it collects nothing from any user, of any age. Children heading out after dark should have an adult with them.
Myths, the zodiac, and the dark
The stories in Starlore are retellings of myths that cultures have attached to these star patterns over thousands of years, described as stories rather than as claims about the world. The zodiac appears because it is one of the oldest ways of dividing the sky, and not as astrology: nothing in the app predicts events or describes anyone's character, and none of it is guidance for decisions. As for the practical side of a dark night, take a torch, tell someone where you're going, keep away from cliff edges, water and roadsides, and don't watch the sky while driving. In an emergency in Australia, call 000, or 112 from a mobile.
Letters to us
When you email, we get your address, your message and anything you mention in it, such as your rough latitude for a finding tip. We use that to answer you and to improve the guide, then delete the exchange within 12 months of the last reply, unless we're legally required to hold it.
Asking, correcting, complaining
You may ask what personal information we hold on you and have it corrected; realistically that means an email you sent us. Bring any concern to us first and we'll reply within 30 days. If you remain unsatisfied, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner accepts complaints at oaic.gov.au or on 1300 363 992.
Wiping the app's data
Open Android Settings, choose Apps, then Starlore, then Storage, then Clear data: the marked constellations, scores and preferences all go. Uninstalling does the same.
If this policy changes
A release that changes how the app handles information will be published alongside a revised version of this page carrying a new effective date.
Contact
PAUSE CONNECT HEAL PTY LTD (AuroraCedar Studio)
Unit 3, 71A Carter St, Cammeray NSW 2062, Australia
[email protected]