Privacy Policy — Kido Walls

Last updated: 24 May 2026 (v1.3 — added adult-mode Pixabay search)

Kido Walls is a mixed-audience app. The first time you open it, a grown-up picks whether the person using the device is under 13 (kid-safe mode) or 13 or older (standard mode). This choice changes which kinds of ads can be shown. You can change it any time from the About tab.

What this app collects

Kido Walls does not collect any personal information from you. The app has no user accounts, asks for no name, email, age, or contact information, and does not record what you do on a server we control.

Data	Collected?	Stored where
Name, email, account info	No	—
Date of birth or exact age	No — only the “under 13 / 13 or older” choice is saved	Local SharedPreferences on your device
Device location	No	—
Favorite wallpapers	Saved on your device only	Local SharedPreferences
Camera, microphone, contacts, photos	No	—
Crash logs or analytics	No	—

How wallpapers are made

Every bundled wallpaper in Kido Walls is drawn on your device from gradients, simple shapes, and system emoji characters. The app ships with no third-party photos and no copyrighted characters. When you tap Home / Lock / Both on a bundled wallpaper, the bitmap is composed in memory and handed straight to Android’s WallpaperManager — it never leaves your device.

Online image search (adult mode only)

When the app is in standard (13 or older) mode, the Search tab includes an Online toggle that lets you browse royalty-free photos from Pixabay. When you type a query, tap a suggestion chip, or tap a colour swatch, the app sends:

the words you typed (or the suggestion you tapped) and the colour name (if any) to https://pixabay.com/api/;
standard HTTP request headers added by the Android networking stack (e.g. your IP address, used by Pixabay to apply rate-limits);
safesearch=true on every request — Pixabay filters out adult content from results.

Your search history is not stored anywhere — not on your device, not on a Kido Walls server. Pixabay’s handling of the data they receive is governed by Pixabay’s Privacy Policy. Each thumbnail loaded from Pixabay shows the photographer’s username; tapping “Apply” downloads the larger image and hands it to Android’s WallpaperManager — the image is not re-uploaded anywhere.

In kid-safe (under 13) mode this entire feature is hidden. No request is ever made to Pixabay while the device is in kid-safe mode, because Pixabay’s catalogue is not certified for under-13 audiences under Google Play’s Families Policy.

Network connections

The internet is only used to load ads through Google AdMob (see “Advertising” below) and to show Google’s privacy / consent screen in regions that require it. No wallpaper data, no favorites, and no usage data are sent over the network.

Advertising

Kido Walls shows ads provided by Google AdMob. Which kinds of ads can appear depends on the age choice made on first launch:

Mode	Banner ads	Full-screen ads	App-open ads	Rewarded ads
Under 13 (kid-safe)	Yes — child-safe creatives only	No	No	No
13 or older (standard)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (opt-in)

In kid-safe mode the app sets Tag for Child-Directed Treatment (TFCD), Tag for Users Under Age of Consent (TFUA), and caps the ad-content rating at G on every ad request. This restricts ad serving to Google-certified family-friendly ad networks, disables interest-based / behavioural ads, and prevents the disallowed disruptive formats (full-screen / app-open) from loading at all.

Google’s handling of advertising data is governed by:

If you live in a region where consent is required (the EEA, UK, Switzerland, or a US state with applicable privacy law), the app uses Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) so it stays compliant with GDPR / UK GDPR / CCPA.

Children’s privacy (COPPA / Families Policy)

Kido Walls is designed to be safe for children. When kid-safe mode is selected:

No personal information is collected. The only thing stored on the device is the age-mode choice and the list of favorite wallpaper IDs.
Ads are restricted to Google-certified child-directed ad networks with TFCD and TFUA set to true.
Full-screen interstitial ads and app-open ads cannot serve, even on user actions.
The app contains no chat, no social sharing, no in-app purchases, no external links other than this privacy policy.

The app complies with the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Google Play’s Families Policy.

Permissions the app requests

Internet / network state — required to request ads and show the “no internet” screen.
Set wallpaper — required to install the wallpaper on the Home / Lock screen via Android’s system WallpaperManager.

The app does not request location, contacts, microphone, camera, photos, notifications, or any other sensitive permission.

Data sharing

We do not sell or share personal information, because we do not collect personal information.

Contact

If you have questions or concerns about this policy, contact: moebahlawan87@gmail.com.

Changes to this policy

If the practices described above change, this page will be updated and the “Last updated” date at the top will reflect the new revision.