Bambloo Privacy Policy
Last Updated: July 1, 2026
Bambloo is a real-world adventure app that lets users discover local quests, complete missions, earn XP and coins, customize their bear avatar, connect with friends, appear on leaderboards, and participate in exploration-based challenges.
This Privacy Policy explains how Bambloo collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you use our mobile application, website, and related services.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Bambloo,” “we,” “us,” and “our” mean [Bambloo legal entity name], located at [business address]. “Services” means the Bambloo mobile app, website, quests, rewards, social features, support channels, and related services.
By using Bambloo, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
1. Summary
Bambloo collects information needed to operate a location-based adventure app. This may include account information, profile information, device information, app activity, quest activity, location information, proof submissions, photos, videos, messages, support requests, and information related to rewards, friends, streaks, XP, coins, badges, and leaderboards.
We use this information to provide the app, verify quest completion, prevent fraud, personalize the experience, show maps and quests, enable social features, improve the Services, send notifications, provide support, and protect Bambloo and its users.
We do not sell your personal information for money. We do not sell precise location data. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
2. Information We Collect
A. Account Information
When you create or use a Bambloo account, we may collect:
- Name
- Username
- Email address
- Phone number, if used for login, verification, or account recovery
- Password or authentication credentials
- Profile photo or avatar selection
- Age or date of birth, if needed for eligibility or safety
- Account settings and preferences
- Login method, such as email, Apple, Google, or another authentication provider
We use this information to create your account, identify you in the app, secure your account, provide support, and operate app features.
B. Profile and Avatar Information
Bambloo includes profile, bear avatar, customization, rewards, and social features. We may collect and store:
- Display name
- Username
- Avatar appearance and equipped items
- XP, coins, badges, levels, streaks, and achievements
- Quest history
- Public profile details
- Friend connections
- Leaderboard rank
- Activity visible to friends or other users, depending on your settings
Some profile information may be visible to other users, such as your username, avatar, level, badges, leaderboard position, and selected activity.
C. Location Information
Because Bambloo is based on real-world exploration, location information is important to the app. Depending on your device permissions and settings, we may collect:
- Approximate location
- Precise GPS location
- Location while using the app
- Quest check-in location
- Location related to quest completion
- Distance from quest locations
- Map interaction data
- City, region, or general area
We use location information to:
- Show nearby quests
- Display your position on the map
- Verify whether you are near a quest location
- Confirm quest completion
- Recommend local quests
- Prevent fake submissions, abuse, or fraud
- Improve local quest quality and app performance
- Support safety, moderation, and dispute review
You can control location access through your device settings. If you disable location access, some Bambloo features may not work properly, including nearby quests, map-based missions, check-ins, and proof verification.
Bambloo does not sell precise location information. Bambloo does not share your precise location with data brokers. Bambloo does not use precise location to infer sensitive personal characteristics.
D. Quest and Mission Activity
When you interact with quests, missions, challenges, or local activities, we may collect:
- Quests viewed
- Quests started
- Quests completed
- Quest completion time and date
- Quest location
- Proof submissions
- XP, coins, badges, streaks, and rewards earned
- Failed, rejected, or pending submissions
- Quest prompts and answers
- Activity logs related to mission completion
- Anti-fraud review information
We use this information to operate quests, verify completion, award rewards, show progress, maintain leaderboards, prevent cheating, and improve future quests.
E. Proof Submissions, Photos, Videos, and User Content
Some quests may ask you to submit proof. This may include:
- Photos
- Videos
- Text responses
- Check-ins
- Uploaded files
- Location-based confirmation
- Time and date of submission
- Metadata associated with the submission, if available
Proof submissions may be reviewed by Bambloo, automated systems, moderators, service providers, or authorized partners involved in operating the quest.
Do not upload photos, videos, or text that include sensitive personal information, private addresses, faces of people who have not consented, license plates, financial information, government IDs, medical information, school records, or anything you do not want reviewed.
Unless Bambloo clearly tells you otherwise, proof submissions are used for verification and may not automatically be public. However, content you choose to post, share, or submit to public or social features may be visible to other users.
F. Social, Friends, Feed, and Leaderboard Information
Bambloo may include social features such as friends, activity feeds, profiles, challenges, leaderboards, and community missions. We may collect:
- Friend requests
- Friend connections
- Followers or following, if enabled
- Activity shared with friends
- Public leaderboard activity
- Likes, comments, reactions, or messages, if enabled
- Reports, blocks, moderation actions, and safety reviews
- Shared quest activity
Depending on your settings and the feature, other users may see:
- Your username
- Avatar
- Level
- XP or rank
- Badges
- Completed quests
- Streaks
- Public posts
- Shared activity
- Leaderboard placement
Do not share personal information in public areas of Bambloo that you do not want others to see.
G. Device, App, and Usage Information
When you use Bambloo, we may automatically collect:
- Device type
- Operating system
- App version
- Browser type, if using the website
- IP address
- Device identifiers
- Mobile advertising identifiers, if enabled and permitted
- Language settings
- Time zone
- Crash logs
- Diagnostic data
- Performance data
- Pages or screens viewed
- Buttons tapped
- Session duration
- Referring pages
- General usage patterns
We use this information to operate the app, fix bugs, improve performance, detect abuse, understand how users interact with Bambloo, and improve the Services.
H. Communications and Support Information
If you contact Bambloo, join a waitlist, submit feedback, report a bug, request help, or communicate with us, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Message content
- Screenshots or attachments
- Support history
- Device and account details needed to resolve the issue
We use this information to respond to you, troubleshoot problems, improve Bambloo, and maintain records of support requests.
I. Payment and Transaction Information
If Bambloo offers paid features, subscriptions, event access, merchandise, sponsor rewards, or in-app purchases, payment information may be processed by third-party payment providers, app stores, or platforms such as Apple, Google, Stripe, or other processors.
Bambloo generally does not store full credit card numbers. We may receive transaction-related information such as:
- Purchase type
- Subscription status
- Payment confirmation
- Receipt ID
- Refund status
- Billing email
- Approximate location for tax or compliance
- App store transaction data
Payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
J. Cookies and Website Tracking
When you visit the Bambloo website, we may use cookies, pixels, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies to:
- Keep the website working
- Remember preferences
- Measure website traffic
- Understand which pages are viewed
- Improve website design
- Detect spam, fraud, or abuse
- Measure marketing performance
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Some website features may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
3. Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect
Bambloo does not intentionally collect:
- Social Security numbers
- Government ID numbers
- Full credit card numbers
- Biometric identifiers used to identify a person
- Health records
- Medical diagnosis information
- Religious beliefs
- Political opinions
- Union membership
- Race or ethnicity
- Sexual orientation
- Private messages from outside Bambloo
- Contact lists from your phone, unless we add an invite/contact feature and ask for permission first
If you upload this type of information into Bambloo, we may delete it or restrict it.
4. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Create, manage, and secure user accounts
- Provide the Bambloo app and website
- Show local quests and map features
- Verify quest completion
- Award XP, coins, badges, streaks, levels, and rewards
- Customize avatars and profiles
- Enable friends, leaderboards, feeds, and social features
- Detect cheating, spam, fraud, fake submissions, and abuse
- Review proof submissions
- Moderate content and enforce rules
- Send push notifications, emails, alerts, and service messages
- Provide customer support
- Improve app design, performance, and reliability
- Analyze usage and feature performance
- Test new features
- Maintain security
- Comply with law
- Protect Bambloo, users, partners, and the public
- Communicate with you about updates, launches, promotions, events, and offers, where permitted
5. Legal Bases for Processing
Where required by law, we rely on one or more legal bases to process personal information, including:
- Contract: to provide the Services you requested
- Consent: when you grant permissions, such as location, camera, photo library, notifications, or marketing communications
- Legitimate interests: to improve the Services, prevent fraud, secure the app, analyze performance, and operate Bambloo responsibly
- Legal obligation: to comply with applicable laws, requests, and enforcement obligations
- Vital or public interests: where necessary to protect safety or prevent harm
You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, but doing so may limit certain app features.
6. How We Share Information
We may share personal information in the following situations.
A. Service Providers
We may share information with vendors and service providers that help us operate Bambloo, such as:
- Cloud hosting providers
- Database providers
- Authentication providers
- Analytics providers
- Crash reporting tools
- Map and location service providers
- Email providers
- Push notification providers
- Customer support tools
- Payment processors
- Security and fraud prevention providers
- Moderation and content review tools
- Website hosting and performance tools
These providers are allowed to use personal information only to provide services to Bambloo, unless otherwise permitted by law or their own relationship with you.
B. Other Users
Some information may be visible to other users through app features, including:
- Username
- Avatar
- Level
- Badges
- XP or rank
- Leaderboard placement
- Public profile information
- Shared quest activity
- Public posts or comments
- Friend activity, depending on settings
C. Quest Partners, Sponsors, and Local Businesses
Bambloo may work with local businesses, organizations, tourism groups, schools, sponsors, or community partners to provide quests, rewards, events, and challenges.
If a quest is sponsored or operated with a partner, we may share limited information needed to administer the quest or reward, such as:
- Confirmation that a quest was completed
- Reward eligibility
- Username or account ID
- Redemption status
- Fraud prevention information
- Information you choose to provide to the partner
We do not share precise location data with local partners for unrelated advertising unless we clearly disclose it and obtain any required permission.
D. Legal, Safety, and Security Reasons
We may disclose information if we believe it is necessary to:
- Comply with law, legal process, or government requests
- Enforce our Terms of Service
- Investigate fraud, cheating, abuse, or security issues
- Protect the safety of users, Bambloo, partners, or the public
- Prevent harm, illegal activity, or misuse of the Services
- Respond to disputes or claims
E. Business Transfers
If Bambloo is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
F. With Your Permission
We may share information with your consent or at your direction.
7. Selling, Sharing, Advertising, and Tracking
Bambloo does not sell personal information for money.
Bambloo does not sell precise location data.
Bambloo does not knowingly sell or share personal information of children under 16.
If Bambloo uses advertising, retargeting, cross-context behavioral advertising, or third-party tracking in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any legally required choices.
Some analytics, advertising, or social media tools on the website may be considered “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under certain privacy laws. Where required, you may opt out of such use.
8. Location Privacy
Because location is central to Bambloo, we treat location information carefully.
Bambloo may use your location to:
- Show quests near you
- Verify that you visited a quest location
- Award quest rewards
- Prevent fake completions
- Improve local quest recommendations
- Detect suspicious activity
- Support safety and moderation
Bambloo does not need your location when you are not using location-based features. Depending on the app version and your permissions, Bambloo may request access to location while using the app, precise location, approximate location, or background location if a feature requires it.
You can change location permissions at any time in your device settings. If you disable location, map-based quests, nearby quest discovery, and proof verification may not work.
9. Photos, Camera, and Media Access
Bambloo may ask for access to your camera or photo library so you can submit quest proof, update your profile, share activity, or participate in photo-based challenges.
We only access photos, videos, or camera features according to your device permissions and your actions in the app.
Uploaded media may be reviewed to verify quest completion, moderate content, prevent fraud, or provide support. Do not upload media that includes sensitive information or people who have not consented to being included.
10. Notifications
Bambloo may send push notifications, emails, or in-app messages about:
- Quest updates
- Friend activity
- Rewards
- Streaks
- Badges
- Leaderboard changes
- Account activity
- Safety notices
- App updates
- Promotions or events, where permitted
You can manage push notifications through your device settings. You can unsubscribe from promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link or contacting us.
We may still send non-promotional messages related to your account, security, transactions, or important service updates.
11. Rewards, Coins, XP, Badges, and Virtual Items
Bambloo may offer XP, coins, badges, streaks, avatar items, levels, rewards, and other game-like features.
We may collect and process information about your reward activity to:
- Track progress
- Display your profile
- Operate leaderboards
- Prevent fraud or cheating
- Confirm eligibility
- Provide rewards
- Improve the reward system
Unless clearly stated otherwise, Bambloo coins, XP, badges, streaks, levels, and avatar items are virtual app features. They do not represent real money, stored value, property, or a cash balance.
12. Data Retention
We keep personal information for as long as needed to provide the Services, operate Bambloo, comply with law, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, enforce agreements, and maintain security.
Retention periods may vary by data type:
- Account information is usually kept while your account is active.
- Quest history may be kept to maintain progress, rewards, leaderboards, and anti-fraud records.
- Proof submissions may be kept as long as needed for verification, disputes, moderation, safety, fraud prevention, or legal obligations.
- Location check-in records may be kept as part of quest history.
- Support messages may be kept to resolve issues and maintain records.
- Device logs, analytics, and diagnostic data may be kept for a limited period unless needed longer for security or debugging.
- Deleted account data may be removed or de-identified unless we need to keep certain information for legal, security, fraud prevention, tax, accounting, dispute, or safety reasons.
When possible, we may de-identify or aggregate data so it is no longer reasonably linked to you.
13. Account Deletion
You may request deletion of your Bambloo account by:
- Using the account deletion feature in the app, if available
- Emailing us at [[privacy@bambloo.app](mailto:privacy@bambloo.app) or support email]
- Contacting us through [support page URL]
When you request deletion, we may need to verify your identity. Deleting your account may permanently remove your profile, progress, coins, XP, badges, quest history, avatar items, friend connections, and other account data.
Some information may remain if retention is required or permitted for legal, security, fraud prevention, accounting, dispute resolution, backup, or enforcement purposes.
14. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. These may include access controls, encryption, authentication, monitoring, secure hosting, and limited employee or contractor access.
No system is perfectly secure. We cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, hacking, data loss, or misuse will never occur.
You are responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for notifying us if you believe your account has been compromised.
15. Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and the laws that apply, you may have rights to:
- Access your personal information
- Request a copy of your data
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete personal information
- Restrict certain processing
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent
- Opt out of marketing emails
- Opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or certain profiling, where applicable
- Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, where applicable
- Appeal a denied privacy request, where applicable
You can exercise these rights by contacting us at [privacy email].
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights.
16. California Privacy Notice
This section applies to California residents where the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, applies to Bambloo.
California residents may have the right to:
- Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell, or share
- Access specific pieces of personal information
- Delete personal information
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Opt out of sale or sharing
- Limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information
- Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights
Categories of Personal Information Collected
In the past 12 months, Bambloo may have collected the following categories of personal information:
| Category | Examples | Purposes |
|---|---|---|
| Identifiers | Name, username, email, phone number, account ID, device ID, IP address | Account creation, login, support, security, app operation |
| Personal records | Contact details, account settings, support records | Support, account management, communication |
| Commercial information | Purchases, subscriptions, reward redemptions, transaction records | Payments, subscriptions, rewards, fraud prevention |
| Internet or electronic activity | App screens viewed, website pages visited, interactions, logs | Analytics, debugging, app improvement, security |
| Geolocation data | Approximate location, precise location, quest check-ins | Nearby quests, map features, quest verification, fraud prevention |
| Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information | Photos, videos, uploaded quest proof, profile images | Quest verification, profile features, moderation, support |
| Inferences | Preferences, quest interests, app activity patterns | Personalization, recommendations, app improvement |
| Sensitive personal information | Precise geolocation, account login credentials | App functionality, security, fraud prevention |
Sources of Personal Information
We collect personal information from:
- You
- Your device
- Your use of the app or website
- Quest submissions
- Friends and social features
- Service providers
- Authentication providers
- Payment processors
- Analytics and security tools
Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose personal information to:
- Service providers
- Cloud hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Authentication providers
- Map/location providers
- Payment processors
- Support providers
- Security and fraud prevention providers
- Moderation providers
- Legal authorities, where required
- Business transfer recipients
- Other users, when information is public or shared through app features
Sale or Sharing
Bambloo does not sell personal information for money.
Bambloo does not sell precise location information.
Bambloo does not knowingly sell or share personal information of users under 16.
If we use advertising or analytics tools that are considered “sharing” under California law, we will provide a legally required opt-out method.
Sensitive Personal Information
Bambloo may use precise geolocation and account login credentials only for purposes such as providing the Services, account security, fraud prevention, quest verification, and legal compliance. We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.
California Requests
California residents may submit requests by contacting:
Email: privacy@bambloo.app
Website: [Privacy Request URL]
Mail: [Mailing Address]
If Bambloo is required to offer additional request methods, we will provide them here.
17. Privacy Rights for Other U.S. State Residents
Residents of certain U.S. states may have privacy rights under state consumer privacy laws. Depending on where you live and whether those laws apply to Bambloo, you may have the right to:
- Confirm whether we process your personal information
- Access your personal information
- Correct inaccuracies
- Delete personal information
- Obtain a portable copy of your information
- Opt out of targeted advertising
- Opt out of sale of personal information
- Opt out of certain profiling
- Appeal a denied request
To exercise these rights, contact us at [privacy email].
18. European, UK, and International Users
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another region with similar privacy laws, you may have additional rights, including the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Delete data
- Restrict processing
- Object to processing
- Receive a portable copy of data
- Withdraw consent
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority
Bambloo is based in [United States / applicable country]. If you use Bambloo from outside that country, your information may be transferred to and processed in countries that may have different privacy laws than your country.
Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.
19. Children’s Privacy
Bambloo is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you are under 13, do not use Bambloo and do not provide personal information.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without required parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Parents or guardians who believe a child under 13 has provided information to Bambloo should contact us at [privacy email].
Users under the age of majority in their location should use Bambloo only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.
20. Public Areas and User Responsibility
Bambloo may include public or semi-public areas, including profiles, leaderboards, activity feeds, community quests, comments, friend activity, or shared posts.
Information you make public may be seen, saved, copied, or shared by others. Do not post information that you want to keep private.
You are responsible for the content you submit and share through Bambloo.
21. Third-Party Links and Services
Bambloo may link to third-party websites, businesses, maps, event pages, sponsors, or services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party services.
Third-party services have their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
22. App Stores and Platform Providers
If you download Bambloo through Apple App Store, Google Play, or another platform, that platform may collect information according to its own privacy policy.
Your use of app store features, in-app purchases, device permissions, and platform login tools may be governed by the platform’s terms and privacy policy.
23. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
If we make material changes, we may notify you through the app, website, email, or another reasonable method. The updated Privacy Policy will show the new “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of Bambloo after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means you accept the updated policy.
24. Contact Us
For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at:
Bambloo
Legal Entity: [Bambloo legal entity name]
Email: privacy@bambloo.app
Support: support@bambloo.app
Website: [https://bambloo.app]
Mailing Address: [Business mailing address]
25. App Data Safety Summary
This section is provided as a plain-language summary of Bambloo’s likely data practices. It should match Bambloo’s App Store and Google Play data disclosures.
Bambloo may collect:
- Contact information, such as name, email, or phone number
- User identifiers, such as username, account ID, and device identifiers
- Location information, including approximate and precise location
- User content, such as photos, videos, profile images, quest proof, posts, and responses
- App activity, such as quests viewed, quests completed, XP, coins, rewards, and leaderboard activity
- Diagnostics, such as crash logs and performance data
- Purchase information, if paid features are enabled
- Communications, such as support messages and feedback
Bambloo may use this data for:
- App functionality
- Account management
- Location-based quests
- Quest verification
- Rewards and progress tracking
- Social features
- Analytics
- Security
- Fraud prevention
- Customer support
- Notifications
- Legal compliance
Bambloo may share data with:
- Cloud hosting providers
- Authentication providers
- Analytics and crash reporting providers
- Map and location providers
- Payment processors
- Support tools
- Security and moderation tools
- Quest partners, where needed to provide a quest or reward
- Legal authorities, where required
Bambloo does not sell precise location information.
Bambloo does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Users can request account deletion by using the in-app deletion feature or contacting [privacy email].