Child safety and target audience

Target audience: everyone; recommended age 13+

Anyone can install and play Hayat Dosyası, children included. The recommended age is 13+, because the game tells a life from birth to death and deals in text with death, illness, grief, separation, addiction and smoking. We show these topics together with their consequences and never encourage them.

We do no marketing aimed at children, and the app is not part of Google Play's Designed for Families programme. Kids mode does not change the content; it only switches off data collection, ads, purchases and social features. The content is the same in kids mode, so we recommend knowing it before you hand the app to your child.

Age screen and modes

On first launch the app asks for a birth month and year (nothing is pre-selected; people who would rather not say can choose "I'd rather not say"). The answer stays on your phone and is never sent to us; the phone keeps only the resulting mode, not the date of birth. The age screen relies on what you tell it; it is not identity verification.

Kids mode (under 13, and anyone who does not answer): no ads, no purchases, no account or sign-in, no connection to our servers at all, no friends/quick messages/gifts, no name on the leaderboard. No data is collected. The game is completely free and ink never runs out.

Teen mode (13-17): the full game. Purchases follow the store's parental controls (Google Play Family Link, Apple Ask to Buy); ads are not personalised and their content level is capped at "parental guidance". Adult mode (18+): the full game.

Communication between players

There is no chat in the game where players can write free text to each other. In kids mode there are no friends and no messaging at all. In teen and adult mode friends can only send the ready-made messages the game provides.

Display names on the leaderboard can be reported from inside the game (in kids mode no name appears on the leaderboard). Names found inappropriate are changed; accounts that keep breaking the rules are restricted or closed.

Zero tolerance for child abuse

Any content or behaviour related to child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) is strictly prohibited in Hayat Dosyası.

When we find such behaviour we close the accounts involved and report it to the relevant authorities as required by law.

Reporting and contact

If you see anything that puts a child at risk, write to support@yaspergames.com with "Child safety" in the subject line. This address is our designated point of contact for child safety; these reports are handled first.

If someone is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number first.

Data

In kids mode no personal data is collected and nothing is sent to our servers. In teen mode (13-17) the data collected and the ad settings are described in our privacy policy. If you believe a child's data has been processed outside the modes described, write to support@yaspergames.com; once confirmed, the record is deleted.

For parents

Changing the mode: Settings → Age and mode. An adult can switch the phone to kids mode at any time. Leaving kids mode requires a "parent gate" (a sum plus an adult's birth month/year); three wrong attempts lock the gate for an hour. This is friction that makes it harder for a child to open the gate alone, not identity verification.

You can limit which apps can be installed on your child's phone with Google Play parental controls, or with Screen Time on iPhone.