Last updated: 13 November 2026
Tanklings MBT is a toy tank game for children from Tanklings Games, a business of Tri Alliance Pty Ltd, an Australian company (“we” and “us”). This page explains what happens to information when you play.
The short version: the game doesn’t collect any personal information, from children or from anyone else.
- No accounts, no sign-in and no chat.
- No ads, no analytics and no tracking.
- No location, contacts, camera, microphone or photos.
- Nothing is sold, and nothing is shared for advertising.
For children
Hello! Most of this page is for grown-ups, but this part is for you.
- The game doesn’t ask your name, and it doesn’t know who you are.
- Your game is saved on your phone. We can’t see it.
- When you play with someone on two phones, the phones only talk to each other about the game.
- There’s no chat, so nobody can send you messages in the game.
- If you have a question about this page, ask a grown-up to help you.
Who this policy covers
This policy covers the Tanklings MBT app on phones and tablets, from Google Play and, if the game is offered there, from Apple’s App Store. The tanklings.co website has its own short privacy statement, on our Privacy page, and our Terms and Conditions cover playing the game.
We’ve written this policy for parents, guardians and teachers. If your child has a question about it, please read it together.
What we collect
Nothing. Tanklings MBT has no accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics and no chat. The game doesn’t send information about you or your phone to us or to anyone else.
That includes the details children’s apps must never collect. The game never sends us, or anyone else, your phone’s advertising ID, serial number, IMEI or SIM numbers, the MAC (hardware) address of your phone or Wi-Fi router, the name of your Wi-Fi network, or your location.
What stays on your phone
The game saves your progress and your settings on your phone, so it remembers them next time. We can’t see any of it.
Deleting the game, or clearing its storage in your phone’s settings, removes it. If your phone’s Android backup is turned on, Android may include these saves in your own backup to your Google account. Google runs that backup and we don’t receive it. If the game is offered on Apple’s App Store, iCloud Backup may include these saves in the same way, and Apple runs it.
Playing on two phones (Play together)
When two phones play together, they connect directly to each other over the same Wi-Fi network. They swap only what the game needs: a game code, the map and mode, the tanks each player picks, and what happens in the match.
They never send a name, the phone’s name, a location or a picture, nothing goes to us over the internet, and there is no chat.
To find each other, the phones use the local network’s own way of announcing games, which only reaches devices on that network. Each phone uses the other’s local network address to connect, and that address stays on your network. Because Play together only works between devices on the same network, it can’t connect your child with strangers on the internet.
On a shared network, such as at a school or a café, other people on that network who have the game could see your child’s game. It’s best to play together at home, or with people you know.
Phone permissions the game uses
On Android:
- Internet and network state: to connect two phones on the same Wi-Fi.
- Wi-Fi state and keeping Wi-Fi awake: to keep a two-phone game smooth.
- Vibrate: lets the game use the phone’s vibration.
The game doesn’t ask for your location, Bluetooth, nearby devices, contacts, camera, microphone or photos.
If you email us, or write a review
The game itself never sends us anything. We only receive personal information if you email us, or if you choose to share it another way, such as in a review on Google Play.
If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if your email shows it, and whatever you write. We use it only to answer you. We never add you to a mailing list.
Our email is run by Google Workspace, so emails to us are stored on Google’s servers, which may be outside Australia, including in the United States. Google stores them for us as our service provider, under business terms that require it to keep them secure and confidential, and it doesn’t use them for advertising. For people in the UK and Europe, those terms include the standard contractual clauses that protect information sent overseas.
We delete emails 12 months after our last reply, or sooner if you ask, unless the law requires us to keep them longer.
Please don’t let children email us themselves. If a child does write to us, we’ll reply once to ask them to bring in a grown-up, and delete their message straight after.
How we keep information safe
Because the game collects nothing, there is very little to protect. What the game saves stays in its own private storage on your phone, which the phone keeps apart from other apps. Play together carries game moves, not personal information. Emails to us are kept in our password-protected business email account.
How long we keep information, and how to delete it
- Saves on your phone stay until you delete the game or clear its storage, which you can do at any time in your phone’s settings. We can’t reach them, so we can’t delete them for you.
- Emails to us are deleted 12 months after our last reply, or sooner if you ask, unless the law requires us to keep them longer.
Children’s privacy
Tanklings MBT is made for children aged about 6 to 10 and their families. Because the game collects no personal information, there is nothing from the game for us to share, sell or delete, and there are no ads.
If that ever changes, we’ll update this policy and the Google Play listing before the change, and ask for a parent’s consent wherever the law requires it.
We made Tanklings MBT to follow Google Play’s Families policy and, if it’s offered on Apple’s App Store, Apple’s rules for apps in the Kids category. We also follow children’s privacy laws and codes, including Australia’s Privacy Act, the United States’ Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the EU and UK GDPR, and the UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code (the Children’s Code).
Other companies
The only outside service the game uses is Google: Google Play for app updates, and Android itself. We don’t use any advertising, analytics or tracking services.
If the game is offered on Apple’s App Store, Apple provides the same services there. Google and Apple handle information under their own privacy policies.
We don’t sell, rent or trade personal information, and we don’t share it for advertising. We would only pass on an email you sent us if the law required us to.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask us what personal information we hold about you or your child, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. The game itself holds nothing about you. For an email you sent us, we’ll show you, correct it or delete it.
- In Australia: we follow the Australian Privacy Principles. If you have a complaint about how we’ve handled personal information, email us and we’ll reply within 30 days. If you’re not happy with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.
- In the UK and Europe: our lawful basis for reading and answering an email you send us is our legitimate interest in replying. You can also ask us to restrict or stop using your information, or to give you a copy, and you can complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office).
- In the United States: parents can ask to review or delete any information about their child and to stop any further use. We don’t sell or share personal information, as California law uses those words.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we’ll post the new version on this page with a new “Last updated” date.
Contact us
Tanklings Games, PO Box 347, Moorabbin VIC 3189, Australia
Phone: 1300 874 543
Email: [email protected]