Pecking Order Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 September 2026

Pecking Order is a flock and poultry-breeding record-management app. This Privacy Policy explains how the app handles information.

Information stored in the app

Pecking Order stores the flock information you enter in the app on your device. This may include chicken and duck details, notes, dates, egg collection records, breeding and family relationships, chick-batch records, pecking-order observations, custom fields and photographs that you choose to add.

How information is used

Your information is used only to provide the app's flock-management, breeding, egg tracking, family-tree, pecking-order, backup, and export features. Pecking Order does not operate a user-account system, cloud database, advertising service, or analytics service for your flock records.

Photos, backups, exports, and sharing

The app accesses photos or files when you choose to add or change a photo, create or restore a backup, export information, or share an export. Backups and exports are created only when you initiate them. Optional egg and backup reminders use device notifications when enabled or permitted.

If you choose to share or save a backup or export using another app, cloud-storage provider, email service, or device location, that service handles the information under its own privacy policy. Pecking Order does not automatically send your flock records to Project Pecking Order.

Purchases and verification

Pecking Order offers optional one-time purchases, a monthly Breeder subscription and code-based, time-limited Breeder previews. Google Play or the Apple App Store processes payments and redemptions. Project Pecking Order does not receive or store your payment-card details.

To confirm ownership and expiry, the app sends the relevant product ID and store purchase token (Google Play) or transaction ID (App Store) to the Pecking Order verification service. That service checks the purchase with the store and records limited entitlement information: platform, product and transaction identifiers, entitlement status and relevant dates, campaign ID where applicable, and hashes of the store account key and verification payload. It does not store your flock records or the full store verification payload in its entitlement database. Store purchase information is also handled under Google's or Apple's own privacy terms.

Data retention and deletion

Flock information remains on your device until you delete it in the app or remove the app. Uninstalling normally removes local app data from that device. Backups or exports you separately saved or shared remain in those locations until you delete them. Purchase-verification records are kept separately to validate and restore entitlements, including time-limited access. For questions about those records or deletion, contact the address below; store purchase histories are managed by Google or Apple.

Children

Pecking Order is intended for adult poultry keepers and breeders. It is not designed for children, and Project Pecking Order does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated when the app changes. The current version will always be published on this page, with its updated date shown above.

Contact

For privacy questions, contact: peckingsupport@gmail.com