PawCircle by KScribble LLC
PawCircle Privacy Policy
Effective: October 12, 2026. Publisher: KScribble LLC.
PawCircle is a pet medication and care tracker. This policy says what the app stores, where, and who can see it. Keith Gibson (KScribble LLC) is the data controller; contact: kscribble12371@gmail.com.
What the app stores on your phone
Pets, medications and dose schedules, dose history, health notes and clinical photos, vaccinations, appointments, grooming preferences, your household name, address and phone, sitter instructions and today's care note, pet photos, and your settings. All of it lives in the app's private storage on your device. Nothing is uploaded unless you turn on family or sitter sync.
Family and sitter sync (optional, PawCircle Care and PawCircle Premium)
When you invite a family member, sitter or walker, the app signs in anonymously to Google Firebase and mirrors the household name, address and phone, the pets (names, breed, feeding, cautions, vet contacts), the medication schedules, the sitter instructions and today's care note to a Firestore document that only you and the people you invited can read. Caregivers give a display name when they join (and may add a mobile number so you can call or text them). Their dose marks, walks (including a GPS route when they allow location), feeding logs, notes and, with PawCircle Premium, photos are stored in the same household record. Ending access or stopping sharing removes their access at once; photos are deleted after 30 days.
Firebase is operated by Google LLC under its own privacy terms. PawCircle uses Firebase Authentication (anonymous), Cloud Firestore and Firebase Crashlytics (crash reports on release builds only, with no personal data).
Location
Location is used only while a caregiver runs a walk, to draw the route for the owner. It is requested when the first walk starts, never at install, and the app does not track location at any other time.
Camera and photos
The camera is used to scan medication labels and preventative boxes, to read invite QR codes, to attach a photo to a health note, and (PawCircle Premium) to send a walk or meal photo to the owner. Images you take for a pet profile or a health note stay on your phone.
Subscriptions
PawCircle Basic is free. PawCircle Care and PawCircle Premium are sold through Google Play. Google handles payment; PawCircle receives only whether a subscription is active and which plan it is.
Ads and sponsored links
On PawCircle Basic, a label or document scan is unlocked by watching a short sponsor message served by Google AdMob, which may use your device's advertising ID under Google's privacy terms; PawCircle Care and Premium show no ads. The Basic plan also shows discreet links to pet supply retailers. Tapping one opens your browser; PawCircle does not pass any personal data to those sites.
Your choices
Export or delete everything from Backup & restore in the app menu, or delete your account and all household data from About, legal & delete account. Uninstalling the app deletes its local data. To delete a shared household from Firebase, stop sharing from the invite sheet. For anything else, email the address above.
Children
PawCircle is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
Updates to this policy are published at pawcirclecare.com/privacy and bundled with the app.