This app contains no analytics, no tracking, no advertising, and collects no personal data. Until you choose to unlock additional characters, it connects to the internet only in these two cases and never otherwise: (1) while the calendar's “Taiwan holidays” option is on, it downloads the public holiday list at most once a week, sending no identifiers (you can turn it off in the calendar; it is off by default when the interface is in English); (2) the edition downloaded from this website checks for app updates (see the end of section 3) — the Microsoft Store edition does not. Your calendar and reminders stay on your own computer and are never transmitted.
This policy applies to the following application:
com.fish-zero.deskpetcom.coss.deskpet| What | Where |
|---|---|
| Settings (enabled characters, size, phrases, behaviour frequencies) | %APPDATA%\com.fish-zero.deskpet\ |
| Your calendar and reminders | Same folder, calendar.json and reminders.json. These never reach any server and work offline |
| Downloaded character packs | %LOCALAPPDATA%\com.fish-zero.deskpet\ |
| Unlock credential | Windows Credential Manager. Held by the operating system; the app's interface cannot read its value |
| Install ID (see “Events & Invites” in section 4) | Same place. A randomly generated string created the first time the app needs it |
In the website edition the folders are named com.coss.deskpet instead, with the same locations and contents.
You may delete these folders at any time, or simply uninstall the app.
Only after you actively unlock a character. Until then — while using only the built-in characters — it sends nothing other than the first case in the table below (Taiwan holidays).
| When | What is sent |
|---|---|
| At most once a week while the calendar's “Taiwan holidays” option is on | A request carrying no credential or identifier, downloading the holiday list (national holidays, observed days off, make-up workdays) we compile from the Taiwan government's official announcement. If nothing changed, the server only replies "no update". Turn off “Taiwan holidays” under “View list” in the calendar and this connection never happens; it is off by default when the interface language is English |
| You press "unlock on this device" | An empty request; the server returns an anonymous credential. No name, e-mail or device identifier is sent |
| You redeem an unlock code | The code you typed |
| You download or update a character | The character's id; the server returns the character files |
| Checking for messages, every 45 seconds once unlocked | Only the anonymous credential above |
| You open a link from a message | It opens in your default browser (http/https only) |
| You buy a character or top up Pet Gems in the shop | The id of the item you buy; the server keeps your gem balance and transaction history. Top-up payments are handled by Gumroad — card and payment details go only to Gumroad, and we keep only the transaction id needed to credit your gems, not your payment or contact details |
All traffic goes to this product's character service over HTTPS.
Connection records: once you have unlocked, the server records the time and IP address of the most recent connection for your account, used only to prevent abuse and keep the service running — never for analytics or anything else. You can ask us to delete it (see section 6).
The installer downloaded from this website (not the Microsoft Store edition) updates itself and also includes the optional "Pet Universe" link, so it makes these connections in addition to the table above:
| When | What is sent |
|---|---|
| About 30 seconds after launch, then every 25 minutes | An update check that sends only the current version number and platform (Windows x64) — no credential or identifier. The server keeps no record of these requests |
| You press "Update" | The new installer is downloaded and installed only after its signature has been verified |
| You create a pairing code in the LINE "Pet" game and enter it in the app (Pet Universe link) | The pairing code you typed; the server returns a link credential |
| Once linked, roughly every 15–25 seconds | The link credential, to sync your active pet, friend list and inbox in Pet Universe |
| Once linked, you feed, pet or train your pet, or open today's fortune | The action you took; the server returns the updated pet status |
| Once linked, you write to a friend | The message and the recipient; the Pet Universe server delivers it to them |
The Pet Universe link is entirely optional and never happens unless you enter a pairing code; it connects to the Pet Universe server, also over HTTPS. The Microsoft Store edition is updated by the Microsoft Store and has no Pet Universe link, so none of the connections in this subsection apply to it.
The app offers optional account linking (Microsoft account, Google, LINE) so your unlocked characters and Pet Gems follow you to another computer. Only if you actively choose to sign in and authorise it do we receive the following:
| Sign-in method | What we receive |
|---|---|
| Microsoft account, Google | Only the irreversible identifier that service provides. We do not receive your e-mail address or your name |
| LINE | The irreversible identifier and your LINE display name (shown on screen so you can see which account is linked). We do not receive your e-mail address |
This data is used solely to attach your entitlements and Pet Gems to your account (the gems given when you first link an account are recorded there too) and for nothing else. If you do not use this feature, no such data exists. Some editions do not offer certain sign-in methods at all.
The “Events & Invites” page in the Settings console offers a usage diary and invite codes. Both only work for users who have linked an account, and use the following data:
| Feature | What the server records |
|---|---|
| Usage diary | Which days your account used the app (dates only, in Taipei time), to count your days and award Pet Gems |
| Invite codes | Which account an invite code belongs to; when a friend joins with your code, the invite and the gems each of you received |
| Install ID | When you sign in or use “Events & Invites”, the app sends a randomly generated install ID. The server records which accounts have used that ID, solely to stop the same PC from claiming invite rewards repeatedly. It is not derived from any hardware information, and deleting the app's data from Credential Manager replaces it with a new one |
When a friend opens the invite link you shared, the invite page stores a cookie in their browser (it holds only the invite code and expires after 30 days) so the code is applied automatically if they sign in from the same browser; it is deleted once they sign in. Sharing to Facebook or LINE simply opens that platform's share page in your default browser; we receive no data from those platforms.
The app's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
This app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from them.
fully offline state. In the website edition, also unlink Pet Universe; it will still check for app updates (see the end of section 3).
corresponding entitlement records.
Changes to this policy are reflected in the effective date shown above.
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Developer site: fish-zero.com