PingoMe Children & Age Policy

Last updated: July 18, 2026

This policy explains how PingoMe, at pingome.com, handles children and age. PingoMe is operated by Stellarus Intelligence, Inc., a Delaware public benefit corporation ("Stellarus," "we," or "us"). This policy is incorporated into, and forms part of, both our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

The short version

• PingoMe is for people age 13 and up.
• Accounts (needed to create and host games) require age 13+. Purchasing a membership requires age 18+.
• Children under 13 must not use PingoMe directly — but they can still be part of the game. A parent, guardian, or the adult host types the child's answers for them.
• We collect almost nothing, we track nothing, and every game auto-deletes on a short schedule.

The three age lines, plainly

1. Playing (joining a game): 13+. Guests under 13 don't open links or type answers themselves — an adult does it for them (below).
2. Holding an account: 13+. Creating and managing games requires signing in with Google, and Google's own age rules apply to holding a Google account.
3. Buying a membership: 18+. A paid plan is a contract; purchasers must be adults.

An honest note: PingoMe does not collect birthdates and cannot verify ages itself. We rely on hosts — the adults who create games and share links — to follow this policy for their groups, and on Google's account rules for account holders.

Children under 13: the parent/host-entered path

Children under 13 may not create games, open join links, or type answers into PingoMe themselves. Instead:

• A parent or guardian may enter the child's first name (or a nickname) and answers on the child's behalf; or
• The adult host may collect a child's answers offline — from the child or from the child's parent — and type them in using the host's own "Add a player" tool.

Either way, the child never uses the Service directly. The adult who enters the information decides what goes in and remains responsible for it.

One important design note: within a game, answers are shared on purpose — each guest's answers become bingo squares printed on the other guests' cards. Anything an adult enters for a child will be seen by the other people at that party or in that classroom, so enter only light, harmless facts.

Kids' birthday parties and classrooms

PingoMe works for kids' parties and classrooms — that's exactly why the parent/host-entered path exists:

• You (or the children's parents) enter all the answers. Children don't use the link.
• Use first names or nicknames only — never last names, addresses, school names, or anything identifying.
• Stick to fun, harmless facts ("has a pet turtle," "loves dinosaurs"). Skip anything sensitive.
• Keep your organizer code safe. Your account's My Games dashboard backs it up across your devices; without an account and without the code, management access can't be recovered.
• Classrooms: check your school's or district's policy on classroom tools first, and get parental permission where your school's practice calls for it. Consider collecting answers on paper and entering them yourself.

What parents can do

If your child's information was entered into a PingoMe game — by you, another parent, or a host — you can:

1. Review it through the host, whose organizer code shows every entry.
2. Have it removed through the host, instantly, from the game's manage page.
3. Ask us directly via the contact form ("Privacy request") with what you know — game name, host, roughly when — and we'll locate and delete the entry manually.

And whether or not anyone asks: every game auto-deletes shortly after its retention window (30–365 days by plan; 60 days for games from before plans existed).

Our COPPA-conscious design

PingoMe is a 13+ service, but we design as if children's information might pass through it, because kids' parties and classrooms are real uses:

• No child accounts. Accounts are 13+ and exist only for hosts; guests need no account at all.
• Minimal data. A guest entry is a first name (or nickname) and answers. No emails, phone numbers, or payment details are collected anywhere in the game flows — from anyone, of any age.
• No tracking. No advertising, no analytics, no third-party trackers, no tracking cookies — only functional browser storage (organizer codes, a joined-flag, a card-shuffle preference, and a host's sign-in session).
• Short retention. Games and all their guest data auto-delete on schedule.
• Removal on request. Hosts can remove any entry instantly; we handle requests via the contact form.

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If we learn that a child under 13 has used the Service directly, we will delete the associated guest entry.

Contact us

Questions about this policy, or a removal request? Use the contact form. This policy is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, as set out in our Terms of Service.

Changelog. July 18, 2026: v2 — accounts (13+, Google sign-in) and the 18+ purchase line added; retention updated to plan-based windows; browser-storage list updated. v1 (no accounts) in effect July 9–18, 2026.