Frequently Asked Questions

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Getting Started

Do I have to sign up for ZARTH?

If you want to play, you need to sign-in and provide a name that ZARTH will use.

Account

How do I delete my ZARTH account?

Here are the steps that a user needs to take to be completely removed from the ZARTH android app.

  1. Start the ZARTH app.
  2. Click on the three-dot menu icon at the top right of the screen.
  3. A drop-down menu will appear.
  4. Select Settings from the menu.
  5. Scroll down towards the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Delete Account’ option.
  6. A dialog box will appear asking you to confirm your decision of deleting your account and related information.
    • Click on Delete if you want to delete the account.
    • Click on Cancel if you don't want to delete the account.
    • You can also tap anywhere else on the screen to make the dialog box disappear and continue enjoying ZARTH.
Note: Once you delete your account, all of your information will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. You will need to create a fresh login to access ZARTH again.

Are there any age restriction to creating an account on ZARTH?

No

What is your privacy policy?

When you authenticate to play ZARTH, we do not receive your real name or any other identifiable information. This App uses Firebase database to list transients you catch and generate leaderboards.

This App uses Google Analytics to help analyse how people use it.

Google Analytics collects standard internet log information and visitor behaviour information in an anonymous form. Note that the data is anonymous - no personally identifiable information is collected.

This anonymous information is transmitted to Google – not the ZARTH developers. Google Analytics then compiles statistical reports that tell us things like the percentage of users that use certain features, have particular versions of Android or have phones that have certain features (such as a gyroscope). This is essential for us to discover which features people like and dislike and when we can drop support for obsolete versions of Android and thus make Sky Map better. We might share these reports with third parties.

We respect your privacy and do not collect your personal information - we cannot tell anything about you as a user. If you do not wish to share this anonymous data with Google Analytics you can opt out via the settings menu. Otherwise, thank you for helping make ZARTH better. For more information on Google Analytics see https://www.google.com/analytics/.

Pricing & License

Is ZARTH free?

Yes. ZARTH was designed as part of the broader outreach activities within the Zwicky Transient Facility project funded by the National Science Fondation. The app is free for everyone.