Borderlands 4 Map & Companion does not collect, transmit, share or sell any personal information. It has no user accounts, no advertising, no analytics and no third-party tracking. This policy explains what that means in practice.
1. Who this policy covers
This policy applies to the Borderlands 4 Map & Companion mobile application ("the app") published for Android on Google Play and for iOS and iPadOS on the Apple App Store by Xerxz ("we", "us").
This is an unofficial fan-made companion created by Xerxz. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or associated with Gearbox Software, 2K, Take-Two Interactive, or their affiliates. All relevant trademarks belong to their respective owners.
2. Information we collect
None. The app has no analytics SDK, no crash-reporting SDK, no advertising SDK, and no sign-in or social integrations. We run no servers that receive data from the app. The app does not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, location or advertising identifier.
3. Information stored on your device
To work, the app saves the following in its own private storage on your device:
- Profiles and progress: map locations you marked complete or tracked, items you own, your farm targets, farm kill and drop counts, farm session history, and personal notes.
- Builds you create: skill allocations, gear choices and notes.
- Recent searches and recently viewed entries, so you can return to them quickly.
- Settings: appearance, text size, reduced motion, spoiler protection, map filters, notification preferences and the last screen you had open. The app does not currently send push notifications. These choices are only stored for a future update.
- Whether Pro is unlocked on this device.
- Content packs you installed and a cached copy of the reward-code list that ships with the app.
This data stays in the app's sandbox. Neither we nor other apps can read it. It is permanently deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its storage, and you can wipe a profile at any time from More › Profiles › Reset profile progress. Your operating system may include app data in a device backup you control, such as an encrypted iCloud or Google backup. We never see that backup.
4. Internet access
The app works fully offline. It does not contact any server run by us, and it does not contact any analytics or advertising service.
- To show whether you are online, the app asks your device's normal DNS
resolver for the address of
dns.google. The lookup contains no information about you or your use of the app. - If you tap an external link (for example, a link inside a location's description), it opens in your browser, and that website's own privacy policy applies.
5. Exporting, importing and sharing
These actions only happen when you start them:
- Export progress creates a file and hands it to your device's share sheet or file picker. You decide where it goes.
- Import reads only the file you choose.
- Sharing a build (as an image or share code) passes it to whichever app you pick in the share sheet.
None of this is sent to us.
6. Purchases
Companion Pro is optional. It is sold as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, and both are processed entirely by the Apple App Store or Google Play. We never receive your payment details, name or email address. The store only tells the app whether Pro is active, so the app can unlock it and restore it on request. Subscriptions are managed and cancelled in your App Store or Google Play account.
7. Children's privacy
The app is not directed at children under 13. Because the app collects no data at all, it collects no data from children. It is not enrolled in Google Play's Designed for Families programme or Apple's Kids category.
8. Third parties
Apple and Google distribute the app and may collect their own data (such as downloads, purchases and crash reports you agree to share) under Apple's and Google's privacy policies. From their developer dashboards we receive only anonymous, aggregate statistics, such as total installs by country, which cannot identify you.
9. Data security
We hold no user data, so there is no server-side database to breach. Data on your device is protected by your operating system's app sandboxing and storage encryption.
10. Your rights
You fully control the only data that exists, which is on your device. Delete it by resetting a profile, clearing the app's storage in your device settings, or uninstalling the app. We hold nothing to export or delete on your behalf.
If you email us, we use your email address and message only to reply to you, and we will delete the conversation on request.
11. Changes to this policy
Some future updates would change how data is handled, for example advertising, analytics, crash reporting, cloud backup, push notifications or online content downloads. Before any such version ships, we will update this policy and its "Last updated" date, and describe the change in the store release notes.
12. Contact
Questions about this policy or your privacy:
xerxz5115@gmail.com
Help with the app: support page.