This policy explains the little data the app handles, and how to switch almost all of it off.
What stays on your device
Your game boards, high scores and preferences are stored on your device. Apart from the score you publish to the global leaderboards, described below, none of it is uploaded anywhere, and all of it is deleted when you uninstall the app.
This app has no sign-up and asks for no personal details. So that the global leaderboards can tell players apart, the app creates an anonymous identifier the first time you open a leaderboard: a random string tied to the installation, not to you.
What is collected, and by whom
| Service | What it handles | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics for Firebase | Anonymous usage events, device model, operating system, language, approximate region derived from your IP address, and an advertising identifier. | To understand which features people use. |
| Firebase Crashlytics | Crash reports: the error, the actions that led to it, device model and operating system version. | To find and fix crashes. |
| Google AdMob | An advertising identifier and your interactions with ads. | To show ads, which is what keeps the app free. |
| Google Cloud Firestore and Firebase Authentication | An anonymous identifier created on your device, a nickname the app generates, and your best score in each game. | To place you on the global leaderboards. |
We never collect your name, email address, phone number, contacts, photos, precise location, or the contents of your device. We do not sell data, and we do not share it with anyone beyond the services listed above.
Turning it off
Open Settings → Privacy → Share anonymous usage data in the app. Collection stops immediately and anything still held on your device is cleared.
You can also reset or disable the advertising identifier from your device settings: Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking on iOS, or Settings → Google → Ads on Android.
The global leaderboards
When a game ends, the app publishes your best score for that game next to a nickname it invents itself, along the lines of Brave Otter 214. Nothing else leaves the device: no name, no email address, no country, and no list of the games you played.
The nickname is not something you type, and it is not derived from anything of yours: it is drawn at random, and you can draw another whenever you like from the leaderboard screen. Other players only ever see the nickname and the score.
When a game ends you can tap Share. That hands your score, the name of the game and a link to the app's page to your own device's share menu: nothing is sent to us, and we never know who you shared it with, or whether you shared it at all.
You can leave whenever you want: open a leaderboard, tap the menu at the top right and choose Remove me from the leaderboards. That deletes your row from every game's leaderboard and the anonymous identifier itself, not just the scores attached to it, and the app draws you a new nickname. Nothing connects the old rows to the new ones. If for any reason it doesn't work, write to apps@ibacrea.com with the nickname shown on the leaderboard screen and we'll delete it ourselves.
Advertising and consent
Ads are served by Google AdMob. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland a consent form appears the first time you open the app, where you choose whether ads may be personalised. You can change that choice at any time from the app's settings.
Google's own handling of this data is described at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Children
This app is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided data to us, contact us and we will delete it.
Data retention
Analytics data is retained by Google for the period configured in our Firebase project and then deleted automatically. Crash reports are retained for up to 90 days. Data held on your device is kept until you delete it.
A leaderboard row stays until you ask us to delete it, or until we retire that game's leaderboard.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete data relating to you, or to object to its processing. The fastest route is the in-app switch described above; for anything else, write to apps@ibacrea.com.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top changes with it.