Pinpuzzle – Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how the Pinpuzzle mobile game (the “App”) for Android and iOS handles information. The App is published by Shimi Yadan (“we”, “us”). If you have any question about this policy, contact us at shimi89000@gmail.com.
Summary
- No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases.
- We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts, photos or any other personal information.
- We do not use advertising identifiers, analytics or tracking tools, and we do not sell or share data with third parties.
- To sync your game progress, the App may send an anonymous, randomly generated installation ID together with your current level and coin balance to our game server.
Information stored on your device
The App stores the following on your device only, so the game can work:
- Your game progress: completed levels, current level and revealed hints.
- Your coin balance, kept in the device’s secure storage (Keychain on iOS, Keystore on Android).
- App settings, such as whether you have finished the tutorial.
- A random installation ID (see below).
This information stays on your device and is deleted when you uninstall the App.
Information sent to our server
When an internet connection is available, the App may contact our game server to:
- Download new levels. The App sends the number of levels it already has.
- Back up and restore your progress. The App sends:
- a random installation ID that the App creates the first time it runs (it is not your device’s hardware ID or advertising ID, and it is not linked to your name or any account);
- your current level number;
- your coin balance.
We use this information only to provide these game features. It is not linked to your identity and is not used for advertising or tracking.
Like any internet service, our server receives your device’s IP address as part of the connection, and it may appear in standard server logs. We do not use it to identify you.
Platform note: the current iOS version of the App plays fully offline and does not send this information to our server. If that changes, we will update this policy.
Security note: the connection to our game server does not yet use encryption (HTTPS). The data sent is limited to the anonymous items listed above. We plan to move to an encrypted connection.
Third parties
The App does not include third-party advertising, analytics, crash-reporting or social-media SDKs. Our game server is run on a hosting provider that processes the data above on our behalf.
Data retention and deletion
We keep the anonymous progress record for as long as it is needed to provide progress sync. You can delete everything stored on your device by uninstalling the App. To ask us to delete the progress record on our server, email shimi89000@gmail.com. Because the record is anonymous, we may ask you for details that help us find it.
Children
The App is a general-audience puzzle game and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. The App does not collect personal information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the new version on this page and change the effective date above.
Contact
Shimi Yadan
Email: shimi89000@gmail.com