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Privacy Policy
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How Snake Words handles game progress, supported online services, analytics, and support requests.
Who we are and what this policy covers
Snake Words is a mobile word puzzle game developed by Yehor Ivanov, published as Yehor Ivanov on the App Store and Grib Games on Google Play. In this policy, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to the developer operating the Game.
This policy explains how personal data is handled when you play Snake Words, use supported game services, or contact us. We are responsible for the processing we determine; Apple and other platform providers also process data under their own policies.
Privacy contact: yigorka812@gmail.com. This policy describes data practices; reading it or accepting the User Agreement is not consent to optional tracking.
Information processed and why
| Category | Information and purpose | Where processed |
|---|---|---|
| Progress and preferences | Completed levels and themes, collected letters, saved progress, daily activity or streaks, selected language, and sound/vibration preferences, as used by the installed version. These allow the Game to remember progress and settings. | Your device; Apple iCloud where supported and enabled. |
| Gameplay analytics | Session and level events, wins/losses, retries, play duration, and app/device information. These help us understand performance and improve level balance. Unity Analytics also processes IP addresses and installation/user identifiers; on Apple devices its SDK may process the identifier for vendors (IDFV). | Unity Analytics, when enabled in the version you use and permitted by your privacy choices. |
| Game Center | Authentication status and any player identifier or nickname returned to the Game by Apple's integration. Apple separately handles your Game Center account and activity. | Apple; the Game for supported Game Center features. |
| Support messages | Your email address, message, and any screenshots or device details you choose to send. We use these to answer questions, investigate issues, and handle privacy requests. | The developer and the email service used for correspondence. |
Features differ by platform and version. Local progress is not automatically developer-held cloud data. The Game does not need your Apple Account password; do not send passwords or unrelated sensitive information to support.
Unity Analytics
Where enabled, Unity Analytics helps us understand how players use the Game and improve its stability and difficulty. Analytics identifiers are pseudonymous: they can distinguish installations and are not the same as anonymous statistics.
Where consent is required, collection must begin only after an affirmative choice and can be stopped when consent is withdrawn. Contact us to request access or deletion of analytics data associated with your installation. We may need an available installation/player identifier to locate the relevant records.
Unity describes its processing in its Game Player and App User Privacy Policy. The Unity Analytics privacy documentation explains its SDK data and deletion process.
Game Center and iCloud
Supported Apple versions may connect to Game Center for authentication and use iCloud to synchronize saved game progress between compatible devices signed into the relevant Apple Account. Game Center and iCloud are separate services: signing into Game Center alone does not create an iCloud backup.
Apple processes account and service data under its Privacy Policy and Game Center & Privacy notice. You can manage these services in your device's Apple settings. This policy does not promise leaderboards, multiplayer, or achievements in versions that do not include them.
Local and cloud progress can remain separate. Uninstalling the Game does not necessarily delete iCloud data or platform account data; use Apple's available data-management controls or contact support for guidance.
Rewarded advertising — release disclosure pending
Snake Words is planned to offer an optional rewarded advertisement to continue or restart a level while preserving collected letters. The advertising SDK and any mediation partners have not been confirmed for this draft.
Before an advertising-enabled release, this section must name the actual providers, link to their privacy policies, and specify their data collection, uses, sharing, retention, and privacy choices. Advertising-related data may include advertising/device identifiers where permitted, IP address, approximate location inferred from IP, device/app details, and ad impressions or interactions. The actual categories must be verified against the selected SDK and configuration.
Choosing to watch an advertisement does not itself grant permission for personalized advertising or cross-app tracking. Any required advertising consent and Apple tracking permission must be handled separately before the corresponding processing begins.
Sharing and third-party services
Data is shared only as needed for the services described here, to respond to your requests, or to meet a legal obligation. This may involve Unity for analytics, Apple for its platform services, and providers of support correspondence. Their roles and processing depend on the service.
We may disclose relevant information when legally required or necessary to investigate fraud, security incidents, or legal claims, subject to applicable law. We do not describe SDK data as “anonymous” merely because it does not include a name.
Any advertising-related sale, sharing, or targeted-advertising disclosures and opt-out rights must be finalized once the advertising providers are confirmed.
Legal bases and international processing
Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis, we use data needed to provide the Game and requested support to perform our agreement with you; rely on consent for optional analytics or advertising where required; and process data to comply with legal obligations. Limited processing for security or handling claims may rely on legitimate interests, subject to applicable rights and safeguards.
Service providers may process data outside your country. Where the law requires safeguards for international transfers, the appropriate arrangements must apply, such as an applicable adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses. Contact us for information about the arrangements relevant to your data.
Retention and deletion
- Local data: progress and settings remain in app storage until removed or reset. Device backups or cloud copies may outlast local deletion.
- Unity Analytics: Unity's published default retention for personal data is 13 months, unless a shorter retention is configured or an applicable deletion request is processed.
- Apple service data: cloud progress and account-related records are subject to Apple's controls and retention practices. Deletion of one copy does not automatically delete all other copies.
- Support records: we keep correspondence for as long as needed to resolve the request and any related dispute or legal obligation, then delete or anonymize it when no longer necessary.
Uninstalling prevents further app activity from that installation, but it does not erase information previously transmitted to providers. To request deletion of data we control, email yigorka812@gmail.com and identify the Game. Do not send account passwords.
Your choices and rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or receive a copy of your personal data, object to certain processing, withdraw consent, and complain to your local data protection authority. Withdrawal does not affect lawful processing before withdrawal.
Send requests to yigorka812@gmail.com. We may ask for proportionate information to verify the request and locate records. Platform settings control Game Center, iCloud, and supported device advertising permissions; switching off device tracking permissions does not automatically erase analytics records.
Where the law gives rights relating to sale, sharing, or targeted advertising, the applicable disclosures and controls must be provided for the advertising-enabled release. Exercising privacy rights will not be used to unlawfully discriminate against you.
Children and younger players
We do not knowingly process children's personal data in violation of applicable law. If parental consent or a child-appropriate service configuration is required, the relevant data collection must not take place without those safeguards.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has provided personal data that should not have been collected, contact us so we can investigate and arrange appropriate deletion. The target audience, age-related consent flow, and SDK configuration must be confirmed before release; a store age rating alone does not establish data-processing consent.
Security
We take reasonable steps appropriate to the data processed to protect it against unauthorized access, misuse, and loss. Platform and SDK providers are responsible for security within their own services. No method of storage or transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
This policy website
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Updates and contact
We will update this policy when the Game's data practices change and show the updated date. Material changes will be communicated where required; new consent will be requested when legally necessary.
For privacy questions or requests about Snake Words, contact Yehor Ivanov / Grib Games at yigorka812@gmail.com.