Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Word Dance ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use our mobile application (the "App").
1. Information We Collect
a) Information you provide
- Leaderboard display name (if you submit a score).
b) Information collected automatically
- Anonymous authentication identifier (Firebase UID) used to save and sync your game progress.
- Game progress and gameplay data, such as level, lives, coins, and event metrics (for example: level start, level complete, level fail, hint usage).
- Crash and diagnostics data (for app stability and bug fixing).
- Performance data (for app speed and reliability monitoring).
- Advertising-related data (for rewarded ads), which may include device identifiers and ad interaction events provided by the ad SDK.
- Approximate country information for leaderboard ranking (if submitted).
2. How We Use Information
- Provide core gameplay features and save your progress locally and in the cloud.
- Enable leaderboard functionality and ranking display.
- Measure gameplay behavior and improve game balance and user experience.
- Detect, prevent, and fix technical issues and crashes.
- Serve and measure rewarded advertisements.
- Protect the App from abuse and invalid traffic.
3. Third-Party Services
The App uses third-party services that may collect or process data under their own privacy policies, including:
- Google Firebase (Authentication, Firestore, Analytics, Crashlytics, Performance Monitoring, App Check)
- Google AdMob (rewarded ads)
Please review the relevant third-party privacy terms for more information about their data practices.
4. Data Storage and Retention
- Some data is stored on your device (for example, local settings and progress).
- Some data is stored in cloud services (for example, synced progress and leaderboard records).
- We retain data for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the App, maintain security, and meet legal obligations.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with service providers (such as Firebase and AdMob) to operate the App, analyze performance, and provide ads.
6. International Data Transfers
Your information may be processed on servers located outside your country/region, depending on the infrastructure used by our service providers.
7. Your Choices and Rights
- You can stop using the App at any time.
- You can request deletion of cloud-stored account/progress data associated with your anonymous account, subject to technical and legal limitations.
- Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data.
8. Children's Privacy
The App is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required by your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.
9. Security
We use commercially reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version in the App listing or other appropriate channels and update the effective date above.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions or requests about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: support@yourdomain.com
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