PRIVACY POLICY — BUBBLE MERGE
Last updated: October 05, 2026
This application ("Bubble Merge", "the Game") is developed by Start Over Studios ("we", "us"). This policy explains what data the Game handles and how.
SUMMARY
Bubble Merge has no account of its own: no registration, email collection, geolocation, or contact access. The Game uses services provided by Google:
- Google AdMob, to show ads;
- Google Firebase, for anonymous usage statistics, crash reports, push notifications, and the optional feedback form;
- Google Play Games, for sign-in, the leaderboard, and cloud save;
- Google Play Billing, for optional coin purchases.
The only data we store ourselves is the feedback you choose to send. Each item is described below.
DATA STORED ON YOUR DEVICE
Your progress — high score, coins, purchased skins, collection, daily reward streak — and your settings (audio, language, tutorial) are saved in the app's own storage on your device. Uninstalling the app erases this local copy; if you use cloud save (below), Google keeps a copy in your account.
GOOGLE PLAY GAMES (SIGN-IN, LEADERBOARD, CLOUD SAVE)
If you are signed in to Google Play Games:
- your high score is submitted to the Game's leaderboard, which other players can see next to your Play Games name and avatar;
- your progress (coins, purchased skins, collection, high score, and daily reward streak) is saved to the Saved Games storage of your Google account, so it survives a reinstall or a new device.
This data is stored and managed by Google under its privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). You can sign out, or delete your Play Games data, in the Google Play Games settings.
FEEDBACK (OPTIONAL)
The Game has a form for sending us written feedback. Nothing is sent unless you write a message and press send. When you do, we store in our Google Firebase database (Cloud Firestore):
- your message (up to 1,000 characters);
- your device model, platform, language, and game version;
- your number of games played and your high score;
- a Firebase user identifier. It is created from your Google Play Games sign-in and exists to limit each player to 3 messages a day.
We read this feedback only to improve the Game. We do not share or sell it. Please do not write personal information in the message. To have a message deleted, contact us at the address below with the approximate date and text.
ANALYTICS, CRASH REPORTS AND NOTIFICATIONS (GOOGLE FIREBASE)
The Game uses Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, and Firebase Cloud Messaging:
- Analytics receives gameplay events: games started and ended, scores, screens opened, rewards and power-ups used, ads watched, and the steps of an optional purchase (never payment details). It also receives device information (model, operating system, language, country) and a random installation identifier. Where the advertising identifier described below is available, Analytics may receive it too.
- Crashlytics receives crash reports: the technical error, the screen open at the time, and device state (model, operating system, free memory).
- Cloud Messaging receives a device token so we can send push notifications. On Android 13 and later, the Game asks for notification permission once, after your first game. You can turn notifications off at any time in your device settings.
This data is processed by Google under the Firebase terms (https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy). We use it only to fix bugs and improve the Game, and we never sell it.
ADVERTISING (GOOGLE ADMOB)
The Game shows ads supplied by Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC, in two formats: a banner at the bottom of the screen, and an optional rewarded video you may choose to watch in exchange for an extra power-up use.
To select and measure those ads, Google collects information directly from your device, independently of us. This typically includes your Android advertising identifier, device information such as model, operating system, language and country, your IP address, and your interactions with the ads shown. Google's handling of this data is governed by its own privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and by the description of how Google uses data from its partners (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).
From Google we receive only aggregate reports, such as total impressions and earnings. Those reports do not identify individual users.
IN-APP PURCHASES
The Game offers optional coin packs, processed entirely by Google Play Billing. We do not receive, see, or store card numbers, banking details, or any payment information — all of that is handled by Google, per the Google Play privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
PERMISSIONS AND NETWORK
The Game does not request sensitive permissions (camera, location, contacts, microphone, etc.). It uses network access for the Google services above, the notification permission on Android 13 and later, the Google Play billing permission, the advertising identifier permission used by AdMob, and the standard technical permissions these Google services require.
YOUR CHOICES
- Ads: you can limit ad personalization at any time on your device, under Settings > Google > Ads, where you may reset or delete your advertising identifier. Ads will still appear, but they will no longer be based on your interests.
- Notifications: turn them off in your device's app settings.
- Play Games: sign out, or delete your Play Games data, in the Google Play Games settings.
- Feedback: it is only sent if you write and send it.
- Uninstalling the app removes the locally stored progress.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, the Game presents a consent request before serving personalized ads, and you may change or withdraw that choice at any time.
CHILDREN
The Game is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has provided information through the Game, contact us at the address below and we will assist in having it removed.
YOUR RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete personal data relating to you, and to object to its processing. This includes rights under Brazil's LGPD (Law No. 13.709/2018) and the European GDPR. The only data we hold ourselves is the feedback you send, which we will delete on request. For data processed by Google (AdMob, Firebase, Play Games), use the Google channels linked above. Questions and requests may be sent to the contact address below.
GOOGLE PLAY AS THE DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM
Since the Game is distributed through the Google Play Store, Google Play itself may collect data under its own privacy policy (available at https://policies.google.com/privacy), independently of this application.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
If this policy changes, the date at the top of this page will be updated. Relevant changes will be flagged on the app's store listing page.
CONTACT
Questions about this policy can be sent to: startoverstudios.oficial@gmail.com