Privacy Policy — Sugar Crush: Sweet Match 3 Puzzle

Developer: Orca Studios

Effective date: 9 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information the mobile game Sugar Crush: Sweet Match 3 Puzzle ("the app", "we") handles when you play, and the choices you have. The short version: the app has no accounts and no servers of its own, your game progress and coins stay on your device, and the only third party involved is Google AdMob, which serves the advertisements.

1. INFORMATION THE APP STORES ON YOUR DEVICE

Your game data — coin balance, lives and their refill timers, unlocked levels, stars and best scores earned per level, booster inventory, daily spin status, tutorial completion and settings (sound, music) — is saved only in the app's local storage on your own device. It is never uploaded, and we cannot see it. Uninstalling the app permanently deletes all of this data. Using Settings → Reset Progress inside the app deletes all saved progress — levels, stars and best scores — and returns the game to its fresh-install state, including the starting balance of coins, lives and boosters. The app does not ask for your name, email address, contacts, photos, files or location, and contains no login or registration.

2. ADVERTISING (GOOGLE ADMOB)

The app shows advertisements through Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC. Three ad formats are used: banner ads at the bottom of the screen, occasional full-screen ads between levels, and rewarded ads that you can choose to watch in exchange for in-game rewards (such as extra moves, coins, an extra life or boosters). To select, deliver, measure and secure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK inside the app may automatically collect and process:

* your device's advertising ID and similar device identifiers;

* IP address, from which an approximate (city-level) location may be inferred;

* device information such as model, operating system version, language and screen size;

* ad interaction data, for example which ads were shown, viewed, completed or tapped (including whether a rewarded ad was watched to the end, which is how the app knows to grant the in-game reward);

* diagnostic data about ad performance and crashes of the ad components.

This data is processed by Google and its certified advertising partners according to their own policies. We do not receive it, do not store it, and do not sell it. The in-game rewards granted for rewarded ads are purely virtual, exist only inside the app on your device, and have no real-world value. Learn more:

* How Google uses information from ads: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

* Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

* AdMob ad technology providers: https://support.google.com/admob/answer/9012903

3. YOUR ADVERTISING CHOICES

You can reset or delete your device's advertising ID in your phone's system settings (Settings → Google → Ads on most Android phones, or Settings → Privacy → Ads), which limits ad personalisation across all apps, including this one. Where required by law (for example in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom), ads are served in accordance with Google's consent requirements for those regions; you can additionally manage how Google uses your data for advertising at Google's My Ad Center: https://myadcenter.google.com/

4. 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. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the advertising components, please contact us and we will point you to the appropriate Google removal process.

5. DATA SHARING AND SELLING

We do not sell, rent or trade any user data. The only data flow to third parties is the automatic advertising data described in section 2, which goes directly from your device to Google.

6. SECURITY AND RETENTION

Ad-related data is transmitted to Google over encrypted connections (HTTPS). We ourselves retain no user data: everything the app creates lives on your device and is removed when you uninstall the app. Data held by Google is retained according to Google's retention policies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/retention

7. YOUR RIGHTS

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in Europe or similar laws elsewhere), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the processing of personal data. Because the advertising data described above is processed by Google, such requests are best directed through Google's My Ad Center (https://myadcenter.google.com/). For anything else, contact us using the address below.

8. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

If we add features that change how data is handled, we will update this policy and change the effective date at the top. Significant changes will be highlighted in the app's store listing notes.

9. CONTACT

Orca Studios

Email: kaushikmouryaprof@gmail.com