Last Updated: February 9, 2026
1. INTRODUCTION
This privacy policy outlines the data handling practices for "Realm Wardens Tower Defense". While the application stores game progress locally, specific third-party tools are utilized to improve application stability, balance gameplay, facilitate in-app purchases, and serve advertisements.
2. DATA COLLECTION AND USAGE
We collect non-personal information to analyze gameplay trends, resolve errors, and manage advertising.
The data collected includes:
Gameplay Metrics: Information on gameplay activity, such as waves completed, maps loaded, and button presses. This is used to balance difficulty.
Device Information: Technical details such as device model, operating system version, screen size, and IP address.
Advertising Data: Data regarding advertisements viewed and interacted with, provided via the Google Mobile Ads SDK. This may include your device's Advertising ID (AAID) to serve personalized or non-personalized ads.
Purchase History: Data related to in-app purchases (e.g., items bought, time of purchase) to validate transactions and unlock content.
Crash Logs: In the event of an application error, a report is generated containing the stack trace and device state.
3. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
We use the following third-party services which may collect and process data on our behalf:
Google Analytics for Firebase: Used to understand user interaction with the application.
Firebase Crashlytics: Used to detect and diagnose application crashes.
Google AdMob: Used to display advertisements. AdMob may use device identifiers (such as the Advertising ID) and cookies to serve ads relevant to your interests or to limit the number of times you see the same ad.
Google Play Services: Used to process payments and validate licenses.
These services may collect device identifiers to correlate events. Google's privacy policy can be reviewed here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
4. IN-APP PURCHASES (PAYMENTS)
"Realm Wardens Tower Defense" offers in-app purchases via Google Play Billing.
We do not process or store your financial information. All financial transactions (credit card numbers, banking details) are handled entirely by Google.
We only receive a digital receipt (token) from Google to confirm that a transaction was successful, allowing us to unlock the purchased content on your device.
5. ADVERTISING
This app utilizes Google AdMob to display ads. Depending on your region and device settings, these ads may be:
Personalized: Based on your interests and online activity, utilizing your unique Advertising ID.
Non-Personalized: Based on context (e.g., the content of the game) rather than user behavior. Even non-personalized ads utilize cookies or mobile identifiers for frequency capping and aggregated ad reporting.
Opt-Out: You can manage your ad preferences in your device settings under Settings > Google > Ads.
6. LOCAL STORAGE (GAME PROGRESS)
Game progress, high scores, and save states are stored locally on the user's device. However, records of In-App Purchases (entitlements) are retained by Google Play Services to ensure you can restore purchases if you reinstall the app.
7. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
We do not knowingly collect Personal Identifiable Information (PII) from children under the age of 13.
If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
If the application is directed at children, we configure third-party services (like AdMob) to comply with COPPA and Google Play Families Policy requirements (e.g., disabling personalized ads).
8. CONTACT INFORMATION
Inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to: zen-guts-pretzel@duck.com