# Privacy Policy — Shadowsmith
_Last updated: [October 13, 2026]_
**Shadowsmith** ("the app") is published by **SammeekshaGames** ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information the app handles and why.
## Information the app itself stores
The app saves your game progress (levels completed, stars, best move counts) and your settings (sound, vibration) **only on your device**. We never receive this information, and it is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its data.
The app does not ask you to create an account and does not collect your name, email address, contacts, location, photos or any other personal information.
## Advertising
The app shows advertisements provided by **Google AdMob**. To deliver and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and process:
- your device's advertising identifier (resettable in Android settings),
- approximate location derived from your IP address,
- device and app information (model, operating system version, app version, language),
- ad interaction data (which ads were shown and tapped),
- diagnostic information such as crash and performance data related to ad delivery.
This information is processed by Google under its own privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. How Google uses data from apps that use its services is described at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Where required by law (for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and some US states), the app shows a consent message before personalised ads are served. You can change your choice at any time by reinstalling the app or through the consent form when it is shown again.
You can also limit ad personalisation for all apps in Android **Settings → Google → Ads** ("Delete advertising ID" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization").
## Reminders (notifications)
The app can show a gentle reminder to come back and play, at most once every 12 hours and never at night. These are **local notifications**: they are scheduled on your phone by the app itself and no data leaves the device for them. Android asks for your permission first (the app asks only after you have finished a level or a ride), and the bell button on the home screen switches them off at any time.
## Children
The app is not directed at children under 13 (or the applicable age in your region), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
## Data sharing and selling
We do not sell personal information. The only third party that receives data from the app is Google (AdMob), as described above, for the purpose of showing ads.
## Security and retention
We do not operate servers for this app and therefore hold no user data. Google's retention periods for advertising data are described in Google's privacy policy.
## Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new "Last updated" date.
## Contact
Questions about this policy: **sammeekshagames@gmail.com**