Privacy Policy – Connect Dots 

Connect Dots ("we", "our", or "the app") is a puzzle game developed by an independent developer. We respect your privacy and aim to collect and use only the information necessary to provide and improve the game and its advertising functionality.

This Privacy Policy explains what information is stored or processed when you use Connect Dots, how it is used, and your choices regarding that information.

1. Information We Collect 

Connect Dots does not require you to create an account or provide personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, home address, or payment information.

We do not operate our own backend server, user account system, analytics platform, or custom database for collecting personal information.

Information stored locally on your device

The game may store certain gameplay and preference information locally on your device, including:

• Current and unlocked level information

• Completed levels

• Total moves and gameplay statistics

• Coins and lives

• Best results for completed levels

• Game theme preference

• Sound and haptic preferences

• Other settings required for the normal operation of the game

This information is stored locally on your device and is not uploaded by Connect Dots to a developer-controlled server.

2. Advertising and Third-Party Services

Connect Dots uses third-party services to provide advertisements and certain app functionality.

Google Mobile Ads (AdMob)

Connect Dots uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK provided by Google to display advertisements, including:

• Rewarded advertisements

• Native advertisements

• Interstitial advertisements

Google Mobile Ads may process information such as device identifiers, IP address, advertising information, diagnostic information, performance information, and interactions with advertisements, depending on the user's device, settings, consent choices, and applicable requirements.

This information may be used by Google and its advertising partners for purposes such as:

• Delivering and personalizing advertisements where permitted

• Measuring advertising performance

• Limiting the frequency of advertisements

• Detecting and preventing invalid or fraudulent activity

• Improving advertising products and services

Connect Dots does not directly access or control the information processed by Google Mobile Ads.

For more information about how Google handles information, please review the Google Privacy Policy.

Consent Management

Where required by applicable law, Connect Dots uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to provide privacy and consent choices.

Depending on the user's location and applicable privacy requirements, users may be shown a consent or privacy options message before advertisements are requested.

Users may also be able to review or change their privacy choices through the Privacy Options feature provided within the app.

3. Google Fonts

Connect Dots may use Google Fonts for the game's typography.

Depending on the implementation and device/network conditions, font resources may be requested from Google services.

Google may process technical information associated with such requests according to its own privacy practices.

For more information, please review the Google Privacy Policy.

4. App Updates and Google Play Services

Connect Dots may use Google Play and related platform services to:

• Install or update the application

• Check application availability and version information

• Provide platform-level functionality required by the Android application

These services are operated by Google and may process technical information according to Google's privacy practices.

5. Information We Do Not Collect Directly

Connect Dots does not directly request or collect:

• Name

• Phone number

• Home or precise physical address

• Contacts

• Photos or videos for account/profile purposes

• Microphone recordings

• Camera recordings

• Precise GPS location

• Passwords

• Payment card information

• Government identification information

• User account credentials

The game also does not use Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Mixpanel, Sentry, or another developer-controlled analytics or crash-reporting service.

6. Data Sharing

Connect Dots does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

Information stored locally by the game remains on your device unless you intentionally transfer or share it using an operating-system feature, such as the Android share functionality.

Third-party services such as Google Mobile Ads and Google Play may independently process technical, advertising, or other information as described in their respective privacy policies.

7. Data Retention and Deletion

Gameplay information stored by Connect Dots is stored locally on your device.

You can generally remove locally stored game information by:

• Clearing the application's storage/data through Android settings, or

• Uninstalling the application.

Deleting the application or its local data may permanently remove your locally stored game progress, coins, lives, statistics, preferences, and other locally stored information.

Information processed independently by third-party providers, such as Google, is subject to their respective retention and deletion policies.

8. Children's Privacy

Connect Dots is a general-audience puzzle game and is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly request or collect personal information from children through our own systems.

Because the app uses third-party advertising services, advertising and privacy practices may also be subject to the policies and safeguards of those providers.

Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information directly to us may contact us using the email address provided below.

9. Permissions

Connect Dots requires network access for services such as advertising and application-related functionality.

The app does not require access to:

• Contacts

• Microphone

• Camera

• Precise location

• SMS

• Call logs

Game sounds are bundled with the application and are played locally. The app does not need to download audio files from external audio websites during normal gameplay.

10. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information handled by the application.

Gameplay and preference information stored locally is kept within the application's local storage.

Communications performed by third-party services such as Google are governed by their own security practices and policies.

However, no electronic storage or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may be provided with options to:

• Consent to personalized advertising where legally permitted

• Decline consent where applicable

• Manage advertising privacy preferences

• Review or change privacy choices through the app's Privacy Options feature

The availability of particular choices may depend on your location and applicable legal requirements.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the application, third-party services, advertising practices, legal requirements, or other operational changes.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Connect Dots' privacy practices, you can contact us at:

Email: moneshyacreator@gmail.com