Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy explains how Offline Puzzles: Brain Games (“the App”) handles information when you use the Android version distributed on Google Play. The App is a collection of puzzle games that you can play without an internet connection and without an account. We collect as little as we can: optional anonymous usage statistics, and nothing else.

2. Information we store on your device

The App stores gameplay data locally on your device (not on our own servers), including:

• Puzzles in progress, level progress, stars, best times and win counts
• Daily puzzle results and your daily streak
• Player level, badges, the picture album and unlocked themes, card backs and mahjong tiles
• Recently played and favorite games
• Settings such as sound, music, animations, dark mode, large text, color symbols and the usage stats switch
• A local log of the same usage events described in section 3

Uninstalling the App or clearing its storage erases this local information.

3. Anonymous usage statistics (Firebase Analytics)

If Share anonymous usage stats is on in Settings (it is on by default), the App uses Google Firebase Analytics to understand which puzzles are played and where players get stuck. Firebase assigns a random app instance ID and receives:

• The app instance ID
• Device and app information, such as device model, operating system version, language, screen size and app version
• In-app events, such as which puzzle you started, finished or left, how long it took, whether a hint was used, daily puzzle results, settings switches you changed and whether the rating prompt was shown

These events do not include your name, email address, the letters or numbers you enter in a puzzle, or any free text. Firebase Analytics does not collect the Advertising ID.

Turning off Share anonymous usage stats stops the App from sending new events. It does not delete events that were already sent.

Google’s policies and information: Google Privacy Policy, Privacy and security in Firebase, How Google uses information from apps that use its services.

4. Advertising and purchases

On Android, the App may show ads through Google AdMob: a rewarded ad when you ask for an extra hint, a banner on the puzzle list, and a full-screen ad between puzzles. Ads are not shown in the middle of a puzzle. AdMob may receive the Advertising ID, device information, and whether an ad was shown or tapped. A one-time Remove ads purchase, billed by Google Play, stops the banner and the ads between puzzles. It does not add hints. Google Play processes the payment; we do not receive your card number.

The card games (Texas Hold’em, Omaha, Five-card Draw and Blackjack) use points only. There is no real-money wager and nothing to win.

Google’s advertising information: Google Privacy Policy, How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

5. App functionality

• Internet access — used to send the optional usage statistics in section 3 and, on Android, to load ads and complete a Play purchase. Every puzzle can be played offline.
• Rating — the App may open Google Play’s in-app review dialog after you have finished a few puzzles, or when you tap Rate Offline Puzzles in Settings. Your rating and review go to Google Play; the App does not see them.
• Sharing — when you tap Share after a daily puzzle, the App passes a short text (the date, the game, your time and a small grid of squares) to the Android share sheet. Nothing is sent unless you choose an app to share with.
• Vibration — used only for light haptic feedback.

6. Data we do not collect

We do not require you to create an account. We do not collect:

• Your name, email address or phone number
• Your location
• Contacts, photos, files, microphone or camera content
• Payment card numbers (Google Play handles the Remove ads purchase)

When ads are enabled, Google AdMob may use the Advertising ID as described in section 4. We do not operate our own servers for this App, and we do not sell your information. Google processes Firebase Analytics and AdMob data for us as a service provider. Data sent to Google is encrypted in transit.

7. Children

The App is a general-audience puzzle game. It is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has used the App and you want the related usage data removed, contact us using the details below.

8. Data retention & security

Local game data remains on your device until you clear it or uninstall the App. Firebase Analytics data is kept by Google for the retention period set in our Firebase project and is then deleted automatically. We take reasonable steps appropriate for a small mobile game, but no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

9. Your choices

• Turn off Share anonymous usage stats in the App Settings to stop sending usage events
• Turn off sound, music or animations in the App Settings
• Clear local data in Android Settings > Apps > Offline Puzzles > Storage > Clear storage, or uninstall the App
• Ask us to delete the usage data already sent from your device. Because there is no account, please include the approximate date you installed the App so we can find it

10. International processing

Google may process Firebase Analytics data on servers outside your country, under Google’s own safeguards and data processing terms.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the App changes, for example if we add ads, purchases or cloud saves. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised policy.

12. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or the App, or a request to delete data:

Developer: Pocket Star
Email: xiliangxu@gmail.com
App: Offline Puzzles: Brain Games (com.minikara.puzzlepack.offline)