Blockmancer privacy policy
In short
- Blockmancer has no account: we never ask for your name, email address or a login.
- Your game (saves, progress, settings, purchase) is stored on your device.
- The game uses Google services (Firebase, AdMob) for statistics, crash reports, ads and notifications, and Apple or Google for purchases and leaderboards.
- Ads are personalised only if you agree, and you can change your mind at any time in Settings → Privacy choices.
- We never sell your data.
Who is responsible
The data controller for Blockmancer is Elie Tabet. Contact: eliebtabet@gmail.com.
What stays on your device
The game stores the following on your phone or tablet only. It is never sent to us:
- the run in progress, your best scores and your progression (worlds, stars, jokers and their stats);
- your settings (sound, haptics, reduce motion, language, tutorial, daily reminder) and your daily run streak;
- counters used to space out ads and the rating request (runs completed, days played, when an ad or a rating request was last shown);
- whether you bought Remove ads.
Your phone’s own backup (iCloud, Google) may include this data, under Apple’s or Google’s terms.
Services that process data
Blockmancer has no server of its own. The services below are provided by Google and Apple, which act as our processors or, for their own services, as independent controllers.
Firebase Analytics (Google) — game statistics
- Data
- Events from the game (a run started or ended, its score, jokers picked, rounds, revives, worlds unlocked, ads shown, purchases, rating requests) and what Analytics collects by itself: an app instance ID, device model, system version, app version, language, country or region (worked out from your IP address, which Analytics does not keep), session times, first launch and in-app purchase events (product and price). The advertising ID is not collected, and Google signals are off.
- Why
- To understand how the game is played, balance it and spot problems.
- Legal basis
- Your consent where the consent form applies (European Economic Area, UK, Switzerland): if you decline, Analytics is told so (Google’s consent mode) and stops storing an identifier for you. Elsewhere, our legitimate interest in improving the game.
- Kept for
- Event data is deleted after 14 months.
Firebase Crashlytics (Google) — crash reports
- Data
- When the game crashes: the error trace, device model, system version, app version, free memory and storage, screen orientation, time of the crash and a Crashlytics installation ID.
- Why
- To find and fix crashes.
- Legal basis
- Our legitimate interest in a game that works.
- Kept for
- 90 days.
Firebase Remote Config (Google) — game settings
- Data
- A Firebase installation ID, the app’s ID and version, language and country, sent when the game downloads its settings.
- Why
- To adjust the game’s balance, how often ads appear and update notices without releasing a new version.
- Legal basis
- Our legitimate interest in keeping the game balanced and up to date.
- Kept for
- Google keeps the installation ID while the game uses it; see Firebase’s privacy page.
Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google) — push notifications
- Data
- A push token and a Firebase installation ID that let Google deliver a notification to this device. We never receive the token.
- Why
- To send occasional announcements about the game.
- Legal basis
- Registering the token: our legitimate interest. Showing notifications: your consent, given or refused in your phone’s notification permission.
- Kept for
- Until the game is uninstalled or the token expires from lack of use.
Daily reminder — local notification
- Data
- None leaves your device: the reminder is scheduled on your phone.
- Why
- To tell you that a new daily run is ready.
- Legal basis
- Your consent: the game asks for notification permission after your first daily run, and you can switch the reminder off in Settings.
- Kept for
- Until you switch it off or uninstall the game.
Google AdMob — ads, with Google’s consent form
- Data
- Your device’s advertising ID (on iPhone, only if you allow tracking), IP address, device and app information, how you interact with ads (shown, clicked, rewarded ad watched to the end) and your consent choices, which the consent form stores on your device.
- Why
- To show ads (the optional ad to revive and an occasional ad between runs), measure them, prevent fraud and, only with your consent, personalise them.
- Legal basis
- Your consent for personalised ads and for storing or reading information on your device, asked by Google’s consent form in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, and on iPhone by Apple’s tracking prompt. Without it you get non-personalised or limited ads, which still use some data (such as IP address and device) to deliver, count and protect ads.
- Kept for
- Set by Google: see how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
The Remove ads purchase stops the ads between runs. The optional ad to revive stays.
In-app purchase — Remove ads (Apple App Store, Google Play)
- Data
- Apple or Google handles the payment and your store account. The game only receives confirmation that Remove ads was bought, stores it on your device and checks it with the store when it starts.
- Why
- To deliver your purchase and restore it.
- Legal basis
- Performance of the contract (your purchase).
- Kept for
- On your device until you uninstall the game. Apple and Google keep their purchase records under their own terms.
Leaderboards — Game Center (Apple), Google Play Games
- Data
- If you are signed in: your Game Center or Play Games player ID and nickname, and the scores the game submits (daily run, best run). Other players see your nickname and score on the leaderboard.
- Why
- To show leaderboards.
- Legal basis
- Performance of the service you choose by signing in. You can play without signing in.
- Kept for
- Kept by Apple or Google under their own terms; the daily leaderboard resets every day.
When you email us
- Data
- Your email address, your message and what the game fills in when you use Settings → Send feedback (app version, build, device model, system version). You can edit it before sending.
- Why
- To answer you.
- Legal basis
- Our legitimate interest in answering your request.
- Kept for
- Until your request is handled, then up to 3 years.
The rating prompt is your system’s own (Apple or Google decides whether it appears, and your rating goes to the store, not to us). Links to this site and to the store open in your browser or store app.
Your choices
- Ads consent: Settings → Privacy choices reopens the consent form (shown where the law requires it).
- Tracking on iPhone: iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Advertising ID on Android: Android Settings → Privacy → Ads (or Google → Ads) to reset or delete it.
- Notifications: your phone’s notification settings; the daily reminder also has its own switch in the game’s Settings.
We don’t sell your data
We don’t sell or rent your data, and we share it with no one other than the services listed above.
Transfers outside the European Union
Google (Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC, United States) and Apple (Apple Distribution International, Ireland, and Apple Inc., United States) may process data outside the EU. These transfers rely on the European Commission’s adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, for companies certified under it, and on the Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
Under the GDPR and French law you have the right to access, correct and erase your data, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, to withdraw your consent at any time, and to set instructions for what happens to your data after your death.
To exercise them, email eliebtabet@gmail.com. We answer within one month. Because Blockmancer has no account, we usually cannot link data to you; we will tell you what we can do.
You can also complain to the French data protection authority, the CNIL: www.cnil.fr.
Children
Blockmancer is not directed at children. Its age rating is shown on its App Store and Google Play pages. We don’t knowingly collect children’s data. In France, if you are under 15, ask a parent before answering the consent form. A parent who thinks their child’s data was collected can contact us.
Deleting your data
- Uninstalling the game deletes everything stored on your device (and remove it from your phone’s backup if you want it gone from there too).
- Resetting your advertising ID cuts the link with what ad providers hold.
- For anything else, email eliebtabet@gmail.com.
Security
Data sent by the game travels encrypted (HTTPS).
Changes
If this policy changes, we update this page with a new date and version number.