Privacy policy — Orbit Swarm

Orbit Swarm ("the game") is developed and published by GlintByte, an independent game studio ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information the game uses when you play it on Android, and what happens to it.

1. The short version

• We do not collect, store or sell any personal data ourselves.
• There are no accounts, no sign-in and no analytics.
• Your progress and settings stay on your device.
• The game shows ads from Google AdMob. To show them, Google processes certain device data, such as your advertising ID — see section 3.

2. Information stored on your device

The game saves your progress (for example your current run, unlocked ships and weapons) and your settings (such as volume and language). This data is saved only in the game's private storage on your own device. We cannot access it and it is never sent to us. Because we do not hold a copy, we cannot restore lost progress.

3. Ads

Ads in the game are served by Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC (in the EEA and UK, Google Ireland Limited). If the game offers rewarded ads — short ads you choose to watch in exchange for an in-game bonus — watching them is always optional.

To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the AdMob software in the game may collect and process:

• your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers;
• your IP address, from which an approximate location (e.g. country) can be derived;
• device and app information (model, operating system, language, app version);
• interactions with ads (whether an ad was loaded, shown, watched or tapped);
• diagnostics and crash information related to ads.

Google processes this information under its own privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. How Google uses information from apps that use its services is explained at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Your choices.

• In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the game asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown, using Google's consent tool. You can change your choice at any time from the game's settings.
• On any Android device you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in Settings → Google → Ads (the exact menu depends on your device). You may still see ads, but they will not be personalised.

We do not receive personal data from Google. We only see aggregated reports, such as how many ads were shown and the revenue they earned.

4. Permissions

To show ads, the game needs internet access (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) and the advertising ID permission (AD_ID). Apart from loading ads, the game works offline. The game never requests access to your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos or files.

5. Deleting your data

To delete your saved progress and settings, uninstall the game or clear its data in Android Settings → Apps → Orbit Swarm → Storage → Clear data. To remove the link between ads and your device, reset or delete your advertising ID as described in section 3. We hold no personal data about you, so there is nothing to delete on our side.

6. Children

The game is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone. Ads in the game are not intended to be shown to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the game, contact us and we will help with the appropriate request to Google.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live — for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK or the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK, Law No. 6698) — you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of personal data. Since we do not hold any personal data about you, the data stored on your device is under your control (see sections 2 and 5), and requests about ad data are handled by Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy#rightsandcontrols). You are always welcome to contact us and we will help.

8. Third parties

The game is distributed through Google Play, which handles downloads, updates and your Google account under Google's own privacy policy. Apart from Google AdMob, no third-party services are included in the game.

9. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new "last updated" date before the version of the game it applies to is released.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about Orbit Swarm: [email protected]