Privacy policy

This policy explains what information Tiny Thunder Games collects when you play any of our games, on Android or on iPhone and iPad, or visit tinythunder.games, and what happens to it. It covers every game we publish. Not every game uses every service described here: each one uses only what it needs.

The short version

• You don’t need an account, and we never ask for your name, email or phone number to play.
• Your game progress is saved on your device, not on our servers.
• We use GameAnalytics to see how our games are played. It receives gameplay events and technical details such as a device identifier.
• Google Play and Apple’s App Store handle purchases. We never see your payment details.
• Ads are served by Google AdMob. On iPhone and iPad, ads only use your device’s advertising identifier if you allow tracking when the game asks. On Android you can reset that identifier or turn off ad personalization in your device settings.
• We don’t sell your personal information.

What we collect and why

Game progress

Your progress, any name you choose in a game, and your settings are stored on your device so you can pick up where you left off. This data is not sent to us. Uninstalling the game or clearing its storage deletes it.

Purchases

In-game purchases are processed by Google Play on Android and by Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPad. When you buy something, the store sends the game a confirmation of the purchase: which item you bought, a purchase or transaction identifier, the date and its status, and for subscriptions when they renew or end. The game uses it only to deliver the item and to restore it if you reinstall. Some games create a random purchase identifier on your device and attach it to App Store purchases, so an interrupted purchase can be delivered to the right copy of the game; it isn’t linked to your name or Apple Account. We never receive your card number or billing address. Google’s and Apple’s privacy policies cover the payment itself.

Analytics

We use GameAnalytics to understand how our games are played so we can improve them. It receives game events (for example tutorial progress, levels and seasons played, in-game actions, purchases and their price, ad views and errors) along with technical information such as a device identifier, device model, operating system version, app version, country and session times. GameAnalytics processes this data on our behalf and keeps it according to our account settings and its own retention policy.

Ads

Our games show ads served by Google AdMob. Some ads are optional videos you choose to watch for a reward. Some games also show an ad between levels; where a game sells a No Ads purchase or membership, it turns those off. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, AdMob may collect your IP address, device and app information, how you interact with ads and, where allowed, your device’s advertising identifier.

• On iPhone and iPad, the game asks whether it may track you, using Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you don’t allow it, AdMob doesn’t receive your advertising identifier and the ads you see aren’t based on your activity in other companies’ apps and websites.
• In the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, ads are only shown after you’ve made a consent choice, and you can change it at any time in the game’s settings under Ad privacy choices.

Notifications

Some games can remind you when something is ready, for example that your lives are full. These reminders are scheduled on your device by the game itself; nothing is sent to us or to a notification server. The game asks for permission first, and you can turn notifications off in your device settings at any time.

Sharing

If you use a share button in a game, the game hands a short text to your device’s share sheet. We don’t see what you share or who you share it with.

This website

tinythunder.games uses no cookies, analytics or tracking. The site loads its fonts from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address when your browser downloads them.

Email

If you write to us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it only to reply, and we keep it only as long as we need to answer and follow up.

What we don’t collect

Our games don’t ask for your location, contacts, photos, camera or microphone, and we don’t sell or rent personal information to anyone.

Services we use

These companies process data under their own privacy policies:

• Google Play, for Android app downloads and purchases: Google Privacy Policy
• Apple App Store, for iPhone and iPad app downloads and purchases: Apple Privacy Policy
• GameAnalytics, for game analytics: GameAnalytics privacy policy
• Google AdMob, for ads: How Google uses information from apps that use its services
• Google Fonts, for this website’s type: Google Fonts privacy FAQ

Your choices

• Tracking on iPhone and iPad: open Settings, then Privacy & Security, then Tracking, to allow or stop tracking for each app.
• Ad personalization on Android: open Settings, then Google (or Privacy), then Ads, to reset or delete your advertising ID.
• Notifications: turn them on or off for each game in your device settings.
• Game data: uninstall the game or clear its storage in your device settings.
• Your rights: depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, or to object to how it’s used. To access or delete analytics data linked to your device, or for any other request, email us and we’ll respond within 30 days. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

Our games are not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email us and we’ll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If our games start collecting something new, or we change how we use information, we’ll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.

Contact

Tiny Thunder Games
info@tinythunder.games