SoulDig Privacy Policy

1.1 Information collected by us

The App does not require account registration, and we do not collect or transmit any personal information (name, email address, location, etc.). Game progress data (floors reached, relics obtained, upgrades, settings) is stored on the user's device and is never sent to our servers (we operate no servers).

However, to improve the game, the App sends anonymous usage statistics that do not identify you to Google's Firebase (see 1.4).

1.2 Information collected by third parties (advertising)

The App displays rewarded ads via Google AdMob (video ads that users choose to watch voluntarily). For ad delivery, Google may automatically collect the following information:

• Advertising ID
• IP address and approximate location
• Device information (model, OS version, etc.)
• Ad display and interaction data

See Google's Privacy Policy and Advertising by Google for details. Users can reset their Advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in device settings (Settings → Google → Ads).

1.3 Play Games Services (optional, v0.6 and later)

The App supports Google Play Games Services. Signing in is optional, and every feature remains available without signing in. The App does not display dialogs prompting you to sign in.

Only if you sign in, the following information is sent to Google Play Games Services:

• Achievement progress (unlocks of achievements defined within the App)
• Leaderboard scores (deepest floor reached per dungeon, and daily challenge floor reached)
• Cloud save (Saved Games) contents: souls, personal best records, codex, achievements, lifetime statistics, permanent upgrade and star-soul tree levels, and appearance-related settings (the state of a run in progress is not included)
• Your Play Games player ID and display name (managed by Google)

This information is stored on Google's servers and is never sent to our servers. For how it is handled, see Google's Privacy Policy and the Play Games Services terms of service.

A cloud save is restored only when you explicitly choose "Settings → Play Games → Restore from cloud"; data on your device is never overwritten automatically.

1.4 Usage analytics (Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics, v0.7 and later)

To understand where players struggle or stop playing, and to use that for balance tuning and bug fixing, the App uses Firebase Analytics (Google Analytics) and Firebase Crashlytics provided by Google. The following information is sent:

• Gameplay numbers and categories: floors reached, run duration and how the run ended, IDs of relics and upgrades chosen, and how often features such as the daily challenge, ascension and rewarded ads are used
• App operation data: launches and sessions, the time and stack trace of crashes or abnormal exits, device model, OS version, App version and language
• An anonymous installation ID issued by Firebase (generated per app, and never linked to your Google account or Advertising ID)

Not sent: name, email address, contacts, location, Advertising ID, or your Play Games display name. The App has no free-text input, so nothing you type is ever transmitted. Analytics data is never used for ad personalization.

• In the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, analytics and crash data are not collected until you give consent in the form described in Section 2. You can withdraw consent at any time via "Settings → About → Privacy settings", after which collection stops
• In other regions, by using the App you agree to the transmission of the statistics above. If you wish to stop it, please uninstall the App (contact us and we will explain your options individually)
• The statistics are stored on Google's servers, and we view aggregated results in the Firebase console. Data is retained for at most 14 months

For how Firebase handles data, see Privacy and Security in Firebase.

1.5 Announcements (Firebase Remote Config)

The App uses Firebase Remote Config to show announcements and recommended-version notices on the altar screen. When fetching, the anonymous installation ID above together with the App version and language are sent to Google, solely to receive the announcement content.