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This Privacy Policy explains how [Developer/Company Name] ("we," "us," or "our") handles information in connection with the mobile game Hero Stick (the "App"). We built Hero Stick to work without requiring an account, and we've written this policy to reflect that as accurately as possible.
Information you provide directly. None. Hero Stick does not require you to create an account, sign in, or submit any personal information (such as your name, email address, or phone number) to play.
Game data stored on your device. Your progress — unlocked heroes, cherry counts, high scores, and settings — is saved locally on your device using standard app storage. This data is not transmitted to our servers, because we don't operate any. If you uninstall the app or switch devices without a backup, this data is lost; we cannot recover it for you.
Information collected automatically through advertising. Hero Stick shows optional, opt-in rewarded ads (for example, watching an ad to earn extra cherries) using Google AdMob. When an ad is requested or shown, Google and its advertising partners may automatically collect:
We do not receive or store this data ourselves — it is collected and processed directly by Google under Google's Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Local multiplayer. The "pass and play" local multiplayer mode works entirely on one device with no internet connection, no accounts, and no data sent anywhere.
Since we don't collect personal information ourselves, we don't use it for anything. The only use of any identifier described above is by our advertising partner (Google AdMob), to select, serve, and measure ads, and to prevent showing you the same ad too many times.
Hero Stick uses the following third-party service:
| Service | Purpose | Data involved | Their privacy policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob | Serving optional and rewarded in-game ads | Device/advertising identifiers, approximate location, ad interaction data | policies.google.com/privacy |
If we add analytics, crash reporting, or additional ad networks in the future, we will update this table and the "Last updated" date above before the change ships.
You can limit or reset how ads are personalized to you at the operating-system level:
Turning these off does not stop ads from showing — it stops them from being personalized to you.
Hero Stick is offered as a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at [support@yourdomain.com] and we will investigate and delete it as appropriate.
(If you decide to market Hero Stick specifically to children or opt into Google Play's Families program, this section and your AdMob configuration both need to change — child-directed apps must use non-personalized, COPPA-compliant ad requests. Tell your ad SDK integration about this explicitly; it is not automatic.)
We don't hold a server-side database of player data, so there is nothing for us to retain or secure beyond what's described above. Data our advertising partner collects is retained and secured according to their own policies. Game data stored on your device is protected by your device's own operating system security (e.g., your phone's lock screen and app sandboxing).
Depending on where you live (for example, under the EU/UK GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or object to the processing of your personal information, and to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising.
Because we don't collect or hold personal information ourselves, most of these requests are best directed to Google as the data processor for ad-related identifiers — see their My Ad Center or Ads Settings pages. You're also welcome to contact us at [support@yourdomain.com] with any request or question and we'll help point you in the right direction.
Because Google AdMob operates globally, advertising identifiers and related data described above may be processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. Google maintains its own safeguards for these transfers, described in its privacy policy linked above.
We may update this Privacy Policy as the app changes (for example, if we add analytics, cloud saves, or new ad partners). We'll update the "Last updated" date at the top when we do. Continuing to use Hero Stick after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Questions about this policy? Contact [Developer/Company Name] at [support@yourdomain.com].