Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to every mobile game published by Energy Potion (the “Studio,” “we,” “us”) — each, a “Game” — on both the App Store and Google Play, including any Game released after the date above. It explains what information is handled when you play our Games and the choices you have.

Information We Do Not Collect

We never ask you for your name, email address, phone number, contacts or location. There is no sign-up, no login form, and we do not build user profiles. Any nickname you type for a leaderboard is chosen by you and is not required to be your real name. The only information the Studio itself ever stores is a leaderboard entry — only if you choose to post one — and the anonymous identifier described there; in a Game with a cloud save, a private copy of your game progress; and, in a Game that collects usage statistics, an anonymous record of how it is played.

Information Processed by Third-Party Services

Which of these a Game uses depends on what that Game does. A Game with no advertising does not use the first, a Game with no online feature does not use the second or the third, a Game that collects no usage statistics does not use the fourth, and a Game with none of them makes no network requests at all. Where they are used they may process limited technical data such as an advertising identifier, device model, coarse region, and gameplay diagnostics:

• Google AdMob — in a Game that shows advertising, serves the ads, including optional rewarded video you may choose to watch. AdMob may use an advertising identifier to select and measure ads. See Google’s policies at policies.google.com/privacy and AdMob’s data disclosures.
• Google Firebase (Realtime Database, Cloud Functions, App Check, Authentication) — in a Game with an online leaderboard, stores and transports it, verifies that a submitted score came from a genuine copy of the app rather than from a bot, and, where a Game uses Authentication, gives the app the anonymous identifier its entry is filed under. See the next section.
• Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore) — in a Game with a cloud save, keeps a private copy of your game progress under an anonymous identifier. See Cloud Save.
• Google Analytics for Firebase — in a Game that collects usage statistics, records anonymous events about how the Game is played, such as a level being started or finished, a tutorial being completed or a rewarded video being offered, together with an identifier it creates for that installation of the app (not your advertising identifier), the device model, operating system and app version, and an approximate region derived from the IP address. We use it only to see how our Games are played so that we can improve them, not to show you ads. Where a Game asks for your consent through Google’s consent form, it collects usage statistics only if you agree. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

We do not sell your data, and we do not combine it with any personal identity.

Leaderboards

Our leaderboards do not run on Game Center or Google Play Games. They run on the Studio’s own Firebase project, which means that when you take part we do hold a small record of it. This applies to any Game that offers a leaderboard.

• It is optional. Our Games are playable without it. Where a Game asks you to type a name, nothing is submitted until you do and choose to post a score. Where a Game does not ask, it labels your entry itself and posts only a score.
• What is stored: a display name, your score or how far you got, and an identifier the app generates for itself so it can recognise its own previous entry. The name is either one you typed — it does not have to be your real one — or one the app derived from that identifier, and in neither case is there an email address, phone number or account attached to it. Where a Game takes that identifier from Firebase Authentication, it is created the first time the Game fetches the leaderboard, which can be as soon as the Game starts, whether or not you ever post a score.
• It is public. The leaderboards can be read by anyone, which is what a leaderboard is. Please do not use a name you would not want shown.
• Deletion: there is no delete button inside the Games. Write to the address below with the display name you used and we will remove that entry.

Cloud Save

Where a Game offers a cloud save, it keeps a copy of your game progress — such as levels, standings and the number of games played — on the Studio’s Firebase project, so that it is not lost if you reinstall the Game.

• No account: the copy is filed under an anonymous identifier the Game creates for itself the first time it runs. There is no sign-up and no login, and no name, email address or phone number is attached to it.
• It is private. Only the copy of the Game that made it can read or change it. It is never shown to anyone else.
• Deletion: write to the address below with the game’s name and the Save ID shown under its Settings window, and we will remove it.

Our Games also keep your progress, best results and settings on your own device. Unless a Game offers a cloud save, that never reaches us, and uninstalling the Game removes it.

Advertising & Your Choices

This section applies only to a Game that shows advertising. In one that does, ads may be personalized based on an advertising identifier provided by your device.

• Consent: Where a Game asks for your consent through Google’s consent form, which appears only in regions where the law requires it, such as the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, ads are personalized only if you agree. If you decline, the Game remains fully playable and may still show ads that are not personalized. Where a Game offers privacy settings, you can change your choice there later.
• iOS: Such a Game follows Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT), and one that shows no ads never asks. Where you are asked, you may decline, and the Game remains fully playable. You can change this anytime in Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
• Android: You can reset or delete your advertising ID, and opt out of ad personalization, in Settings › Google › Ads.

Children’s Privacy

Our Games are not directed to children under the age required by law in your region, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us and we will address it.

Data Retention & Security

The only user records the Studio ever holds are a leaderboard entry, the anonymous identifier described under Leaderboards and, in a Game with a cloud save, a copy of your game progress, and only for as long as you want them there: we keep them until you ask us to remove them, or until that leaderboard or cloud save is retired. They are transmitted over HTTPS and stored on Google Firebase. In a Game that collects usage statistics, Google Analytics deletes its records of how the Game was played after at most 14 months; only totals, such as how many players finished a level, are kept longer. Data processed by the third-party services above is governed by their respective policies and security practices.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the “Effective date” above. Continued use of a Game after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Policy.

Contact

Questions about this Policy or your privacy? Contact us at energypotion.corp@gmail.com.