1. Summary
The Game does not require you to create a Poor & Broken Games account or directly provide your name, postal address, or payment-card details. The Game may, however, use third-party services for advertising, consent management, app distribution, and in-app purchases. Those services may process device, advertising, diagnostic, and transaction information as described below.
2. Information that may be processed
- Device and app information: device type, operating-system version, language, app version, identifiers, and general technical information.
- Advertising information: advertising identifier where available and permitted, ad impressions, ad interactions, consent choices, and information used to provide personalized or non-personalized advertising.
- Network and approximate location information: internet protocol (IP) address and approximate location inferred from it. The Game does not request precise GPS location for its core gameplay.
- Diagnostics: crash information, performance data, and other technical information used to keep the Game stable and secure.
- Purchase information: product ID, purchase status, purchase token, and order or transaction identifiers associated with Nova Units or other in-game products. Payment-card details are processed by Google Play and are not provided to us.
- Gameplay information stored on your device: mission progress, Player Class, Nova Energy, Nova Units balance, selected ships, settings, and achievements. Unless a future cloud feature is clearly introduced, this gameplay information is primarily stored locally on your device.
3. Third-party services
The Game may use the following services. Their processing is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.
| Service | Purpose | Information that may be processed |
|---|---|---|
| Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads | Displaying, measuring, limiting, and securing ads | Advertising identifiers where permitted, IP address, device and app information, ad interactions, diagnostics, and consent signals |
| Google User Messaging Platform | Requesting, recording, and managing privacy and advertising choices | Consent choices, region-related eligibility information, and consent signals |
| Google Play Services / Google Play Store | App distribution, security, updates, and platform functionality | Device, account, app-installation, security, and diagnostic information |
| Google Play Billing | Processing in-app purchases and confirming entitlements | Product ID, purchase token, purchase status, order ID, and related transaction information |
For more information, see the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
4. How information is used
Information may be used to:
- operate, maintain, and improve the Game;
- save and display gameplay progress on your device;
- serve and measure ads, including rewarded ads;
- process purchases and provide purchased Nova Units or other items;
- detect fraud, invalid advertising activity, abuse, or security incidents;
- diagnose crashes and performance problems;
- comply with legal and regulatory obligations; and
- respond to support or privacy requests that you send to us.
5. Legal bases for users in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland
Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, processing may rely on:
- Consent, including consent for personalized advertising or access to device storage and identifiers where required. You may withdraw consent through the privacy-options control made available in the Game.
- Performance of a contract, such as delivering an in-app product that you requested and purchased.
- Legitimate interests, such as protecting the Game from fraud, maintaining security, and diagnosing technical failures, balanced against your rights.
- Legal obligations, including tax, accounting, consumer-protection, and lawful-request requirements where applicable.
6. Advertising and your choices
The Game may display interstitial and rewarded ads through Google AdMob. Depending on your region, age treatment, device settings, and consent choices, ads may be personalized or non-personalized.
For eligible users in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, the Game will use a consent message to request and manage choices where required. A privacy-options entry point should remain available when required so that you can review or change those choices. You can also review Google advertising controls at Google Ads Settings.
7. In-app purchases
Optional purchases, including Nova Units or other digital items, are processed through Google Play Billing. Google handles the payment method and payment-card information. We may receive or process product identifiers, purchase tokens, order identifiers, and purchase status information to confirm the transaction, provide the purchased content, prevent fraud, and handle support or refund requests. Google Play's own terms and privacy policy apply to the payment transaction.
9. Data retention
Locally stored gameplay information normally remains on your device until you clear the Game's data or uninstall it. Information processed by Google or other service providers is retained according to their own policies and legal obligations. We retain support communications and any transaction information available to us only for as long as reasonably necessary for support, fraud prevention, accounting, legal compliance, or dispute resolution.
10. International data transfers
Third-party providers may process information in countries outside your country of residence. Where required, those providers are responsible for using lawful transfer mechanisms and appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
11. Your privacy rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or portability of your personal information, and to withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority. In France, the supervisory authority is the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).
To make a request concerning information controlled by Poor & Broken Games, contact us using the email address below. We may need reasonable information to verify and respond to your request. For information controlled directly by Google, you may also need to use Google's privacy controls or contact Google.
12. Children's privacy
The Game is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly request or collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you are under the age at which you may independently consent to data processing in your country, use the Game only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If we learn that we have directly collected personal information from a child in a way that violates applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
13. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the nature of the Game and the information available to us. However, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
14. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the Game, its services, or legal requirements change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be communicated within the Game or through the Google Play listing where appropriate.
15. Contact us
If you have questions, support requests, or privacy requests concerning this Policy or the Game, contact:
Poor & Broken Games
Email: dev@poorbrokengames.com
Website: https://poorbrokengames.com/