This Privacy Policy explains what information the Birdsong Match game collects, how it is used, and your choices. Birdsong Match is built and operated by Tech Artists ("we," "us," or "our"). This policy applies to the Birdsong Match app and the birdsongmatch.app website.
- No account. We never ask for your name, email address or a sign-up.
- Your game stays on your phone. Progress, settings and your Remove Ads purchase are saved on your device. We have no server holding your data.
- No ads until Level 10. After you have cleared Level 10, Google AdMob may show ads. Every ad request asks for non-personalized ads.
- Google handles payments. Remove Ads is bought through Google Play. We never see your payment details.
- We don't sell your information. The game has no analytics or tracking service of our own.
1. Information we collect
1.1 Information you give us
You can play without giving us anything. If you email support, we receive your email address and whatever you write, and use it only to answer you.
1.2 Information kept on your device
The game saves the following on your device only. It is never uploaded to us or to anyone else:
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Game progress: levels completed, Stars, Coins and restorations | So you can continue where you left off |
| Music and sound-effect volume settings | So the game sounds the way you set it |
| Whether you own Remove Ads | So the ads between levels stay off, even offline |
| A local play log: levels attempted, moves used, hints, special pieces, rewards, ads shown and purchase results, with timestamps | To help us study the game's balance during testing; it stays on the device |
Deleting the app deletes all of this.
1.3 Information collected by Google AdMob
No ads of any kind are shown, and the ad service is not started, until you have cleared Level 10 for the first time. From then on, Birdsong Match uses Google AdMob to show two kinds of ads: a short full-screen ad that may appear between levels, and rewarded ads you can choose to watch for a benefit (five extra moves, or an extra Hammer).
When AdMob is active, Google collects information needed to deliver, measure and protect ads, which may include:
- Device identifiers, including the Android advertising ID (the app holds Android's advertising ID permission for this);
- Approximate location derived from your IP address (never precise GPS location);
- Ad interactions and diagnostics, such as which ads were shown and whether one loaded or failed.
Every ad request the game makes asks for non-personalized ads, so ads are chosen from context such as the app and your general region rather than from a profile of what you do in other apps. Ads are limited to content rated for general and parental-guidance audiences. Google's use of this information is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and in the Google Privacy Policy.
Europe, the UK and Switzerland: before any ad is requested, the game shows Google's consent form (Google's User Messaging Platform) and respects your choice. No ad is requested until you have made one.
You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your Android settings (Settings › Privacy › Ads, or Settings › Google › Ads, depending on your phone).
1.4 Purchases
The optional Remove Ads purchase is processed by Google Play. Google tells the game whether your account owns it; we never receive your name, card number or other payment details. Google's handling of your purchase is covered by the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Play Terms of Service.
1.5 Crash reports
The game contains no crash-reporting or analytics service of our own. If you have allowed it in your phone's settings, Google Play may share aggregated, anonymous crash and performance statistics with us through the Play Console.
2. How we use information
- To run the game and keep your progress and settings;
- To show ads after Level 10 and to remember your Remove Ads purchase;
- To fix bugs and improve the game, using aggregate statistics from Google Play;
- To answer your support emails;
- To meet legal obligations.
We do not use your information for targeted advertising, and we do not sell or rent it.
3. Legal bases (EEA and UK)
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on: performance of a contract to provide the game; consent, collected through Google's consent form, for ad-related processing on your device; legitimate interests to fix bugs and prevent fraud; and legal obligations where they apply.
4. Children
Birdsong Match is a general-audience game and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, for example in a support email, contact us and we will delete it.
5. How information is shared
- Google, for Google Play distribution and payments, and for ads through AdMob as described above;
- When required by law, or to protect rights, safety and property;
- Business transfers: if Tech Artists is acquired or its assets transferred, information may be part of that transfer, subject to this policy.
6. Retention
- Everything the game saves on your device stays there until you delete the app or its data.
- Support emails are kept as long as needed to resolve your question and meet record-keeping obligations.
- Information collected by Google is retained under Google's policies.
7. Security
We use reasonable measures to protect the little information we hold, including encrypted connections (HTTPS). No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
8. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your personal information, to object to or restrict processing, to withdraw consent, to data portability, and to complain to your local data protection authority. Because the game keeps your data on your device, deleting the app removes it. To change your ad-consent choice, clear the app's data or reinstall it and choose again when the form appears. For anything else, email techartists.support@gmail.com.
California residents (CCPA / CPRA)
You have the right to know what personal information we collect, to delete or correct it, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
9. International transfers
Tech Artists is based in the United States. Information handled by our service providers, such as Google, may be processed in the United States or other countries, with appropriate safeguards where the law requires them.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. When we do, we will change the "Last updated" date above, and for material changes we will give more prominent notice in the app or on this website.
11. Contact us
Tech Artists
Email: techartists.support@gmail.com
Website: birdsongmatch.app