Sandfall
This policy explains what happens to data when you play Sandfall, a sand sorting puzzle game for Android published by Sodapop ("we", "us").
The short version. Your game progress stays on your phone. We do not ask you to create an account, and we cannot see who you are. The game does use Google services for anonymous analytics, advertising and purchases, and those services collect limited data as described below. You can play the entire game offline.
All of your actual gameplay is stored locally on your phone and is never transmitted to us or anyone else:
This data lives in the app's private storage. Uninstalling Sandfall deletes all of it. If Android backup is enabled on your device, a copy may be included in your own Google account backup, which is controlled entirely by you in your device settings.
Sandfall uses four Google services. Each collects data under Google's own privacy policy, and we only ever see aggregate reports, never information that identifies you personally.
| Service | What it is for | What it collects |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics for Firebase | Understanding which levels are too hard and whether features are used | A randomly generated app instance identifier, device model, operating system version, approximate country, and in-game events such as starting a level, finishing a level, opening a card pack or completing a purchase |
| Google AdMob | Showing the ads that keep the game free | Your device Advertising ID, approximate location inferred from your IP address, and information about ads shown, viewed or tapped |
| Google Play Billing | Processing optional in-app purchases | Purchase tokens and order identifiers. Google handles all payment details. We never receive or store your card or payment information |
| Google Play Games Services | Optional leaderboards | Only if you choose to sign in: your Play Games profile identifier and the scores you submit. Signing in is optional and the game is fully playable without it |
Sandfall shows two kinds of ads. Rewarded video ads are always optional and only play when you choose to watch one in exchange for a bonus. Full screen ads may appear between levels. Both are provided by Google AdMob and its advertising partners, which may use the Advertising ID to show ads relevant to you and to measure ad performance.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or a US state with an applicable privacy law, the game shows a consent form the first time you play. You can change your choice at any time in the game under Settings, Privacy options.
Sandfall is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us using the address below and we will act on it.
Where the GDPR applies, we rely on your consent for advertising and analytics that use identifiers, and on our legitimate interest in operating and improving the game for the strictly necessary parts. Where US state privacy laws apply, we do not sell your personal information in the ordinary sense of the word, though sharing data with advertising partners may be treated as a sale or share under some of those laws. The consent form described above lets you refuse it.
You have the right to access, correct or delete your data, to withdraw consent, and to lodge a complaint with your data protection authority.
Because Sandfall has no user accounts, deletion is direct and immediate:
Analytics data is retained by Google for the period configured in our Firebase project, currently the shortest option available, and is deleted automatically after that. Purchase records are retained by Google for as long as required for tax and refund purposes.
If this policy changes in a way that affects you, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where the change is significant, note it in the game's release notes.
Questions, deletion requests or privacy concerns:
itswesgpt@gmail.com
Sodapop, developer of Sandfall