Privacy Policy

Hextide collects no personal data. There is no Hextide account, no advertising, no analytics and no behavioural tracking, and the app makes no network requests of its own. On Android it can connect to Google Play Games at your option — see below — and that is the only time anyone is identified to anything.

What the app stores

Hextide keeps a small amount of information on your device so the game can carry on where you left it:

• which levels you have finished, and which you finished within their move count
• whether sound and music are switched on
• your chosen language
• whether the one-time unlock has been purchased

This is stored on the device itself, by iOS or by Android. It is not transmitted anywhere, and it is removed when you delete the app. On Android it may be included in the device backup that Android makes to your Google account, in the same way as the rest of your apps’ settings.

Platform services the app uses

Achievements and the one-time purchase are provided by the platform you play on rather than by us. We receive no personal information from any of them.

On iOS, from Apple

• Game Center. If you are signed in, Hextide reports which achievements you have earned so Apple can record them against your Apple Account. We can see nothing about you through it. Signing in is optional and the game is fully playable without it.
• In-app purchase. The one-time unlock is sold and processed by Apple. Payment details are handled entirely by Apple and never reach us. The app only learns whether the purchase is owned.

On Android, from Google

• Google Play Games Services. If you choose to use it, Hextide signs you in with Google so that your achievements can be recorded against your Google Play Games profile. Google authentication is used for that and nothing else: we do not use your Google account for advertising or profiling, and we receive no personal information about you through it. It is optional, and the game is fully playable without it.
  Google’s own software also collects stability and performance data about that service while it runs, for Google’s product improvement. It goes to Google rather than to us, and we never see it — but it leaves your device, so it is named here rather than left out.
• Google Play Billing. The one-time unlock is sold and processed by Google. Payment details are handled entirely by Google and never reach us. The app only learns whether the purchase is owned.

Your use of those services is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Privacy Policy.

What the app does not do

• No advertising, and no advertising identifiers.
• No analytics, crash reporting or usage tracking of our own. We receive no report of any kind about you or your device. On Android the Play Games service collects its own stability and performance data for Google — see below.
• No third-party software development kits beyond the platform’s own — Game Center and StoreKit on iOS, Play Games Services and Play Billing on Android.
• No access to your contacts, photos, location, camera or microphone.
• No Hextide account to create, and no email address collected. On Android you may optionally sign in with Google for Play Games features.

Children

Hextide is suitable for all ages. Because it collects no personal information from anyone, it collects none from children either. Signing in to Google Play Games on Android is optional and is governed by Google’s own age requirements.

Removing your information

Choosing RESET GAME in the app’s settings erases your saved progress. Deleting the app removes everything it has stored. Achievements held by Game Center belong to your Apple Account and are managed through Apple; achievements held by Google Play Games belong to your Google account and are managed through Google, where you can also disconnect the game from your Play Games profile.

Changes

If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about the app: szukuro@gmail.com