Critter Crown Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Critter Crown (the "App") is owned and operated by Divtechnosoft ("we", "us" or "our"), based in Gujarat, India.

By downloading or using the App, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.

2. Summary

Critter Crown has no user accounts and collects no personal information directly. Your gameplay data (best scores, sound preference, in-progress board) is stored locally on your device only. The App connects to the internet to display ads served by Google AdMob, which is how the game stays free, and to send basic, anonymous gameplay analytics through Google Firebase Analytics so we can see how the game is doing. Google's SDKs collect some technical and advertising data as described below.

3. Information we collect directly

We collect none. Critter Crown does not ask you to create an account and does not request your name, email, location, contacts, photos, or any other personal information.

4. Information stored on your device

To let the game remember your progress between sessions, Critter Crown stores a small amount of data locally on your device only, using the standard app preferences storage provided by Android and iOS:

• Your best score, tracked separately per board size
• Whether sound effects are turned on or off
• Whether you've seen the one-time "How to Play" introduction
• Your current in-progress board, so you can pick up where you left off
• If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland: your advertising consent choice (see "Advertising" below), stored in the industry-standard IAB format

None of this data is sent to us or stored on any server we control. It is permanently deleted when you uninstall the App. Your device's own operating system may include it in your personal iCloud or Google account backup, the same way it backs up any other app's local data. That backup is controlled by Apple or Google, not by us.

5. Advertising

Critter Crown shows banner and interstitial ads served by Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK) to keep the game free to play. To deliver ads, Google's SDK requires internet access and collects information such as:

• Advertising and device identifiers and general technical data (device type, OS version)
• Approximate location, derived from IP address
• Ad interaction data (impressions, clicks) for fraud prevention and reporting

Ads are requested as non-personalized (we set npa=1 on every ad request), meaning Google does not use your ad history or interests to select the ad shown to you, though the technical and fraud-prevention data above is still processed to serve and measure ads. Google's own use of this data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy and, for advertising specifically, the Google Ads Data Processing Terms.

We do not receive or store any of this advertising data ourselves. It is processed entirely by Google.

If you're in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, the App shows a consent form (Google's User Messaging Platform) the first time you open it, asking whether you agree to the data processing described above. You can change your choice at any time by clearing the App's data in your device settings, which will show the form again on next launch.

6. Analytics

Critter Crown uses Google Firebase Analytics to understand, in aggregate, how the game is played, for example which board sizes people choose, how often games are won or lost, and typical scores. We log a small number of gameplay events (game over, game won, board size changed, new best score) along with the relevant game data (score, board size). We do not log anything you type or any personal information, because the App never collects any.

Firebase Analytics also automatically collects standard technical and usage data (app opens, session length, device and OS type, general country-level location derived from IP address) the same way most analytics SDKs do. On iOS we use Firebase's "without ad ID support" configuration, meaning it does not access your device's advertising identifier. This data is processed by Google under the same Google Privacy Policy referenced above, and is not linked to your identity by us.

7. Permissions

• Internet access: required to request and display ads.
• Network state (Android): used by the ad SDK to check connectivity before requesting an ad.
• Vibration (Android): used only to provide haptic feedback when you merge tiles in the game. It is not used to collect or transmit any data.

No other device permissions are requested.

8. Third-party services

Critter Crown integrates two Google services: Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK), used to display banner and interstitial ads, and Google Firebase Analytics, used to understand gameplay trends (see "Analytics" above). We do not use any crash-reporting or social-login SDKs.

For more details, please review Google's own privacy documentation:

• Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Firebase Privacy & Security: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
• Google Ads Data Processing Terms: https://business.safety.google/adsprocessorterms/

9. Children's privacy

Critter Crown is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us using the details below so we can address it. The Google AdMob ads shown in the App are subject to Google's own policies for child-directed treatment; we have not configured the App as primarily child-directed.

10. Data security

We do not operate any servers that store your personal or gameplay data. Everything we ourselves handle stays on your device, protected by your device's own operating system security. Data processed by Google AdMob and Google Firebase Analytics is secured under Google's own infrastructure and policies.

11. Your choices and data deletion

• Turn sound on or off, or start a new game, at any time from within the App.
• Uninstalling the App permanently deletes all locally stored data (best scores, preferences, and saved game).
• You can reset or limit ad personalization at the device level through your iOS or Android system ad settings. Critter Crown already requests non-personalized ads by default.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

If this policy ever changes, for example if a future version of the App adds a new feature that collects data, we will update this page and change the effective date above. We recommend checking back periodically.

13. Contact us

Questions about this policy or the App can be sent to:

• Email: sales@divtechnosoft.com