Privacy Policy

Spectrum Shot (“the game”, “the app”) is developed by Tamas Bereczki (“we”, “us”, “our”). We do not operate our own servers, run no accounts, and keep your gameplay on your device. The game is free and supported by advertising provided by Google AdMob, and offers an optional one-time purchase to remove ads. This policy explains the limited data stored on your device, how the advertising and Apple platform services work, and the privacy choices you control.

1. Data stored on your device

Your progress is stored locally on your iPhone using Apple’s UserDefaults. We do not receive or have access to it. It includes:

• Game records — high score, total shots, best combo, most objects collected in one shot, and best single shot.
• Settings — such as whether sound effects are on.
• Ad pacing counters — a small counter used to decide when to show the next interstitial ad.
• Purchase state — a flag recording whether you have bought “Remove Ads”, so the game knows to hide ads.

This data stays on your device and is removed when you delete the app.

2. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version of the game displays full-screen ads — an interstitial between some runs and a rewarded ad you can choose to watch to continue a run. These are delivered by Google’s Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob). To request and show ads, and to measure and prevent fraud, Google and its ad partners may collect and process certain information, which may include:

• Device and app information (device model, operating system version, app version, language and region).
• A mobile advertising identifier and other identifiers used for advertising.
• Coarse/approximate location derived from your IP address.
• Ad interaction data (ads served, viewed, clicked) and general usage signals.

Google acts as an independent controller of the data it collects through its advertising services. Its handling of that data is governed by Google’s own policies:

• Google Privacy Policy
• How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
• AdMob & advertising

Depending on your consent and region, ads may be personalized or non-personalized. Non-personalized ads still use limited information (such as coarse location and the current context) to serve and frequency-cap ads.

3. Your consent choices (EEA, UK & Switzerland)

Where required, the game uses Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) to show a consent message before serving ads, so you can agree to or decline personalized advertising under the GDPR and similar laws. You can change your choice at any time:

• Open the game, go to Settings → Privacy Options, and update your selection.

If you decline personalized ads, the game will continue to work and may show non-personalized ads instead.

4. App Tracking Transparency & the advertising identifier

The app does not present Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt and does not access Apple’s IDFA for the purpose of tracking you across other companies’ apps and websites. You can review or limit ad tracking system-wide in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking and reset your advertising identifier there.

5. Ad measurement (Apple SKAdNetwork)

To measure advertising conversions in a privacy-preserving way, the app supports Apple’s SKAdNetwork. SKAdNetwork reports aggregated, anonymized conversion information to ad networks without identifying you individually.

6. Purchases (Apple — “Remove Ads”)

Spectrum Shot offers a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase to remove ads (which also grants a free continue each run). Purchases are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store and StoreKit. The app reads only your entitlement — whether the purchase is active — and never receives your payment method, card number, billing address, or Apple Account details. Purchase handling is governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy.

7. What we (the developer) do not do

• We do not run our own servers and keep no copy of your gameplay data.
• We do not require accounts, sign-in, or user profiles.
• We do not add our own analytics, attribution, or crash-reporting SDKs.
• We do not sell your personal data. (Advertising data is handled by Google as described above.)

8. Children

Spectrum Shot is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. Because the game serves third-party ads, it is not designed for a child-directed audience.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over your personal data — including access, correction, deletion, portability, and the right to object to or restrict certain processing (for example under the GDPR/UK GDPR), or to opt out of “sale”/“sharing” for targeted advertising (for example under US state laws such as the CCPA/CPRA).

• For data on your device: delete the app to remove all local game data.
• For advertising consent: use Settings → Privacy Options in the app, and iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
• For data held by Google through its ad services: use the Google links in section 2 and your Google Ad settings.

10. Data retention & security

We retain no personal data ourselves. On-device data persists until you delete the app. Data processed by Google and Apple is retained according to their respective policies. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, but the app limits the data involved by keeping your gameplay on your device.

11. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy as the game evolves or as advertising and legal requirements change. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date at the top of this page.

12. Governing law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Romania, without regard to conflict of law principles.

13. Contact

Questions or requests: [email protected].