Privacy Policy — Minesweeper

This Privacy Policy describes how the Minesweeper app ("the App") handles information. Your privacy matters to us, so we have kept this policy as simple as possible. It is written to match the Data safety declaration on the App's Google Play listing.

1. Information We Collect

We operate no servers and hold no accounts. Everything the App records about your play — your best times, game statistics, win streaks, Daily Challenge history, custom board sizes and every settings preference — is stored locally on your device only, using Android's standard local storage mechanism (SharedPreferences). None of it is ever sent to us.

One optional feature sends data off your device: the global leaderboards, described in section 2. If you do not use it, nothing leaves your phone.

2. Google Play Games Services (Optional)

The App offers global leaderboards, which require signing in to Google Play Games. Signing in is entirely optional and the game is fully playable without it — every board, mode, record and statistic works exactly the same either way. If you never sign in, the App never contacts Play Games and this section does not apply to you.

If you do sign in, Google Play Games Services collects:

• Your gamer name and avatar: your Play Games profile, used to show who holds a place on a leaderboard.
• Your best times: a duration in milliseconds for each difficulty and mode, so that the board can rank it.
• Analytics and diagnostics: Google's SDK reports its own stability and performance data to Google. This happens automatically, and we neither request it nor receive it.

This information is held by Google under your own Google account, not by us. We receive no copy of it. It is sent over an encrypted connection, and it is not shared with any other company or organisation.

Signing in also lets the App read back your own place on a board, and restore your best times if you reinstall the game or move to a new phone — the record is held against your account rather than that particular installation.

Whether other players can see you on a leaderboard is governed by your Play Games profile visibility, which you set in the Play Games app rather than in ours. A private profile keeps you off the public boards while still showing you your own ranking.

3. In-App Purchases

The App offers optional tips that support development. They unlock nothing and no feature is held back behind them. Payments are handled entirely by Google Play's billing system under Google's own terms. We never see or store your card details, billing address or any other payment information, and we keep no record of what you bought.

4. Third-Party Services

The App contains no advertising, no tracking, and no analytics of our own. It uses the following Google services, each with their own privacy policies:

• Google Play Games Services: powers the optional global leaderboards. See section 2.
• Google Play Billing: processes optional tips. See section 3.
• Google Play In-App Review: after a win, the App may show Google Play's own review prompt. It runs inside Google's component and sends us nothing.

5. Children's Privacy

The App is suitable for all ages and collects no personal information of its own. Signing in to Google Play Games is optional and subject to Google's own account age requirements.

6. Data Deletion

All locally stored data can be deleted at any time by using the "Reset All Records" option in the App's Settings screen, or by uninstalling the App from your device.

Leaderboard scores are held by Google rather than by us, so they are removed through Google rather than through the App — in the Play Games app under your profile settings, or at myaccount.google.com. Resetting your records in the App clears everything on your device, but cannot reach a score already sent to Google.

7. Changes to This Policy

If we ever change how the App handles data, we will update this page and revise the "Last updated" date above.

8. Contact

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us: