2017年5月15日 星期一

Sudoku Offline Privacy Polciy

PRIVACY POLICY

(Last Updated: August 2026 with effective date 8 August 2026)

This Privacy Policy applies to Sudoku Offline Application. This Privacy Policy explains how we, and affiliated companies (collectively, or "we", "us", "our") collect, use, secure, and/or disclose end users’ (“you” or “your”) or otherwise processes your personal information when you use our Services.

The data controller is Desmond Yip, with an address at 19 Ting Kok Road Hong Kong.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW

Our Services are designed to avoid collecting information such as your name, address, email address or other similar contact data unless you provide such data to us. The information we collect include:

Device Information

When you download and use our Services, we automatically collect information on the type of device you use, operating system, resolution, application version, and the mobile device identifiers (such as your device ID, advertising ID), language and time zone and IP address, Coarse Location.

Usage Information

We collect information automatically about your activity through our Services, for example date and time you used a service, features you have used, advertising that you click on. In addition, your interaction with the app, like your preference of the theme, your selection of input method, and your preference on using rewarded advertisement.

Google Play Games Services Data

If you choose to sign in using Google Play Games Services, we collect and process information associated with your Play Games profile, including your Gamer ID, display name, profile avatar, and achievement data (such as unlocked achievements, progress toward locked achievements, and achievement timestamps). This data is used solely to track your in-game milestones, display achievements, update leaderboard rankings, and sync your overall progress.

Pseudonymous Account Identifiers (Firebase UID)

If you utilize our leaderboard or online features without creating a permanent account (e.g., using guest or anonymous mode), we automatically generate a unique, randomized alphanumeric identifier (a Firebase User ID) via our backend provider. This identifier allows us to track your high scores, game progress, and leaderboard rankings without requiring personal details like your name or email address. This is processed as pseudonymous data.

Information We Obtain from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from our analytic service providers with data they collect through our Services in accordance with their own privacy policies. A list of the third parties that operate in our Services can be found in the APPENDIX B below.

Information That You Provide

We collect some information from you when you provide it to us directly, such as via an online form or when you contact us when you send us an email directly.

Advertisement Serving Technologies

We and our advertising networks and their partners may use cookies and similar technologies to provide and personalize our Services and provide targeted advertisements. Some of these technologies can synchronize behavior across different mobile apps, devices, and websites so that advertisements can be tailored to your interests. This process is called personalized advertisement experience.

PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR INFORMATION

We have set out below a description of the ways in which we plan to use your information, the legal bases we rely upon to do so, and provide opt-out options where applicable:

  • To provide and maintain our Services and perform essential business operations: Our legal basis for processing is the performance of a contract with you which you entered into with us when you download our Services and accept our Terms of Use.

  • To administer and protect our Services (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, support, fraud prevention, reporting, and data hosting): Our legal basis for processing is legitimate interests for running our business, administration, and provision of services.

  • To enable social, competitive, and gaming features: To log achievements, track milestone progress, display global or local leaderboards, and integrate with Google Play Games Services, using performance of a contract and legitimate interests as legal bases.

  • To notify you about changes to our Services: To allow you to participate in new features of our Services when you choose to do so, and to understand how you use our Services so that we can continuously improve our offerings. Our legal basis is legitimate interests to keep our users updated and improve the Services we offer.

  • To advertise our Services and products: To send push notifications or present in-app cross-promotions based on our legitimate interests to advertise our Services and products to our users.

  • To serve personalized advertisements: We use third-party advertising networks to serve personalized ads based on our legitimate interests to run our business. For the European Economic Area (EEA), Norway, Switzerland, or the UK, our third-party advertising networks rely on your explicit consent to process Personal Data for targeted advertising. You will be asked whether you consent to tracking for personalized advertisement experiences upon launching the app. To opt out, see the ‘Opt-out of targeted advertising’ section below.

RETENTION OF DATA

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Information for internal analysis purposes. Usage Information is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to improve the functionality of our Services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Your Personal Data will be deleted when it no longer serves one of the above-mentioned purposes.

Anonymous & Local Profile Cleanup:

For guest or unlinked anonymous accounts, your Personal Data, high scores, local achievement states, and leaderboard entries held on our backend database will be automatically deleted after 90 days of consecutive inactivity in your use of our Services. This cleanup is necessary to purge "ghost data" from inactive, anonymous backend profiles and to optimize our database and leaderboard performance.

Once we have deleted your Personal Data or purged an inactive anonymous profile after 90 days, you will not be able to exercise the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification, or the right to data portability for that anonymous profile, as the data will no longer exist on our servers.

Google Play Games Synced Data:

Achievement progress and high scores synced directly through Google Play Games Services are stored on Google's infrastructure in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. Achievements already unlocked and synced to your official Google Play Games profile remain subject to Google's data retention policies and will persist on your Google Account independently of our local backend cleanup.

YOUR RIGHTS AND OPTIONS

  • Access personal data we hold about you: You have the right to request access to your personal data. This can be done by using “Contact us” through the in-app support feature in our Services. Following your request, we will provide you a copy of your personal data in an electronic format, if any.

  • Other rights: You have other rights such as to correct your data, have your data deleted, object to how we use or share your data, and restrict how we use or share your data. You also have the right to withdraw consent where you have previously given your consent to the processing of your personal data (for example, by revoking app permissions in your device settings or disconnecting connected apps). This will not affect any data processed prior to such withdrawal.

  • Opt-out of targeted advertising: To show you personalized advertisements, we use specific advertising networks and their partners. They use personal and non-personal information such as advertising identifiers (e.g., Android Advertising ID, Apple IDFA) and tracking technologies. You can opt-out from personalized advertisement experiences at any time via your device settings:

    • Apple Devices: Open Settings > Select Privacy & Security > Select Tracking / Apple Advertising and disable tracking.

    • Android Devices: Open Settings > Select Google > Select Ads and enable "Opt out of Ads Personalization" (or tap "Delete advertising ID").

When you opt-out, advertising networks will treat this choice as a withdrawal of consent and will serve contextual advertisements instead of targeted ones.

Exercising Your Rights & Anonymous Profile Notice

Any requests to exercise your rights should be made through our in-app support feature or by emailing us at thisisfunnyhouse@gmail.com. These requests are handled free of charge and addressed as early as possible within one month. You may also contact your local data protection authority within the EEA for unresolved complaints.

Please note: Because anonymous or guest accounts are not linked to a verified real-world identity (such as an email address), we cannot verify your ownership of an anonymous account. Consequently, we cannot fulfill manual data access or erasure requests for anonymous leaderboard profiles unless you provide your exact backend Firebase User ID from within the app's settings prior to losing access or becoming inactive.

For data stored within Google Play Games Services, you can manage, access, or delete your play data directly through your Android device settings under Google > Settings for Google apps > Play Games, or via the Google Play Games app.

STORAGE, DISCLOSURE, TRANSFER AND SHARING OF YOUR INFORMATION

Share with Service Providers and Partners

We use third parties to help us operate and improve our Services. These third parties assist us with hosting, maintenance, development, analytics, customer care, marketing, and ad serving. Information on advertising networks is listed in APPENDIX A, and analytics/gaming providers are listed in APPENDIX B.

When Required by Law

We may share information if required to comply with legal obligations or to protect the rights, property, or safety of our business, customers, or others.

To Enforce Legal Rights

We may share information: (i) to mitigate liability in actual or threatened litigation; (ii) to protect our legal rights or those of users and partners; (iii) to enforce our agreements; and (iv) to investigate or prevent illegal activity, suspected fraud, or wrongdoing.

With Your Consent

We may ask for your explicit consent to share your information with third parties for specific purposes, which will be clearly disclosed at the time of request.

AGE LIMITS

We appreciate the need to provide extra privacy protections to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 years of age (or under 13 for standard non-targeted feature usage where local regulations apply). If you believe we have inadvertently collected personal data from a child, please contact us via in-app support or at thisisfunnyhouse@gmail.com, and we will take immediate measures to delete such data from our records.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Our Privacy Policy may contain links to third-party websites or services (including Google Play Games portals). We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of our Services signifies your acceptance of any updates. In the case of material changes, we may notify you via a prominent pop-up or notification within the app before the changes become effective and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at thisisfunnyhouse@gmail.com, which is the preferred method for prompt responses.

APPENDIX A - Advertising Networks and Partners

Below is the list of third-party advertising networks operating in our Services. They act as independent data controllers.

APPENDIX B - Analytics and Gaming Service Providers

We use analytical and gaming service providers to support business operations, game mechanics, product development, and milestone tracking.


TERMS OF USE

Last Updated: August 18, 2026

1. Introduction & Acceptance of Terms

All sections of these Terms of Use that, by their nature, should survive termination will survive termination, including, without limitation, the sections entitled User Content, Indemnity, Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability, and General.

By accessing and using the Services (specifically the Sudoku Offline Application), you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. If you do not accept these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy, you are not authorized to use the Services. We may modify these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy at any time, and such modification will be effective upon posting to the Services.

2. Use of the Services & Eligibility

The Services include using the application to provide a Sudoku playing experience, achievement tracking, and competitive leaderboard features. The Application is for personal, non-commercial entertainment use only.

By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older. (Note: If you are located in a region where the age of digital consent is higher, such as 18 in relation to our data collection policies, you must meet those requirements to use online features). Your account, achievement progress, or leaderboard access may be terminated without warning if we believe you do not meet these age requirements.

3. Google Play Games Services & Achievements

The Application incorporates Google Play Games Services to offer in-game achievements, milestone tracking, and enhanced player progression. By utilizing these integrated features, you acknowledge and agree to the following:

  • Authentication: Unlocking achievements and syncing achievement progress across devices requires authenticating through a valid Google Play Games profile.

  • Third-Party Server Dependence: Achievement progress synced to Google Play Games Services is hosted on Google's infrastructure and is subject to Google’s terms of service and network availability. We make no guarantees regarding uninterrupted access or continuous sync with Google Play Games servers.

  • Data Retention vs. Guest Accounts: While local achievement states may reset or be cleared if you uninstall the app or clear device storage as a Guest user, achievements already synced to your official Google Play Games profile remain linked to your Google Account.

  • Balancing & Right to Modify: We reserve the right to alter, remove, re-balance, or reset achievement criteria, reward triggers, or unlock requirements at any time to maintain game balance, maintain server performance, or fix system exploits.

4. Guest Accounts & Risk of Data Loss

You may be permitted to post scores to our leaderboards and complete local achievements as a "Guest" using an anonymous account. Your scores, game progress, and un-synced achievement states are tied strictly to a temporary token stored locally on your specific device (or linked via an anonymous Firebase User ID).

You acknowledge and agree that if you uninstall the application, clear your device or browser cache, lose or replace your device, or remain inactive for more than 90 consecutive days, your local token will be lost.

This will permanently disconnect you from our backend, and your high scores, local achievements, progress, and leaderboard standings will be permanently lost or purged. We are under no obligation to recover, restore, or manually transfer lost anonymous data. To secure your scores and achievements, we strongly recommend signing into Google Play Games Services or linking your account to a permanent sign-in method if made available within the application.

5. Right to Maintain and Reset Leaderboards

To maintain database integrity, prevent system bloat, curb cheating or exploits, and ensure fair competition, we reserve the absolute right, at our sole discretion, to prune, wipe, reset, or modify leaderboard entries and achievement tables.

We routinely delete "ghost data" (entries tied to deleted, unlinked, or permanently abandoned anonymous accounts after 90 days of inactivity). We bear zero liability to you or any third party for the loss of rankings, scores, or virtual achievements resulting from these automated system maintenance, anti-cheat enforcement, or cleanup procedures.

6. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from and against any claims, actions, or demands, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising or resulting from your breach of these Terms of Use or your uploading of, access to, or use or misuse of the Services.

We shall provide notice to you of any such claim, suit, or proceeding and shall assist you, at your expense, in defending any such claim, suit, or proceeding. We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter which is subject to indemnification under this section. In such case, you agree to cooperate with any reasonable requests assisting our defense of such matter.

7. Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE ERROR-FREE OR THAT THE SERVICES ARE FREE OF COMPUTER VIRUSES OR SIMILAR CONTAMINATION OR DESTRUCTIVE FEATURES. IF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES RESULTS IN THE NEED FOR SERVICING OR REPLACING EQUIPMENT OR DATA, WE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

THE SERVICES AND CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. WE HEREBY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE WARRANTY OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

IN NO EVENT SHALL WE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES AND THE CONTENT, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, IN EXCESS OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitation of liability for incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you. IN SUCH JURISDICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

8. General Provisions

  • Assignment: These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by us without restriction.

  • Governing Law & Jurisdiction: These Terms of Use are governed by the internal substantive laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without respect to its conflict of law provisions. You expressly agree to submit to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the City of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

  • Severability: If any provision of these Terms of Use is found to be invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Terms of Use, which shall remain in full force and effect.

  • No Waiver: Failure by us to act on or enforce any provision of the Terms of Use shall not be construed as a waiver of that provision or any other provision in these Terms of Use. No waiver shall be effective against us unless made in writing, and no such waiver shall be construed as a waiver in any other or subsequent instance.

  • Entire Agreement: Except as expressly agreed by us and you, these Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between you and us with respect to the subject matter, and supersede all previous or contemporaneous agreements, whether written or oral, between the parties with respect to the subject matter.

  • Section Headings: The section headings are provided merely for convenience and shall not be given any legal import. These Terms of Use will inure to the benefit of our successors, assigns, licensees, and sublicensees.

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