Privacy policy
The short version. We don't collect any personal information ourselves. Our games have no accounts, no analytics and no servers of our own, and your progress stays on your device.
iPhone and iPad: no ads, no tracking, no data collected.
Android: the game shows ads from Google AdMob, and Google collects some information to show them. This page explains what and how to control it.
Who we are
VAASAL is the business name of Reuben Francis Rex, a sole trader in Sydney, Australia. This policy covers our games (starting with Pip Frames: A Domino Puzzle) and this website. If you have any question about privacy, email [email protected].
What stays on your device
The game saves your puzzle progress, your settings (such as language, theme and sound) and whether you have bought the full game. These are kept on your device and are not sent to us; we can't see them. Your device's own backup can copy them to your Google account (Android) or to iCloud (iPhone and iPad), so they come back when you reinstall the game or move to a new device. Google and Apple handle those backups under your account, and we can't read them. Deleting the game deletes them from the device.
iPhone and iPad
The iPhone and iPad version has no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and collects no data. If you buy the full game, Apple handles the payment; the game only receives confirmation from Apple that the purchase was made, so it can unlock the puzzles. Apple's privacy policy applies to your Apple account and payment.
Android: ads from Google AdMob
The Android version includes Google's Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob), which shows ads to players who choose to play free with ads. To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, Google may collect:
| Information | What it is used for |
|---|---|
| Device identifiers, such as your advertising ID and app set ID | Showing and measuring ads, limiting how often you see an ad, personalised ads where you allow them, fraud prevention |
| IP address, which shows your approximate location (city or region) | Choosing ads for your area, fraud prevention, security |
| How you interact with ads (views, taps) | Measuring ads, analytics |
| Diagnostics, such as crash logs and performance | Making the ads work and fixing problems |
This information goes to Google, not to us. It is sent encrypted. Google may process it outside your country. Google describes how it uses it in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and in the Google Privacy Policy.
Your choices
- No ads at all: buy the full game. You can also play the first 20 puzzles before any ads.
- EEA, UK and Switzerland: Google's consent form asks before ads are personalised. Change your choice any time from REMOVE ADS › AD PRIVACY on the game's main menu.
- Everywhere: you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in your Android settings (Settings › Privacy › Ads, or Settings › Google › Ads).
Android: purchases through Google Play
If you buy the full game, Google Play handles the payment. We never see your card or payment details. The game only receives confirmation from Google Play that the purchase was made, so it can remove the ads and unlock the puzzles. Google's privacy policy applies to your Google account and payment.
When you email us
If you write to [email protected], we receive your email address and whatever you send us. We use it only to reply and to fix the problem you tell us about, and we delete it on request. Our email is hosted by Zoho Mail in its Australian data centre.
This website
This website has no cookies, no analytics, no ads and no tracking. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which processes visitors' IP addresses to deliver the pages and protect the site from attacks (see Cloudflare's privacy policy). The home page stores one small setting in your browser for the current visit, so the intro animation plays only once; it is never sent to us.
Children
Our games are made for players aged 13 and over and are not directed at children under 13. We don't collect personal information from anyone, including children.
We don't sell your information
We don't sell or share personal information, because we don't collect it. Ad data on Android goes directly to Google, as described above.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under Australia's Privacy Act, the EU and UK GDPR, or US state laws), you may have the right to ask what information is held about you, and to have it corrected or deleted. We hold none from the games, but if you have a question or request, email us and we'll help. For data Google collects through ads, you can also use Google's privacy controls. You can also complain to your local privacy regulator; in Australia, that's the OAIC.
Changes to this policy
If our games start collecting anything new, we will update this page before that version is released and change the date at the top.
Contact
Reuben Francis Rex, trading as VAASAL, Sydney, NSW, Australia
[email protected]