HeartMatch Privacy Policy
This policy explains how information is handled by HeartMatch, the Android puzzle game published by Florin Cordunianu, and how to contact the developer about privacy.
HeartMatch can be played offline and does not require an account. Game progress and preferences are saved on your device. The game includes Google AdMob advertising, which uses an Internet connection and processes information as described below. Android may back up local game data depending on your device settings.
1. Information stored by the game
HeartMatch stores the following information in its private application storage to provide gameplay, remember your choices, and restore progress when you reopen the app:
- Completed and unlocked levels, best scores, and stars earned.
- In-game coin balances, boosters, and owned or selected garden decorations.
- Daily reward progress and the date of your last reward claim.
- Game statistics, sound and vibration preferences, reduced-motion settings, and whether an introductory hint has been shown, and a completed-level counter used to schedule ads.
The current app does not ask for your name, email address, telephone number, location, contacts, photos, or payment details. It does not contain a real-money payment system; its shop uses in-game coins. Advertising services may access your Android advertising ID and estimate your general location from your IP address.
2. Collection, sharing, and advertising
HeartMatch uses Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK) to show an ad when opening the game and interstitial ads after every two completed levels, when available. Local saved progress is not uploaded to a developer-operated server. Advertising services process data separately from that local storage.
Google documents the following information collected and shared by its advertising SDK:
- IP address, which can indicate approximate location.
- Interaction information, such as launches, taps, and video views.
- Diagnostics about app and SDK performance.
- Device identifiers, including Android advertising ID and app set ID, and applicable account-related identifiers.
These data support advertising, measurement and analytics, and fraud prevention. SDK transmissions use TLS encryption. Advertising may be personalized depending on your choices and applicable settings. See Google's Mobile Ads SDK disclosure, Google's Privacy Policy, and how Google uses information from partner apps.
HeartMatch uses Google's User Messaging Platform to request privacy choices where required. When available, open Settings > Ad privacy choices to review or change them. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID through Android settings. Availability and presentation of these controls depend on your device, region, and Google's configuration.
Google Play, Android, and your device manufacturer may separately process installation, security, backup, and diagnostic information under their own policies and your settings.
3. Android backup and transfer
HeartMatch permits Android's system backup and device-transfer features. Depending on your Android version, device, backup provider, and settings, game progress and preferences may be copied to a backup service or another device and restored when you reinstall or transfer the app. The developer does not operate or access your Android backup. You can manage backup through your device and backup-provider settings.
4. Permissions
HeartMatch uses the vibration permission for optional haptic feedback during play. You can turn haptics off in the game's settings. The game also declares Internet and network-state permissions for advertising, the Android advertising ID permission, and advertising-services permissions supplied by Google libraries. It does not request camera, microphone, contacts, precise-location, or shared-storage access. Android libraries also use an app-specific, signature-protected permission to secure internal broadcast handling; this is not permission to collect personal information.
5. Retention and deletion
Local progress and preferences remain in the app's storage until cleared or removed. To erase them, open Android Settings > Apps > HeartMatch > Storage > Clear storage/data (the wording varies by device), or uninstall the app. Clearing storage resets your progress, coins, boosters, and settings.
System backups may persist separately and may restore old progress after reinstallation. Manage or delete those backups through your device or backup provider. There is no HeartMatch account or developer-hosted player database to delete. Clearing local app data does not delete information already processed by Google or advertising partners. Their retention periods and deletion controls are governed by their policies; use Google's privacy controls or contact the relevant provider for requests concerning that information.
6. Privacy enquiries
For privacy questions or requests, contact Florin Cordunianu at cordunianuflorin@gmail.com.
If you email the developer, your email address and the information you choose to include will be used to respond to your enquiry. Correspondence is retained only as needed to handle your request and any applicable obligations. You may use the same email address to request deletion of correspondence, subject to any necessary legal retention. Email providers process messages under their own privacy and retention policies. Please do not send passwords or unnecessary sensitive information.
7. Children
HeartMatch does not ask players to enter their age. Advertising SDKs may process the information described in section 2. Parents or guardians with questions about a child's privacy, advertising, or information submitted through a support enquiry can contact the developer using the email above.
8. Security
Game data is stored within Android's private application storage, protected by the operating system's access controls. The security of your device and any system backups also depends on your device, backup provider, and settings. No storage or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.
9. This policy website
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10. Changes
This policy describes the current HeartMatch release. If data practices change, the policy will be updated on this page with a new effective date. Review it when installing updates.