Privacy Policy

1. Game data and motion controls

The game saves your best flip score, selected control mode, sensitivity, completed control practice, and visual-quality preference in local app storage. This information is used to remember your preferences and results. The developer does not receive these game saves or maintain a cloud gameplay profile.

If you select Motion controls, the game uses available acceleration, gravity, rotation, and gyroscope readings to recognise your gesture. Readings are held temporarily in memory, processed on your device, and cleared when motion capture stops. They are not uploaded to the developer or used by the game for advertising. You can use Touch controls instead.

Gameplay does not request access to your contacts, camera, microphone, photos, or precise GPS location. Approximate location inferred from an IP address by an advertising service is described separately below.

2. Planned advertising: Google AdMob

Ad-supported releases are planned to use Google AdMob. Its Mobile Ads SDK can collect and share:

• IP address, which can indicate approximate location;
• App and ad interactions, such as launches, taps, and video views;
• Diagnostic and performance information;
• Advertising ID, app set ID, and other applicable device or account identifiers.

Google uses this information for advertising, measurement and analytics, and fraud prevention. Collection depends on SDK configuration, available identifiers, and applicable privacy choices. Google states that Mobile Ads SDK data is encrypted in transit. See Google’s Mobile Ads data disclosure and Google’s Privacy Policy.

If additional advertising networks are introduced, this policy will identify their data practices before they are enabled. The current game has no separate gameplay analytics or cloud crash-reporting SDK.

3. Advertising choices and consent

In an ad-supported release, advertising choices will depend on your region and the privacy message presented by the ad service. Where consent is required, it must be obtained before the relevant advertising processing begins, with a way to revisit the choices when required. These advertising privacy controls are planned and are not present in the current development build.

You can also use Android’s advertising-ID controls and Google’s advertising controls. Resetting or deleting an advertising ID does not necessarily prevent processing that uses other identifiers. Non-personalised advertising can still involve data used for delivery, measurement, and fraud prevention.

4. Contacting the developer

If you email cordunianuflorin@gmail.com, the developer receives your email address, message, and any information you choose to attach. This is used to answer your enquiry, troubleshoot a problem, or handle a privacy request. You do not need to provide personal information to play.

Support correspondence is processed to respond to your request and for the legitimate interest of providing support and resolving problems. Local game information is used to provide the game. Planned advertising processing will rely on consent where required and the other applicable grounds described by the advertising provider.

5. Sharing, retention, and security

Local game saves remain on your device until you clear the app’s storage or uninstall the app. Temporary motion readings are not saved as a motion history. Support correspondence is retained for as long as needed to handle the enquiry and any necessary legal obligations; you can request its deletion.

The developer does not upload or sell your local scores, control settings, or motion readings. In an ad-supported release, Google receives the advertising data described above and handles its retention, further processing, and international transfers under Google’s Privacy Policy. Removing the game does not automatically delete data already held by an advertising provider.

Game preferences use the app’s local storage. No method of storage or transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. The developer may disclose support correspondence if required by law or to address a legitimate security issue.

6. Your rights and deleting data

You can remove local game data using your device’s app-storage settings. This resets your saved best score and preferences. See the data-deletion instructions.

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or obtain a copy of personal information, object to processing, or withdraw consent. Contact the developer about information held in support correspondence. For information processed by Google, use the controls and contact options in its Privacy Policy. Where applicable, you can complain to your local data-protection authority. Learn more from the European Commission’s information on privacy rights.

7. Children and teens

Bottle Hop is designed for teens and adults, rather than children under 13. The game does not ask players to submit a name, birth date, or contact details. If you are a parent or guardian with a concern about information provided by your child, contact the developer. Advertising in a future release must respect applicable age-related restrictions and consent requirements.

8. This policy website and external links

This policy is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub logs visitor IP addresses for security purposes, as explained in its GitHub Pages documentation and Privacy Statement. This page contains no advertising, analytics scripts, or contact form.

If you follow an advertisement or an external link, the destination’s privacy policy applies to your visit.

9. Changes to this policy

This page will be updated when Bottle Hop’s data practices change, including before advertising is introduced. The date above identifies the latest revision.

10. Contact

Developer and privacy contact: Florin Cordunianu
Email: cordunianuflorin@gmail.com
Developer website: florincor.github.io