Plank Platoon has no accounts and no analytics. Your progress is saved on your device. The game shows ads through Google AdMob (a bottom banner, a full-screen ad from time to time after a win, and optional videos you can watch for rewards); AdMob, run by Google, may use your device's advertising ID and similar device data to show and measure ads, and in regions that require it you are asked for your choice first. Owners of the Master Mechanic Pass see no banner and no full-screen ads. Optional in-app purchases are paid through Google Play, which handles all payment details; to verify purchases and prevent fraud, a history of purchases without any payment details may be kept, as described under “Purchases” below.
To let you continue where you left off, the game saves your progress, coins, settings, achievements, personal best scores and a list of the items you bought in the app's local storage on your device. It is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its data, and you can clear it at any time with the reset option in the game's settings.
The game has no accounts, analytics or crash reporting of its own, and does not ask for your name or e-mail address. It does not access your contacts, location, camera, microphone, photos or files. The information that may leave your device is limited to: the advertising data collected by Google AdMob (see “Advertising”), purchase verification information (see “Purchases”), and the feedback you choose to send (see “Feedback you choose to send”).
From time to time the game asks “How are we doing so far?”, and its main screen has a “Contact our developers directly” button. Both open a short form with a star rating and an optional comment. Only if you press Send, the game sends to Ocean Glide, over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection: your star rating, your comment (if you wrote one), the name and version of the game, the language of the game and the platform (for example Android). It does not send your name, e-mail address, advertising ID or any other device identifier, and our server does not store your IP address. If there is no connection when you press Send, the feedback waits on your device and is sent when the connection returns.
The feedback is kept on our server (Google Cloud, European Union) and forwarded to our own e-mail inbox. We use it only to understand what players think and to improve our games. We do not sell it or share it with anyone, and we keep it for no longer than three years. Sending feedback is optional: nothing is sent unless you press Send. Please do not write personal information in your comment. Because feedback is not linked to you, we cannot tell which feedback is yours; to ask us to delete a comment, write to us with its approximate date and content and we will delete it.
Plank Platoon is intended for players aged 13 and over and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The app has no chat or social features; its only third-party service is Google AdMob (see “Advertising” below). Parents and guardians can contact us at the address below with any question.
Plank Platoon uses Google AdMob to show ads: a banner at the bottom of the screen, a full-screen ad from time to time after a win (never during a level, a purchase or an open menu, and never in the first 15 minutes of a session), and optional videos you choose to watch for coins, a diamond or a hint. Buying the Master Mechanic Pass removes the banner and the full-screen ads.
To show and measure ads, AdMob (Google) may collect and use your device's advertising ID, your IP address (to estimate your general location), device and app information, and how you interact with ads. We do not receive this data and do not link it to your name or any account. Where the law requires it (for example in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom) the game shows Google's consent form the first time you open it, before any ad is requested; you can review or change that choice later in the game's Settings (“Ad privacy choices”). On Android you can also reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalisation in your device settings (Settings → Privacy → Ads). Google's own explanation of how it uses this data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Plank Platoon offers optional in-app purchases (coin packs, weapons, cosmetics and the Master Mechanic Pass). All payments, including payment details and payment methods, are processed, managed and secured by Google Play under its own terms and privacy policy; we never receive your name, e-mail address, payment card details or any other payment method information. To verify that purchases are genuine, secure gameplay and prevent fraud and abuse, the game may send the purchase reference provided by Google Play (the item, the purchase token and the order reference) to our verification service, and we may retain a history of purchases together with related technical information about the use of the game (such as the game version and in-game activity linked to a random identifier that is not linked to your name), without any payment details. This information may be retained for up to three (3) years and is used solely for these purposes and for compliance with legal obligations and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. It is not sold or shared with third parties, other than Google Play for the verification itself, and it does not constitute a backup, storage or restoration service.
The app is distributed through Google Play. Google may collect information such as installation statistics and crash reports under its own privacy policy. That data is not shared with us in a form that identifies you.
If we change how the app handles data, we will update this page and the effective date above.
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