Isle of Nines has no accounts and no analytics, and the game itself does not collect, store or share any personal information: your progress is saved on your device only. The game shows ads through Google AdMob: optional videos you choose to watch (for an extra hint or coins) and, after your first 10 wins, an occasional full-screen ad between levels. AdMob, run by Google, may use your device's advertising ID and similar device data to show and measure ads; in regions that require it you are asked for your choice first. Anyone who has bought anything in the game, or bought Remove Ads, sees no full-screen ads. Optional in-app purchases are handled entirely by Google Play.
The app also contains Screw Tight, an optional bonus puzzle game opened from the home screen, which follows exactly the same rules as the rest of the app (same coins, same ads, same purchases, nothing more collected).
To let you continue where you left off, the game saves your current puzzle, progress, stars, settings, chosen language, coins, saved hints and a list of the items you bought (with Google Play's purchase reference) in the app's local storage on your device. This data never leaves your device and we cannot see it. It is deleted when you uninstall the app. The "Reset game" button on the level map and "Reset all progress" in Settings clear your levels and stars; coins and purchases are kept.
The game itself collects nothing except the feedback you choose to send (see “Feedback you choose to send”) and has no accounts, analytics or crash reporting of its own. It does not access your contacts, location, camera, microphone, photos or files. Purchases go through the Google Play app. The “Our games” page lists our other games; if you choose to ask to become an early tester, it opens your own email app with a message for you to read and send yourself: the game sends nothing on its own and stores no address. The one exception is advertising: the Google AdMob software built into the app collects and uses the data described under “Advertising” below.
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.
Isle of Nines 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.
Isle of Nines uses Google AdMob to show ads: optional videos you choose to watch (an extra hint when you are out of hints, double coins after a win, free coins in the shop, and boosts or double coins in the Screw Tight bonus game; at most 12 a day) and a small banner at the bottom of the screen while you are online. There are no full-screen ads. Buying Remove Ads, or anything else in the shop, removes the banner; the optional videos stay available for their rewards.
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, the United Kingdom and some US states) the game shows Google's consent form after you accept the licence agreement, 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, and Google's privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy.
Isle of Nines offers optional in-app purchases (coin packs, a hint pack, a Starter Pack, Remove Ads and the full Screw Tight bonus game; its first campaign is free). Every level can be played without paying. Every payment is processed by Google Play Billing under Google's own terms and privacy policy: we never receive your name, email address or payment details. Google Play tells the game only which item was bought and gives it a purchase reference, so the game can deliver the item once and restore one-time items (Remove Ads, Starter Pack, Screw Tight) if you reinstall ("Restore purchases" in the shop). That reference stays on your device.
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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