GeoSharp — Privacy Policy
Summary
GeoSharp is a geography quiz game. You do not create an account and we do not ask for your name, email, or other identifying details. The App works almost entirely on your device. We use a small number of well-known third-party services for analytics, crash reporting, and ads, and we back up your game progress to your own iCloud account. This policy explains what each of those involves and the choices you have.
Information we and our providers collect
We do not collect information that directly identifies you. Through the services below, the following is collected:
- Usage & event data (Google Firebase Analytics). Anonymous events about how the App is used — for example that a quiz was started or finished, a daily quiz was played, a level was reached, or an ad was watched — along with general device and app information (device model, OS version, app version, language, coarse region, and a resettable app-instance identifier).
- Crash & diagnostic data (Google Firebase Crashlytics). If the App crashes or logs a handled error, technical information about the event (stack trace, device state, OS version, and a Crashlytics installation identifier) so we can fix it.
- Advertising data (Google AdMob). We show rewarded ads. Google AdMob and its partners may collect device and advertising identifiers and ad-interaction data to serve and measure ads. Where you have not consented to tracking (see “Tracking & your choices”), ads are served on a non-personalized basis.
- Game progress (Apple iCloud). Your progress — quiz high scores, level and XP, daily-quiz streak and streak freezes, unlocked country cards, owned/equipped themes, achievements, and coin balance — is stored on your device and backed up to your own iCloud account using Apple's key-value storage, so it survives a reinstall or a new device. This data is stored in your iCloud account under Apple's terms; we do not receive or store it on our own servers.
We do not knowingly collect precise location, contacts, photos, health data, or similar sensitive information.
How the information is used
- To operate and improve the App (understand which features are used and where players drop off).
- To diagnose and fix crashes and bugs.
- To display and measure advertising.
- To preserve your game progress across reinstalls and devices (iCloud).
Tracking & your choices
- App Tracking Transparency (ATT). On first launch the App asks, via Apple's standard prompt, whether it may track you across apps and websites using your device's advertising identifier (IDFA). If you decline, the App and its ad partner do not use the IDFA to track you, and ads are non-personalized. You can change this any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Ad settings. You can reset or limit ad personalization in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Apple Advertising and via Google's ad settings.
- Consent (EU/UK). In regions where consent is legally required (such as the EEA and UK), we do not use personalized advertising without it; where it is not given, ads are shown on a non-personalized basis.
- iCloud. You can disable iCloud backup of the App in iOS Settings → [your name] → iCloud.
Third-party services
These providers process data as described above, under their own privacy terms:
- Google (Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, AdMob / Google Mobile Ads SDK, User Messaging Platform). See Google's Privacy Policy and, for ads, how Google uses information.
- Apple (iCloud). See Apple's Privacy Policy.
Data retention
Analytics and crash data are retained in Firebase for a limited period consistent with Google's Firebase retention settings. Game-progress data persists in your iCloud account until you delete the App's data or disable iCloud. On-device data is removed when you delete the App.
Children
The App is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, and the App is not offered in Apple's Kids Category. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, contact us at alexladin@novanomadgear.com and we will delete it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (e.g. the EEA/UK under GDPR, or California under CCPA/CPRA), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object to certain processing. Because we do not hold account-identifying data ourselves, most such requests are handled through Apple and Google's controls above, but you may contact us at alexladin@novanomadgear.com and we will help where we can.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the App changes. We will revise the effective date above and, for material changes, provide notice within the App or via the App Store listing.
Contact
Questions about this policy: alexladin@novanomadgear.com.