Shiftwave

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 15/11/2025

Shiftwave Studios (“we”, “us”, or “our”) develops and publishes mobile games available on Google Play.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our apps.

By installing or playing any of our games, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We do not collect personally identifiable information such as your name, address, email, or phone number.

However, our games may collect certain non-personal and device-level information automatically through third-party tools used for advertising, analytics, and crash reporting.

1.1 Automatically Collected Data

This may include:

  • Device type (e.g., Android model)
  • Operating system version
  • Country or region (approximate, based on IP)
  • App version
  • Gameplay interactions (e.g., levels completed)
  • Anonymous advertising identifiers (e.g., Google Advertising ID)
  • Crash logs and performance data

This data cannot identify you personally.

2. Use of Data

We use the collected data for:

  • Improving game performance and stability
  • Understanding gameplay behaviour
  • Showing relevant (non-personalized or personalized) ads
  • Detecting and fixing bugs
  • Monitoring and preventing fraud/abuse

3. Advertising & Third-Party Services

Our apps may show advertisements or use analytics provided by trusted third-party partners, such as:

  • Google AdMob
  • Google Analytics for Firebase
  • Unity Ads
  • IronSource / LevelPlay (if used)
  • AppLovin / MAX (if used)

These providers may use:

  • Advertising identifiers
  • Device information
  • Cookies or similar technologies

Ads shown may include:

  • Personalised ads (based on your interests)
  • Non-personalised ads (based only on general context)

You can opt out of personalized ads via:
Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalisation

4. Children’s Privacy

Our games are intended for general audiences, but we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13 years (or the age required by your country’s privacy laws).

Ad networks may display non-personalized ads to younger players.

If you believe we may have inadvertently collected personal information from a child, contact us immediately and we will remove it.

5. In-App Purchases

Some games may offer optional in-app purchases.
All payment processing is handled securely by:

  • Google Play Billing

We do not see or store your payment information.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information.

We only share data with third-party service providers strictly for:

  • Ads
  • Analytics
  • Crash reporting
  • Game performance monitoring

All third parties must comply with GDPR and Google Play Developer Policies.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information.
However, no system can guarantee perfect security, and we encourage players to keep their devices updated and secure.

8. Player Rights (GDPR / UK GDPR / CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Opt out of personalised advertising
  • Request deletion of data held by third-party providers
  • Request access to or correction of anonymous gameplay data

To make such requests, please contact us using the details below.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally.
Any changes will be posted here with a new “Last Updated” date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact:

Email: [email protected]
Website: https://shiftwavestudio.co.uk/