Privacy Policy
This privacy policy explains how Robert Bogdon ("we", "us") handles information when you use PopPop. Its Android package name is com.shufflecraftstudios.poppop.
Summary
PopPop is a bubble-popping game. We do not run user accounts, advertising, or analytics, and we do not collect personal information for ourselves.
No information is collected beyond what Google Play collects to provide an in-app purchase. No information is shared beyond what is shared with Google to complete that purchase. Settings, and a flag that records whether PopPop Pro is unlocked, stay on your device.
Who we are
PopPop is provided by Robert Bogdon, California, United States. The app does not ask you to create an account with us.
Purchases handled by Google Play
PopPop Pro is an optional one-time purchase sold through Google Play. The product id is poppop_pro. Buying Pro, restoring a previous purchase, and checking whether this Google account already owns Pro are all handled by Google Play.
To provide that purchase, Google Play collects and uses the information it needs under Google's Privacy Policy. That can include the Google account on the device, purchase history, and payment details. Google handles payment details. We never receive your card number, bank number, or other payment credentials.
Google Play returns the result of the purchase to the app on your device: which product it concerns, and whether the purchase succeeded, is pending, was restored, was canceled, or failed. The app uses that result only to unlock Pro on the device. We do not send the purchase result, a purchase token, or your Google account to servers we operate. We do not pass it to anyone other than Google, and only so Google can complete the purchase you started.
Information that stays on your device
PopPop stores the following in the app's private storage on your device:
- whether sound effects and music are on, and their volumes
- whether haptic feedback is on
- game speed
- pop animation, background, and selected theme
- whether PopPop Pro is unlocked on this install
The app uses these values only to run the game with the choices you made. They are not transmitted to us, to Google, or to anyone else. They remain on the device until you change them, reset them by choosing the Default theme, clear the app's storage, or uninstall PopPop.
Bubbles you pop are not recorded and are not sent off the device.
Device access
PopPop does not request your location, contacts, photos, camera, microphone, SMS, phone number, or advertising ID. Haptic feedback uses the device's vibration feature and does not collect information.
The app does not include advertising or analytics software. It does not contact servers operated by Robert Bogdon. When you buy or restore Pro, Google Play Billing on the device communicates with Google Play to complete that purchase.
How information is used
On-device preferences are used to apply your settings. The purchase result from Google Play is used to grant or restore PopPop Pro. We do not use information for advertising, profiling, or our own marketing.
Sharing
We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information with advertisers, data brokers, or other developers.
The only sharing is the purchase you start with Google Play, described above. We do not share any other information with Google or with anyone else.
Security
We do not operate an account system or a database of PopPop users. Preferences and the Pro unlock flag are stored in the app's private storage, which other apps on the device cannot read. Purchase communication is handled by Google Play. We do not receive payment details, so we do not store them.
How long information is kept, and how to delete it
We do not retain personal information on our systems, because we do not collect it.
On your device, preferences and the Pro unlock flag remain until you change them, reset them with the Default theme, clear PopPop's storage in Android settings, or uninstall the app. Clearing storage or uninstalling the app deletes the information PopPop stored on the device.
Google keeps the purchase record under Google's own rules. Uninstalling PopPop does not cancel or erase a purchase in your Google account, and you can restore Pro later from Google Play. To review purchases Google holds, use Google Play order history: Google Play help: order history.
PopPop does not offer account creation. There is no PopPop account to delete.
Children
PopPop is a general-audience app. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. A purchase can be made only through the Google account on the device, including parental approval controls the account holder has turned on in Google Play.
Privacy rights
Where you live, you may have a right to access, correct, or delete personal information, or to appeal how a request is handled. We do not hold PopPop personal information, so we generally have no profile to provide or delete. Purchase records are held by Google. Direct those requests to Google.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.
If you are a California resident, we do not sell or share personal information as those terms are used in the California Consumer Privacy Act.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, Robert Bogdon is the controller for personal information we hold about PopPop. We do not hold that information. Google is a separate controller for Google account and Google Play purchase data.
Changes to this policy
If we change how PopPop handles information, we will update this policy and replace the effective date above. For an app installed from Google Play, the privacy policy linked from that store listing is the policy for that version.
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Contact
Robert Bogdon
California, United States
robertbogdon@gmail.com
Privacy questions about PopPop: email robertbogdon@gmail.com.